Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-08
Bellows Falls Times
SATURDAY, JULY s. 1899,
VERMONT NEWS.

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The Windsor county court took a sudden
adjournment. The jury was on long case
which was n, airing the end when four of the
ljurymen complained of having sore threats.
| A physician was called and pronounced each
of the cases diphtheria.
The local branches of the Order of Railway
Conductors, the Brotherhood of Railroad
i rrainmer, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
/ Engineers and the Brotherhood of Ii )mo-
tive Fnemen will hold union meeting in
Rutlar d Sunday afternoon, the 23d.
Fire broke out in the boiler room of the
| International company's mill at Wilder the
Fourth. Fortunately it was gotten under
control after destroying the roof of the room
and an adjoining shed. The damage is not
! heavy and will not interfe.e with the regular
work of the mill.
Elk Gov, Roswell Farnham, as president
and agent of the Eureka Mining Co., has
sold the Eureka mine in Corinth to Eugene
r. Darling, Esq, of New York city, owner
| of Maplewood Farm adjoining the property
OF this company. Mr.. Darling is supposed to
be acting for wealthy parties in New York.
The mine sold for $4,000 and the money was
paid to Gov. Farnham Saturday evening.
At the annual meeting of the Bennington
& Rutland held Tuesday in North Benning-
ton, these officers were elected: j G. Nc
Cullougb, president; f. b. Jennings, wee
president, OtneT u1Tt CJOTs, w =. o6WaTu WeDD,
rrenor l., Park Edward Bennett, managing
director aud superintendent. o. M Barber
has been appointed clerk, vice George W.
Hartman resigned. The reports showed the
road to be in excellent condition in all re-
spects al u although NUMBER of thousand
dollars have been spent during the year for
improvements; more are now being carried
out and in oontemp! ation.
A syndicate of St. Johnsbury capitalists hiss
| been formed, consisting of Harry II. Carr,
Frank K. iris, Josiah B Gage, Edw ard c..
Chandler, James Thompson, 4. B. Gammell,
| ard Charles g. Bradley. The members of the
syndicate have invested part of their money
with the Cuban Land and Steamship Co. in
huildiI e lots 40 miles from Neuvtas. They
| i tend to Join one of the company's txcr.
lst, ON W York next October and look
the island of Cuba over with a view to fuIther
investment in real estate If they find their
expectations realized they talk of laying out
coffee, sugar, tobacco or pineapple plantations
and possibly remaining in Cuba.
James S. Morrill, son of the late Senator
Morrill,, has refunded to the city of Mont
pelier the amount it expended for the funeral
of the senator. The city council protested
against this repayment stating that Montps-
Her deemed it u privilege 10 have been al.
lowed to pay this last tribute to the venerable
senator But Mr.. Morrill, insisted that he
should be allowed to refund the expenditure
and without the knowledge of the council
placed check for the amount in the hands
of the city treasurer. He yielded, however,
to the importantly that the city be permitted
to bear the expense of the floral offering
furnished on the occasion of the funeral.
Russell W. Porter of Springfield, who has
made four trips into the Arctic region, will
be the New England representative on the
expedition which will leave Sidney, N. s.,
Ju y 20 on the steam whaler Diana, to COM
municate with Lieut.. Peary on the western
of Greenland taking III eunpliea and
bringing back report OF his work during the
past IL months. The Diana, which is con-
sidered an ADLER and faster boat than the
Hope, will be commanded By Captain Sam
uel W. Bartlett, brother Of Capt John Bart
lett who is now with Peary. Mr.. Porter will
take with him party of six young men from
Harvard and Yale.
Col. M. A. Mcclure, department CON-
mander of the Vermont PatriaI chs Militant,
has just completed his annual report to the
grand secretary of the Sovereign grand lodge
and Adjutant General Grant of Baltimore,
sists Of the reports of all the cantons in Yer
mont, their condition, members, amount of
property, etc. There are in the state 10 can
tons. The membership of these is: Burling
ton, 80; Montpelier, AZ; Barre, 40; St.
%; b attleboro, q; Bennington, 20 Rutland,
80, and Bellows Falls, 33. The total gain in
membership the past year is 81, while there
is at present between $ll 900 and $4,000 in
vested in uniforms and equipment in the
various cantons about the state.
Quartermaster General William H. Gilmore
has at last succeeded in effecting settlement
with the war department whereby the lst
Infantry, Vermont Volunteers, in the war
with Spain will be paid at the usual army rate
per day for the period between April rs and
the day each company arrived in the state
Camp Olympia. Upon this basis the mem
bers of Companys B, St. Adams, and M of
Burlington will receive nine days pay; Com
panys D, St. Johnsbury, and L, Newport,
eight days pays Companys K, Barre, f,
Northfeld, G, Bradford, H, Montpelier, l,
Brattleboro, seven days pay; Companys A,
Rutland, G, Brandon and Z, Bennington, SIX
days pay. 1t is expected that Adjutant GEN
eral Peck will soon issue circular to the
company commanders, which will give de-
tailed instructions as to preparing the pay
rolls, ETC., which it will be necessary to pre-
sent before the payment is made by the gov
eminent.