Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-06-18
General Vermont News.

inE wear are sir hObert j. wright NtNPotAs
I Il. T. grand commander Sir Daniel N.Nich-
/ olson. Burlington, V. E.deputy commander;
/ Sir Jesse +. Thomson, Rutland. L. grand
generalssimo Sir Daniel Payson, windsor,
/ +. grand captain general Sir Rev. A. y.
] Lewis. Montpelier, +. grand prelate Sir Dan
J Z. Webster, Brattlehoro, +. grand senior
warden; SIR John II. Whipple. Manchester
Centre. +. grand junior warden; Sir Ed
/ ward V. Ross, Rutland, L. grand treasurer;
Sir Warren G. Reynolds Burlington, Z.
grand recorder: Sir Silas II. Danforth, st.
Albans, L. grand standard bearer Sir Will
liam A. Kingsley, Middlebury. E. grand
sword bearer Sir Charles A. CaderwoOd,
St Johnsbury. Z. grand warder; Sir Elihu
B. Taft Burlington. L. grand captain Of the
. guard standing committees. on foreign cor
respondence Kittredge Haskins. q. o. Tyler,
II. II. Ross on Masonic Jurisprudence, A. A.
Hall. G.. W. Wing. ID. VI. Bacon on print
ing, W. G. Reynolds. S. II. Danforth, Z. b.
Taft.
A. g. Luce. better known as "Pheene"
Luce. Of Waterbury. killed himself on his
farm near the Centre. Mr.. Luce had ap-
. peared des pondent for some time past and II
is thought that he was driven TO the rash act
by certain financial difficulties. His body
was found hanging from beam in sugar
house He had been living at North Dux-
bury since last December and late Saturday
evening drove with a load Of fence posts to
his farm, where he staid for the night.
. He made the statement that he had I'm
/ ished his work at DuXbury and after spend
ing few days on his farm, intended to
work on the railroad He arose the next
morning and with the expressed purpose OF
. leaving a certain key went back to North
. Duxburv He has left widow with one
son and two daughters. Mr. Luce was born
in Stowe, where he resided for some years,
but later he moved to Morristown. He had
lived in Waterbury about % years and was
Learly 50 years of age.
Mrs Wm. Wheeler of Brandon has just
celebrated her Tooth birthday at her home
. On the Wright farm, about two miles east OF
Brandon. She is in good health and is very
active. both mentally and physically, for one
. of her age. Friends and neighbors assem-
blei and kept coming until between 600 and
/ 700 persons rad gathered to pay their re-
spects to the venerable old lady. Several
persons present were over so years old. The
zcnoo from Forestdale marched to the
house. and the children sang Amer
lea" and several patriotic pieces were
spoken Mrs. Wheeler sat in a chair on the
porch and received her many friends with a
hearty handshake, and listened to the exer-
eises with great deal OF pleasure. Dinner
was served in a large tent erected near the
house. The relatives presented Mrs. Wheeler
with a costly easy chair. Rev. Mr.. Mott Of
Forestdae. thanked the people for Mrs.
. Wheeler. Articles were on exhibition which
were over hundred years old The house
and lawn were very tastefuly decorated.
The 23d annual session of Vermont
Council of DeliberatiOn, Ancient and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite, at Burlington elected
these officers Commander. Marsh o. Per-
kns 33d degree first lieut-commander, S.
W. Cummings SD degree minister of state
/ Il. o., d. Payson, 32d degree grand prior.
Rev H. Il. Titus. 34d degree grand chan
cellor J. NJ. Clarke, 32d degree grand
treasurer c. W. WhitcOmb, SD degree
/ grand secretary, W. G. Reynolds, 33d de-
gree grand engineer and architect, Collins
Blakely, 80 degree grand hospitaler. H. s.
. Root, 32d degree grand master OF ceremo-
MES. c. H. Stearns, ,32d degree grand stand
ard bearer. kittredge Haskins, 32d degree
grand captain of the guard, J. H. Jack
son, 32d degree grand marshal, W. T. Lewis.
( 32d degree grand sentinel, q. T. Morse, ,32d
( degree.
The New England Eclectic Medical So
ciety at its convention at Montpelier elected
+ officers as follows: President, DR.. L. J.
Batchelder of Machias, Me-; vice presidents,
DR.. II. L. Hunt of Ainesburgh. and DR.. S, B.
Mum Of Waterbury, Ct; secretary, DR..
William C.. Hatch of New Sharon, Me-;
assistant secretary; DR.. S. A. Blodgett of
Newburgh; treasurer DR.. II. n. Waite of
johnson; auditor. DR.. e. B. Hatch of New
burgh: corresponding secretary, DR.. H. n.
Waite: censors. DR.. H. T. Potter OF Bepning-
ton. T. W. Abbot of Taunton, Mass, A. L.
Howe of Providence, r. l., W. G. Hatch and
H. y. Waite.
Lucy Cady. wife of Hon A. T. Childs OF
Benuington,is dead from heart trouble. The
family had but recently returned from
Springfield Mass, where they spent the
winter. Mrs. Chids was widely known
throughout Vermont and Massachusetts.
Her father, the late Lewis Cady, was for
number of years proprietor OF the Stark
b0uSa N RppniprtOn She was horn in Rem
nington 81 years ago. Her husband belongs
to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Boston. Mrs Childs leaves three daughters
and three sisters.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year by the state Baptist Sunday
school conventions President Rev. h. b.
Dodge of Bellows Falls; vice president, Rev.
W. A. kinzie of Bristol secretary, Rev. W.
A. Davidson OF Montpelier; assistant secre-
tary, Rev. +. T. Kenyon of East Walling-
ford; treasurer. Deacon d. NJ. White of Rut-
land; board of directors, W. r. Kinsman of
Rutland, J. Z. Hall of Brattleboro, Z. c.
Fairbanks of Bellows Falls. A. II. johnson
of st. Johnsbury, and j. W. Avery of Bur
lngton.
At the recent annual assembly of the
Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters
in Burlington officers were elected as fol-
lows: Don A. Stone. NJ. l. grand master;
c. A. Caderwood, deputy grand master; d.
Payson. q. P conductor of work; c. H.
Heaton, grand treasurer; W. G. Reynolds
grand recorder; E. B. True, grand captain
of the guard; D. s. Danforth, grand conduc-
tor. The most illustrous grand master
elect announced the following appointments:
Rev. A. \. Lewis. grand chaplain; w. H.
Brewster, grand lecturer; F. A. Phillips.
grand marshal; G. H. Williams grand stew
ard; G. f. Morse, grand sentinel.
James Palmer of Bennington was assaulted
by three highwaymen and robbed of 800.
In the fight Palmer had several ribs broken
and he was badly used up when discovered
later. One of his aSsailants was subsequent
ly arrested. He gave his name as Knapp,
and said he came from White Greek. \. Y.
After his arrest Knapp acknowledged that
he was implicated in the affair. The other
two men escaped leaving no trace whatever
whereby they could be followed.
The experiment station has just printed
bulletin No. SO. containing in its 30 pages
the analyses of 1874 different brands of com.
mercal fertilizers and of some so miscel-
, laneous fertilizers. The bulletin includes q
discussion of the character of the goods sold
in Vermont this year, the relation of selling
prices to values contained. etc. The bulletin
will be mailed without charge to any address
upon application. A postal card addressed
to the Experiment station, Burlington, Vt. is
sufficient.
Lieut.. Shuttleworth Of Arizona, former
member of the Norwich university, will give
a sword to the member of the junior class il
college who has the highest military average
for three years. Geo. d. Thomas Of the
Boston Herald staff has given notice that he
J.. will present a medal to the members of the
: sophomore and junior classes having the
! best academic standing for year. Both Of
4 OF these prizes will be awarded at com.
i mencement.
= The Rutland banks have agreed to close
t, on Saturday afternoons at 1890 o'clock.
. The new arrangement went into effect on
l Saturday, the 18th. This is the first
: time in at least 20 years that an arrangement