Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-04-16
General Vermont News.

county court, and ut the same time
has caused the personal property to be
advertised for sale at public auction on
Monday. April ~. To further complicate
the situation, Tarbell& n Whitman. attorneys
for Boston unsecured creditors Of the com
pany, have petitioned Judge Seayer to de-
clare for "A hearing on this question. The
idleness Of this plant which began last fall,
is a great blow TO Sicthel, as it employed
from 10 to l2j hands. The secured debts
amount 10 about Sl0.0O and the unsecured
will probably be as much more.
Persons claiming to be DIR. Cornwall and
wife from New York arrived at Bennington
u few days ago. and secured quarters at one
of the most fashionable boarding houses in
the village. They were goud-luOking cOu-
pie, he being tall and slim. smooth-facrd,
and of light complexion. The woman was
short and plump, Of sallOw complexion.
They made friends quickly. His business
was, ostensibly, 10 introduce a new remedy.
Later he went to Rutlandas he said. to get
his medicine. Before leaving he paid his
board with draft On New York receiving
the balance in cash. Three days afterward
the woman went out aud has not been seen
since. The draft has come back from New
York indorsed mot known While here
the man undertook to purchase articles at
various places, rendering in payment for
lhtll tItths uIbNil w AlbduN people, bNl hS
far as learned he did not succeed in victim
izing anyone, as they were refused. He has
been heard OF north OF Rutland.
Vermont pensions have been allowed as
follows: Renewal and increase, George w.
Folsom OF West Brdgewater: original, Albert
Fish of Hydeville Jock Poro OF Pittsford
Mills, Frank Vermnt of West Salisbury
Frank Clements OF Burlington in
crease, Wilbur f. Howard of Randolph,
John Andres of Burlington, Franklin T..
Davis OF Chelsea, Davidson NJ. Barr of
Chester, Lyman j. Brown OF Bradford.
Patrick Callighan Of West Rutland ;
Leander Allen Of North Troy, Porter
Il. HodgdOn of North Craftsbury, James VI.
Coburn of GOuldsyille, Cornelius Bradley of
Pittsford. James Crone OF Pttsford, Lewis
Porter of West Berlin original. widows.
etc. Emily Il. Pierce Of Lamoile Emily Il.
Pierce of Cadys Falls restoratiC n and in
crease, George Pierce. deceased. of Cady's
Falls, George Pierce. deceased. Lamoille ;
additional, Robert 4. Bennett OF South Royal
ton.
The state superintendent. Mason ). Stone,
in his last report gives the enrolment for
1896 OF the six largest academies in Vermont
H. follows st. Johnsbury academy $40 /;
Troy Conference academy, 2l0 Lyndon in
stitute, 1870 Montpelier seminary, ls4 God
dard seminary. lsO Rutland institute,
1853; SaNon'a River academy, 1853. The
lurge enrolment OF st. Johnsbury acad-
cmy is, in part, accounted for by the
tact that IL does the high school work for
.hc town. Mr., Stone Is making arrange
mcnts for summer schools for teachers, 10
be held in five different towns in Vermont
in July and August. The locations of these
schools have not yet been selected. but they
will be held in towns most central for the
greatest number Of teachers.
Groton has just completed a century as an
organized town. This town was granted
Nov. I, 1850 and chartered to Thomas Butter
field and his associates Oct. 20,l1S9, contain
ing 2s 800 acres. The settlement of the town
ship was commenced in 1859 by Messrs.
Jones, Abbott, Morse and Osmorr. John
James was the first male child born in town.
The town was organized March ., 1877, and
Nathaniel Knight was the first town clerk
This, like many other Vermont towns. has
contributed largely to the population Of the
western states.
Rev ~ II. Webb. for the past four years
pastor Of Trinity church in Montpelier, will
be removed at the end Of the present con
ference year which closes April IS The re-
lations between Mr.. Webb and his people
have been very cordial, and he goes else
where at his own request. 1t is expected
that Rev. \. j. Hough of Brattleboro. the
poet lhuTthlt OF the vermont conference.
will be returned to Montpelier. Mr.. Hough
was pastor at Montpelier four years before
being sent to Brattleboro.
There is a small scandal aiioat in Cabot.
Two supposedly respectable young women
from East Cabot accompanied by two young
men, went to Cabot recently to attend u
promenade. After engaging rooms. where
they raised havoc with the furniture and
other articles, they entered the hall. There
they conducted themselves in such manner
that they were asked to leave. One of the
young men refused and they were arrested
for intoNication.
Suits have been brought by insurance
companies against H. l.. Hover of Benning-
ton to recover premiums claimed to have
been paid to him by different parties during
the past three years or more. The amount
involved is over $1,000. The property of Mr..
Hover has been attached and his body also
restrained. The wrts are returnable at the
next term of the county court and bail was
required for his appearance.
The Montpelier seminary baseball club has
| Joined the interscholastic league. which in
cludes teams from Goddard seminary, st.
| Johnsbury academy, Brigham academy Eut-
| land English and classical institute and St
Albans, Burlington, Middlebury high schools
During the coming baseball season these
| CLUBS Will COultSl IpI lHt tIuul plOuSHlp VI
the state and the SO cup offered by the
University of Vermont.
The Montpelier board of school commits
sioners has not yet selected a successor to
! the late Prof. s. J. Blanpied as principal OF
! the high school. 1t is thought that some ont
will be placed in charge Of the institution
| until the close of the present school year.
and that the permanent principal will not
| be engaged until after the summer vacation
George Rose, a veteran of the late war
died recently at his home in Wilmington.
| When the war of the rebellion broke out Mr..
Rose enlisted in the Union army and after
wards became sergeant of Co. +, 10th Vt
vols. His interest and devotion to the g.
r. was prominent feature of his character
to the very end of his life
W. W. Prescott, former editor and pro.
prietor of the Vermont Watchman, has beer
appointed by the general conference of the
| Seventh Day Advent church to general min.
sterial labor in England. Mr.. Prescott ha.
been for several years the educational see.
retary of this denomination in America.
A sensation was developed over kidnap
ping case at Newfane. which occurred tive
days before the funeral of boys mother
Horace Als took the adopted son of HI!
mother-in-law, Mrs. Moore, shortly after hel
death, which occurred on March 18th, keep
| ing three persons 10 suaru MN Sunuay ant
taking him to Brattleboro Monday, aftel
which he sent him to Lynn, Mass.
Senator Morrill, was 81 years old on Apri
IA. In Washington cards were sent out 70
his birthday reception.
The hearing on the application of the
creditors for the appointment of Il receiver
for the Lebanon Springs railroad has beer
heard before Justice Furman in Troy. The
court took the'papers and the decision was
reserved.
The Vermont School Masters club ban
quetted at the Pavilion, Montpelier, Apri
9Th. The object of the club is to brins
about fraternaI relations among the schoo
masters of the state and greater unity il
their work.
Telegrams received from Major f. w
Chlds of Brattleboro, who is in Aiken SC.
were to the effect that he was quite low, anC