St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-15
Vermont News.

The first husband of Mrs. Admiral
Dewey, Gen. William B. Hazen, was a
native Vermonter OF Hartford VT, and
member OF the Hazen family, which has
various branches in this state. He
graduated at West Point in 1855, and
served with high credit through the civil
war. He reached the rank of major
general, commanded a division OF the
Fifteenth Army Corps, marched with
Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, storm
ed and took Fort McAllister at Savan.
nah, and otherwise distinguished him
self. In 1880 he was appointed chic
signal officer and stationed at Washing
ton. He then married Miss Mclean
and died there in 1889, leaving his young
widow and one son, who died 10 months
ago, at the age of Ia years, from fall
from horse.
The citizens of Burlington voted Fri
day to do away with the city liquor
agency. 1t took but few moments to
decide the question. The vote was taker
in the yea" and may" fashion.
Fish and Game Commissioner Titcomt
tells us that 80 deer have been reported
killed during the open season divided
among the counties as follows: Addison
5, Bennington 4, Caledonia 8, Chittender
2, Essex 6, Franklin 1, Lamolle 1
Orange Q, Rutland 20, Washington l
Windsor IS. Probably the full number
killed has not been reported and it may
aggregate 100.
T. J. Deavitt, administrator of the es
tate OF Chandler w. Paul of Montpelier
has filed his accounts with the probate
court. Instead of an estate amounting
to $4,000 asat first supposed, it has beer
found that Mr.. Paul was worth about
$4,000.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
was filed last Wednesday, by Walter E
Nye of West Charleston, a farmer; liza
bilities. $2119.30, assets $40.
Philadelphia capitalists are considering
the advisabilitv building an electric rail
road from Newport through Derby
Charleston and Morgan to Island Pond
a distance of 16 miles. Four years age
the Legislature granted charter for tn
road.
Col. Merritt Barber, assistant adju
tant general, has been transferred ant
promoted from the department of tn
East to that of the Pacific, headquarter
at Manila. Col. Barber is a graduate o
Williams college and was practicing Law
when the civil war began. He enlisted
from Pownal and entered the civil wa
as first lieutenant of company B, lot
Vermont infantry.
Fred Arnold, postmaster at Bethel
and well known lawyer and insuranc
agent died Friday after long illness
Mr.. Arnold was forty. five years old. H
leaves a widow and six sons. He ha
represented Bethel in the House of Rep
resentatives, and was Senator iron
Windsor county in 1894.
Bishop Merrill will preside over tn
Vermont Methodist conference whic
will convene in this state April II, 1900
Col.-LeGrand B. Cannon, of Burline
ton will leave that city about Nov. 2
for New York to remain for the winter.
The state board OF agriculture is lool
ingfor places to hold winter meetings. Th
only requirement is free use of hal
Towns wishing tor meetings should nc
tify c. ]. Bell, secretary, East Hardwicl
Henry Bissell has leased and take
possession of the Brandon Inn at Brai
don. Mr.. Bissell is Vermonter and frs
engaged in the hotel business at Shor,
ham, where he conducted house yer
successfully for several years. He late
conducted the Lake Dunmore house, til
Addison house at Middlebury, and he
tel at Ticonderoga.
Rudyard Ripling has written wa
poem which he sold to the London Dali
News for 81, 25O. This sum he donate
to the relief fund for the widows and o.
phans of the Boer war.
The petitions in bankruptcy in We
mont now number 1923, an average {
about one a day since people began tai
ing advantage Of the bankruptcy law.
A petition in voluntary bankruptc
was filed Friday by George N. Dixie,
farmer of Bristol, with assets OF $269
and liabilities of 1857, of which $751;
claimed as exempt.
A number of Vermont farmers al
marking the trees injured by the ra'
ages of the forest worms this year, pr
paratory to cutting them down II
coming winter. Many sugar orchard
are completely ruined and the majorit
show serious inroads. 1t will be man
years before the maple sugar industry
Vermont RECEIVERS from this serious blow
Reuben B. Rand of Barnard, 81 yea
old, is as spry as most oil the boy
Though he is stone blind, he recent
husked a lot of corn and does niue
work around the farm.