Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-04-02
General Vermont News.

The Vermont delegation at Washington
has asked for the appointment of j. ID. Deni-
isOn OF Randolph as minister to Venezuela.
This position was held by Vermont men dur
ing the Cleveland and Harrison administra-
tions, and the state feels that it has some
thing like a lien on it. The other appoint
ments recommended are: Colonel j. G.. Fos-
ter OF Derby to be consul at SherbrOOke.
Canada, and General W. W. Henry OF
Burlington to be consul at Mon
treal. Word has been received from
Frank G. Partridge. who has been in
the Adirondacks for his health, that
he is on the road to recovery This
increases the probability that he will re-
ceive an appointment as assistant secretary
of state. In the new district, known as the
Memphremagog district. Colonel Mansur of
Island Pond will doubtless be collector, as
there is no other prominent candidate ON the
east side. In the Burlington district there are
two candidates. eX-COllectOr q. G.. Benedict
of the Burlington Free Press, and Colonel
Merrill of the Republican State committee.
The candidates for district attorney are W.
A. Lord of Montpelier, W. l.. Burnap OF
Burlington. George T.. Lawrence of Rutland
and Alexander Dunnett of st. Johnsbury.
The candidates for United States marshal
are Colonel H. i. Taylor of Brattleboro Luke
Parish of Randolph, f. +. BrOwnell and l..
Drew of Burlington
The National Tribune of Washington, d.
G., Grand Army journal, in the issue OF
March Is, has Il letter written by Mr. Daniel
Il. Freeman of Chicago. who was a member
of company G, 10th Vermont volunteers ana
who was present with Captain George Z.
Davis and his brave men at the fight at the
railroad bridge in the battle of the Monocacy,
Maryland, July 8, 1864. twas here that the
10th Vermont regiment General W.
W. Henry commanded and other
Union regiments batteries stood off
the confederate generals. Early and Cor
don and their vastly superior force which
tended greatly in saving the Union
capitol from capture and ruin. The praises
of these brave men have been sounded
throughout the land since the war. None
deserves them more than the modest Chris
tan gentleman, Capt. George L. Davis,
whose home has been in Burlington since his
return from the army, and who received
- medal of honor from Congress for hold
ing this bridge until the enemy were close
upon him. The letter written by Comrade
Freeman is most interesting and compliment
tary and gives the credit to whom it is due.
The report recently made by the county
commissioner as to the quantity of liquor
sold at the town agencies in the towns OF
Washington county for the three months
ending March l. is Of peculiar interest. The
Montpelier agency has disposed of liquor
during this period valued at S14OO, Water
bury S67l. Waitsfeld S415, Barre 1920
Planfeld sl85. Warren S245. Roxbury s2l6,
Northteld S82S, Woodbury. 5l22 and Duxbury
Sl6S. .Middlebury has had a special town
meeting to take action i'll regard to a town free
library. The project was defeated by vote
of SS to 40. Those opposed to the bill would
not permit any discussion of the subject A
peculiar opposition seemed to have devel-
oped among the poorer people. who would
receive the most benefit in that they seemed
to believe that the wetl-tO-dO would derive
all the benefit from free library.
A camp of Sons of Veterans has been organ
lied in Bradford with twenty-siX charter
members Frederick Francis Kendall who
has just died at the asylum at Waterbury,
was born in Lyndon. June l, 1912. He en-
listed from Sheffield in the Tenth Vermont
regiment and served three years in the civil
war, being wounded and lying in a Southern
hospital IA part of the time. A sunstroke
received during prolonged march is
thought to have caused the mental trouble,
from which he suffered the last nineteen
years of his life. In August. 1868. he mar
ried Louise Bagley and resided some ten
years in st. Johnsbury. His wife, one
daughter and four sons survive him. and
have their homes in LacOnia n. H.
In the case of the George L. Lyons gran
ite company against the town of Hartford,
Vt, to recover 1880 for labor performed
and for money paid out in the building of
the west abutment in the Connecticut river
bridge at White River Junction, a verdict
was given for the defendant. The
Berlin bridge company took the
contract to build the bridge together
with the piers and abutments and subet the
masonry TO the granite company. No legal
liability on the part of the defendant was
shown. The application for charter for
dam across the Connecticut river at
Rro+t nhNr has 4 ,nJ L.,t ~
in the New Hampshire legislature
Samuel B. Houghton of Brattleboro is
dead, eyed SO years. He was born in Ca
naan md soon after moved to Vernon, where
he lived several years. From Vernon he
went to Worcester, Mass, and was employed
in a grocery store. In 1850 he went to Cali
fornia, where he conducted milk business
for five years returning to Vernon at the
end of that time to care for his parents He
went to BrattebOro in 1889, but las had no
particular business since then. He married
November 2, 1859, Sarah NJ. Johnson of Yer
non, whom he leaves with two children, Mrs
Kate NJ. Pratt and NJ. c. Houghton of Brat
tleboro. He also leaves one brother and
three sisters.
Polly Chase Person, S5, widow of George
Person, formerly of Bratteboro, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Z.
?. Reed, in Guilford. Mrs. Person was born
in Jamaica. She went to Brattleboro over so
years ago, and lived on what was called the
Asylum fiat, above the Brattleboro retreat
Mr.. Person was chief mason for the retreat,
and had charge of the construction of part
of the retreat buildings. Mrs. Person was
the last of a family of IS children. She
leaves three children Mrs. Reed of Guilford,
Mrs. l.. w. Miller of Philadelphia and
George Person of Cincinnati.
Harry Knight of Norwich. aged 20, hanged
himself in his barn. He carefully measured
the distance from the high beams to the
floor of the barn, about nine feet, then ad-
justed the rope and jumped off. When found
his feet were within Is inches of the floor
and his neck was broken. Mr.. Knight was
an estimable man. He had been i'll with grip
this winter and was doubtless mentally un-
balanced when the act was committed. He
leaves wife, daughter and son, the last
named Seymour s., prominent business
man of Cleveland, Ohio.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Dental society held in Montpelier, these Off
GERS were elected President, G. s. Camp
bell of st. Albans vice-presidents, j. A.
Robbins of Morrisville, X. L. Cleaves of
Montpelier secretary, Thomas Mound of
Rutland corresponding secretary. Miss
Grace BoswOrth of Rutland; treasurer, W.
H. Munsell of Wells River; executive COM
mittee, H. Terrill of Rutland. DR.. G. w.
Steele of Barre, J. r. Taggart of Burlington.
While the mail train on the Rutland road
was rounding acurve between Healdville and
ludlow, one day last week. a wild deer was
seen on the track. The engineer slowed up
his train, giving the animal chance to es-
cape uninj jured. After going about half
mile the deer left the track and ran up the
hillside He was seen by several passengers
and was beauty.
Pensions have been granted to the follow
ing Vermonters Increased, Charles j.. Hill
lizard of Wallingford, Martin II. Durkee of
Bethel; original, widows, etc, Caroline H.