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The commissioners of the estate of
the late Gen W. w. Grout held their
final adjourned meeting Monday. The
proven claims are expected to exceed
100000, much of which is held by
banks outside of st Johnsbury.
The town of Woodstock has pur-
chased a lot near the high school
building in that place for the purpose
Of putting on it the new building to
take the place Of the two now used for
primary and intermediate schools.
The purchase price was $4,000.
The st Augustine Catholic church at
Montpelier was used for public SER
vices for the first time Sunday, the or
der of ex Uses being low mass, a.
M; solemn high mass, 1890 a. M. !;
vespers and benediction, p. m. The
furnishing of the church is still incom-
plete, but it will be used regularly
hereafter. The formal dedication will
take place some time during the com
ing summer
The village of Woodstock voted at
the annual meeting in January to use
some system of electric fire alarm in
the place. The New England agent of
the Gamewell system has been there
and has sold the trustees a complete
outfit Of instruments to be used 10 con-
nection with the court house bell, that
being centrally located. The system
is expected to be in operation in about
a month, and the cost is to be $3.50.
The machinery operating the striker
weighs about 800 pounds.
Jaquith q Robinson, New Hamp-
shire parties, who lately purchased a
large amount OF standing timber in
Barnard, near the Stockbridge line,
have let the contract to cut it to f. II.
Page of Lakeport, N. H., who will
shortly bring his steam mill and be-
gin the work. There is betN cen 3, 600, e
900 and 100000 feet, mainly spruce
and hard wood all of which is TO be
made into lumber and eventually
shipped from the siding above Grays-
Vile.
Harry Parker, editor Of the Brad
ford Opinion and grand secretary of
the Grand Lodge Of the l. @. o. F.,
was in Enosburg Falls last week to
make arrangements for the meeting of
the grand lodge to be held there begin
ming May 20, and probably lasting
three days. A committee from the
lodge in that place, consisting OF A.
j. Croft, w. D. Stewart, A. F. Gal
braith, H. F. Reed and c. L. Mason,
was appointed to make the necessary
arrangements there.
The business men of the village of
Bethel are signing quite generally a
petition TO Gov Mccullough for the
release from state prison of Frank
Merrill. Merrill was arrested in July,
1901, charged with breaking into John
Kelehers, and the railroad property,
and in December was sentenced to not
more than two years and not less than
one and half years in the state prison
on each count. II is claimed that Mer-
ribs health is in danger. He has a
wife and child in Randolph.
The Smith, Whitcomb & Cook com
pany Of Barre at the city council meet
ing in that place Wednesday evening
offered to sell to the city all its real
estate, including its land, water pow
er, buildings, machine shop, foundry,
sawmill and all machinery for $40, 900
The proposition was unanimously re-
iected. The offer came as a suggestion
of one way OF getting out of some
large litigation now on between the
company and the city over the water
privilege, the company suing for heavy
damages because the city has taken a
supply OF water above, reducing the
amount.