Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03
General Vermont News.

war times aud searching for drinking cup
that hr carried then. About 33 year. ago
Captain Gri-wo.d Was captured 10y the Con-
federate- al Petersburg and confined ia
Libby prison. After several months spent
thrrt. h.. was ordered transferred 70 another
prison. During the transfer he and
three other prisoners broke loose and
started for the Union lines. For ~ DAYS he
trayrr-ed across Virginia and was ain ust
within hailiug distance Of the Union lines
when. foots1re aui weary. ne was recap ured
ny two C0nf"deratr~ and marched back u
Libby prison. whore he remained until eN-
changed. Captain Griswold has alwafs r.
m"mDered those two C0nfederates who re-
captured him. bat il was only recently that
he located one OF them. During his visit
he recovered the drinking cup taken from
him at the time OF his capture.
Gen. Charles L. uovey. a well known
lawyer Of Washington. ha, Just died, aged
20 wears. lie served during the war ~ 4
volunteer officer and mad Il fine record He
was born in Vermont ia 1927. and after Ia
mad been graduated from Dartmouth col
lcgr moved to Illinois. where he founded
til" Illinois state normal university. When
the war broke ont he resigned as its prin-
cipal and. under President Lincoln's com
mission. raised the 33d Illinois vounteers.the
members being principally former student
OF the university. Gaiiautry at the battle
adler general ana an assignment TO Genera.
Sherman command. He served in the
siege OF Nirkshurg. where he contracted an
illness that forced him to resign from the
army. II" had practired law since 1869.
Two sons, living in New York city, AMI Lew
lStou, y d., and a widow. formerly Harriet
+. SputIord. Of Massachusetts. survive him.
The Vermont knitting mills at North Ben
nimgtOu, one OF the largest plants in sonth-
"rn Vermont and which have been idle since
July. have been purchased hy the superior
Knitting company oi NU0sick FaII-, y. \.
The latter company wa organized TWO years
ago for the Manufacture OF ladies and rhll-
, drrns ribbed underwear The business
has rapidly Developed. the firm employ
ing l25 persons The Vermont Cot
ton mill property, formerly occupied
hv the late John Lyman. COM
prises I2O acres. ON which there are f. teue-
ments unlimited water power and factory
/ building 30 by 1870 feet with four stories and
an attic. boiler house and engine room,
l25 horse power engine and two boilers. The
building l. Supplied with the c2rdlng and
spinning machinery for making cotton ya-n,
such a. j. used by the superior knitting
Mill company, and by manufacturing which
a large saving can be made.
Word has been received that Erne Ed
son, who left Bennington July 20 for Lin
I coin. Neb., on an unnavigahle river in
boat of his own construction. had reached
there safely. Edison. who is 20 resolved to
try his fortunes in the West. but was too
poor to 20 bv ordinary means and routes Of
travel The boat was L feet long and Two
feet wide and was provided with oars
and rugged with a sail. All Edison took with
! him on his journey wa9 - and the clothes
| he wore. lie landed at different places
] to earn money 10 continue on the voyage,
sleeping in the boat At night. Entering the
great lakes at Buffalo ne reached Nebraska
by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. His
! route covered 300 miles. He suffered terri
I bly, at times from hunger storms and eN-
pOsure but was greeted ~ Il hero in many
| Of the places through which he passed. Ed
sons undertaking il one Of the most original
enterprises by a Nermonter in many years.
4 house occupied by Frank Yellowneck,
| about two miles out of the village OF Ben
nington. and a barn adjoining, together with
| all the contents. were burned recently. Mrs.
! lellOWneck was awakened about ) o clock IN
! the morning to find that the bed i'll which
! she was sleeping with two children. one OF
/ them only three weeks Old. was ON fire. Her
/ husband, who is a tailor. works in Troy. She
. seized the children, put them in baby car
/ rlage threw Il pillow over them and, clad
/ only in her nightgoWn. went to Il neighbOrs
/ fully a quarter OF a mile distant and aroused
them. The barn adjoining the house was
! burned before sue WIS dNdhtDft. ucIt
/ was no insurance on contents. The fire Is
supposed to have been caused by a tramp
who was sleeping in the barn.
First Lieutenant Stephen Miller FoOte,
Fourth United States artillery, who was
formerly military instructor ut Vermont
academy. was the recent recipient OF Il nota-
! bic honor. He wa. awarded the annual
prize of the Military Service inStitution.cOn-
! siSting Of a gold medal, life membership and
Il 'lN f.t tlA
| best essay on Based on Present; Conditions
| and Past Experiences. How Should Our Vol
| untecr Armies be Raised Organized.
| Trained and MohiiiEed for Future Narst'
| The members of the board of awards We're
! Major General Wesley Merritt, |. $. A.: eN-
Governor [. 4. Woodbury. and Colonel H..
| W. CiassOn, |. ). a.
Charles Jane. employed as telegraph op-
orator at Brandon. disappeared from town
recently in mysterious manner. He was
steady, Industrious young man and had
many friends He had been employed at tho
station several years. He and his sister kept
! house. and their relations were OF the pleas
antest. All of his accounts at the depot
were found to be correct. and apparently
there is no reason for his departure. Many
of his friends believe that he is suffering
from Il temporary arrangement of the brain,
AS he has complained of severe headaches
lately. His sister is prsStrated by the affair.
He left her note and some money saying
he was going away.
$. l.. Griffith of Mount Tabor, at whose
hatchery large number of trout
were poisoned by Paris green a few
weeks ago, has completely renovated and
cleaned the watts and put 2200 trout back into
them. Before doing so $4,000 eggs were
stripped from them and placed in the hatch
cry. Mr.. Griffith has also purchased 300,-
900 eggs which are to be placed in the hatch
cry in January, and he also expects to take
at least 1900 more eggs. These will give
him q total of about 1000 eggs. so that
there is a fine prospect Of Il fine lot of linger-
lings next season at this hatchery.
The Congregation society of East Barre
has extended Il call to Rev. William ParEyn
Jackson of Brigham. =. O., to become its
pastor. Mr.. Jackson is Il son of Rev. s. N.
Jackson, pastor Of the Congregational
church in Barre. and Il nephew Of DIR. j.
Henry jackson of the medical department
of the University of Vermont. lie is Il Young
man. having graduated from the Congrega-
tional college of Montreal some two years
ago. The society at East Barre has Just com
pleted its new meptinghOuse.
Thomas Vail Il manufacturer of Peters
burg. n. Y, has made an application to Ell.
nathan Sweet. receiver of the Lebanon
Springs railroad for a lease of the road witt
the intention OF operating it, The receiver
says that the application cannot be granted
as the law does not permit him to become a
party to such Il transaction. The road
ceased operations in July.
States Attorney Harvey of Windsor county
is making Il strong effort to enforce the pro
hibitory liquor law. He will make an eflor
to have all convicted liquor sellers i'm
prisoned. Raids have been made in
ProctorsvilIe and Ludlow, and large
amount of spirits seized. During Il raid Il
Ludlow II landlord at hotel there es
capped.
Guy Carpenter Estey 1G years old, young
est son of Geo. and Mrs. j. j. Estey 0
Brattleboro is dead of spinal meningitis
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