The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-01

Mrs. HIRAM w. MITCHELL died last Sun
day at her home in Manchester, N. H., OF
southern malaria, contracted while on her
wedding trip to Almeda, 8. c., last Febru-
airy. Mrs. Mitchell is very pleasantly re-
membered in Montpelier, and especially in
Trinity church, as Miss M. Lillian Taft.
For some time she was clerk in the store Of
O. II. Cross & Son, and was a young lady of
much promise. The news of her early
death brings sorrow to large circle OF
friends In this city. After leaving Mont
pelier Miss Taft graduated from the Du-
rant School OF Physical Culture in Boston,
and subsequently taught in Manchester.
Her funeral was held in that city on Tues
day.
NEARLY $50 tickets were sold for the ex-
cursion to Plattsburg, N. Y, last Saturday,
from Barre, Williamstown, Montpelier,
Middlesex and Waterbury. Mr.. j. Il.
Bentley, the gentlemanly and efficient ex-
cursion agent OF the Central Vermont rail-
road, personally accompanied the train,
and the arrangements were carried out
without hitch, Notwithstanding the i'm
mense crowd. The attractions of the open
saloons of Plattsburg proved too strong for
a good many OF the excursionists, and many
badly demoralized cases were seen on the
Reindeer" on the return trip. Some of
the worst cases got left in Plattsburg and
had the privilege of paying tariff rates to
their homes on Monday.
THE case of Joseph Bower OF Moretown
against John Mcmahon of Berlin was tried
at the Town House in Berlin last Monday
before I. j. Deavitt justice Of the peace.
It was an action of assault and battery.
The plaintiff claimed that the defendant
struck him blow at the house of G. Rowell
that felled him to the floor aud cut cash
over his right eye an inch or more in
| length, from which he had suffered great
pain, and for which he had been treated by
DIR. d. G. Kemp, whose testimony corrob-
Grated that of the plaintiff. Mr.. Mcmahon
did not deny striking the plaintiff, but at
tempted to show that Mr.. Bower was a
atn1arrelsome person and had bad temper.
| The court rendered judgment for the plain
tiff to recover $50 and his costs. L. r. Cor
don for plaintiff; f. w. Laird for defend
ant
j. n. MOORE, the hotel dead-beat who
victimized j. S. Viles, NJ s. Davis, III. p
WEIGH and j. O. Adams in Montpelier, was
arrested last Wednesday at st. Adams Bay
| by Constable buchanan of Barre, brought
to Montpelier and lodged in Jail. He was
| taken to Barre Thursday, where, in City
Court, he was sentenced to sixty days in
the House of Correction at Rutland. Some
| twenty hotel and livery men have since
been heard from who have suffered to a
| greater or less extent by the doings of this
smooth-tongued rascal. He registered I'M
der different name at each hotel and gen.
orally managed to raise few dollars on a
certified check he was carrying. Land
land, has papers ready to serve on Moore as
soon as he has served his first installment
of two months.
THE executive committee of the trustees
Of the Heaton Hospital met at the Hospital,
last Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of
assigning rooms and beds to societies or in
dividuals desiring to furnish the same. To
the Kings Daughters was assigned private
room B; to the Ladies' Society of the
Church OF the Messiah private room @;
to st. Augustine's Society, private room A.
Mrs. G. P. Pitkn is to furnish room One
and Mrs. f. M. Cory room Two, Mrs. I. 8.
Brophy the reception room, the Girls High
School Debating Club the surgical ward,
and Mrs. w. G. Andrews the front hall on
the second floor. Vermont Lodge, No. 2,
Odd Fellows, Aurora Lodge of Masons,
Mrs. j. w. Brock, Mrs. L. Bart Cross and
Mrs. l.. d. Taft each furnish bed in the
male ward. 1t is expected that the hospital
will be open for business by July 10.
On motion of the receivers of the Central
Vermont railroad at a session Of United
States Court, held last Monday evening,
the following orders were entered in the
hearing of the motion in the cases OF the
Grand Trunk against the Central Vermont
railroad: That they have leave to pay the
interest on the bonds of the Consolidated
Railroad Company of Vermont to July 1
also the interest on the equipment bonds
secured by mortgage to Colonel W. Seward
| W6DD, uu6 July Il 1850, ALSO bu6 luJbT6bl
on the floating debt of the company, which
is secured by collateral, to September /
1896 G. M. Wilds, Hon. B. f. Fifeld and
@. w. Writers appeared for the Central
Vermont and f. B. Swain of New York fol
the Ogdensburg bondhoders. These or
ders were also assented to by counsel fol
the American Loan and Trust Company
Boston.
ELvRRroN w. LOOMS, the one.armed vet
eran, who for many years was familiar
figure around the Union House and Elk
change Hotel, died last Sunday afternoon
at the home Of Mrs; Luke Knapp in Middle
sex. where he had been stopping for some
time Mr.. Looniis was fifty.fve years old
and was a son Of Eleazer B. Loomis, for
merly Of Montpelier. He leaves brother
William A., Of Lyndon, and sister, Emily
of Cambridge, Mass. Mr.. LOOMS enlisted
mont Regiment. He lost his arm at Saw
age Station, June 30, 1862 In 1868 he was
appointed to position in the custom house
at Burlington, and later lived for time or
a farm at Royalton. He came to Mont
pelier to reside about ten years ago, and fol
the past three years his mind has beer
gradually failing. He will be buried this
afternoon in the family lot in Green Mount
Cemetery, Brooks Post, Of which he was q
member, doing escort duty.
SPECIAL term OF the United States Dis
trict and Circuit Court was opened in the
| Coucrdl DulluluR last mOuudy
Hon. Hoyt H. Wheeler of Brattleboro pre-
siding. Other officers present are g.. e
johnson Of Burlington, clerk; j. FL. Sen
ter Of Montpelier, district attorney; E. 8
Harris of bennington, marshal; j. A
Kelley of Burlington, deputy marshal
John Buzzell of Randolph. bailiff. The
grand and petit jurors were drawn Monday
afternoon, and the case Of United Statei
against Harlow Conner Of Barton, for VIC
lation of the alien contract labor law, was
disposed of by imposing a fine of S25 OF
respondent. His plea that he was ignorant
OF the law was not accepted District At
torney Senter called up the case of United
States against j. Russell Mainerd, an &C
ton of debt on bond. Judge Wheeler gave
judgment for SIC, 1926 "a on the report of the
auditor. The case OF McDuffy against the
Boston & Maine railroad, for damages re
sulting from collision at Capleton, p. Q.
whereby Engineer McDuffy was killed, il
now on trial
Two HUNDRED AND TwENTY-sIX volumes
were added to the Kellogg Hubbard Ii
brary during May and June, the majority
of them issued from the press during 1891
| and 1890 Among them are n largo num hAl