The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-24
sum MARY OF NEWS,
Vermont.

PENSIONS recently granted to Vermont
ers: Increase Martin v Williams of Wal.
lingiord and Cadmus s Gates of Highgate;
original, widows, etc, minor of Lewis Gid
dings of Enosburg Falls
CONGRESSMAN POWERS was unanimously
renominated at the first district convention
held last Thursday at Rutland. The dis
trict committee for the ensuing two years ia
j. M. Slade of Addison county, John s. Hol-
den of Bennington, II. G. Gleason of Chit
tenden, r. o. Sturtevant ofIFrankln, Juan
Robinson of Grand Isle, II. N. Gray of La
noble and #. g. Swinington of Rutland.
The trustees of the Gill Odd Fellows
Home at Ludlow held a meeting in Bur
lington last Wednesday evening and voted
to place the matter of appointing a superin-
tendent and matron in the charge of
special committee. 1t was voted not to use
the buildings as hotel or summer resort
as has been suggested, keeping 1t closely
for the purposes of the order. Rules and
regulations regarding the admission of in
mates will be published soon. INDECENT
Odd Fellows of Vermont and their families
are eligible to benefit. The admissions will
be made in a few days.
THE annual summer excursion and out
ing of the Vermont Press Association will
be held this year at Willoughby Lake. The
party will meet at Hotel Barton, in Barton,
Wednesday evening, July 1. The next
morning teams will convey the party to the
the morning of July 3, when they will be
driven to West Burke to connect with the
train south, enabling them to reach home
that day. The Central Vermont railroad
will sell tickets for members of the associa-
ton and their families at one cent mile;
to others in the party, one fare for the
round trip to junction points. The Boston
& Maine road will sell tickets for this ex-
cursion at one cent a mile each way for
members and their wives, and other roads
xxrt11 oil ,fvirrn .,a1tt ratn
ering the expense of the trip to Barton and
at Lake Willoughby can be secured of Ed
itor Blake on arrival OF the party at Hotel
Barton at $3.50 each. This includes enter
tainment at Barton and at the lake, the
steamer ride, and transportation out from
Barton and back to West Burke.
THE one hundredth and sixth annual con-
vention of the Episcopal Diocese of Ver-
mont was held last week Wednesday and
Thursday in st. Stephens church, Middle
bury. Rev. Bishop Hall presided Thomas
II. Garfield of Burlington received his thirty
Colonel Fred e. Smith of Montpelier and
7. H. Garfield, Jr., of Burlington were
elected assistant secretaries, Edward l..
/ Temple of Rutland was elected treasurer
and Rev. Francis w. Smith of Woodstock
registrar. Hon. Wheelock G. Veazey of
Rutland was appointed legal adviser and
Rev. W. j. Harris, DID,, of Rutland, dioce-
san missionary. At the first days session
Bishop Hall delivered an address on " Mar
rage and Divorce" A committee, COM
posed of the bishop, Rev. DR.. Bliss, Rev.
Allan d. Brown, Ex-Governor Ormsbee,
Hon. George Briggs and Charles e.
Parker, was appointed to present memo
rial to the legislature asking for more
stringent laws relative to divorces. The
bishop delivered his annual address, giving
an account of his visitation to different par
ishes, the number of sermons delivered
and the number of persons confirmed. The
next convention will be held In St. Thoma as
church Brandon, the third Wednesday in
June, 1897.