News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1897-06-30
STATE NEWS.

Patrick Herbert OF Der lin, who slashed his
throat with pocket knife in an attempt to
commit suicide last Wednesday. died Friday
morning from the effects of the wound
The Caledonia county fair directors have
decided on Sept. IA. 10 and 16 as the dates
for holding the fair this year
The inventory of the estate of the late o. J.
Walker of Burlington foots upat $73, 243 90,
his daughter Frances being sole heir.
Cadets 5. F. Waller of West Derby, Arthur
Locke of Saxons River aud A. o. Cliff of Mid
dletown Springs have been selected by the ex-
aiming board at Vermont academy, Saxon's
River as ranking highest in drill and general
military excellence, and their names will be
forwarded TO the war department.
Friday evening Chief of Police Manchester
of New Haven attempted to arrest noto-
rious character, DaveJones who drew knife
and sashed open the officers throat, laying
the jugular vein bare. Manchester is in a
critical condition. The crime seemed premed-
itated as Jones had his knife open in his
pocket and had made threats to use it on the
officer. Jones will be held for the grand jury.
In South Vernon the monument is to be at
once put IN place, marking the spot where the
three states of Massachusetts, Vermont and
New Hampshire join. The monument is a
block of Windsor green granite ten feet six
inches long, two feet square, and will stand
six feet above the ground. Tits appropriately
inscribed and the first name on the north side
is that of Col. Kittredge Haskus of Brattle-
boro, one of the state commissioners who for
several years has given much study to fixing
properly and for all time the boundary lines.
During the recent G. A. X. encampment the
committee appointed by the reunion associa-
ton of the 18th Vermont contracted for the
regimental monument that is to be placed on
the battlefield of Gettysburg. The monument
is to be built of the best Barre dark granite.
The contract price for the monument, with
six markers OF the same granite, which are to
mark important points on the battlefield, is
SO 200, a larger part of which is already
pledged The monument is to be dedicated
October 81, the anniversary of the date on
which the regiment was mustered into service.
The election of officers of the Vermont
State Fremen's Association resulted as fol-
lows President, John H. Sargent, Middle.
bury vice presidents, NJ. E. Orr, Poultney,
X. K HaDnum, Rutland, K. l.. Budd, Ben.
nington, John n. Norton, Vergennes, G. F.
Folsom, Swauton; secretary, D. Moore, Ben.
nington; treasurer l.. c. Grant; executive
committee, W. e. Morse Burlington, j. H.
DonnelIy, Vergennes, H. L. Thomas, Winoos-
XII, n. d. Phelps, Barre, H. r. Hope, Poultney;
national representative, S. D. Miner, YER
gennes alternate, NJ. E. Orr, Poultney; stat
istician. G. H. Burch, Bennington. The next
convention will be held in Middlebury.
Bishop A. C. A. Hail. OF this Episcopal do
cese sailed last week Wednesday on the steam
ship Britannica for England to attend the
Lambeth conference. The bishops return
passage is secured for August 26, via Mont
real He expects to return for the first Sun
day in September and to attend the annual
retreat for priests at Rock Point from Sept.
s to 10. September, October and November
he has planned for general diocesan visits.
His chaplain, Rev. Geo. b. Johnson, attends
him in England. His address during July
will be at Four Little Cloisters, Westminster
Abbey. Re will be the guest of Rev. Father
Gore, and during the first three weeks of
August, BiufeId, Fyfeld road, Oxford. the
seat of the religious order to which be belong
ed in England