St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-06


appointed post quartermaster sergeant
OF the Vermont National Guard by
Quartermaster General W. H. Gilmore.
This appointment makes Mr.. Chapman
the senior non commissioned officer in
the quartermaster's department. His
duties will be to assist as regimental
military storekeeper, and at muster to
issue the epulpage and like supplies to
the reglmental quartermaster. On Oct
ODER OF this year Mr. Chapman will
have been a member of the Vermont
guard for 20 years. For Is years of
this time he was a hospital steward.
lie has served one of the longest terms in
a single department Of any member of
the regiment. He is at present treas
urer OF Company A, Rutland.
Historic Residence sold.
The latest purchase of real estate at Ben
nlngton Center is that OF the Charles F.
Sears house by Thomas Vail of Troy, N.
Y. 1t is understood that the considera-
ton was between SIS 900 and $4,000.
The house is large two story structure
and commands one of the most desirable
locations in southern Vermont. An in
terestlng feature OF the house is the large
white oak sills OF the structure These
tlmbers did like duty Tor the old First
church at Bennington Centre, built in
1866, The timbers are almost as sound
as when they were hewn 1875 years ago.
The house was built by Hon. Benjamin
F. Sears, and these timbers were used, as
the church from which they were taken
he fItet ht,tl
Upon petition from Edison W. Cor
don a sheriff o Grand Isle county, hav-
ing in custody Frank Cooligole, who is
held tor trial under an indictment OF
murder, in which the inSufficiency of the
Grand Isle county jail is fully explained,
Mr.. Gordon has been directed by Gov.
William w. Stickney to remove the
prisoner to the Chittenden county Jail at
Burlington, where he can be properly
aud safely kept until the time OF trial.
Moses Flanders, an inmate of the Yer.
mont Soldiers home, died in the hospital
Sunday, Jan. 81, aged 65 years. He
served during the Civil war i'll Co. c,
Twenty frst Massachusetts infantry,
and was admitted to the home nine
years ago. Death was caused by geuer-
al debility. His body was placed in the
receiving vault in hopes that some Of his
kindrtd may call for it. No one knows
where any of his relatives reside.
There are one hundred and two sub
scribers to the Bennington exchange of
the New England Telephone Company, a
gain OF almost Que hundred per cent dur
ing the vast year.
The international paper mill at New
port has shut down for an indefinite
period.
Sergeant-ata arms T. c. Phinney is hav-
ing some of the locust trees in the state
house yard cut down. These trees were
already half dead and were iriuring and
would undoubtedly kill in time the large
elm trees at the westerly end OF the yard,
50 that it was necessary to cut them
down in order to save the other trees
Robert Wilkinson of Montpelier and
Fred Colburn OF Barre will soon make an
ascent of Lincoln mountain tor the pur
pose of taking views for Joseph Bartell
of New York. They take several
cameras with them, and provisions
enough to last several days. 1t will be
necessary to climb the mountain, which
is 4 700 feet high, on snow shoes. MIR.
Wilkinson and Mr. Colburn went on
Mount Mansfield last winter on similar
errand and their success was so great
they have heen engaged for the present
venture,
F. G. Butterheld of Derby Line was
elected vice president of the North Ameri-
can Fish and Game Protective League at
Montreal last week, and Gen, W. w.
Henry, United States consul at Quebec,
is one of the membership committee.
B. B. Smalley, of Burlington, has re
signed as resident agent OF the Burling-
ton and Winooski wooden mills and
other officials, overseers and supernten
dents have given up their positions. The
mills have been IDLE several months, the
outlook Tor starting them seems dubious,
and the belief is gaining ground that the
mills have passed into the hands OF the
trust and will not be operated again.
The treasurer of the University of Yer
mont was paid $4,000 recently to found
perpetual scholarships, the bequest be-
ing given in the will of Mrs. Julia F.
Hickok. Provision was also made for
81 900 for the Adams mission and 5000
for the Home for Aged Women, both in
Burlington; $4,000 to the Vermont Do
nestle Missionary society and 81 900 to
the Conereg ational church in Royalton,
with which Mrs. Hickok united in her
youth.
Capt. Harry B. Cham berlain, of Brad.
ford, assistant quartermaster, U. s. A.,
has b. en- ordered from New York city to
San Francisco as quartermaster and act
ing commissary of subsistence on the
transport Lawton. Captain Chamber
lain, it will be remembered, was quarter
master. sergeant of the Vermont volun-
teer regiment in the war with Spain.
He is son.in-law of Gen. W. H. Gilmore
of Fairee.
Col. Merritt Barber native of Ben
nington county, who has been adlutant
general of the department OF the Philip
pines, has been detached from that office.
He and his wife were last heard from in
Canton, China. They expect to visit in
Japan and other Asiatic countries, being
on the Journey about year. Col. Bar
Der will retire on the age limit in year,
and will then make his home in Benning-
ton.
Congressman David J. Foster spoke on
"The College Man in Public Life at the
32d annual dinner Of the Dartmouth
college association OF New York, given
Friday night at Delmonicos, in New York.
Gov. Benjamin B. Odell and former GOV
Frank S. Black of New York, were the
principal guests and speakers.