Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-15
General Vermont News.

aged 10 years.
Ten divorces were granted at the fall term
Of court in Windham county.
Clarendon has IN epidemic Of measles,
and the school has been closed.
James Grady OF Caslleton had one knee
dislocated while wrestling recently.
Pnrtridges ire SO thick in Burlington that
they are breaking the windows in their flight.
! The Rutand institute football team de-
feated the Casleton team by II score OF ~
too
/ A branch OF the Connecticut Building aud
! Loan association has been formed In Rut-
land.
Almost 100 names are enrolled In the
freshman class OF the University of Ver-
mont.
The Norton creamery In Huntington paid
! II cents per hundred for standard milk last
month.
Frank Coburn OF Berlin was fined Sl5.7l
for second oirouse of intoXication ut Mont
peier.
The survivors of Company &, Eighth YER
mont will hold u reunion ut West Braintree
Oct. 10
Poly In Pelu Of Middlebury, was thrown
| from load of logs recently and severely
injured.
Secretary of State-elect Rowland will re-
sign rs states attorney for Washington
! county.
Moses Bell OF Roxbury recently shot a bald
ea2cl, whose wings measured l-2 feet from
tip to tip.
l.. $. French was thrown from carriage
at South Royalton and badly hurt. He is 30
years old.
| H.E.Cutler of Barre captured the diploma
offered BY the New England Photographers
club of Boston.
The International Paper company has to
I run its mills nights at Bellows Falls to keep
up with the orders.
| Improvements to the extent OF $l7O0 have
been made In Trinity Methodist church2at
Montpelier this season.
Mrs. Rollin A. Footo Of Middlebury died
recently, aged 10 years. She is survived by
husband and two sons.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. 3. 9.
WoOlson of Montpelier, was recently c.le-
brated In an informal way.
George Il. Tricl; aud Lillian A. Chamber
lin, two popular young people OF the Queen
city, were married recently.
! Rev. A. g. Hussey of Providence, r. I.has
accepted u call to the Railroad Street BLp-
tist church at st. Johnsbury.
The Valley creamery ut liinesburgh paid
"a cents for per cent milk. The highest
test was $50, the lowest $40.
Two hundred and nineteen persons paid
their taxes at Montpelier in one day. or
these l19 paid only poll tax.
Barre grocery man sold $50 boxes OF
grapes In one day recently. Another caught
II rats In his store in one honr.
Isaac X. Davis of Barre has Just died OF
chronic lead poisoning age 65. lie was q
member ofCompany !. 18th Vermont.
William Dbble OF Burlington. violated the
prohibitory law and as he could not pay his
fine went TO Rutland to stay 1893 days.
A. J. Crane of Bristol was thrown from
load Of logs in Lincoln and had two ribs
broken besides Others init jured recently.
The 81. Johnsbury News, the Saturday edi-
tion OF the Republican has been discontinued
and the Republican sniar Urged to twelve pages.
1t is rumored that st. Johnsbury Is to
have daily paper in the near future and
that the Harris Weekly plaut will be util-
lied.
Joseph King of Montreal blew out the gas
at the Van Ness, Burlington, and but for his
timely discovery by the clerk would have
died.
Much interest has been manifested In the
emperance meetings mt Barre and the peo-
pie seemed determ med to stamp out the Sd
looms.
In the general term OF supreme court the
whole number Of cases is ll5 or these
Washington has % or more than any other
country.
Joseph King, an employe of the Middle
bury pulp mill, was struck on the head by a
block OF wood and narrowly escaped being
instantly killed.
Mrs. John Bigelow of Braintree Is dead at
the advanced age OF 81 years. She was the
oldest and only surviving member of fam
lily of II children.
Private Charles Caswell OF Troop G, Third
Cavalry, one Of the heroes before Santiago,
has been given IN honorable discharge and
is at his home in Essex.
Frank Lewis Of Bethlehem, N. H.. has
been operating in Concord buying cattle with
his individual check drawn on bank in
which he had no deposit.
The st. Johnsbury Y. NJ. C. A. lecture
course Is the most successful OF any In the
state. The coming season there will De eight
high grade entertainments as usual.
George W. Olmstead OF Waitsfield, was
thrown from load Of hay recently. He
struck on his shoulder and broke his collar
bone, besides sustaining some bruises.
Two Chelsea boys that have made their
mark in the world are q. r. Reyes, now
popular physician Of Duluth, Mimi, and his
brother, J. A. Keyes, u rising young lawyer
OF that city.
One OF the prominent characters around
the horse stables is the veteran driver,
Charles Taylor, whose age Is SO. He has
been holding the reins over Robert b, with
a record of 2.12.
Andrew Liberty of Burlington was ar
closed on Mrs. William Sullivan who settled
for S40.75. Healso procured liquor Of Frank
Langdon who paid s4O75.
According to official records there have
been but six fires in Brattlsboro during as
many months, the heaviest loss not exceed
ing 500. So far the record is one Of the
best in the towns history.
The Washington county court spent con-
siderable time over a case OF alienation OF q
wife's affections valued at $4,000 but Judge
start ordered II verdic. for the defendant as
soon as he heard the plaintiffs testimony.
C. Nj. Clark and George Noonan Of ver-
gennes, have just returned from Australia
where they went some months ago W tn
lot OF thoroughbred sheep. They found
the market poor owing to the great drouth
prevailing there.
The railroad reading room In the depot at
st. Johnsbury is proving great benefit and
Q pleasure to the employees. The room Ia
furnished with oak chairs desks, tables and
pictures. 1t is lighted with electricity and
supplied with the latest papers and maga-
zines.
DR.. E. ARLINGTON Pond, the we'll known
former ball player OF Rutland, has position
as surgeon in the general hospital at Fort
Meyer, Va. where he expects to remain until
January. 1t has now 400 patients, 100 OF
whom were recently sent there from Mon
tauk Point, L.
The trustees Of the Vermont soldiers home
at Bennington will ask the Legislature for
an appropriation OF $4,000 for the mainte-
nance OF the institution for the next two
years. It has cost $l2l 900 to support the
home since 1t was opened in the spring oi
OF 1897. During the period 352 old soldiers
have entered the home. 1t cost $228 last
year to support each inmate. against S26(
the year before. The home draws from the
general government 500 annually for eact
inmate.
Murderous Spanish Troops.
San Juan, Oct. 12.-The earlier reports
of the murderous outrages at Arecibo