The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-29
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E. Smith captain; carriages with mayor
and aldermen; carriage with glee club;
carriage with orator, Colonel A. A. Hall,
and chaplain Brooks Post, No. 10, @. A. r.,
j. Q. Newton commander; boys of Berlin
and Union schools; disabled veterans in
carriages. The route will be up Main
street to Spring, Spring to Elm, Elm to
Court and Eastern Avenue to State, State
to opera house, where the following pro-
gramme will be carried OUT Music, band
prayer, cbaplain memorial hymn, glee
club; memorial ceremonies of the G.. A. r.,
Brooks Post; song, glee club; music, band
address, Colonel A. A. Hall; exercises by
the children; song, glee club; music,
America" band.
THE board of civil authority held a meet.
ing last Friday evening to hear complaints
of any who felt aggrieved by the action of
the listers. The meetiag continued through
most of Saturday. Considerable routine
business was transacted that is not of gen.
ian, was abated NJ L. Wheeler claimed
East Montpelier az his legal residence
The board recognized this claim and re-
bated his tax on the list of 1894 n. W.
Gilbert's list had been doubled. He claimed
his residence In Waitsfield, and, as It was
shown that ne had made out an inventory,
the double was taken off. The same action
was taken in the case of Clara P. Walton,
who was away when her list was doubled.
The action Of the listers was sustained in
pany. This company claimed that its stock
was not taxable, and it was put in and
doubled by the listers c. f. Moore, Ed
win V. Lane, @. II. Fuller and d. l.. Fuller,
mem bers of this company, were allowed by
the board to put In personal offsets against
the stock OF the concern. The double on
the list Of E. NJ. Irish was taken off. The
Wetmore q Morse Granite Company APP
piled for relief and claimed their capital
stock was not taxable in Montpelier as it
n in
shown, however, that the capital stock of
the company is not taxed for more than
oue-half what it is worth. The action of
the listers was sustained and the case dis
ell. The livery stable Of I. r. Gordon was
adjudged personal property by the board.
BUT little outside of routine business was
transacted al the regular meeting of the
common council last Wednesday evening.
In the absence OF Mayor Wing, Alderman
Stratton presided. The health officer was
instructed to investigate several alleged
nuisances and to abate them at once if they
existed. Those reported were near the resi-
dences of Lewis Wood, Thomas Moriarty
and Mrs Mary Mahony, the former on Main
and the two latter on Court street. f. II.
Thompson and Peck Brothers were given
plum Ders licenses, and f. II. Woodbury.
was licensed to do trucking The petition
signed by L. Bart Cross and others for a
street from Ridge to Barre street was re.
ferred to the committee on streets. The in
vitation of Brooks Post to attend the me-
mortal services at Blanchard opera house
was accepted. The city treasurer was au-
thoriz' to borrow an additional $4,000 for
temporary liabilities The council voted to
pay for the billies, belts and helmets of the
police from city funds. City Clerk Merrill
was instructed to notify Joel Foster,
superintendent of water works, to in
spect all water connections and faucets
and report any waste. A committee
composed of Aldermen Cotton and Bus
wall was appointed to confer with Sher-
i'll Bancroft regarding city census,
with power to act. By vote of the council,
the manager of the New England Telephone
* Telegraph Company has been instructed
to paint the poles on South Main street and
to replace all crooked poles with straight
ones. A. j. Sibey and II. w. Kemp were
given permission to erect four frame dwell
ings.
THE supreme court has M ads rapid prog
ress in the disposition of the docket during
the past week. In the case of State against
Amer G.. Cram, from Orleans county, who
was convicted OF manslaughter at the last
September term Of court in That county and
sentenced to state prison for twenty years,
the exceptions we're overruled and Cram
was taken back to Windsor to serve his SEN
tence. Other cases heard were John N.
Baxter v. Village Of Rutland; Town OF Rut-
land y. Town Of West Rutland; Rolin
Amsden v. Joseph G. Enright from Wind
sor county; Hubbard " Moore, from Wind
Cheese Company; Charles B. Ballard " w.
G. Brown, and l.. G. Dickerman " Quincy
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, all from
Windsor county. The chancery case of II.
Nj. Watson v. Elizabeth Smith, from Or
leans county, was heard Thursday after
noon. Only two cases were heard Friday
an appeal from probate court, from G litten-
tenden county Francis McKeough's estate,
John McKeough appellant, and Della j.
Parsons V. George Parsons, from Washing
ton county, petition to ann1l marriage.
Two decisions we're rendered Friday In
the case of Milo G. and Jacob e Bailey V.
Judith A. and Hale G. Bailey, from Orange
county, decree reversed, demurrer over
ruled, and cause remanded to county court.
From Orleans county, George ID. Bickford
v. Travellers Insurance Company; judg-
ment affirmed and defendant allowed its
costs. On the coming in Of the court, Mon
day afternoon, only the Caledonia county
cases remained to be heard. School district
No. 10 of St. Johnsbury V. Ira G. Smith,
and Albert E. Wheeler V. Gilbert NJ. Camp
bell-both general assumpsit cases-were
heard Monday. 1t is thought the work OF
the term will be completed this morning
A LARGE congregation gathered at
Bethany Church last Sunday morning,
where services incident to Memorial Sun
day were held Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver
was unable to occupy the pulpit, and Rev.
DR.. E. M Smith OF the Methodist Seminary
preached in his absence The members of
Brooks Post G. A. R., Brooks Relief Corps,
and General Stephen Thomas Camp, Sons
of Veterans, attended in q body and were
seated in the front pews. The music lad
special reference to the day, and the Scrip
ture lesson was from the second chapter of
Daniel. DR.. Smiths text was from Daniel |
ii: A: And in the days OF these kings
shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom
which shsll never be destroy ed; and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people, |
but it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever"
The sermon was an eloquent and schOl- |
arly defence OF the proposition that among |
the nations of the future and the civiliza-
tions of the future, that which can lever .be |
permanent must be Christian civilization, |
nation that lives in conformity to the |
Christian religion and the law of love and |
sacrifice, nation builded upon high moral |
and spiritual principles. The speaker elab-
Grated the idea that, even among the lower
order OF animals, by the inevitable law of