The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-11

The May term OF Supreme Court conve l.
ed on Tuesday, with all the judges except
Chief Justice Ross present. He arrived on
the noon train. Prayer was offered by
Rev. DIR. Norman Seaver and proclamation
was made by Sheriff Collins. The docket
was called but because Of the fact that only
a few members Of the bar were present,
not very satisfactory results were obtained.
The first case heard Tuesday afternoon was
j. W. Cramton, assignee, against j. B. Hol.
lister, assignee, from Bennington county.
Batchelder & Bates for plaintiff; Butler &
Molony and W. FL. Bliss for defendant.
The next case is from Windham county,
town school district of Brattleboro, against
graded school district ct al.
w. B. TURNKEY, late owner Of the promis-
ing mare Susie I" has placed in the Office
OF the Flanders & Pierce company two
handsome equine pictures, one of the noted
Gazette" owned by Cyrille Lsurin of Mont
real, record 2:074, and the other OF "Aileen,
2:T4, the worlds champion four year old
mare. Mr.. Laurin, who is we'll known by
Montpelier horse men, had the misfortune
to lose, by fire. his elegant stables about
year ago, in which the noted horse "Anti-
dote," valued at $4,000, was burned. AL.
though wealthy dealer, 1t requires con-
siderable faith in the future Of the horse
and the market, to warrant rebuilding as
he has decided:to do. However, the owner
and breeder OF such animals as Gazette"
and "Aileen" knows no such word as fail,
A PETITION has been circulated during
the past week for signatures against the
proposed order OF the city council requiring
riders OF bicycles to provide their machines
with headlights for after dark riding. The
petition has received several hundred sig
natures. The protest of the sgners APP
pears to be one that is reasonable and en-
titled to favorable consideration. The
chief, II not the sole, beneficiaries Of the Or
der, II adopted. would undoubtedly be the
dealers in bicycle supplies. II wheelman
is able, and desires, to decorate his machine
dollars, the privilege is voluntary one, but
riders who cannot afford the luxury of this
display hardly ought to be compelled to go
to this expense. There seems to be no pub
lie call for the order and no adequate reason
for its adoption.
ASIDE from the business for which they
had been called together the members OF
the legislature were most interested in the
electric system. that has been put in at the
State House since they were here in 1896.
On Thursday evening every light inside and
out was burning and 1t was an agreeable
contrast with poor and smoky gas. The en-
tire plant Is equal to $50 sixteen CANDLE
lighted with 1A twenty-four CANDLE
power burners, controlled by five different
switches. In the dome is one main switch
by which every light in the building can be
turned on at once. The legislative halls are
lighted as they have never been before, and
that with perfect absence Of heat. The
system worked to perfection, and was in the
highest degree creditable to George ii. AL
mon, contractor, and T. G. Phinney, SER
geant-at-arms, who together had charge Of
the work.
PROF. ANDREW j. PHILLIPS, late of Chi.
cago, has been engaged as director of music
at Christ church, and leader OF the chorus
choir. Mrs. Minnie Marsh, who has labor
ed hard and with great success in this po-
sition, has resigned, as have Mrs. Laura
Oviatt and Herbert 8. Chapman of the
quartette choir. G. f. Lowe will remain
more ago, before Prof. Phillips had gained
the splendid reputation he now enjoys, he
was, for many years, leader OF the choir OF
Christ church, and his return to this posi-
ton is hailed with delight by the members
Of the church and congregation. Prof. Phil
lips entered upon his duties last Sunday
Louis j. Hathaway will return to the posi-
ton of organist in June, and until that time
Miss Myra K. Post of Georgia will officiate
In that capacity.
MILDRED BREWSTER was brought into
court Monday afternoon for a final disposi-
ton OF her case. States Attorney How
land asked for her commitment to the State
asylum for the insane at Waterbury. p.
Carleton, counsel for Miss Brewster, stated
to the court that she had no means to pay
for support there, and that Wesley Brews-
ter, her father, had used nearly every dol
lar he had in the world in caring for and
employing counsel TO defend her during
the past year, and asked that she be sent to
the asylum as a State charge. To this Mr..
Rowland offered no objection and Judge
Munson so ordered, she to remain there un-
Til further orders from the court. Her COM
mitment to THE institution rings down the
curtain upon the last act OF a case that has
become celebrated outside the State in
which 1t was tried, and that has, perhaps,
attracted more wide spread attention than
any ever tried in Vermont court.
A LOWER CABOT correspondent takes up
the subject OF the check rein. discussed re-
Gently by G. M. l.. in these columns and
says: sit is certainly an abominatlon to
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