The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

TIM town of Burke will soon celebrate
the one hundreth anniversary OF its organ
ization,
A DRy-HousE connected with the mill OF
H. H. Reed at Jamaica was burned last Fri
day, entailing loss of over 81 600.
REV, j, w. COMPTON, graduate OF New
ton Theological Seminary, has accepted a
call from the Baptist church at Brookliue,
Vt.
Lorenzo Dow PARKER, a native of Dux-
bury, died recently at Norwalk, Ohio,
where he had been in the dry goods bust
ness for many years.
A HOUSE in Drewsville, three miles from
Bellows Falls, owned by Hiram Hitchcock
Of New York and occupied by Fred Hop
kins, was burned last Wednesday night.
Lightning was the cause. Loss, $1,000; in
surance, $1,000.
MICHAEL MCMAHON, an employe Of the
Central Vermont railroad at Burlington for
the past thirty. eight years, was run down
and instantly killed by switch engine in
the yard in that city last Wednesday. He
was seventy-two years old.
GEORGE W. SMITH, president, ]. L. Ba-
con, treasurer, and e. j. Wallace, secretary
of the Connecticut River Valley Associa-
ton of White River junction, have been
suspended by the National Trotting Asso.
ton until the winnings Of the horse S. j.
c." are paid.
PENSIONS to Vermonters have recently
been granted as follows: Additional, Will
liam I. Howard OF Brandoni increase, Or
vile NJ. Eaton OF Waitsfeld Lucius s.
Whitcomb of West Berkshire and Andrew
g. Squier OF New Haven; reissue, Leonard
X. Fisher Of Randolph; reissue and in
crease, Francis Ash OF West Randolph;
original, John A. Locklin sof Montpelier;
original, widow, Emily II. Bacon Of Cabot;
renewal and increase, Oscar P. Davis of
Hartland Four Corners; restor 4tion and in
crease, Orvin Ell. Ward of Enosburgh Falls;
reissue, Charles W. Ransom OF Hardwicki
reissue and increase, Lorenzo Cheney OF
Felchville.
THE various Masonic bodies of the state
held annual meetings in Burlington last
week. The following officers OF the Grand
Lodge were elected: Kittredge Haskins of
Brattleboro, grand MASTER Daniel N;
Nicholson Of Burlington, deputy grand
grand senior warden; W. #. Lewis of Rut-
land, grand junior warden; Charles W.
Whitcomb Of Proctorsville, grand treasurer;
Warren G. Reynolds Of Burlington, grand
secretary; G. II. BigelOw OF Brookfeld,
grand senior deacon; Charles r. Montague
Of Woodstock, grand lecturers Rev. Edwin
Wheelock of Cam bridge, chaplain; Rev.
Frank Appleton OF st. Johnsbury, assistant
chaplain; Daniel S. Danforth OF st. Adams,
grand marshal; r. l.. Snow of Barre, grand
rd-bearer; Charles A. Chapman Of Fer
risburgh, grand pursuivant; Daniel @. Bar
Der of Burlington, grand senior steward;
Albert Killam Of Burlington, grand junior
steward; Emmett G. Tuttle of Manchester,
grand tyler.
EXTENSIVE Improvements and changes
are in progress at the House of Correction
at Rutland. A three-story building has
been added, and the woman's department
has been separated from the mems. A
sufficient amount or nearly SO, of the ap-
preparation voted at the last session OF the
legislature has been set apart and is now
being used in building brick wall on the
west, north and east sides OF the institution.
The old stockade was very unsafe and every
now and then prisoner would escape over
it. This will be scarcely possible in the
future. The wall which is now being built,
is over fourteen feet high, four feet in thick.
ness. An iron railing will be placed on top of
the wall, together with sentinel stations.
The gates leading into the street will be
opened and shut from the top Of the wall.
Superintendent Morgan expects to have the
wall completed this summer. Two trained
Southern blood-hounds have recently been
purchased by Superintendent Morgan.
Tho institution now has ITO prisoners,
twelve of whom are women.
| AT the annual session of the Congrega-
tiOnal Ministers and Churches of Vermont,
held last week at Bradford, the following
officers were elected for the year ensuing:
N. G. Williams of Bellows Falls, presidents
Rev. FL. 7. Barnard of Bradford, vice.
president; Rev. s. L. Bates of Burlington,
secretary; John M. Comstock of Chelsea,
corresponding secretary; d. M. Camp Of
Newport, treasurer; Frank M. Bond of Mid
dlebury, auditors; Rev. Henry Fairbanks,
deacon; G. W. Osgood, deacon w. j. Van
Patten, Rev. G. w. Thompson and Deacon
lockwood Barrett, trustees; Rev. M. L.
Severance, corporate member Of A. b. Q.
Il. M. Rev. A. Fl. Heath, DID,, delegate to
Vermont Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; Rev. e. e. Herrick, sub
stitute; Rev. G.. A. Thomas, delegate to the
Vermont Baptist conventions; Rev. FL. r.
Titus, substitute; Rev. Henry Gulick, dele
gate to the Free Baptist Yearly Meeting Rev.
n. X. Nichols, substitute; Rev. e. Fair banks,
Rev. Henry Fairbanks, Rev. A. s. Hazen,
Rev. II. L. Elliot and Deacon Joseph
Poland compose the Fairbanks Board Of
Q. F. Thompson, Deacon j. M. Sykes, Rev
e. T. Fairbanks and Rev. G. H. Merrill
compose the Fairbanks Board of Relief for
Ministers. COmmitteeon Vermont Chronicle,
Rev. G. II. Merrill, Rev. G. r. Seymour, j.
M. Comstock, Rev. L. Ii. Elliot and Rev.
@. Fl. Peck. The officers Of the Vermont
Domestic Missionary Society are: Rev.
f. Field of Rutland, vice-president; Rev. @.
Il. Merrill Of st. Johnsbury, secretary; Will
| liam @. Tyler of st. Johnsbury, treasurer
Those Of the Woman's Home Missionary
Union are: Mrs. w. j. Van Patten of Bur-
lington, presidents; Mrs. Adna Brown of
Springfield, vice-president; Mrs. M. K
Paine of Windsor, secretary; Miss 5. W.
Richardson, assistant secretary; Mrs. q. L.
Smith Of Burlington, secretary of the young
peoples work; Mrs. Rebecca P. Fairbanks
of st. Johnsbury, treasurer. The conven-
| ton was one of the most successful and