Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-17
VERMONT NEWS.

Daughters OF kebekah lodge mas Deen
| instituted ut rainileld.
Twelve miles Of permanent road were
built in the state during 1899.
At Bradford recently the Thermometer reg
istered 80 degrees below zero.
Burlington pumping station has capa-
! city Of SOC, 900 gallons every ~ hours.
| Over 25, 900 feet Of logs arrive at A. E.
Crandalls mill yard at Jonesville daily.
Rev. W. s. Hazen OF Northheld fell from
a stepladder recently and dislocated his
shoulder.
Over IS cars OF white birch are received
every day at George Palmer's spool factory
| In JOnesvile.
The expense OF running Rutland's fire de-
partment the past year was $S545, an excess
Of S466. rs over receipts
The Rutland city liquor agency sales for
1899 amounted to al5, ,sO2 80. The profits Of
the agency were S2l49.73.
Senator Proctor has been chosen as the
| Vermont member of the Republican con-
| gressional campaign comrnittee.
William H. II. Montgomery, a native of
Pownal, one OF the best known residents OF
Adams, Mass. is dead, aged SO years.
| The expense OF the Burlington fire de-
partment the past year was SIS, 562.9O, OF
| which amount $40, ISL. 70 went for salaries.
Edward II Blossom, assignOr 70 Dupont
| Manufacturing company. st. JOhnsbury has
taken out letters patent for power ham
| mer.
The graphite mine owned by DR.. +. W.
Kent Of Panton is to be opened In the early
| spring. II bids fair to prove OF exceptional
richness.
Tommy Guiheen. a Brattleboro baseball
player, will leave March l for Kansas City,
Mo-, where he will play short-stop In the
| western league.
At Middlebury, one of John II. Sargents
fine full blooded Jersey cows was found
dead in its stall The COW was found to
have been poisoned.
The bankrupt petition of Arthur G.Wilson
OF Bradford has been filed. His liabilities
| are 1850 and his assets S6S0l, $725 OF which
are claimed as exempt.
These petitions in bankruptcy have re-
Gently been fled Leroy +. Fogg OF Swan.
ton, liabilities s315.5O, assets 800; j. Willard
Strattard Of Swanton, liabilities. S72Os,
assets $5l5.
Mrs. C. Emily Simpson, WHO recently diei
| at Corning, N ", was one OF the Oldest III
habitans in that state lacking five months
OF being 100 years old. She was born In YER
non, Vt, in $500.
The report of Health officer DR.. H. r.
Watkins Of Burlington, for the year 1899,
says: Estimating the population Of the city
| at l9,O00 the death rate for the year has
been l7.4l to each 1000 Of population.
No clue regarding the mysterious dis
appearance of Miss Mary E. Ayers OF Brat
tleboro has been known concerning her or
ler whereabouts since she left her parents
home in that village the night OF Jan. TO-
William W. Lawrence, serving in state
prison a sentence of l6 years for shooting
Judge Seaver ut Woodstock, some time ago,
has been pronounced insane by physicians,
and transferred to the asylum ut Waterbury.
Charles Clark OF Chester for several years
! a conductor on the Fitchburg and Bennint-
ton Il Rutland railroads between Troy and
Rutland. has taken like position with the
Panama railroad. He started for the isthmus
on February l.
Chief OF Police BrOwnell OF Burlington In
his annual report states that the number OF
arrests during the year 1899 were 326 or
this number 1879 was for intOxication, 30
for breach OF the peace, 80 for selling liquor
and AZ for larceny.
Three thousand cords Of hard wood will
be consumed annually by Stamford's new
wood alcohol factory. The company esti-
mates that 1t owns enough wood to last at
least 40 years. A large two-story building,
200x75 feet. is to be erected In the spring.
Frank Bora was arrested at his fathers
house in Vergennes charged with an assault
last summer upon A. N. Bush formerly OF
that city. He was taken to Mddlebury
where he gave bail in the sum OF 5000 for his
appearance at the next term OF Addison
county court.
The whereabouts Of Montpelier's first fire
engine, which the people OF that city were
desirous Of preserving rs an historic relic; lie
unknown. This engine was sold to the town
of Warren 15 years ago, and having been
abandoned to the tender mercies OF the
boys Of that place, has ceased to exist.
Henry C. Parsons, aged 81 years, formerly
Of Fletcher, died recently in the insane
asylum in Topeka, Kan. In 1892, Mr.. Par
sons enlisted in Johnson In Company Z,
Seventh Vermont. While on duty with his
regiment below New Orleans he suffered
severely with the heat and for want OF suit
able food.
Mr.. Boucher. IL horse trainer from Ottawa
who is at Essex Junction to train Marion
Wilkes, the horse recently bought at auction
for $50 from Messrs. Chase and Soule by j.
H, Allen, was terribly bitten In the arm
while giving the horse his first lesson. Dr.
G. NJ. Ferrin dressed the wound which re-
quired several stitches.
E. s. Kingsley OF Athens has received
notice that the Vergenes congressional dele
CATION has recommended him for an appoint.
ment rs special agent under the jurisdic.
tion OF the census bureau and that his pa.
pers have been placed on file in the Office at
Washington. Mr.. Kingsley was an unsuc-
cessful candidate for census supervisor for
Vermont.
A meeting OF the fourth class postmasters
OF Caledonia county was recently held In st.
Johnsbury. The meeting was for the pur-
pose OF organization for mutual benefit and
! advantage Eight pOStmasters we're present,
representing the offices OF st. Johnsbury,
East Walden, South Walden, Hardwick,
Barnet, Mclndoe Falls and Passumpsic.
w. H. Burbank of Barnet was chosen chair
man and George C.Wnch Of McIndoe Falls,
secretary.
Among the omnations recently sent to
tn Senate for promotion in the regular
army were Major Henry Jackson, Third cav.
airy, to be lieutenant colonel and Captain
Herbert S. S.Foster, Eighteenth infantry to be
major. The navy department has announced
The promotion of Lieut.. H. Il. Mayo, now AT
Union Iron Works, San Francisco, to be
'ieutenant-commanher. All Of these officers
"-" '""i known and have many friends In
Burlington.
..p.a.n E. W. Blodgett OF Shelburne
Farms has returned from New York, where
he went TO inspect DR.. W. s. Webbs new
yacht Elfrda, now in progress Of construc-
ton. The new yacht is larger than the old
Elfrida which was proffered by DR.. Webb
to the government during the Spanish.
American war, and is expected to he ready
for launching about June /. She will be
brought to Lake Champlain via the St
Lawrence river
The traffic in green Vermont fur skins %
larger this winter than it has been for some
seasons previous. The reason for the In.
crease in this line of business is because OF
the rapid advance in values OF first class
skins Of all kinds. The greater portion OF
the skins offered for sale are mink, fox and
muskrat. The fox skins are the most valu-
able. Vermont skins rank equally with the
Canadian skins and when dried and worked
make handsome and valuable garments.
At the coming session OF the Chittenden
county there will come up the suit Of l. NJ.
Chase OF Essex Junction vs.. H. S. Soule OF
Fairfield to recover $4,000. The case arises
over the stallion Marion Wilkes, recently
sold for $50 as the result OF an accident.
This horse was owned jointly by Messrs
Chase and Soule. The former asserts that
the defendant agreed to indemnify the plain.
! tiff against apy loss upon the said stallion