Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-04-21
VERMONT NEWS.


A movement Is being nude to supply tho
two villages OF Royalton with electric lights.
John W. Smith, an old and respected resi-
dent of Montpelier, is dead. aged 81 years.
Mrs. w. =. Webb has presented the Shell
! burnr free library committee with check
for $50.
The ice in the Connecticut river at Bellows
| Falls has broken up ten days later than in
tho average season.
The Rising sun chapter. No. IL, o. L. s.,
was re-organized at South Royalton last
month with 81 members,
A new house will be erected ON Washing
ton avenue, Bennington, this spring for tho
| exclusive use Of the Washington club.
The repairs and improvements on tho
| Church of the Sacred Heart at North Ben
| nington are completed and services were
| held thcre on Easter.
Charles ID. Lane of Middlcbury stepped
| on II piece of leo and fell, cracking the bone
Of his left hip. He is in II critical condi-
ton as hc is rs years old.
Col. W. IL. Slack, the Springfield manu-
lacturer, is mentioned as one OF tho district
delegates to the national Republican con.
vention at Philadelphia.
Katherine Louise Parker. daughter of
Colonel H. f. Parker editor of the Brad
ford Opinion, was married to William
| Spooner Huntington in Bradford on April II.
| Edward stafford the S-yearold son Of
s.r. Stafford, tho lawyer fell down IN eleva-
| tor we'll in II st. Johnsbury store recently.
Hc was badly bruised, but no bones were
| broken.
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| house M White River Juuction Lnv, retired
| from tho management of TINT hot,l nnd il
| has passed into the hands nf / :. HnnI of
pittsileld N. II.
The Ice in the WiuocSS river at Mont
r. hs hou u' ,u,, m,t' uuii' 'uy u",
recent leo lam. but bocor,inc noneycombed,
| went ont as easily as snow.
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Among those upon the passenger list OF
the steamer st. Louis to san from New YORK
| ,or Ei;opc on ner iatest TRIP Were W; ~"
YRS. W. .. Moop, M,sS rreaerlca Wepp,
1, 'anuoiul'. "Ioo an" "h''''i ooW"ro "eoo
VI onoIourhe f"rihs'
Application for utholity to establish
"Ihe City National Bank OF Rutland with
a capital of 500, ,OOO has been filed ut Wash
| ington with the comptroller Of tho cur
| rency. Tho applicants are John A. Mead.
l.. " l"llie I'LL" o'hers'
John Ashley. who was arrest ed in Essex
Junction for stealing plrts of harness from
The shop OF Fred Roeau OF that village and
taking cape from Il sleigh, pleaded guilty
and no was sentenced to serve not less
hnn mn "a md n In INnn n tny..
| years IN state j prison ut Win isor.
An interesting piece of work is going on
at Fairview. the summer home of Frederick
B. Jennings OF New York. between Ben
| ningtOn and North Bennington. IL Is the
taking up. removing and replanting OF some
40 full grown maple trees. Fully 30 men
and several teams are employed on tho
work.
James Flynn. a farmer. need As wears.
shot himself through the heart with re-
volver at his homo three miles from New
i fame village. He staggered from his bed
| room to the sitting room and dropped dead.
He leaves widow and three children. He
had no domestic troubles and 1t is supposed
that he was temporarily insane.
Edward II. Smith. u former clerk at the
Junction House ut White River junction. and
for several wears past of the South Royal-
ton house has just died ut his home in South
| toyaton of Brights disease, aged 81 years.
His is the tlflh death which has occurred In
the family within II months. His wife and
aged mother are all that are left to survive
| him.
The large stock barn of Warren Ellis in
| Worcester has been burned. together with n
| quantity of hay. two aud one-hulf tons OF
| vrnin and meui and 28 COWS The origin
| of the fire is a mystery. but it undoubtedly
was the work of an incendiary. Mr.. Ellis
carried IN insurance OF SiOo on tho barn,
l,,,N fhA nj ltxy.a lin.
loss is almost overwhelming.
| Wbnt has for wears been known ss the
| Stato Line house half in PownaIl and hulf
in WilIinmstown. Mass. has ceased to be-
knowr ns n hotel The housa ha, nrobablv
made the Vermont and MASSACHUSETTS, oIl
| cers more trouble in the past few wears than
| nil thn other houses in its yicinity. II hno
recently como into the possession of A. c.
Houghton Of North Adams.
At tho recent Rovalton town meetinp II
was voted and carri.d to exempt from tnxn.
tion tho White River shoe rompanv md nmv
nther manufnctnrino interests that would
onto. tho town The mnro diS,ont mn, of tha
town onnosed the m 1tion and suereedal in
sailing another meeting. hut n two-thirds
maiorItv voted to ndourn the meeting with.
ont date before tho subject to rescini the
former vote could be mentioned.
Members of the Dartmouth Alumni ia.
sociations Of Chicago ure urging the cleo.
| tlon of Henry ID. Pierce class of '72 as n
trnstee NJ tho collere to snrceed Mai II II
| Redington NJ al Wr piercs /. nstiva ~
| vormnmt ani 10 no,y waa,arn ,non,,ar ~ ,b.,
vermont Marble comnanv rhe 1,hina"o
alumni claim cons iJaratnn y, tho orn"nj
that tha citv sand mara stndants re Dart.
mouth than onv other outsiic of Nsw Emo.
land '
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NortbasId th" cominv season in addition tn
| .S 49, ,,,i - - H.; ~ n.ann.,
runnino cnnLi,ion Amopy the r.r.nt
| orders 1ecaivnJ hv IN, dole Rrili comnanv
was one from Rerlin' G.rmnnv The sIats
was wnnted for mse ~ Iihrarv sbelvinp in n
| ioroo ihrnr, Tho ori.r ,y,s for ueyar,i
| thonsand sG,,aras nnI tb, co,nn,nv ,yos nm.
ahIa to nccant If as II cnuld nnt I'm il IN
| TIN. "
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Inc supreme court nus hppoihteu non.
| seneca HaSletOn OF BlrllhSton. ORION NJ.