Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-08-20
General Vermont News.


wear The elite Of the city were out In full
force. All the rooms Of the building were
thrown open. and the hallway and other
rooms were tAstily and handsomely decorat-
ed The work Of decorating was largely due
TO the efforts ofthe Ladies' auxiliary. Among
those who assisted were Mrs. Charles ID.
More. Mrs. Lucy Jacobs, Miss Gertrude
Meinecke, Mrs. Mary Rhinehart, Miss Anna
Phinney, Miss Kate Smith. Mrs. c. II. Dem
ing Miss Lucy Hutchins. Mrs. G. A. Best,
Miss Cora Gillette. Miss Mary Dewey, Mrs.
$. A. Moss and others. The ushers were
members Of the Y. VI. c. A: John
z. Adams, Ralph B. Denny, John Z. Leland,
George L. More, George II. Ehle, W. ).
Smith. and Misses Grace Houghton, Mary
b. Carleton. Maud c. Shurtleff, Anna W.
Phinuey and Cora Gillette. Lemonade was
served in one Of the reading rooms by Misses
/ Lucy Robinson. Florence Sherburne, Mabel
/ wheelock and Eva Fuller. The gallery will
| be open free every Saturday hereafter.
! Those who attended the Vermont Fish and
! Game league midsummer meeting at Isle
! La Motto from st. Johnsbury were: Presi-
! dent Titcomb of the league, Prof ID. \.
/ Comstock. the Rev. f. T. Fairbanks, W. W.
/ Sprague. q. II. Cross, Crawford Ranney,
/ /. y. Smythe, l.. X. HaZen. DR.. J. X. Stiles,
/ A. +. Stone and L. b. Slack. Pro-
! fessor ComstOck was one OF the alter
dinner speakers. The other speakers
/ IL. W.
| Meldon Of Rutland, W. II. Button of Middle
/ bury, F. A. Rowland of Montpelier. The
/ tOastmaster was +. l.. Green of ST. Albans.
| President Mckinley and party were taken to
/ the island from Plattsburg by the steamer
/ Maquam Herbert A. Hawley was elected
treasurer Of the North church to succeed J.
/ II. Brooks, resigned, at a special business
/ meeting Wednesday evening.
Following is the report made to the adju-
n. "a -f .
/ three most distinguished students in military
science and tactics Of the graduating class
! Of 1897 from the several universities in the
| state OF Vermont. whose names are placed
| upon the list of candidates at the war de-
| partment for possible lieutenancies in the U.
! s. army: University of Vermont and State
/ Agricultural college. Frederick Buell. Willard,
Burlington George Edison Phillip smith,
| Craftsbury William Wallace Murray, WI
| nooski. Norwich university. Mortified, Win
| fred b. Carr, Georgia Plains Charles l..
| Walker, Deering centre, Ne. Henry v Dun
! ham. Mortified. Vermont academy, Saxtons
| River HALEY; Tempeton Waller. West Derby;
Arthur Ogden Cliff, Middletown Springs
| Arthur Franklin Locke. SaXtons River.
VIC. Woodward of Barnard has just had
singular experience. His cows failed to
| appear one night and the next morning he
| secured dog and went to look for them.
| As soon as he set the dog on them the cows
turned and came toward the dog with
lowered horns. The dog ran for protection
toward Mr.. Woodward. who was knocked
| down. Seventeen cattle passed over
him as ha lay on his back expecting
every moment would be his last. but they
passed over him without stepping on him
| but twice. once on each leg. he was lame
and reached the house with difficulty, but
was glad to escape so easily "A Hardwick
man stood within six feet OF the 60-horse
power boiler which exploded there last
week. but suffered only a few bruises and
was able to walk out in day or two,
Amos Barnes OF Boston. owner of the
| Hartford water company. is about to devel-
| on the business at White River Junction.
| He is to build a reservoir with a capacity OF
II. .OOO. 600 gallons. The water is to be
| brought to White River Junction and West
Lebanon through an eight-inch pipe. The
insurance rates in both places are extremely
high and Mr.. Barnes will protect prop
erty with hydrants. The water will
be utilized for light manufacture
ing purposes and for domestic use. The
Boston Il Maine railroad has made con-
tract to supply its engine houses, etc, with
the water In West Lebanon. The expense
of the enterprise will be nearly $4,000.
Thirty or thirty-fve men will be employed,
and it will take three months or more to
complete the work.
United States Marshal Emery S. Harris.
Deputy John A. Buswell and Collector A.
l.. Weeks captured two illicit stills in the
wilds of Orange county recently, and ar
| rested John Wood and Pierce Bacon. the
moonshiners. In the stills a large quantity
of liquor was found. which was confiscated
| bv the authorities. Bacon has long been
known to have been engaged in the Illicit
manufacture of liquor aud he has been be-
fore the court on former charge.
The news has been received at Hyde Park
that Charles L. Harrington, formerly of that
| town was shot and killed in attempting TO
burgiarize a house in Minneapolis recently.
The Harrington family was much respected
in this and adjoining towns, but Charles was
somewhat wild as young man. He left
home some years ago and little had been
heard from him since.
Mr. and Mrs E.S. Bingham of Bennington
started recently to drive across the noun
tain to the Forest and Stream club at Will
mington. When going up the mountain in
WOodfOrd lightning struck the pole of the
carriage spiintering it to fragments and
killing one horse. The occupants of the
carriage we're not injured.
Albert f. Davis of Rutland has taken out
letters patent for mill. This combination
consists of grinding mill, feed rolls and feed
cutter and grain supplying device of a
movable gate controlling the discharge
from the grain supplying device and means
, for aCtuating said gate.
, C. NJ. Stone & Co. have discontinued the
publication of the Vermont Chronicle, a
weekly paper devoted to the interests Of the
, | Congregational churches of Vermont. The
: Rev. L. b. Burrows of Concord n. H., has
, | assumed the editorial and business manage
ment of The Chronicle and will maintain its
former standing.
Martin Callahan, a Wilmington husband
who had been away for few davs, went
| houa re1aDtlv tn find that his wi had
drawn all his money from the savings bank
and had shipped away their household
goods, leaving him nothing to keep house
with and no Information of her where
abouts.
The following Vermont pensions have
been granted: Original. Samuel Carr oi
Barre, Robert Z. Mclaughlin of yergennes
Percy G. Reed of Bellows Falls; origina
widows. Mary E. Harrington of Bennington
Julia Pendergast of Bellows Falls, Mary A
Morrison of Groton.
TheNin!h Vermont Veteran association il
l holding its 10th annual reunion at Chester or
August IL and 13. The business meeting will
\ be held at the tent of Gen. Z. s. Peck on the
muster ground of the Vermont National
Il Guards.
Walter Mooney of Brattleboro jumped from
\ the Sunday morning newspaper train at Put
\ ney, when the tram was running at full
speed. He described several awkward evo
buttons in the air, but was not hurt.
plow thought to be about 100 years ole
was dug up in Salisbury. Addison county
# 1t is supposed to have been made at Blake
l. furnace in Brandon. 1t will be sent to tn
= historical society at the state capital.
3 Willis Is Dead.
). CHARLESTOWN, Mass, Aug. II -Herber
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