The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
ABOUT THE STATE.

The effort to organize a lodge OF
Elks at Bellows Falls has fallen
| through. About sixty names were
squared for charter list and applica-
| ton was made for q charter. AS
lodges can be established only in
places of 5000 inhabitants or more,
the application for charter was
turned down, Bellows Falls not hav-
ing the requisite population,
| The directors of the Burlington base
ball association have appointed an
auditing committee to look over the
associations books. The mainten-
this summer has been an expensive
luxury and it is said that the asso-
citation is something like So, 500 to
the bad after all bills are paid.
About 81, 600 was expended in fitting
up suitable ball ground. erecting
grand stands, ETC.. and this will be
taken into consideration in making
up the deficit. But there were at
least thirty players kept in the pay
rolls nearly all the entire season.
many Of them doing but little service.
Burlington won the pennsnt, how
ever, and is satisfied.
Chief of Police Newton. # Rut-
land, returned Saturday morning from
Windsor where he took William and
John Austin, convicted of burglary
at Oavendish He learned there that
the two men were released from the
State prison only few months ago
after sentences of from four to five
years for burglsries in the vicinity
of Rochester. One Of the men is
black sheep in we'll known Wood
stock family The other is we'll
known Springfield, Mass. man.
Midshipman John Rodgers, U. S.
NJ, son of Lieut.. Col. Alex Rodgers,
18th U. s. CAV, commanding officer
at Fort Ethan Allen, will receive d for
NAL letter from the secretary of the
navy commencing him for bravery.
The police served notice on the
owners of all slot machines in Bel.
lows Falls on Saturday evening to
wind up business and ship their
machines out OF town or prosecutions
would be commenced. The machines
proceeded against are the kind where
money is placed and the player re-
oeives from nothing to 50.
The editor OF The Ludlow Tribune
was fortunate in securing the first
prize in the monthly criticism con-
test of The Popular Magazine for
the month of August The contest
consisted in answering ten leading
question, with suggestions for improv-
ing the magazine.
Richard Carrick, formerly we'll
known citizen of Rutland, committed
to the house of correction between two
and half and three years ago for as
sault with intent to kill his wife, on
Saturday morning was psrdoned by
Governor Mccullough.
Fred Irish, aged thirty five years,
an employee of the Woodbury. Granite
Co., at Hardwick, while working with
a stone saw was caught in the shaft
ing on Saturday afternoon and re-
ceived very serious injuries. He
was putting belt on a pulley and
threw his leg over the main shaft.
One of the set screws ON collar
caught his clothes and threw him
over the shaft, tore most of his
clothes from his body, and threw him
to the floor. He was bruised from
head to foot and received cut in
his abdomen that was closed with
twenty-one stitches.
An organization was perfected at
Swanton on Saturday afternoon to do
a banking business under the title of
the SwanJon Savings Bank and Trust
company with capital stock of $50, =
900. Ex-Goy. O S. Page of Hyde
Park, DR.. o. E Allen and NJ W.
Barney of Swanton, and E. D. Her.
rick of Highgate were chosen directors
and the fourth director, probably an
Alburgh man, will be announced
later.