The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

Franklin County Bar, died last Thursday at
his home in st. Adams, aged seventy five
years.
w. II. Marcy of Fairfield, meat dealer,
dropped dead in Bakersfield last Monday
morning. Heart disease was the cause of
his death
ORPHA HEWITT, wife of Hon. Crosby
Miller of Pomfret, died last Sunday. TIE
married life OF Mr.. and Mrs. Miller covers
period of sixty-one years.
THE farm buildings of Herbert w. Leach
of Westminster, including a crop of tobacco
valued at $4,000, were burned last Thurs
day night. The fire was of incendiary
origin.
THE twenty. first annual convention OF the
Vermont Bee-Keepers' Association will be
held In Burlington on Wednesday and
Thursday, January 20 and 80. A pro-
gramme full OF interest to bee-keepers will
be discussed during the two days.
PENSIONS have been granted to the fol-
lowing Vermonters: Original, Highel Nc.
Nall OF Milton; restoration and increase,
Isaac N Taggart (deceased) Of Bethel; in
crease, John F. Morse of Peacham; original,
widows, ETC., Lucinda Taggart of Bethel.
JESSE e. BELFAST, who skipped from st.
Johnsbury about a year ago, after commit
ting felonious assault upon young girl
named Della Richardson, was arrested in
Boston last Thursday, where he was work
ing for the Fitchburg railroad as brakeman.
BECAUSE of the enforcement Of the pro-
hibitory law, the Commercial House at Bel
lows Fails has passed into the hands of the
owner, G. L. Forbes of Athol, Mass. o. #.
Knowlton, the former proprietor, declared
he would not run it If he could not sell in
toxicating liquor.
THE members of the State Highway Com
mission met at st. Adams, last Saturday, to
look over the annual reports OF the town
commissioners and to plan the work of the
COMING The raOOrts of the
missioners showed that under the new
system 800 goes as far as $3.50 did under
the old.
MRS. ANNIs BALDWIN, mother of f. W.
Baldwin, general superintendent OF the
Central Vermont railroad, was found dead
last Thursday at her home in Braintree.
She was the widow of the late Rev. Jona
than Baldwin, once prominent Baptist
clergyman in this state. Deceased was
eighty years old.
FOLLOWING the example of the st. Adams
authorities, Mayor w. j. Van Patten Of
Burlington gave orders last Saturday even
ing to Chief of Police Dumas that all hotel
and saloon bars in that city must hereafter
be closed ON Sundays. The order was very
generally obeyed last Sunday, although
some back.door entrances were open.
REV. DR.. GEORGE PALMER TYLER died
last Saturday at Lansingburg, n. Y. DR..
Tyler was born in Brattleboro, VT, Decem
Der 10, 1909, and had preached in Lowville,
n. Y, and Bucksport, Maine For the past
twenty-eight years he has been pastor at
Lansingburg. His funeral was held at
Brattle horo. DR.. Tyler was a son of the
late Chef.Justice Royal Tyler of the Su.
preme Court of Vermont.
Methodist church at Windsor will take
place Tuesday, February 4, at two P. NJ.
Rev. William Mast Brodbeck, D., of
Charestown, Mass, will preach the dedi-
catory sermon. Former pastors and their
wives and friends Of the cause are cordially
invited to be present. The Montpelier
District Epworth League convention will
be held in connection with the dedication,
commencing Monday evening, February 8,
with an address by DR.. Brodbeck. Tues
day forenoon will be occupied with reports
OF leagues and papers upon vital themes
connected with league work. Wednesday
will be devoted to the District Preachers
meeting.
THE committee of one hotel man from
each county in the state, whose duty it
shall be to visit every other hotel man in
their respective counties and urge them to
join the Hotel Mems Association, for the
repeal or modification of the present pro-
hibtory law, is made up as follows Addi-
son county, j. A. Sargent of Middlebury;
Bennington county, B. e. Sinclair, of North
Bennington Caledonia county, W. N.
Webb Of Lyndonville; Chittenden county,
w. b. johnson Of Essex Junction; Essex
county, Frank Joslyn of West Concord;
Franklin county, FL. M. Best of Enosburgh
Falls; Grand Isle county, A. S. Hilliker of
East Alburgh; Lamoille county, M. G. Love-
Joy OF Stowe; Orange county, j. +. Hale of
Wells River; Orleans county, ID. w. Drsco
OF Newport; Rutland county, H. O. Carpen-
ter of Rutland; Washington county, A. s.
Sparrow OF Montpelier; Windham county
g. s. Richards of Brattle boro; Windsor
county, X. W. Morse Of White River
Junction.
APOLLO LODGE, No. 2, KNIGHTS OF Ply
THIAs, at st. Johnsbury, dedicated its new
building last Friday evening with imposing
ceremonies. Pythian Building is located
on Eastern Avenue, on the site of the one
burned last March, which had been occu-
brick, three stories high The whole of the
third story is used by the lodge and includes
Castle Hail. parlors, banqueJ-room and
kitchen, robe rooms and armory, all fin
ished in hard pine and elegantly furnished.
good representation was present from
the state at large, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island. The dedication ceremonies
were conducted by officers of the Grand
Lodge of Vermont, followed by an address
from Grand Chancellor Fred A. Field of
Rutland. Apollo Lodge gave a mastery
disqualification OF the rank OF Page The
guests were then treated to an exhibition
OF the good fellow ship which actuates the
brotherhood of Knights of Pythias in a
banquet served in Banquet Hall, with seat
ing capacity of 100, Past Supreme Repre-
sentative Major N. p. Bowman acting as
toastmaster W. w. Husband, chancellor
commander of Apollo Lodge, delivered an
address of welcome to the visiting knights.
Toasts were responded to by Grand Chan
cellor Field, Supreme Representative Lee
of Rhode Island, Rev. Mr.. lyric and G. f.
Q. Tinker of st Johnsbury, e. W. Colby of
Whitefeld, N H., s. M. Flint OF Burling-
ton, A. II. George of st. Albans, j. w.
Danville, III. W. Buchanan of Barton Land
ing and j. M. Cady of St. Johnsbury. The
ST Johnsbnry Orchestra and the Imperial
Quartette furnished music. The order of
Knights of Pythias is distinctly an Ameri-
can institution, organized in 1864 at Wash
ington, ID. @, founded on friendship and
loyalty, as exemplifed in the true story OF
Damon and Pythias. Their membership