Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-01-07
General Vermont News.

Tie. breaking cut 81 the war 81 the rebellion
and Wa mustered into the United state.
service as 4uarivrms>tsroi the First Vermont
regimen, with the rank uf first lieutenant
Nav .. l,6l tie Was mustered out 81 lhe
service. thr following August. Six mohih'
later Frit r.. 1861. h~ re-rutered the srfNlco
a. re-imeuial guartcrman-ier under the
command uf Col George 4. Roberts 81
the Seventh Vermont While in Tue
1t regiment he was at Big Erlh'l lh'
first battle &C the war. He served AZ TOR
tress Monroe and Newport News and me- VIZ
detailed ~ acting brigade quartermasieI anu
cummi-~ary upon the stan ot General '"Hh
W. Phelps. Captain Morse s artiN" -'TNl''S
ia the Seventh Vermont began az NniF
Island. aud he was under Butler IL New VT
leans. Hr served al Baton Rouge 'arr,'-
ton aud NickSburs, after which he Wa ~,
tailed as brigade commi-Sary upon IN" s'au
of General Dudley. serving until Nov. &',l'"='
when he was promoted captain and assistant
puartrrmu~trr Of volunteers. captain h"Ist
reported 10 General Butler after leaving th'
seventh regiment ana took command Oh Tue
iatter'S light draught river steamboats,. Nhlio
on this duty Col. :. b. Halhiri ordered him
10 Baton Rouge a. UUaFtprma-tgr. ana Wn'h
the army moyedt0 Port Hudson he was ap-
pointed chief quartermaStrr 81 Gen. ANGER
division. On the fail of Port Hudson Capt
Morse was ordered To repair the OprlousaS
railroad. which had been destroyed. Having
taken possession Of the luuudrleS and ma-
chine shops. he had 80 miles Of the road
running within II days. lie then repaired
b miles Of the Jackson railroad.
Another exploit Ia the way of rapid
work was the building ot Ia railroad IA
six days from the Mississippi river thr ugh
the streets Of New Orleans Ca Lake Punrhar-
train. The first locomotive built south ui
Richmond was turned out Of the shops run
/ by Quartcrmastcr MORSE. lie also hult
freight and passenger ears and several small
steamboats,, H. well as directed an immense
amount of repairing. lie raised two r"gi-
mcnts OF colorrd troops for work on rail
roads. lie served a. military sup"rintend-
rnt Of railroads in the department OF the
gulf until the close of the war. aud was
mustered out September %, 1868.
The following officers have been appointed
10y the first three officers VI t.Siuai temple,
Ancient Arabic Order. Mobiles OF the Mystic
Shrine First ceremonial master. {. ;. Whit
tier, Montpelier: second ceremonial master,
e. ". Steele. Barre marshal. g. ". Mar
bic. Woodstock captain OF the guard, Daniel
). Whratlcy, Montpelier: director. George +.
Flanders, " hitr River Junction first ai'h'm-
list. II. A.BoWer- Mon. pelier second ai"nrm-
is. =. :. Ballard, Barre. architect. Russell
G. Collins East Montpelier. assistant urchi-
tert. Pima Parker, Warren: outer guurd,
Edward Il. Morse. Montpelier; master of
wardrobe, ". G. Berry, Montpelier: musical
director. J. W. I. Nashhum. MUn'prlIrr
medical director, II. A. Hildrrth, VI. b., Beth
lrhcm, y. II. puryeyor James ". Gabrielle,
Randolph; chief OF Arab patrol. Il. b. Gam
nellie East Barnet first assistant George
( /. Randall WoodSyIlle, Nil: second assist
ant. J. NJ Ferris. Dcs Riyirrce, l.. o.:
third assistant, Henry = Boot, Newport.
/ Rev, +. q. Riley. who said mass at 81.
/ Peters church, Rutland, Christmas night
j. probably the youa ;r-t ordained priest in
/ America. He Is just - wears and eight
/ months old. The mass Christmas night was
/ the first he ever said. He was ordained at
/ For, WAYNE. Ind, Dee. Is 10y reason Of
/ special dispen~atlOn from the Pope Father
Riley formerly was Rutland boy and l. the
son of ROdgcr Riley OF Centre Rutland.
/ lie received his first schooling al st. Peter :
/ school and later studied in Burlington.
! Montreal ami in New Jersey. He was III
| one time altar boy at 81. Peter church.
/ Father Riley viii stay Il short time at his old
home III Centre Rutland before returning 10
/ ms churth al fpFt wayne
/ The village OF White River junction is
! stirred up over case Of corporal punish
/ ment in the schools. George ". Gilman.
! principal Of the high school. feruled Miss
/ EVELYN Tracy, Il girl OF 10 years. and it is
claimed that one hand was cut by the ruler
/ and the other badly bruised. The teacher
/ anu the chairman OF the S'nttl bpuIN, WHO
/ supports his course deny this and point 10
the statement OF Or. Hoss a. conclusive on
this point, The father OF the Hir entered
complaint to the town grand juror ""' ne
/ mas not actrd YET Owing 10 the "os'h't "'
the state ; attorney Inc SrdhH juror Ha9
. doubts whether corporal punishment y III
IoWaole III vermont SCHOOLS uhdeI tue law
Dr. and Mrs. William Seward Webb III
yitcd all the residents Of Shelburnc, about
/ fifteen hundred persons, To partake IN the
festivities III the hlhG b"lldlhs al we pIe'H-
| liS uath' a. Nhtiputn' '"i ms ",i.'l.''0
| evening; me 'uLIS'A"S ~ - ~. w.
| were heid Ut HEH CiQcA' anu VII % III,
| pId-iishioAed LhShah ofqtI' HII'S w.
provided Tor every enc uy DF'"Iu hIS' -, Ne.,p.
supper WIS serve" IL IN t'o'N ~ 10y
Coon OIL burlington Ihls WAS lEii"N'N -
uah'Lns; AnS MS u"uv' vas ''N 'S i,,"'''l
u,ith tbe tnu,n.no",Ia NIusi, was furnished
hr ina Howard Orara Inuse orchestra
,.!,, ii.,.-i.,,.
H'urI L. Nll'lson Oh ia"
OF inc Aas"h'' anu qua I'"oNS .""- ''.,'l
received an lMEl'aloi 10 %'yGlIi"TS I" .'.,
Jan -, 10 ~ 'i,-StII1 ] iI,t
,..II,rnf Con,Lrid,,e rniynr.ify bean For
rest Raw Canon Moore and Sir Lambert
Playfair. The party will hold lodge OF
,,,,r,,,,ry in KIM, Snlomon's nIarrie.
NJ Iarusaiam starring from London .Ianu-
Wry u the Iorty will return February II.
rha animal ,,toIoeue of thr University of
yor,,,,,t .h,,,,,s n ,l9rked inrrnn.e in SIN
Inrts InrtI,, thn nast two wears In the raII
~ iso5 The totaI enrolment wa. AS of which
0io r,oro aooJ,,nins is5 meJir. md 20 ,airy
stHdonts. In the fail Of 1896 the total en-
rolInent was 537 al academies. 22l needles
and 40 dairy. The present enrolment i,
$50 297 academies. 23s medics and IS dairy