Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-29
General Vermont News.

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grand vice tcmpldr. Miss Ethel Gould Of
Randolph; grand superintendent Of juvenile
templaf-. Mr-. o. :. Wiley Of Barre grand
secretary, &. u. Edgerton of Northneld;
grand treasurer. 4. A. Hatch of Straf-
ford grand auditor. William II. Mat
thrws OF Midilebury. These officers
Were appointed. Past grand chief tenn
plar. Geo. \. Nattlrs OF Bennington; grand
chaplain. Rev. T.. W. StUrteyaut Of East
BHiutrrr: grand marshal T.. l.. Kelley Of
West salisbury: grand guard. Mrs. II. A.
Russell OF Gallup Mills: grand assistant see
rctary. Mrs. {. u. EdgertOn Of NOrthileld;
grand deputy marshal. Miss Mary Moore of
It. Albans: grand messenger Elmer i. St.
Johns Of Hubbardton. These and the cleo
tive officers were installed by Dr. Mann OF
Brooklyn.
At the closing session Of the Vermont
state Medical sOcietys Sith annual meeting
the following officers We're elected Prrsi-
dent, Lyman Rogers, Bennington vice
president. William D. Huntington. ROrhr~-
ter: secretary. ID. {. Hawiry. Burlington:
treasurer. d. q. Kemp. Montpelier audi
tor, L. ). Albee. Bellows Falls: rNrru-
tive committee, Lyman Rogers Of Ben
ningtOn, u. {. Hawley Of Burlington,
j. y. Jrnn" of st. Albans: license cen
-ors, II. G. Tinkham, II. If. Lee. c. W. Stro-
bel: delegates to the Massachusetts Medical
society, II. ID. HoltOn BruttlebOrO. and
James y. Jenne; TO the Rhode Island Medi-
cal society. G. +. Camp. J. II. Jackson 10
the Connecticut Medical society. VI. ID.
Warren, \. C.. Bailey; tn the Maine Medical
society. ii. Linsey. +. II. Ross to the New
England Medical society. /. NJ. Allen, II. II.
Lee.
The Norwich public library and public
school building has just been destroyed By
fire. 1t was three-story brick structure
valued at $4,000, and was partially insured.
The building was one OF the oldest historic
structures in that section, having been
erected in 1884 by captain Alden Partridge.
aud for years used military school the
famous Norwich university. Recently it had
been used for the graded schools OF that
town 1t also contained the hall of the
junior order. United American Mechanics.
III" library contained 5000 volumes. nearly
all ui which together with the furnishings
were saved. The lire caught IN an adjoining
shed and is supposed ts have been OF incrn-
diary origin.
Forty wears ago Charles Cummings. son
of the late John l.. Cummings. who lived
Just across the WnOoski river from Mont
p"Iirr, on the Berlin side. left for parts I'M
Enown. Since that time his relatives mad
heard nothing from him and for many years
mOurued him a. dead. His father died
many years ago, but his aged mother aud
brother are still living AT the old homestead.
Mr.. Cummings returned last week. Wednes-
day evening. and when his identity was
established to the satisfaction of his mother
her iov at finding her long-lost son nearly
proved fatal excitement. When MIR. cum
mings left Montpelier he Joined the British
army. and for 40 years he has been in the
queens army and navy. He is at present
retired surgeon in that service, stationed at
h't "'"""'
The summary Of the parochial statistics of
the Episcopal church shows that there are
9O0j baptized members Of the church in Yer
mont, OF whom 1896 are communicants.
There were pa baptisms last year lS9 con-
~ 10 mar IIlases; anu 20 Durius'
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Ludlow. Fred Pingree of Hartford, H, C..
ShurtleT of MontpeIier, Anthony Scbwenck
of Brattleboro. Albert Farmau of Newport,
Leon Latham of Randolph. Frank Mills of
Newport. and Clark c. Briggs of Burling-
ton.
At the business meeting of the Teach
ers' association at Woodstock the fol-
dent, L. H. Whitehll of Woodstock secre-
tary, $. H. Erskine Of Rutland; treasurer,
\. j. Whitehtll of Montpelier; executive
committee, f. A. Bagnall of st. Albans, C.
o. Davis of White River Junction, and d.
Y. Comstock OF st. Johnsbury. One vice
president was chosen for each county. The
treasurer's report showed a small balance