Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-20
EDWARD G. DAN A.
VERMONT NEWS.

|
Mrs Daisy I. Drury OF Essex Junction.
aged 32 years wife OF +. W. Drdry, is dead
OF consumption.
member OF the civil service board for tn,
| custom house ut Newport.
Harry G. Matthew OF Vermont has been
| appointed clerk at $1,000 ut the naval sta
tion ut Cavte In the Philippines.
| The Rutland City Hospital association Is
out Of debt. John W. Champion of that city,
having given 1t check for $4,000
The Red Lion Inn at Randolph has
changed hands, Mr.. Brown of tho Monument
house at Williamstown being the buyer.
| There has not been dollar damage by
| fire in Bristol for fourteen months. Tho
| local fire companies have been called out
| twice.
| There is every prospect that the Barre
granite cutters and dealers will come to
| satisfactory agreement in regard to u new
scale of prices.
| At Vergennes recently six favoritc dogs
| were poisoned by strychnine Mayor Ship
man has offered $50 reward for tho arrest
and conviction OF the guilty parties.
| A petition in voluntary bankruptcy has
been filed by Myron G. Putnam OF Winooski,
| who has liabilities of 1856 and assets OF
$22s3, Of which $500 is claimed as exempt.
been filed by Joseph Libby, IL farmer living
| In Hartford. He has liabilities of S3O6. %
and assets OF Sl22 all OF which Is claimed
exempt.
Rev. +. Z. Dewhurst, formerly Of Bur
lington. now minister OF the Plymouth
church, Indianapolis, has accepted call TO
the University (CongregationaD church,
In Chicago.
The Bennington & Rutland railroad has
Hrnnka Va
at DunKirk. N. y, large passenger engine
| Tor use on the sleeping trains between Rut-
land and Troy.
Marcus II. Waters, formerly OF Castle,on,
now Of Chicago, III. who recently graduated
from the pharmacy department OF the Uni
versity OF Illinois, had received al appoint
ment in the marine hospital service at the
port OF Chicago.
Ordnance Sergeant Won Nyvenheim of
Fort Ethan Allen accepted the invitation Of
c. L. Ward, sergeant and secretary Of tho
Second regiment, Canadian artillery. TO
attend ut the annual dinner Of the regiment
in Montreal Jan. 10.
A carload Of As pieces OF rock and orc
crushing machinery has arrived from tho
Gates Iron Works Of Chicago. The
machinery Is for the contractors Of the Rut-
land Canadian railroad, and will be used In
the construction OF that road.
The outlook ut present indicates that the
New England Telephone company will have
| a rival line in Montpelier in the near future.
About dozen Of the business men of the
city have already gotten together and laid
plans for the formation OF a local line.
The conditions ut the insane asylum at
Waterbury are In q congestcd shape rs Tar
as the number of patients is concerned.
There are now In the institution 634 pa
tents. When the buildings were constructed
they were planned to accommodate 4SO.
The first extended trip OF the Middlebury
College Glee club will be taken during tho
week of Jan 2s-Feb. 3. The club will give
six concerts on this trip 1t will also take
shorter trip later In the term and during the
spring vacation will be gone on a long tour.
Miss Rena Hall OF Island Pond, graduate
from the Chelsea training school, will I'LL
the position of principal OF the training
school connected with the Castleton Normal
school and teacher of the primary depart
ment In place OF Miss Sarah j. Whitney,
resigned.
Recent Vermont pensions granted are:
Original widows, ETC., minors OF Douglass
Potter, Rutland, $l4; Jennette Fifeld. Plain
field, $l2; original; widows, etc, special ,ac-
crued Dec. 81, Munice p. Howard, Benson,
So; war with Spain, original, Charles Will
liams, West Derby. $780,
Michael Marion OF Barre, q grocer, and
Mary Ward Marion were recently Remarked
at Mr.. Marrons apartments, b. H. Wells,
Esq, performing the ceremony. About two
years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Marron were legally
separated, "a divorce having been granted
Mrs. Marion at Burlington.
Captain George Rushlow, manager OF the
Champlain Transportation company, will 80
in a few days to New York to purchase tho
new electric lighting plant and steering gear
for the steamer Chateaugay, authorized at
the recent meeting OF the company. The
plant will include searchlight.
A sufficient depth of snow has fallen ON
the mountains In Bennington county to make
good sleighing, and logging operations are
carried on extensively il u number OF the
towns. Large quantities of lumber and wood
are being brought into Bennington daily
from Woodford and other towns.
CA. G. Jackson of Montpelier, secretary
of the Democratic club has received tele-
gram from Hon. W. J. Bryan, the champion
Of the free silver cause in this country say-
ing he would speak In Montpelier on Feb
2, at which time the postponed meeting OF
the Democratic club will he held.
The Emma Willard association has estab-
lished $4,000 scholarship for deserving
young women at Middlebury college, paying
800 annually. The gift Is In honor of Airs.
Emma Willard Of the Female seminary In
Troy, n. y, who early in her career was
identified with Middlebury and indirectly
with the college.
Martin Hayes had both hands blown off
In a premature explosion In the Bolyer
quarry at New Haven and died from the
shock. He undertook to drill out hole
which had been charged with powder when
fifteen tons Of slate rock He was IL married
man without family and made his home ut
Hydeville.
Colonel John Y. F. Blake, who Is COM
mander OF one OF the Boer forces in South
Africa, and in charge Of the artillery, was
formerly a first lieutenant in the Sixth United
States cavalry. Sergeant A. Won Nyvenhelm
Of Fort Ethan Allen served undet him and
has In his possession a discharge paper
signed by Colonel Blake, of whom lie cannot
speak In too high terms.
The following petitions In bankruptcy have
been filled: Sabina G. Knowlton Of Chester,
housekeeper, liabilities, $lS5, assets 800,
all OF which Is cluimed as exempt George
E. Poole OF Rutland, u harness maker, liu-
abilities, ss427.ss. assets, s7i72s, OF which
$4OO Is claimed rs exempt. or the 382 petit
tions filed to date that OF Miss Knowlton Is
the fifth to be filed by woman.
Sixteen men have arrived ut Wallingford
and are at work at the old fork factory,
which was recently leased by the Barden
Brothers Of Granville. The interior of the
building is being equipped for the manufac.
ture OF farming i'm plements. Tho Walling-
ford factory will be a branch OF Barden
Brothers business at Granville. The plant
is to start up in March, when about so men
will be employed.
The bank and trust companies OF Rutland
have declared the following dividends:
Baxter National bank, 3 per cent, semi
annual; Killington National bank, 8 per
cent, semi-annual: Rutland Trust com pany,
3per cent, semi-annual on capital stock;
Rutland Savings bank, l-2 per cent. per
annum; Clement National Bank and State
Trust company. per cent. ON capital stock;
Rutland county bank, l. per cent, semi
annual; Merchants National Bank, 8 per
cent
Half Century OF Bank Service
Holyoke, Mass, Jan. &c. W. Ranlet