The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-14
sum MARY OF NEWS.
Vermont.

vermont.
The cooper's shop OF freeman Hager at
Jacksonville was burned last week. LOSS
~ 100 PARTIALLY covered by insurance.
swANToN las a dewey Park" d. @.
FurmaD of that town has given q tract Of
land, has laid IL out for use as q public
park and has named 1t after the hero Of Ma
Mia.
Mrs. ANDREW OLIvE R, widow of the late
DIR. Oliver, n former rector OF the Episcopal
church AZ Bellows Falls, died recently, aged
sixty-seven years.
O. p. SAWYER, for several years o com
positor In The Office OF the Worthwhile Netus
and Citizen, has purchased the Hard wick
Gazette aud will take possession about Jam
uaiy l.
The body OF a handsome buck deer was
found last week in Locust creek, Bethel.
The animal had evidently been chased by
dogs and had jumped from bridge thirty
feet to the rocks beneath.
PETER BARRows was fatally injured at
Bristol last Saturday by falling from u stag
ing on the Atkins block in pi ocess of con-
struclion. The young man has no relatives
in Vermont His father lives at Ports
mouth, N. II.
GEORGE X. CRELLIN, who is wanted in
North oacO, Me-, Tor the murder of j. #.
Boothby OF that pace, was found last Sat
urdsy at Gallup's mills by Boston detec-
biNo' OTelllu WAS living In bnHnJy near
the railroad track, and was choppiDg wood
for living. He was taken to Saco and
lodged in Jail.
PENSIONS have recently been granted to
the following Vermonters: Original, Laifess
Tophf, South Woodstock, IS; increase,
Myra w. Utley, Manch' ter Depot, S14 TO
S17; William Hudson. Middlesex, Sl3 TO
Sl7; Reissue, Napoleon MOn'y, Montpelier,
Sl4; original. widows, etc, Lucy A. Cronin,
Windhsm, SO.
lHE State Grange will hold public meet
ing TO day at Bethel The following pro-
gramme will BIZ carried out: Music; address
Of welcome, Rev. Wilmond Warner; re-
Spouse, Alpha Messer. lecturer OF the ma
tonal G aDge; welcome by the Grange,
p. Davis; response, f. B.. Pier, treasurer of
the Vermont State Grange; reading, Miss
Edna Merrill; duet, Mis- Bliss and Miss
Rice; address, Mason s. S one supprinten-
dent OF education science, Prof. H. Ills, di-
rector OF experiment station; poem, Dr.. w.
l.. Paine; r. marks, ID. II. Morse, past mas
ter Randolph Grange; music.
A MEETING of the ate board of railroad
| commissioners was held last r iday at Bur-
| lington 10 consider the question of the EN-
| forcement OF the law passed by the recent
legislature compelling all railroads in the
| safe to a. ep mileage books on sale at two
cents per mile. The ST. Johusbury and
Lake Cham p ain road has not complied with
this qnir, ment and it is understood their
intention is to contest the right of the Lpgis-
! lature TO enact aud enforce the law relat-
| ing to the books. II is claimed that the
I road cannot sell the books at his price and
pay the interest upon their indeb edness in
bonds. The board will give the matter a
public hearing at St. Johns bury on Monday
December 10.
The B ston society OF the Daughters Of
| Vernon gave reception and banquet at
| Hotel Vendome in that city last Friday
| evening which was attended by over two
hundred aud fifty people, and at which
| Governor and Mrs. K. G. Smith we're the
guests of honor The affair was Informal in
character and no after dinner speeches
were made. Among the other prominent
| gnests present were Mrs John Gregory
Smith, mother of the present governor and
wife If the late rx-Gov. Smith; Mrs Carroll
| s. Page, wife OF ex-Gov. Page of H,de
Palk; Helen M Winslow, president of the
Daughters OF Vermont; Gov. Rollins OF
| N W Hampsbire; Mrs. o liver Croker
| Stevens, sister of Governor Smith; Mr.. AL.
den Speare. Miss .. M. Eroue, president OF
the State Federation of W"m-n's Clnb-
Chief Justice Walbridee A. Field Mrs
Roger Wolcott, MIS- Ellen Dana Orcott,
vice-presid-nt Of the Dau. hters of Vermont
Albert Clarke aud Adj. Gen. T. 8. Peck OF
Burlington.