The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-24

September, 1864, she married g. ID. Ander-
son OF Woodstock, who died in 1866 In
March 1871, she was again married to George
Howes OF Montpelier, whose death occurred
In January 1892 With the exception OF
Edwin @. Holmes, @ surviving brother,
Mrs. Howes was the last OF family promi.
nent in social and business circles in Mont
pelier century ago. AS young lady she
was possessed Of more than ordinary at
tainments, and attractive qualities Of heart
and mind She kept through mature life,
and to the time Of her DEATH many warm
friendships formed in girlhood's days and
the circle OF mourning friends around her
pier was by no means confined to the peo.
pie OF the Montpelier OF to-day. Her funer-
al was held Saturday afternoon from her
late home, Rev. A. N. Lewis officiating, and
the burial was in the family lot in Green
Mount cemetery.
MRS. CARA LANGDoN NICHOLAS died
early last Monday morning at her home on
Berlin side, from the result OF q shock OF
paralysis received last week. Deceased
was eighty-one years old. She was sister
OF the late James r. Langdon, and since
Mr.. Langdon's death, her declining days
have been made comfortable by the income
from $4,000, provided for her by Mr..
Langdon. She leaves one son, Luco and
one daughter, Dora, also several grand
children. Her funeral will be held this
morning from her late home. In the days
u.
attractive personality, and being the
daughter OF Montpelier's wealthiest citizen,
moved In the best society and enjoy ed the
advantages OF occasional visits and sojourns
In the cities. As Is generally known, Col.
Miller Vermont's hero in Greece's war OF
independence, brought to America two
Greek youths, Lucas and Anastatias Nicho-
las. The former, now lawyer in Wiscon-
sin, lived with Col. Miller at lis residence
mere, on the ground now occupied by the
offices OF the Montpelier & Wells River
railway. The latter. who lived in New
Miss Langdon, and the meeting ended in
marriage. The contrast between her
earlier life and her last years presents one
OF the tragedies OF human existence often
portrayed iu fiction, but rarely 80 painfully
and pathetically exemplihed in life among
the Green Mountains. For her, death ends
a long and weary pilgrimage.
A PRESS dispatch was sent out from Mont
pelier last week stating that $500, 900 worth
OF gold refunding bonds OF the city of Lin
coin, Neb, had been declared invalid by
the Supreme Court Of Nebraska. The dis
patch also stated that large amount Of
City OF Superior bonds, issued in excess of
that city were held by the Vermont Savings
banks, and that the Montpelier Savings
Bank and Trust Company held $4,000 Of
the Superior and $1,000 OF the Lincoln
bonds. Inquiry shows that the city of
Superior has issued bonds to only frac-
tional part Of the limit, and the bonds held
by the Vermont banks were issued years
ago, and are as good as wheat. In regard to
the Lincoln bonds, the banking house of E.
H. Rollins & Co., Boston, writes the Boston
Journal as follows: "Some time last year
the city OF Lincoln voted an issue of S539 900
refunding bonds to refund all its outstand.
ing Indebtedness. These bonds were, we
believe, sold to an English firm. Before
the bonds were delivered, Mr.. Bryan, the
democratic candidate for president, brought
an action to restrain the delivery Of the
bonds, claiming that they could not be is
sued as gold bonds in other words, that a
gold bond would be illegal. The matter
was taken into the courts and the court de-
cided that, ignoring the gold clause, the
proceedings under which they proposed to
issue them had been faulty in view of the
fact that two-thirds Of the legal voters OF
the city had not voted upon the proposition,
and the city was restrained from issuing the
bonds. You will, therefore, see that as a
matter Of fact the bonds were never issued,
and never delivered, and therefore that
there are no illegal bonds of the city OF Lin
coin outstanding, the old issues which this
new one proposed to fund still being out
standing and perfectly legal as far as we
know" Such a statement, coming from
high financial authority, ought to settle the
question of the validity OF the Lincoln
bonds. The statement in regard to the city
OF Superior bonds was, to say the least mis-
leading.