Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-27
vermont NEWS.
The News of the State Boiled Down
for Busy Readers.

The brickwork on the new county
jail at Woodstock has been completed.
notwithstanding the recent rains
the Connecticut and White rivers are
very low.
There are twelve commentaries of
the United Order of the Golden Cross
in Vermont.
Bishop A. c. A. Hall of Burlington
is on a two weeks tour of the Episco-
pal churches in Maine.
Allen G.. Calkins, pioneer lumber
dealer of Chicago. died Nov. 10. Mr..
Calkins was born in Waterbury, in
1923, and went to Chicago in 1857.
Joseph Gauthier of st. Johnsbury
has been granted a patent for a hold
back hook which is pronounced by all
horsemen to be the best thing of its
kind ever invented.
The new office of the president of
the Rutland railroad in the Clement
building, Rutland, is now ready for
occupation. A quartered-oak floor
has been laid, and the Office will be
handsomely finished and furnished
The Lamoille County Savings Bank
and Trust company of Hyde Park and
the Union Savings Bank and Trust
company of Morrisville will, on Jan. |,
reduce their rate of interest to deposit
tors to three per cent.
Recent gifts to the Vermont Anti
quarian society include a sword, Il
pair of andirons, some valuable books
andA Continental bill issued in 1776
from Miss Mary Collins of Burlington
and an eight day clock from Mrs. c. E.
Atwater of Brooklyn, n. Y.
The family of A. II. Rice of Brattlc-
boro recently had narrow escape
from asphyXiation. A stove had been
replcniShed with fresh coal for the
night and the door unwttingly left
open. thus filling the room with escap-
ing gas. Three of the household were
nearly unconscious when aroused.
The spruce forests in Rutland and
Remington counties are in consider
able danger of determination, now
that spruce lumber of the better
grades commands SIG per Thousand
feet. Thousands of the young trees
are also being cut for Christmas trees
and sent to New York and other mar
ketS.
DAME. Carpenter, one of St. Johns
bury's prominent citizens, died recent
ly in that village. He had been con-
fined to his bed for two years previous
to his death. Mr.. Carpenter was
selectman for II years and held other
offices, the duties of which he always
discharged in an efficient manner. He
was born in Chelsea Sept. 5, 1880.
Col. j. G. Estey of the Vermont
National Guard, has issued an order
directing that all armories in the state
be considered as company barracks.
This will mean the destruction of the
old club room government i'm the ar
mories and the placing of all the au-
thority in the hands of the officers.
Every member of the company will be
considered a soldier while he is i'm the
armory, and will be subject to all the
regular army barrack regulations.
The colonel of the regiment will have
complete control of the barracks of
every company.
Judge II. ii. Wheeler has rendered |
an important decision in regard to
cases. The new law pro-
WOES That deposit OF go shall be |
made by each petitioner. However,
an exception is made of those who
claim that they have not $25 among
their available assets if they will SO
swear in their inventory. This has
been understood to mean that such
petitioners were exempt from pay
ment and could receive their discharge
without the payment of that sum.
Judge Wheeler rules that if a petit
toner has not the necessary S25 at
the start he can SO affirm in his petit
lion, but that the alternative acts only
Is delay in the payment and that
The petitioner must finally pay the
s25 or he cannot receive his discharge.