The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15
SUM MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

II. A. GooDsPEED of st. Adams has been
appointed to a cadetship at West Point,
with Henry V. Hall of st. Adams as alter
nate.
JAMES ArwooD, who was recently ar
rested in New York for robbing the post
office at White River Junction, will be
brought to Vermont for trial.
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Thu three graduates whose names have
been reported to the war department from
the military department of the several COL
leges in Vermont, as candidates for a pos
sible ~lieCtenancy in the United States
army, are: University of Vermont, Thomas
II. Garfield, Jr., of Burlington, Sydney f.
Weston of Cascadeville, N. Y, Norris ID.
Blake of Eden; Norwich University, James
l.. Averill of Northfi cid, Charles s. Garlic
ton Of Cumberland Mills, Me-, Herbert s.
Clark of Mortified; Vermont Academy,
Saxton's River, Wilfred 4, Hunt of North
Charlestown, N. H, Ernest II. Gilbert Of
Penacpok, N. H., David A. Fox, Jr., of
Clinton, Conn.
A HEARING in the case OF c.. M. Bliss of
Bennington against the Bennington Battle
Monument Association was held before
Judge Start at Burlington last Friday. The
hearing was on a motion to recommit the
report OF the special master, Ex-Governor
w. p. Dillingham;, for amendment. This
report was adverse to Mr.. Bliss. The as
sociation takes the ground that Mr.. Bliss
long-continued services were gratuitous
aud that his expenditures were unauthor-
lied. Mr.. Bliss contends that, although
while his services were gratuitous, the
several thousand dollars he spent in behalf
Of the association were spent in the ex-
pectation of reimbursement. Judge Start
reserved his decision.
The grand lodge of knights of Honor was
held at Middlebury last week. The follow
lowing grand officers were elected: Past
grand dictator, Charles w. Kimball of Put
ney; grand dictator, William Wetherbee of
St. Johnsbury; grand vice dictator, w. G.
Nye of Barre; grand assistant dictator, e.
5. Monger OF Putney; grand treasurer, A.
i Pease OF Hartford; grand reporter, @. l..
Piper of BrattleborO; grand chaplain, o. j.
ably OF st. Johnsbury; grand guardian, A.
G. Stone of Wallingford; grand sentinel. II.
d. Brown of Jacksonville; supreme repre-
sentatives for two years, Charles w. KIM
ball of Putney and Jake Hyman OF Rut-
land. The next meeting of the grand lodge
will be in Barre in July, 1897.
PRESIDENT BAILEY of the Citizens Saw
ings Bank and Trust Company of st. Johns
bury has recently learned a good deal about
the gold brick swindle through the painful
and humiliating teaching of experience.
Strangely enough, the same kind of bricks,
the same good -natured Indian, and appar.
emily the same actors throughout appear in
the case as appeared in a recent case in
Connecticut. 1t was the request of Repre-
sentative Grout, in the letter of introduce
ton which he wrote to Secretary Carlisle
for Mr.. Bailey, that the facts be kept a Sc
cret if the trusting bank president had been
deceived as to the value of the bricks.
This injunction would have been obeyed by
the treasury officials but for the fact that
the whole story was ferreted out and made
public when the party called last week at
the Philadelphia mint. Mr.. Bailey called
last Thursday on Secretary Carlisle at
Washington, having with him two large
bricks that would have been worth $50, DOC
had they been gold. He was referred to
Director Preston of the mint bureau, whose
trained eye at ono detected the fact tina,
the bricks were brass, worth about two
dollars each. How much President Bailey
is out on these bricks or who worked ,
him he refuses to divulge.
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