Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-12-03
General Vermont News.


aged Is.
Alfred Manley of ChittcnIen died sudden
| ly, aged "a.
Orwell an Brandon are to be connected
by telephone.
Mrs. Samuel Sargent OF West Brattlsbort
is dead, aged ~.
Hamilton II. Greene OF Newport has filed
his petition in bankruptcy.
Lewis A. Worden. 81, has Just died ut his
home in Green River.
John T.. Lald Of Monkton has filed his
petition in bankruptcy,
A Pittsford man has raised 1000 bushels Of
corn on IS acres OF land.
Mrs. Nina ID. Jones has been appointed
! PoStnistress at Chester.
Trappers are catching lots OF muskrats on
the Otter Creek this fall.
John +. stevens, one of the leading farm
ers and citizens OF Chester. is dead.
John Stevens dropped deal at Ch 'ster re-
! Gently while building Il Hire vt his house.
Wool has been bought in large quantities
at R,ndoiph ut 10 and 20 cents per pound.
DR.. W. Seward Webb OF Shelbourne has
presented Christ church. Montpelier, with
| Sj).
William II ,uston of Wilder was severely
inu,r recently by the explosion of dyna-
mite.
1t cost Oliver I.achance OF Dandy $3S.+2
| to srli liquor in defiance of the prohibitory
! law.
George Lombard Of Jericho was thrown
from his wheel recently and had his wrist
broken.
\ fine new .hoolh Jas wus dedicated at
| Hyuaviile recently. over 700 attended the
exercises.
Winooski has just completed one OF the
bes. sewer system, in the state at Il cost OF
: S2S.CO).
John sheridan of Castleton is dead, aged
20. He had lived in that town nearly his
whole life.
Lieutenant Eugene J.S,ralton of Company
h is tine first Of the Vermont regiment to ap-
| ply for pension.
WI. Mcnamara of Fair Haven has been
sent to the mousse Of correction for one year
/ for grand larceny.
O;er thirty children were confirmed and
! Joined the kO;Man Catholic church NJ Castle
ton two weeks ago.
Henry Aldrich OF Island ond had both
less broken recently by the 'caving in OF
iii ch he was digging.
Seva Tnayer of Braintree recently lost
tn ee valuable cows. They ate white lead
from an Old paint pail.
Ira &. Calef, one Of the leading citizens OF
|
hospital at Montpelier.
Il orge Morse of Montpelier was caught
be. vcen the bunters Of two cars while shack
! lin; recently and killed.
! Mrs. W. Il. Sinderson of Straford was Sc
riously mi jured recently. She WAS struck by
| II bali bUteL by school boys.
| William Walsh of ltutlaul has been sent
to states prison for three years tor assault
with intcut to kill Jonn Walker.
The officers are aftu. the Burlington
dru;. ;.;ists now for liquor selling. 1t begins
to IJoi like proaibitlor inteed in that rity.
Fred Fee.ler OF Addison was arrested and
convicted OF the theft of Il Goa. In Weybrdgo
| aud son, " the industrial school fOi As days.
II. d. Aldricil. I'd. the popular proprietor
of t ,- l'ell' rs Falls depot restaurant. died
S rieuly r. Gently OF Pneumonia. He had
! accumulated IL nan ls,.ne property in ths
] DuSints'.
The tJ.a length of the Bennington Elec-
! tric railway company and the HooscG Flee
trlc Railway cJ.hpany which have bsen con-
$, i,lat"d by act OF the Legislature is Ii IL
| miles.
Vial Il Shields Of Bennin .ton are repair
in tie 'ltmIse doIe t. tieir new SAW mill
by the receut hooi and preparing to build u
pi: i",tion fof general jobuins and manu-
| tit:tnr'ny worS.
Tne name Of III, postofiice at Post Mills
vi lag, has been changed by dropping the
word vliaIe, and Charles T.. Flanders has
been >mnissiOned ~ postmaster Edgar L..
Samoan Is been commissioned as postmas-
ter ut East Orange and Frank T.. Davis at
Davis Bridge.
Finer Nimblett of Bristol has been fined
so nn costs, aulounting to u total OF $3y,
| for refusing to support his wife and five chill
,lrrn. The naighDors supplied the family
with foo until patience ceased to be a vir-
tu'. Nimhlu.t L. working out his fine aud
ro,ls in Rutiand.
Worcester voters have more fun to the
| squa.e inch than those of any other town ia
the state. Not content with the annual
town meeting frequent special meetings nre
h II. 1he next Is To elect school directors,
the whole board having got into u row md
Resigned. all over the appointment Of a
| "ScliUvl marm.
When John l.. BarstOw was governor OF
| Vermont he male an enviabe record for
econ 1my. The o !lciaI exprns-s OF his two
yrars were $362.Si. a, compared with
! $i5.::.6} the two years OF Farnham Just be-
fore m $)Ojj.S7 in the twJ years OF Grout.
or this SSj!.Sl nominnlly in Barstow's term
5000 a 'crue,i under Fainham and Sl0S.69
weni Tor printing.
Bellows Falls has problem for natural
is $. While workm were digging UP water
pipes in the International Paper compahy's
yard they found in Il dry gravel bed six feet
below the surface three live eels. one OF
them ID inrhos long and two about six inches
| long. that when placed In water were very
lively. Tie earth where the eels were found
ha not been disturbed for years and was
fully 50 feet from the river bed. How they
X It th"re aud upon what they have subsisted
Is oonnnlrum.
Carleton u. Field of North FerrisburYh
shot and killed himself one night recently.
He boarded with Mrs. Fred Bailey and went
to his room apparently in his usual health.
In the morning when Mrs. Bailey went to
call him she received no response. At noon
she called him again and receiving no re-
sponse she called iu u neighbor aud break
ing the door. which was locked. they found
him on the he'd dead. He had held the re-
volver to his right ear. She heard II noise
shortly after he retired but thought nothing
OF 1t. He was divorce man and has chill
dren living in New YORK.
The buildings belonging to Melvin Dal.
rymple Of Marlboro, including u dwelling
house. barn, store house and wagon house.
together with the greater part OF the furni-
ture. tools and produce contained iu the
same, has been burned by the overturning OF
a lantern. With a few exceptions the live
stock were saved. Mr.. Dalrymple upset the
lantern during the evening, but supposed
that he had put out the blaze until the fire
broke out during the night. The property
was insured for $500 with s4Oo on the
stock.
The will Of Miss Lucy Ruggles, who re-
Gently died in Bennington, has been probated
and allowed before the probate court. Judge
J. W. Hammond of Cam bridge. Mass. the ad-
ministrator, was present. The estate OF the
deceased, it is expected, will foot up about
$50. 900 and is left to provide retreat for in
digent female teachers. BY the terms OF the
will it IL to be located In Saratoga, where
the deceased was for long time q resident.
According to It's terms no colored teacher
can ever share any OF Its benefits, that race
to be allowed In It only as nurses and SER
wants. Previous to being In SARATOGA, Miss
Ruggles lived in the South.
Fraudulent r lnsfer Claimed.
New York, Nov. 3O.-The Central Na.
tional bank of Boston, the First National
bank of Maiden. Mass, and the Irving
t<,.,iz I'LL.