News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-03-20
STATE NEWS.

The little town of st. George, Chittenden
county, boasts of being the first one to pro-
duce maple sugar this season.
The average tax rate of the several towns
in Orleans county is a fraction of a cent less
than 1876 cents on the dollar of the grand
list.
Four BOYS who escaped from the State In
dustrial school at Vergennes Monday were
captured early Wednesday morning in
farmers barn in Weybridge.
petition in voluntary bankruptcy has
been filed by Matthew Gavin, a Barre quarry
man, who has liabilities of SAB, rs. OF which
$259.03 is secured and assets of $110, all
exempt.
The wo-years-od son of W. "a. Hicks of
West Woodstock got hold of a cup of kero-
sene and drank the )ntents. The child soon
became unconscious and died about three
hours later.
1t is reported that Ida Fosburg, the domes-
tic in the family OF Miner Jones, atShoreham,
who died suddenly Tuesday night, took
poison. The viscerd OF the woman has been
sent to Burlington for analysis.
The annual session OF the Vermont confer
ence will be held at Lyndonville, commencing
Wednesday, April II. Bishop Cranston of
Colorado, will preside. He will come from
Vermont direct from the New England confer
enCe.
Josiah S. Kenerson of Barnet has a calf,
king of Barnet" which is steadily gaining
| The calf now measures six feet aud stands
fourteen hands high. Fl is feed consists of
| ground oats and shorts and little corn meal
mixed with pint of Blachford's calf feed, a
| day.
Governor Stickney has appointed SenFcl
| Haselton of Burlington to succeed Wendell p
| Stafford, resigned, as member ola committee
| to arrange for the compilation of a digest of
the decisions of the Supreme court of the
state in accordance with the provisions Of
No. lis of the Acts of 1900.
The Equinox house at Manchester has
arranged for opening day, June 10. TO have
a special Pullman car, leaving New York by
the fast mail, Albany 1905 by special engine,
arriving at Mar chester about 2 p. m. Bag
gage to be checked in usual manner, and will
come by regular train.
George Clark, of Barre, was killed Instant
in the copper mine in Ely Wednesday. be
was weighman at the scales half way between
| the mine and the crusher, and loaded car
which ran rapidly down the steep incline fore
ed an empty car upon him, crushing his chest
He was an Englshman by birth. He leaves
wife and daughter living in Barre.
The Vermont stockholders of the notorious
and sometime defunct Northwestern Guaran-
tee Loan and Trust Company who were done
out of million or so by rascality at the
Minneapolis end of the concern, has been
notified that they can be released from fur
Their responsibility by paying twelve per cent
more on the face value of their stock.
Frank Guild, former Greensboro boy, who
is now professor in college in TuscoD
Arizona, has been appointed by President Nc.
Kinley one of the commissioners to inspect
and make tests on the gold and silver coins
received for the purpose by the different minis
during the year and to determine their fine
ness by assying at the mint, and the univer
sity has granted him leave of absence.
The Pacific Coast Association OF Native
Sons of Vermont publishes small paper
"The Maple Leaf" which gives the list o
newly elected officers. Judge Il. A. BelcheI
has served as president for Ave terms. V. A
Northrop, native of Danville, the new presi
dent presented the Judge with a beautiful
watch upon his retirement. George Part
ridge, formerly of Randolph Center, is now
vice-presdent.
Edward NJ Slayton. whose order for 2OC
carloads of eggs given to the Oklahoma
and Kansas Produce dealers association
has created a stir in produce circles, is Yer
monter by BIRTH having been born 10 Calais il
1851. He is at the head of the L. M. Slaytor
company of Manchester, n H., which has g
branch store in Lawrence, Mass. The firm
does business Of hundreds of thousands o
, dollars year. Mr.. Slayton is director o
the Amoskeag National Bank and president
of the Manchester board of trade.
The White River Junction Landmark says
The first number of the Vermont Catholic, o
which Chas. A. Fitzpatrick is editor and pro
prietor. made disappearance Friday afternoon
of this week 1t is an eight-page quarto and
will make the Catholic news of Vermont
speciality, Terms 81 90 year. As it Is til,
only paper of this kind in Vermont, and will
give ample space to Catholic institutions ant
societies it ought, under Mr.. Fitzpatrick
direction, to build up large circulation
With two weekly newspapers and a MONTH,
magazine the Junction is becoming publish
ing as well as a railroad center.