The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

W ". rlttb ana II M IL al Tor plaintlni y
L. Martin and E. l. Waterman for defend
ant MARY X Ward against wyman Ward,
petition for custody of minor children, from
WiDdham county. q. Q Fits for plaintiff;
L. NJ Read for defendant. Jennie Howard
against n. g. Bartlett, from Windhsm
county. Waterman, Martin & Hit for de:
fendant; O. O. Fl t. for plaintiff. Town OF
Dover against II. II. Winchester and
Charles e. Haynes, from Windham county.
q. @ Fits for p ainti6; Waterman, Martin
& Hit for d, PENDANTS.
SHERIFF BANCROFT kindly furnishes the
wATcBnAs with the following complete re.
cord of tn and deaths in the city duriDg
the year 1897: Whole number OF deaths,
including still born, 81; h. retofore still
births have not been counted as deaths but
such is n w the law by an act Of the Legis-
lature In 1896. Therefore In comparing
with previous years only 70 deaths inst adj
OF 81 .hould be figured for the year Of 1897.
Sex, 80 male s, 48 females; number Of deaths
in each month, January Z; february, 10;
March, O; April, 8; May, 10; June, Z; July.
B; Au Gust, 10; September, 6; October, 3;
November, o; December, 6. Causes, con-
sumption, 10; pneumonia, 8; heart disease,
9; cancer, 9; CHOLERA infantum, 9; Bright5
disease, Il apoplexy, 4; accident, q; APP
pendiciis, 3; cerebral tmboHsm, 8; cerebral
meningitis, 3: peritoniis, 2; murder, L and
one each from various other causes and COM
plication OF disease. Ages, still born, 8;
under one year, IS; between one and two,
4; two and five, Q; five and ten; 81 ten and
twenty, 4; twenty and thitt,, IL; thirty and
forty, 4; forty and fifty, O.; fifty and sixty, 8;
sixty and seventy, ID; seventy and eighty,
10; eighty and inety, 8; and one the old
est, 80 years, months and 10 days. The
average age was 40 years. Average age OF
all over one year, 48 years. Average age of
the sixteen Oldest (all over seventy 70
years. Twenty-one were males and 80 we're
females over 81 years Of age. Fourteen
were husbands and eleven were wives.
Three were widowers and fourteen were
widows. Only one death from dphtheria
has occurred during the past three years.
Number of deaths in 1926, 72 average age,
40 years; average number yearly from 1890
to 1897. 9S. Although the city has gained
over 900 in population since 1890 the death
rate has decreased annually from that year
when there was 1876 deaths) to 1897 Whole
number OF births in 1897, 1876 a gain of 10 as
compared with 1896 Sex, "a males and 81
females, OF IL different natiopalities. Num-
Der Of births in each month, January, 10;
February, 10; March, 10; April, 10; May, a;
8; October. d; November, ID; December,
10. OF the parents, 14S were born in Yer
mon IS in New York, 9 in Massachusetts,,
Bin NJ ,ne, 6 in New Hampshire, and each
in Kansas, Missouri and Minnesota; 26 in
the Province Of Quebec, 9 in Ireland, 6 in
Russia, 6 in England, 8 in Scotland, in
New Brunswick, in Spain, 2 in Switzer-
land, and l each in Germany Holland and
Sweden. Forty were of a mixed pareBtage.
The parents of % were granite cutie RS. Ward
l had "a births; Ward 2, 49,; Ward 3, 81;
Ward 4, 81; Ward 8, II; Ward 2 being the
banner ward rs usual. Birth rate per thou
sand, "a death rate, IA.
A GRRAr amount of business was trans
acted at the meeting Of the city council,
held last Wednesday, evening. S. II. o,
Bosworth brought in a bill for brick fur
nished the village OF Mon pelier seven years
ago. This was laid on the table and the
city clerk was instructed to confer with the
village trustees Of 1890 in regard to the mat
ter. II was the opinion of the council that
the Worcester Construction Co., and not the
city should pay the bill for damage 10 water
pipes, presented by P. H. Hinckley. The
liquor account of A. G. Gilman was referred
were ordered paid d. T. lis & Co. sup
plies for liquor agency, S108.14; Albion Cox
& Co., same, S66.65; II. A. Blanchard &
Co.. same, Sl16.25; Adams. Tay lor & Co.,
same. SAT; K. ". Bailey & Co., feed for city
dermen, $50; j. @. Adams, same, $3.50;
Peter Badord, shoeipg CITY horses, $l29;
John Mooney, same, $95.17; Joel Foster
superintendent, expenses II water depart
ment for Dec mber, S19356; salary that
Capitol ecrric Company, $3.50; O H. Fer
rim, So %; Fred Blanchard, twenty-five
C nts; K. l. Putney, horse for hose cart.
S17; George w Kidder, special p lice, So;
Dennis Lane estate, rent of hose house, S72;
DR.. Marshall, registering biz this and deaths,
81 30; Gleason & Co, $3.50; Marvin & Sher-
burne, 1888; Peck Brothers, S11 Of; j. W.
Brock, rent of basement Of Capital hall,
$780, j. w. Brock, rent Of engine house
No. 4, S75; T. X. Merrill, making school
census, S4680. The petition for an arc
light on lower State street near the watering
trough was referred to the com nittee on
lights, On motion OF Alderman Eaton the
street commissioners we're instructed to
scrapa trotting course on the ice above
the Main street bridge. Licenses were
granted as follows: to run night lunch cart,
@. Q. Holmes; to manufacture soap, @. G.
Barrett; auctioneers. Nj. A. Kent, Z. l.
Pntney; billiard and pool rooms, each So,
J. 8 Viles, ID G. Field, George G. Tabor,
o. G. Clogston; hotels, each S., j. S. Viles,
A. s. Sparrow, @. 8. Hubbard, Fl. g.
Holiness restaurants, each So L. B. Hunt
inRtoD, William Miller, Rivers & Co, Smith
& Benz amiD, Mariana Thomassi to peddle
meat, $500 each, f. Adams, l.. Fl. Bruce,
9: s: Kimball Levi Swift; livery and hacks,
81 90 each, j. Q. Adams. G. G. Down
ing, W. H. Hunt, e. L. Putney, j. V. Nor
row. j. Galansky. |. L Sparrow, George
NJ. Smith, II p. WEIGH; general teaming
and trucking. 81 90 each. E. w. An
drews, L. &. Wright, F. Fl. Andrews F. H.
g. Bryant, T. G. Moriarty, Benjamin Daley,
w. e Mcdonald, j. l. Davis, John Law
renee, E. Doten. G. P. Holt J A. Ewing,
e. e. Dodge, Q. II Dewey, FL. B: Daley,
Coriiss Butterfly, f. W. Blanchard, e. V,
Beach, W. G. McAvoy. Charles Nee, Gill
bert Pereau. G. A. Patterson, Johu e.
Smith. Moses Shuttle, George W. Thornton.
ii M. Wheeler. II. P. WEIGH. Shortly be-
fore midnight the council went into execu-
tive session.
A CARD.-we, the undersigned, do here
by agree 70 refund the money on a fifly-cent
bottle OF Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar
IL 1t fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee twenty five cent bottle to
prove satisfactory or no pay.
Lester II. Greene. H. A. Slade.
W. K. Terrill. G, Blakely