St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-07-18
VERMONT NEWS.
Staff Amendments
JONATHAN Ross.

Staff Appointments.
Department Commander U. A. Wood
bury in a general order says
The SD annual encampment of this
department held at Newport, June 20
and DIST, 1900, having failed to elect a
sufficient number of representatives and
alternates to the 34th national encamp-
ment to be held in Chicago, ILL.,, August
81 to September inclusive, the depart
ment council of administration in con-
formity with the rules and regulations OF
the order have elected Comrades Henry
A. Wheeler of Post No. 81, Bellows
| Falls, and D. M. Blackmer of Post No.
112, Bennington, as 9th and 9th alter
mates respectively to fill such vacancies.
The following additional appointments
on the staff OF the department COM
mander are hereby announced.
Departm't spector-Chandler Watts,
Post No. 4, Stowe.
Judge Advocate-Charles P. Hogan,
Post No. 60, St. Adams.
Chief Mastering Officer-Herbert E.
Taylor, Post No. s, Brattleboro.
Senior Aid Camp and Chief of Staff
Franklin G. Butter6eld, Post No. "a,
Derby Line.
Honorary Aides-de-C Camp, Myron M.
Parker, Washington D. c.; John ]. War
den, Boston, Mass; Samuel W. Shat
tuck, Champaign, ILL.,. Henry 0. Clark,
East Orange, N. ].
Aides -Camp-William H. Gilmore,
Post No. II, Fairlee; William W.
Sprague, Post No. /, st. Johnsbury ;
Heman w. Allen, Post No. 2, Burlington
Sumner A. Andrews, Post No. 3, YER
gennes; Ziba H. McAlister, Post No. SO,
Waitsheld; Arnold c. Fay, Post No. SO,
Milton; Leander c. Leavens, Post No.
70, Richford John N. Richardson, Post
No. II, Richmond; Torrey w. Sibley,
Post No. Sc, Essex Junction; Edward B.
SAWYER, Post No. 81, Hyde Park; John
l.. Mosley, Post No. "a, Mortified {;
George ". Flagg, Post No. 90, East
Braintree; Julian ]. Dumas, Post No.
ITO, Bristol.
State Finances.
State Treasurer Bacon has Just issued
his annual report of Vermont finances.
! The total receipts were SLATE, 1895,
and the expenditures the same amount
less Silt, 161 now in the treasury: or
81, 1858, 1874. OF this amount, however,
$4,000 went for the payment of loans
heretofore made, so that the balance, or
$S39, 1874, represents the net cost of rum
ming this state for the past year-an
enormously extravagant amount, every
thing considered. The bulk of the re-
ceipts were From corporation tax,
$439,937; state tax, $346 $40; loans,
$4,000; school and highway taxes,
Sill ,4SO; county clerks, $35, SIS inher-
itance tax, $26,327. OF the disburse.
ments besides the repayment ofloans al
ready noted, and redistribution of the
school and highway taxes, auditors or
ders took $603, S31. The remainder of
the disbursements was in comparatively
small sums, $35, 1855 for interest being
the largest item.
Caspian Lake 140 Feet Deep.
The members of the University of Yer
mont summer school have returned from
trip of two weeks to Greensboro,
where they have been surveying on Cas-
plan lake and the surrounding country.
A complete survey Of the town was
made and photographed survey OF
the lake taken. The greatest depth of the
lake, which was determined. was 140
feet. Bar Hill, which has been until
recently the highest cultivated place in
the state, was found to have an eleva-
ton of 1 500 feet.
George M. Wright, of New York, has
accepted the Office of treasurer OF Middle
bury College, to succeed L. D. Eldredge,
Of Middebury, who retires after nearly
twenty years of service. Mr.. Wright is
Middlebury alumnus, of the class oil
IA. He was born in Orwell.
A friend of the Burr and Burton semi
merry, at Manchester, has offered to give
] 5000 year for three years in scholar
| ships to assist needy students, giving
one scholarship of 500 each year to
each of the nine towns in the northern
part of Bennington county, or two
scholarships of $50, as may be deemed
best. After three years. il the plan works
well, he proposes to give $4,000 to the
seminary to make the scholarships
permanent.
A part of the discomfort of Essex
junction is to be removed by the Contra
Vermont railway. 1t will be effected by
the discontinuance ofthe former arrange
ment of changing cars at that point or
several trains. Passengers in and out o
Burlington will in future be saved that
trouble and delay.
By the will of Mrs. Emma Battel
Stewart recently deceased, wife of ex
Gov. John w. Stewart, the Congrega
tional church and society in Middlebury
are to have $4,000 for the purpose o
building chapel in connection with the
church on the northwest corner of tn,
church edi6ce.