Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-11-05
General Vermont News.

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The Montepelier Il Barre electric road con-
tlnues to be great success.
Mrs. Corielia Shedd OF Felchville has just
celebrated her S6th birthday.
T.. j. Fuller OF Woodstock shot bear on
the mountains west OF that town.
Mrs. Luella Culver. wife OF the postmas-
ter at East Barnard is dead. aged AZ.
Swanton and White River Junction are
Kicking over excessive insurance rates.
Goddard seminary defeated Norwich uni
versity at football 10y score Of 26 to 0.
Chinese woman is stopping in Burling-
ton. There are very few in this country
There have been five deaths from cholera
infanlum in Eeadshoro in the past month.
The Northiirld canning factory is employ
ing from 40 to 60 hands putting up apples.
Two barns were burned at West Wood
stock recently. Both fires were incendiary
The annual fair OF St.Augustine's Catholic
church at Montpelier will be held Now 2-l5.
The next session of the Troy Methodist
conference will be- held in Burlington in
April.
Miss Agnes Drury of Esscx Junction will
be married to DIR. II. ID. snyder, L. s. A.,
Nov. ..
other day and narrowly escaped destroying
IL block.
Norman Failey shot eight gray squirrels
and two parlrdges the other day in the city
of Burlington.
The Cabot creamery paid 20 l-2 cents and
the Plainlleld creamery - cents for Sep
tember butter.
The Randolph cooperative creamery paid
20 - cents .or September butter, and made
IL. 563 pounds.
The grave of James q. Blaine Is to be
marked with monument made of the best
Vermont marble.
The members of the b. Il NJ. Freight
Agents association held their annual meet
ing ut Bellows Falls.
Memorial services have just been held in
several Methodist churches In honor Of the
late Rev, H. A. Spencer.
James Wood. u compositor in the Argus
Office. has started for the Johannesburg,
South Africa. gold fields.
Three carloads Of rails for the Hinesburg
Burlington electric road have arrived and
work has been commenced.
The Riverside creamery ut Bristol paid rs
cents for standard milk and the ClOverdale
creamery in Fletcher 76 cents.
+. W. Tuttle of Vergennes has been ap-
uOlHttt huulSOu county uuuoE
the new national bankruptcy law.
Miss Winnie Rich has been appointed su-
perinlend NJ of schools in Hartland in place
Of Miss Kate Ainsworth, resigned.
A. A.Buel Of Burlington has bought Nancy
Lee. with II record of III Ia at Plattsburg,o of
J. .. Harvey of Toronto for $1,000.
The new Roman Catholic church at North
Pownal has just been dedicated. All the
priests in Bennington county were present.
Lieutenant W. II. Sterling Of the First
Vermont has SO far recovered from typhoid
fever rs to be moved to his home at Wells
River.
A Barnard boy. George II. CoOtey, who
enlisted in the Minnesota regiment died re-
Gently at Manila, Philippine Islands. No
particulars are known.
Alexander Carol of Montpelier was run
over the other day and had one leg so badly
mingled that it was ampntated ut the Ilea-
ton hospital.
Bellows Falls people are subscribing liber-
ally for stock in the electric railroad to Sax
tons River and everything indicates that the
road will bo built next season.
The Goth wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. &. :. Fletcher of Essex Junction has
just been celebrated. Their friends presented
them with costly dinner SET
Hon. Charles Dewey of Montpelier has
presented II bust OF his brother, Admiral
George Dewey, to the Wood art gallery. 1t
was made by A. Ghigli of New York.
The teams of Mr.. Deburne and Alpha Geb-
bic of Greensboro collided the other even
ing while trying to pass. and both outfits
were total wrecks. Mr.. Deburne was badly
injured.
Fred L.Dayis.a prominent dairy producer
and raiser of registered stock. and Miss
Mt th.,
Y. 2. 5. {. f.. were recently married in
North Comfort.
1t is estimated by the city surveyor that it
will cost $23, 900 to repair the damage to
streets in Bennington village done by the
recent food. The town has already con-
tracted for bridges to the amount of SlS, 900.
During the month of September 1888
letters were collected from the new letter
boxes that Postmaster George II. Richmond
has placed ut different parts of the village
and collected the mail from at his own ex-
pense.
The Windsor county liquor dealers want a
license law quick. The Windsor House was
raided a few days ago and II large quantity
of the ardent seized. Three dealers at
Rochester also suffered. All settled by pay
ing the usual fines and costs.
Eugene ana Alton Royce, two little lads Of
Norwich, camped out one night last week,
but will not do so again, as general alarm
was given and every effort made to find
them by the neighbors. They were thor
oughly drenched and nearly frozen by the
cold rain.
James l.. Battles. the Boston bogus check
worker and former Vermont hotel man. has
been sentenced to six months in the house
of correction on each Of the eight counts for
money by means of false pre-
lenses. He pleaded for leniency from the
court, but Judge Bolster stated the court
could not be lenient with SO many charges
against the defendent.
The aggregate deposits in Vermont saw
ings banks and trust companies June 30 last
the year OF $1,47l,OS4. or this s2s,G4l. .e44
belongs to 95,59l resident depositors and
S5. .429. 1878 to II, $40 nonresident depositors,
showing an increase for the year of 1880 in
number of resident depositors and 81 .320, 1897 |
In amount OF their deposits.
The carriage factory of G.. Bessette at Or |
well was burned the other morning. The |
building caught fire the day before, and the
flames were supposed to be extinguished. |
1t was carefully watched all day and through |
the evening, but the fire smouldered some
where in the building until the next morning, |
when it broke out afresh. The stock and fix |
lures were all burned. but good many new |
sleighs and carriages were saved. Mr.. Bes-
sette's residence which is very near. was
saved by the pulling down OF u shed which
room to the house. Nh. r.Bessctte has large
factory in Ticonderoga, and fears are enter
tained that he will not rebuild, the state
thus losing u valuable industry.
Seelee Will BE MauaRer