The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-09

teri the case against young Wales Of Barre
who is charged with an attempt TO wreck
Goddard Seminary with dynamite last
spring.
ALFRED # Booth was ordained and in
stalled pastor of the First Universalist
Church OF ST. Albans in than church last
evening. The father OF the candidate. Rev.
|. 7. Booth, d. D. gave the " Fellowship of
the Church." Rev. j. Edward Wright the
"Oharge to the Minister" and Rey. T. NJ.
Atwood, ID D. preached the sermon.
On Monday, September a. the Central
Vermont railroad has arranged for special
lowrate excursions to Montreal, TO accom-
modate those wishing to attend ihe great
Provincial Exhibition From OH stations,
| Windsor TO Williston, including Montpelier
and Barre, the fare for the round trip will
be only 81 90. Tickets will be- good on all
regular or special trains September IA. good
TO return until September 16, inclusive.
A QUARTETTE Of darkies from Atlanta
University gave sacred concert at B ,th-
any church last Sunday evening Mont
pelier has peculiar interest IN this institu-
tion from the fact that Rev. j. II Kinks
spent the last eleven years of his life in
laboring there for the uplifting of the COL
ored race. The congregation, last Sunday
evening, nearly filed the spacious edihc
and the collection taken at the close " as Of
generous dimensions.
The next animal state meeting OF the
hllk > lJduRilbIb Will 10 nblu III MOnLDH-
lier in September 1897. The following
state officers from Montpelier were elected
at the meeting held last week at st. Albans:
Secretary, Mrs. G. B. b. Denny; assistant
secretary, Miss Anna II. Phinney; treas
urer, Mrs. Florence Porter; recording sec
retary, Miss Olive B. Stout; executive com
mittee, Mrs. George @. Alber, Mrs. Flank
A. Adams, Miss Ella Bailey and Miss NJ 4ry
Dewey. Miss Anna r. Phinney was also
elected secretary for Washington county.
CARRIE E., wife of Daniel d. Nelson,
died last Saturday of consumption, after an
Illness dating from last March, aged thirty
six years. Deceased was daughter of Fri
Hill of Middlesex. She leaves husband
and four small children three sisters.
Betsey, wife of Henry Clogston, Ellen,
wife of Charles Martin, and Emma, wife
| of Orvis Sawyer-also two brothers-John
and Torrey Hill. Her funeral was held
Monday afternoon from her home on Barre
street, Rev. j. Edward Wright officiating,
and the burial was in Green Mount Gem
| etery
A. WARREN EDGERLY died early last
Thursday morning al Heaton Hospital,
where he was taken recently, suffering with
cancer in the face Mr.. Edgerly was born
in Middlesex sixty-one years ago, and had
| lived in Montpelier for the past thirty-fve
/ years. He was for many years a we'll
! known locomotive and stationary engineer,
! and was always an industrious citizen. His
/
! vived by one son and one daughter. His
! funeral was held last Saturday from the
home Of Hartwell r. Edgerly his son, on
| First Avenue and the burial was in Green
| Mount Cemetery.
The September term of County Court
opened Tuesday morning with Judge r.. S
! Taft of Burlington presiding. 9. K. Jones
of Waitsfield and I. II. Lance of Cabot are
assistant judges, o r. Collins of Cabot
sheriff, and Mrs. F. L. Laird reporter
Prayer was offered by Rev. A. N. Lewis.
The forenoon was spent in calling the
docket, and at two O'Clock the grand and
petit jurors were called and instructed in
their duties by Judge Taft. The term
promises to be long, and several important
civil and criminal cases are docketed. The
first case heard was III. l.. Averill of Barre
against Eugene Robinson, theatrical man
ager of New York, a case in assumpsit to
| recover $50 damages on contract for the
failure OF the company managed by defend
ant to apear at the opera house in Bellows
Falls in September, 1898, where they had
been billed by plaintiff
ABOUT one hundred prominent republi-
cans OF Vermont will leave ST. Albans this
evening by special train for Canton, o.. to
meet Major Mckinley. 1t is expected that
Senator Proctor Congressman Grout and
Powers, Governor Woodbury., Lieutenant
Governor Mansur and Governor-elect Grout
will be in the party. The VermOnters will
be given a reception by the republicans of
Cleveland on Thursday evening, and early
Friday morning will proceed to Canton to
pay their respects to Major Mckinley. Re-
turning, the party will reach Vermont on
Saturday at noon. The special train of
Wagner sleeping cars will be elaborately
trimmed and the front of the engine will
bear huge sign-board inscribed: Yer
mont for Mckinley; $4,000" I. NJ. Deal OF
St. A bans, Colonel E. Il. Morse of Proctor,
and l. Bart Cross have had the matter in
p1nrpA Among those from Mammalian
who will go are l.. Bart Cross, f. NJ. Cory,
Warren and G. w Randall will join the
party at Waterbury,
THE Boston Globe has recently revived
an interesting incident in which W. @
Woolson, brother of S. G. Woolson of this
city, igured conspicuously. Mr. Woolson
went TO California in 1885, and in 1852 he
wrote his mother that he was working on
napkin ring which was to be presented tC
President Pierce that would cost thousands
of dollars. The Globe recently published
picture OF this ring, and said this of it
" One OF the most curious rs well as one d
the most valuable of American rings is thai
presented TO President Pierce in 1852 by The
citizens of California. II is Of massive gold
weighing upward of a pound; the circular
portion is cut into squares which stand a
right angles with each other, and ar,
embellished each with beautifully
executed design, the entire group present
ing pictorial history of California from
her primitive state down to the presen
time. The seal of ths ring is r ally lii
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