Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-04-22
General Vermont News.

- -. =, = General breakdown Mr. htils
Va born IN Hartford. Conn, NoFen ger -.
lsOs. and spent the greatest part o. hls NE
In that state and Vermont HIS NE va one
Of great activity and be attained sIeA' ,iotl-
inaoa,. in his chosen field Of work. As an
engineer be acquired q wide reputa-
ton some OF HE WORK has Oeeh
given the most unstinted praise pN
'.ritie- and work Of his hand has been
exhibited in ways 10 give him great EN-
nence. During the time OF the slavery agi-
tatiou b. made an engraving for William
IIoyd GARRISON that was highly appreciated
by that man and had profound Impression
on every one who viewed II. steel Ell
craving of George Washington, now IN pos
session OF Mr.. Richards. Is said by experts 10 4
be- the finest engraving Of Washington that
mas ever been made. Besides engraVlng,Mr' /
Hills did a great deal OF work In efayon as
we'll as pen-and-ink sketches ana oil auu |
color work. Many Of these pictures
have received the highest praise. An
incident in his life that cannot iall TO |
be of interest to everyone was that LOT
seven years he was apprenticed 10 III
Whitney the inventor of cotton gln: Inc
original indenture signed by Eli whitney
himself Is document highly priced oE MT
Hills family. He was married to Melissa
Wiley at Burlington, Vermont, and spent
much of his life in that city. Ii was not I'M
til his wife died in 1875, and TWO OF MS
daughters had married and gone west, that
he would consent to leave the east. He went
to Nebraska in the fall OF 1881 aud remained
until his death. There are five children IN
his family: Ella t., Ada s.. Carrie H., wife
of ID. Richards. Mary H.. wife of i. W.
LYMAN Hooper,, and James, who died IN
1850.
General orders Nos 8 and from the adiu-
tant generals office announce the retire
ment of Capt. John ID. Wyman, Inspector OF
rifle practice. and Capt Jerry +. Lambert,
| Company l.. First regiment infantry, N.G.N.,
Newport. Upon their own application they
have been placed on the retired list with the
highest rank held by them in the service.
| Captain John ID. Wyman, brevet major, en-
| listed rs private In Company b, First regi-
ment of infantry, Vermont National Guard,
/ Nav. 3, 1872; transferred to Company
/ d, April 2, 1875; discharged April %, 1854
| appointed inspector of rifle practice.
| with the rank Of captain. First regiment OF
infantry, February IA, 1888; retired, March
| 80. 1898. Captain Jerry F.Lambert. private,
| first separate (NewporD company, vermont
National guard, 1885; corporal, 1856; ser
| geant, 1887; First sergeant. 1883 promoted
second lieutenant, February 4, 1889; com
| missioned first lieutenant, Company l., FIRST
regiment of infantry, November ~, lSoo;
captain of same company, June ", 1875;
retired. April 7, 1898.
At the annual communication OF Lincoln
lodge, No. rs. +. and A. NJ, of Enosburg the
| following officers were elected and ap-
pointed: W. NJ. E. J. Tyler s. W, J.o.k kim
ball: j. W, J. II. Mears; T., j. II. Burns; B.,
J. VI. Jeffords; chaplain, Rev. Preston Barr;
s. D., Clarence A. Hull; j. D., A. Z. Gal
braith; s. S., D. NJ. Rose; J. S.. James Cal
def: NJ, ]. G. Weld; T. W. s. Morrison.
The proposition made to the Masonic mater
| nifty by Hon. y. Merrill to erect commo-
dious lodge room for them in connection
with his new business block was unani-
mously accepted
letter has been received from Nina
Green who left her home at Mortified re-
Gently under circumstances that led people
to believe she had eloped. The letter was
dated at Los Angeles, Cal In it she said
she did not go away with W. j. Hill. as
stated in the papers, but went alone. She
does not state what she is doing to obtain a
livelihood in that place. The fact that after
the train left Montpelier Junction she was
seen sitting in the same seat and talking
with Hill leads many to believe that the let
ter is not true in every particular.
The Saxtons River postoffice fight has
been terminated by the appointment Of Mrs.
Minnie Benton, former assistant in the
Office, to the vacancy caused by the death
of Mrs. Helen Campbell. The result OF the
secret ballot of the patrons of the office col
lected by eX-Postmaster Cannon of Bellows
Falls, and from which the Vermont delega-
ton in Washington made their recommended
ton, resulted as follows: Mrs. Benton 81,
Foster B. Lock Sc, Mrs. &. :. Frost IA, W. b.
Glynn 10. and John F. Alexander, Jr.. 6.
Pensions have been allowed the following
Vermonters: Increase. Lawson Il. Archer
of Cuttingsvile, Sc to IS; Charles Bovatt of
Randolph S16 to SIT; Benz. n. L. Stokes at
Starksboro, Sc to $40; Calvin P. Gilson
, Brattleboro. IS to SIP; Newell Whitney, VOL
, .cott, $40 to Sl7; reissue, AFRO NJ. Plant, Mil
} ton. $50; Albert +. Hackett, Proctor, $l2;
, original Joseph Douglass of, Rutland, Sl2
additional James Casey of Burlington, Sc
to Sl2; original, widows, Pernelia ?. Rogers
of Richford, IS.
Sumner kimball, who was injured re-
Gently Mt Montpelier by falling pulley blocks,
died from fracture of the skull at the base oil
the brain, aged IS years. He leaves widow
and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Puffer OF
Manchester, n. H. Mr.. Kimball went to
Montpelier in 1857 and was engaged as a
superintendent on the building of the pres
ent state house. He has lived here ever
since.
David P. Bailey of StAlbans has Just died
, at the hospital there after short illness
| with pleuro- pneumonia. Mr.. Bailey wa:
born in Fairfield in 1917 and lived In thai
! town until about ten years ago, when hs
went to st. Adams. His wife died severa
years ago, and he leaves one son. Hamilton
Bailey, and one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Delot
> Bailey.
, W. G. Belknap, editor of the Bellows Falls
r Times and Miss Kate Carpenter were mar
I ried recently at the brides home, only mem
Q bers of the brides family being present
The Rev. +. E. Marggraf, pastor of the Uni
4 versalist church. assisted by the Rev. d. l.
= Landlord of the Episcopal church, tied tn,
5 nuptial knot The wedding was a very quie
: one.
= Edward NJ. Guernsey, superintendent o
: the Lane manufacturing company's shops o
:. Montpelier, is dead. He was little past 81
. years of age and has been with the Ian,
!, company and the firms which preceded it a
= the same place for 80 years. He leaves
; widow. one son and two daughters.
Ia Two Brattleboro boys are pretty certain t
d see service in war with Spain. Il. N. He's
cock. son of Rinaldo Hescock, is on the bat
T. tleship Indiana, and Eugene E. Sampson
d son of f. L. Sampson, is a member of
" company of infantry recently ordered t
10 Fort Slocum.
70 Fish Commissioners j. W. Titcomb and q
it W. Bailey have recently taken several thou
10 sand trout fry from the hatchery at Roxbur
to plant in Lake Willoughby. The outpu
of the hatchery will be the greatest this yea
of any since it was built.
The Congregational society of Worceste
We're very agreeably surprised to find a con
plete set OF new pulpit furniture awaitin
them on Easter Sunday morning, the gift c
Mrs. James Hobart.
Mrs. Otis S. Miles of Lynn, Mass. ha
Just died at her home there She was n;
tive of Montpelier and was the mother of M
NJ. w. Wheelock and Mrs. Il. r. Dawley
Berlin side.
Henry Sturgis of St. Adams has left ft