The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-02
SUMMARY OF NEWS,
Vermont.

WILLIAM LAWN of Brattleboro has signed
a contract with Madam Lillian Nordica to
sing in series of ten concerts, the first of
which will be given December II.
SwANToN is to have a big hotel. Work
on the excavation has already been COM
menced, and it is expected that the struc.
ture will be pushed right along, until its
completion.
Fuller's livery stable, In st. Adams, Friday
morning by Deputy Collector Il. N, Billiard
of Swanton. 1t is claimed that the pair
were Struggled from Canada through Swan
ton.
A GENERAL raid was made on the liquor
dealers of Swanton Friday morning by
States Attorney l. N. Chase. accompanied
by Sheriff b. f. Kelley, Deputy Ladd of ST..
Adams and Deputy James of Swanton.
Liquors were found in most of the places
visited.
The marriage of John w. Titcomb of st..
Johnsbury, fish commissioner, and Miss
Martha e. Ross, daughter of Chief Justice
Ross and teacher of drawing ia the ST..
Johnsbury Academy and public schools. is
announced to take place December %.
Two varieties of game birds have
been introduced into this state from
Sweden by the Vermont Fish and Game
League. They are the black cock and
carercailzie, both the largest species of the
grouse family. Two cocks and two hens of
the capercailzie species were recently re-
ceived in Rutland and have been liberated
SEVEN registered imported Holstein COWS
from herd OF %, owned by William NJ
Smith of Chester, were found to be suffer
ing from tuberculosis by State Examiner G.
NJ Win5low last Saturday morning and or
dered killed, The herd was considered one
of the best in the state.
THE Lichenstein family, who have been
spending several weeks at Barton Landing
prospecting for gold, etc, have returned to
their home in New York city They have
ton and claim that some of the samples of
dirt " sent away for analysis showed good
paying quantities of gold, but owing to the
lateness of the season they will not attempt
to develop the placers this fall
THE twenty-ffth annual session of the
Vermont State Grange will be held at Bur-
lington on December 8, 10 and IL. A pub
lie meeting will be held Wednesday even
ing December 9, at eight o'clock in City
Hall. The address of welcome will be
given by Mayor Peck of Burlington and re-
spouse by Hon. 9. j. Bell, the Master of
the State Grange. Among other prominent
speakers will be President Buckham of the
University of Vermont; George w. Pierce,
State Grange Lecturer; Governor Grout;
tional Grange and Mason s. Stone, Superin-
tendent of Education.
BY an order just issued from the depart
ment of agriculture, st. Adams, VT, has
been added to the list of ports at which cat
tie and sheep from the Dominion of Canada
for export from the United States may be
in bond, for Portland Me-, and
Boston, Mass, for export from the two last
ports only in accordance with
the regulation in the order of February II,
1889. The trans portation companies carry
ng cattle or sheep in bond from Canada for
Portland and Boston for export have estab-
ished at these points special stock yards for
export cattle and sheep and such yards are
% be used for no other purpose. All such
,attle and sheep shipped to Boston must
Yards.
THE assignment of judges for the several
county courts in the state from December,
J. J.-Grand Isle, Feb. 16, '97; Franklin,
March 8, '97; Bennington, June 1, '97;
Windham, Sept. IA, '97. Taft, J-Caledo.
Tia, Dec. l, '96; Orleans, Feb. 9, '97; Grand
sic, Aug. "a, 81; Franklin, Sept "a, 81
aowell J.-Lamoille, Dec. l, '96; Washing
on, March 9, '97; Caledonia, June l. '97;
Orleans, Sept. 8, 1917. Tyler, J.-Addisop,
Dec. 1, &c., Rutland, March 8, '97; La
noille, April 27, '97; Washington, Sept. ID,
81. Munson, j. - Windsor Dec. /, '96
March 9, '97; Addison, June l,
~; Rutland, Sept a. '97. Start, J.-Orange,
DEC. l, '96; Essex, March 16, '97; Windsor,
thompson, j. - Bennington, Dec /, '96;
March g. '97; Orange, June 1,
u; Essex, Sept 81, '97.