The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-25
STATE NEWS

Washington, June 90. -Vermont pen
sions, increase, restoration, reissue
ETC., Uriah A. Clark, Brookfield, $17 /;
original, widows ETC., special accrued,
June 4, Lorintha d. Parmenter, Felch-
vile, IS, Lucie E. Howes, Bellows
Falls, $l2; renewal, Tuliper, Bel
lows Falls. S12. Increase, restoration,
reissue, ssetc., Charles Lovelette, Rich
ford, $40; original widow, etc. Nancy
A. Allen, Middldbury, 50.
The Escanaba Mich, y Journal of
June 10, has the following editorial
of interest on an old Mortified boy
who is making his mark in his profess
sion as a lawyer and incidentally i'll
politics in his adopted State Mayor
George Gallup was unanimously ten
dered the nomination for representa-
tive from Delta county at the county
convention held last Friday. Mr.
Gallup is well qualified to fill that re-
sponsible position with credit to him
self and his constituents His election
is assured In fact it is doubtful if he
will have any opposition.
The final report of IF, o. Kimbal,
of Vergennes, trustee in the bank
rupt estate of John W. Ketchum, has
been filed with Referee in Bankruptcy
Joel O. Baker, of Rutland. The last
meeting of creditors of the estate will
be held at the Addison county court
house at Middlebury, July 3. The
trustees account will be audited and
allowed at this meeting and dividend,
payable within ten days, declared.
Washington, June %. - President
Roosevelt is arranging for an extern
sive trip through New England i'll
August and September, and has assur
ed Senators Gallinger, Proctor and
Dillingham; and Representatives Sui
loway and Foster that he will visit
several places in New Hampshire
and Vermont when he makes his trip
East The President will probably stop
at the Weirs n. H., to attend the SOL
diers reunion, and will probably at
tend the State fair at Concord. He is
expected to be the guest of Senator
Proctor at Corbin's Park, visiting
also Brattleboro and other points in
Vermont
According to present appearances
bay will be about the only crop
through central and northern Yer
mont Bert A Wright, representa-
tive of the Walter A. Wood company,
says that corn is failure in all the
northern counties and that fruit will
amount to less than one-half the regu-
lar crop. All gardens through north
ern counties were from a month to six
weeks behind schedule time and that
in many instances only about one-hal-
the seed planted had broken ground
Swanton, June 23.-The first cleo
trio car ever seen in this village arrivf
ed at 6 80 Friday evening over the
ST. Adams street railway hnez i'll
charge of superintendent Lincoln.
A large crowd on the streets and
parks cheered as the car came down
Grand avenue and Merchants Row
About seventy five people left on the
car at O'Clock for st. Adams bay
and moonlight excursion from there
on the steamer Chautaugay.
Rutland, June 49, - After thirty
seven days of idleness the strike at
the Howe Scale company's works by
which 425 men were affected was set
tied on Friday. By the terms of the
agreement the men are to return to
work on nine hour basis at seven
O'Clock this morning,
The following appointments have been
made by the new department president
of the Womans Relief Corps, Hattie l..
Palmer, from the headquarters ut Under
hill: Secretary. Dora A. Knight, River
side; counselor, Sarah f. Hovey, st.
Johnsbury; Inspector, Mary G Beckwith,
Ludlow; l. and |. officer, M. Josephine
Jenkins, Bradford; patriotic instructor
Lora A Lamson. Springfield; press cor
respondent; Helen M. Blake, Swanton