The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

HERBERT AYERS OF Bristol fell from q |
telephone pole last week and broke his |
back. There is no hope Of his recovery.
8. j. GRADY of Pownal had one hundred |
valuable sheep ruined by dogs last week. |
Nearly fifty OF the animals were killed out
right
W. e MACK of Woodstock took sec
ond prize for white Wyandotte hens cock
erels and pullets at the second annual exhi |
bition OF the National Poultry Association
held at Washington, ID. G.
GILBERT LAYHU died last week at the
Soldiers Home at Bennington He was adj
mtted from Orwell In 1892. Burial was in
the Home cemetery. This is death number
seventy-five since the Home was opened.
THE new Congregational church at Nor.
risville recently erected at a cost of $4,000,
was dedicated last Wednesday. Rev. DR..
Smith Baker, of Boston, preached the dedi-
cation sermon.
HORACE G. HARDWOOD, representative
| from Dorset in the last legislature was ia
| tally injured last Thursday by falling on
circular saw in his mill at Dorset. One leg
was severed above the knee, and he lived
only an hour after the accident.
THoEAs III. CANFIELD, prominent citizen
Of Burlington, died suddenly last week, of
| heart failure, at Lake Park, Mimi. Mr..
| Garfield was a prominent ayman in the
Episcopal church and was a promoter of
several important commercial enterprises
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
| Vermonters as follows: Increase, Henry r,
Heath OF Richford; reissue, David p. Smith
OF Washington; increase, Harvey Foster,
Barton Landing; reissue, Leonard Fifeld,
South Tunbrdge; original, widows, ETC.,
minor Of Lyman S Russell.
PENSIONS recently granted to Vermonters
are: Restoration and additional, James A.
Fisher, dead. johnson; increase, Charles
Il. Mower, Hartland; John Sullivan, East
| RandOlnh. .Inhn r. Whaalnck Gnlobaatar .
original, widows, etc, Jennie l.. Kicker,
Groton minors OF James 8. Fisher, john
son.
GOVERNOR CIRCUIT has recently pardoned
three prisoners from the House of Correc-
ton at Rutland. They were Time thy
son OF Warren, who were In for having fur
nished liquor, and Charles O'Ksne OF High
gate Springs, who was sent to the Reform
School and later sent to the Work House
} for his bad behavior at the school,
The losses by the Danville fire were adj
justed last week. The aggregate loss wss
$12 $50 and nine insurance companies pay
$9,069.10 to eleven claimants. The cause OF
, the fire was an unsafe tile chimney in the
largest mercantile block. The village is a
; small one, without fire protection. Its rec
ord is q series of six serious fires since 1884
, , destroying thirty eight buildings, with az
gregate losses Of S87, 900.
, The Randolph Musical Association ID
a making preparations for one OF the grandesl
I musical conventions ever held in this sec
, ton Of the state, on February 2, 3 and 4.
chorus OF 200 voices is expected to take part
{ many singers coming from surrounding
= towns. Several celebrated soloists frOu
. without the state have been engaged. Pro
I lessor W. A. Darlington Of Keene, N. n.
!, will be the director and Beedle's Orchestrt
OF Keene, N. H., will be in attendance.
o The annual meeting OF the State Agricul
= fnral 2ociatv Wa hald laat Wa6naadav q
= White River Junction. The following Off
a GERS were elected: George Aitken Of Wood
= stock, president; II. Clark, OF Rutland, sec
a Rotary; j. G. Parker Of Quechee, treasurer
mittee to locate the place for the annua
: state fair: Messrs. Cramton OF Rutland
4 Clark of Dorset, Parker Of Quechee. Thil
! committee will report in two weeks.
Q JOSEPH G. WILLARD, owner OF the we'll
known Wizards hotel at Washington, d
a c., died recently in that city. Mr.. Will
: lard was native Of Vermont, and went
l. many years ago, from Albany to Washing
;. ton, where he has since been in the hote
n business. Although he was very wealth.
a and owned much valuable real estate IL
n Washington, he had lived as recluse TO
4 many years, and was little known, excep
: by name, to the present generation.
n The Vermont Association of Boston he'll,
4 its eleventh annual reception and banque
:. at Hotel Vendome last week. Gen. o.
Q Howard of Burlington was the orator Of tn
il evening. The officers elected for the en-
n suing year are Hon. Alden Speare, presi
n dent; Hon. William e. Fuller, Hon. e. J
d Sherman, vce-pI esidents Rev. Ezra II
+ Byington, DID,, chaplain; Elmer e. Silver
Q secretary and treasurer; Eugene N. Foss
8 George w. Brown, DR.. John B. Brainerd
Q James M. Gleason, Charles A. Miner, Ches
y ter W. Clark, Halsey j. Boardman, Henri
J. A. Hazen, George B. Knapp, executive com
9 mittee.
}, In referring to the fact that the name O
a ex-Gov. w. P. Dillingham; had been men
u toned in connection with cabinet position
the Northfield News says: Hon. W. p
Dillingham; may or may not be offered a pc
: sition in President McKinleys cabinet bu
}, he has had a chance to note the universe
esteem in which he is held by the stat
press 1t takes apretty able as we'll as pop
q ular citizen to get such voluntary endorse
b ment from all the leading newspapers a
2 the mere suggestion of his name for an i'm
= portant position Of honor and trust"
= A COUGH is danger signal of wors
= troubles to come. Cure the cough and pre-
!, vent its results by using DR.. Woods Nor
= | way Pine SyruD.