St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-16
VERMONT NEWS.
n.noor ELECTED President.

,J.of+he National Life Insurance Co.
' lG,Iontoeler, has been elected president
,,.ceed the late James c. Houghton.
10 s"s Il Phelps, of Boston, was elected
Ja a5n ,nre.ident; lanes B. Eaton, of Mil
VIZ, Eas formerly superintendent of agen-
Wa ,yas elected second vice president.
C SIs,once E. Moulton, assistant treasurer,
I,", elected actuary and will I'LL both
"osifoas for the present.
JT[a,erh A. DeBoer was born in Wurf
a.J Holland, June II, 1861, graduated
lo'T n,,-rlmouth in 1884 and for several
a. a u.s. was principal of the Montpelier
s ,qi; schools before he entered the SER
y yr o, the National Life Insurance Com
pany
Po,yers succeeds HHseIIon.
The supreme bench OF Vermont has APP
ooioted George NJ. Powers, Of Morris
ra,e as reporter OF the supreme court
10 take the place made vacant by the APP
ao;ntn1cut of Seneca Haselton, Of Bur
ngrop. to a judgeship. Mr.. Powers is
Son of Ex-Congressman Henry H.
Powers. and a son-ln.law OF Ex-Govern
~ Woodbury. of Burlington. He is 40
Gears old, a native OF Lamoile county
and a LAWYER OF prominence. He repre-
santed Morrisville in the legislature OF
fQo6. has been states attorney of La
moiDe county and held other state
Offices,
Naval Cadet Appointed.
Congressman Foster has appointed
Hobart Harold STANLEY, of Burlington,
70 the cadetship in the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis to succeed
Cadet Harold d. Childs, OF St.. Adams,
who is lust completing the course. Mr..
SbanIey will take the examination
at Washington April Is. Mr.. Foster
has appointed the following alternates,
70 be examined at Rutland April IS;
Harry Sylvester Fisher, Middlebury; Bert
Blaine TAYLOR, Middlebury; Charles Mel
son Leach, Burlington; Stewart Oscar
Citing, Burlington; Robert M. L. Holt,
Bennington,
q. A. R. EncHmpment.
The state encamp ment OF the G. A. r.
department of Vermont will take place
at Montpelier, June II and u. The
members will arrive on Tuesday after
noon aud in the evening there will be
recepion Of the Relief Corps at the
Pavilion parlors, that hotel being the
Headquarters, Wilder's orchestra being
engaged for the occasion. The conven-
ton will open on the 11ih in Blanchard
Opera house, and the Relief corps will
have its meeting in the "Chu,ch of the
Messiah The general business of the
convention will take place on the 18th
as tar as possible, and may break over
to the 10Th A pnblic meeting and camp
fire is planned Tor the evening with many
prominent speakers present. An eXcur.
sion to the Barre quarries is scheduled
tor Thursday morning.
Brattleboro Wants County Seat.
An attempt will be made at the next
session Of the next session OF the legisla-
turc to secure an enabling act for the
removal OF the Windham county build
ngs to Brattleboro, to make Brattleboro
1.-THE shire town OF the county, instead OF
New'aue.
Ills the idea Of those interested in the
that the general convenience
Ol the county would be conserved in this
way. 1t is proposed that Brattleboro
furnish the site and build the court house,
bearing all the expense, and that the
county build the Jail, The expense that
would be called upon to
bear would be about S35 600. 1t is
argued that the county will have to build
a new Jail in few years in any event.
A similar plan was once defeated in the
legislature, but at that time Brattleboro
did not show a disposition to bear the
burden OF the expense.
Newport lHen Buy n Township.
A large timber deal was closed by
Prouty and Miller OF Newport few
days ago which brought them into pos
session OF nearly the whole of the town
ship of Crockertown in Franklin county,
Me, 1t comprises 10000 acres well tim,
bercd, mostly spruce, a large mill in run
mng order, and situated within ~ miles
of Farmington. The lot is five and one
haltmles wide by six miles long. There
was SIX million feet of logs at the mill
which was also purchased. The mill is
capable OF saving out $500 feet day.
Frank Noley, son of Louis Noley of
SWanton took carbolic acid by mistake
thursday, and died in about 10 minutes.
tie mistook the poison for cough medi-
cine
Two Swanton boys, aged II and IA
years, were arrested last week, charged
with stealing hens aud selling them.
Ihey were fined 50 20 each. The trial OF
lhe boys brought out the facts that
they had been resorting to all sorts OF
crimes and schemes for raising money to
ouY cigarettes and play pool. They dis
closed where they had purchased cigar
eI,cs, and four dealers were arrested,
and they were fined tor violating the new
cigarette law.
Whitehall, N Y, parties are endeavor-
ing TO lease the ttotting course at Knit
land rom the Rutland Driving Park
:, lOui anu II SUCCESSFUL VIII lHCluuS
IL IN New York and Vermont racing
circuit, The driving park association
mas done little or nothing with the race
course for the last few years, and many
VI me members feel that if they can prot
lta0Iy lease it and have it properly main
tanned no better course could be pursued.
Plans are already well under way for
inc Joint fair of the Vermont State and
Rutland County Agricultural societies.
"hch will be held in Rutland early in
!. p.ember and the indications are that
u VIII be one OF the most successful fairs
-0aJ the state has ever seen.
About 500 worth of wood has been
,u. from Ascutney cemetery in Windsor