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Yol. LI.
(ounty Horcs.
BRI8TOL.
Tho .Shephord Kamlly iit Ilolley lmll,
luty .'t and 5.
Tho l.ander Bro., elgar inakors, have
gOIIC tl) St. Alhilll.
X. Jl. Munlll lnmi Malotie, X. V., ls
in town thl wcck.
Oardeii strawborrlc iir plenty l 10
and 1'J conl a ipiart.
Tlu llaleh block wlll soon be eomplet
cd aud rcady for huslne.
Wo hear ot M'vcnil of oitr tarincrs who
nre getting H'iitly lor haylng.
Dr. 1). A. Itl-lu-f is havlng hls resl-
tlclll'C Oll South -tl'Oet sllltod.
Soxton Sherwln I niowlng iiml eleau
ing up thc ceiuotory thl week.
Klder llayward, lato pastor of the Ad
vcnt church, 1 1 1 1 renialn in town.
Mrs. L'nitt i hnlding a orics ot ineot
ing at the Advcnt church tlii wcck.
There vii a largo attondancc froin
I!ritol at tlic t'oiiviMit iini Wcdneday.
Sydney I 1 1 1 i -1 ( aml wile lrom Plilla
delphla arc at Itldley's for tlii! season.
Kd. Parker doe- not !ni)i nv vcry fast.
1 lo ha had a -evcrc run of typhold fcver.
Spccial niectiug ol I.ibanu lodgc Krl
day cvcnlug of tlii- wcck. Work on lhc
third dcgreo.
Wc wcrc glad to take our old Iriond,
I). II. Wright ol New Ilaven, liy thc
hand, l.-i-t Saturday.
The Baptit clnn-L'li wa llterally
paeked lat Mniday night, to hear tlii'
childreii's day eNerei-c.
W. I'. ( ha'-c ha- bought the l.ander'
plaee on Mountain strcet. Ilc ha ront
ed the hou-e to A. K. Grow and .1. .1.
.lonnlng-.
Contable Caldwell of New Ilaven and
Doputy Sliciiir Dun-hee arre-ted Dan.
l'rinoe the other day. Ilc was wanted
in St. Alban-.
'l'lic I'onnnittcc of tlic graded school
have hired Prol. GrWwoId ol liichlord,
t.. to lake i'l :i !; ol tlic graded -cliool
lor tlic coining ycar.
('. I'. Abernothy i- Iaying new iron
pipe down Spring trcot. through Plea
ant to Maple. Ilci going to iut In a
new tul) at tlic licad of Spring trcet.
East Middlebury.
II. I). .Mayiianl liccn iiiitc ill, lmt
i- hnproving.
Thc applc ciop will lic vcry niall
.ihoiit hcrc.
(ira- and ciop-. cncrally, aic lookln;
woll. Thc hay crop will -oon lic rcady
tO l-lll.
I.andlord 1'arr ol thc (!lcn llou-c N lo
liavc an lndcpciidi'iK'c hall on Monday
vcnin. .lnly . ; nmk'. ItrNtol ori'lic-tra.
Ilcnry Wood had 1 1 i hand hadly .-awcd
U W. S. Hiintlcy'- tul) lactory, I'ipton,
iccciilly. Thc iniddlc lln-rer of thc lctt
liand va ncarly -cvcrcd clo-cto thc low
cr joint. lmt it i- Impcd it inay lic 'avcd.
Ifcv. .Mc-.r. Kclloj;. Karnhani and
cr-. with othi'i-, liavc pitchcd thcir
H iit in our villairc. It N llttcd with plat
lorni, M'at, ctc. lo ai'coniniodatc a fjood
iudiciii'c. Tln'v liavc had a ;ood attcnd
iiac Soinc arc iu wlio arc not m'cii at
ihuii'li cry ollcn. Thcrc aic rcjrular
attcndaiit troiu oitt ot town. Thc attcn
lion and intcrc-t aic ;ood.
Lincoln.
dcorgc (iarland i- in vcry poor hcalth.
havinj' liad a paralytic -hock. lii- mind
i- al-o iniii'h hiipaired.
Mr. Anna. wldow ot thc latc Ilcinan
Moulton of this town. dicd at thc honic
ot hcr 'on-in-law. .lohn Ocary of IlrNtol,
on Wcdnc-day, thc Hlth in-t. Hcr rc-uiain-i
wcrc liioiight hcrc lor burial.
On Vcdne''day cvcning, the Kith, thc
jiric-! oll'crcd by II. K.Thaycrat thcconi
iiiciiecnicnt of hi- writing sehool wcrc
awarded by thc coininittec, Messrs. K. 15.
( lark, A. T. Morgan and A. ('. Mcrrill,
aud prc.-cntcil by Mr. Thaycr to thoc
jmplN who had inadc inot iiniirovcinent
Iu wrlting. Thc following i a lUt of the
coiiipctitorsand thc pric- rcccivcd: Fir-t
pric, .", to .Mi (lcrtlc Ilanks; second,
a large .-)cchncn of art peinnanhip, cx
ci'iitcd by Mr. Thaycr, to Mi Marian
(ioc; third,a periodical on pcninau-hlii
for onc ycar, to (icorgc tiuindoii; and
ilbiiin-i to tlvc otlicr-, vi.. : Ilcnry Pope.
i'carlic (iovc, I.oul-a llantorth, .Morton
l.v-tcrand W'c-lcv Stcarn.
Goshen-
I'crry 1. Aycr 1- palntlng hU hopand
otlicr biiildiug-.
Work ou thc uiountaln road will be
ii-pcndcd for a -hort thnc, so that tarm
work inay bc attcndcd to.
l-ycars-old inarc owncd by Albin A.
ycr was takcu trom hN pastitrc Satur
day night, thc l'.ith ln-t., by nonicbody
aud drivcu so hard that shc swcat a
gri'at dcal, a- lndlcatcd by hcr appear
anee the ncxt inoriilug, and wa totally
blind. At thl- writinjr, .liinc -.'1, thc
inarc has not rceovcred hcr sight and
thcrc ls no clue to thc perpetrator of the
outragc.
(icu. L. A. (iraut aud son of Mlnucap-.frfi-,
Mlnn., Wchstcr Joncs of Oinaha,
Xeb., Alouo I.ord, Krank AVinslow and
A..1. Dhniek ol lirandon wcrc In tilwn
on thc-j:ld inst., thc gucsts of .1. It. Mc
(iibben. Mr. McCilbbcn was a dcspatch
carrlcr for (!cu. (iraut Iu thc anny. The
gencral and hls old orderly soon repalrcd
to the brook to try their luck at trout
tlshing. The rest of thc party aNo trleil
thcir luck at catchhig thc specklcd bcau-tie-,
golng in an oijiositc (Hrcctioii froin
that takcn by tho gcncral and Mr. Mc-
Olldicii. Tlic scveral partlcs tlnally re
ported at thc house, thc gencral and hls
orderly hclnt; thc lat to put In aii ap
pcarancp. Kach party tliim dUplayud
tliclr llh, whii'h provcd clcarly that thc
cnrral had not liccn In lnck, In liuinber
or slzc of ilsh tnkcii. Sonio othcrs had
foinc In to j;rcct thc gcncral and n plcas
ant soclal tiim; wa oiijoyt'd hy all. In
thc lncanthnc a ncncroiis portion of thc
llsli wcrc inadc I'cady for thc tahlc, and
thc conipany sat down to a stinipttiout
rupat, whii'h Mri. MeGiblien had prc
parcil ; aftcr wlilcli, In dtio sca-oiiythc
vlltor. lPtunicd to Brandon.
Cornwall.
Thcrc wlll lic a lawn party, j;lvcn un
dcrthcdhectlonof thcV.W. V. T. I. of
Cornwall, Thnr?day cvenlnj:, .luly 1, at
thc rcsldencc of Mrs. S. (.:. l'aikhlll. lic
frcflnncnts will hc scrvcd and a pleasaut
tinic U antlclpated. A conllal Invitatlon
1 cxtcndcd to all.
ORWELL.
Thc pclcctiupti arc hulldin a new
hridfrc ncar thc Kat Orwell cheese fac-
tory.
II. M. lioot bou;ht hutter at thc store
of K. M. Wrlght C'o., on Saturday at
i:ic for thc hest.
V. V. IMnckiner I Imildlii a coninio
dious huildln to accnininodate his husi
ncs In thc apiary llne.
II. (i. Ilililiard contlnuc-' to huy wool
atlroinli to 'Jdc. lor unwaslied and at
hih as '27c. for wa'-hed.
Our dnlcation to attend thc county
convcntlon at Middlebury on W'cdncsclay
arc solld fnr ImIiiiuikU to a uiaii.
It. S. Ahhcy ! turnhifiout lots of apia
ry supplie at lii1- factory and i drlvcli
with orders lor jroods iu tlii- linc.
A vcry flnc inoiiunicnt wa crccted lat
wcck In thc cat ccinctcry hy a Harre
llrm to thc niomory of ,Tudf,re M. ('. l'lce.
Thc matcrial i- Itarrc ranltf and It cost
ahoiit SKKKI.
.s. I). Jlllls has boui;lit a linc youiif;
hoic of Ilcinan Ileikman. It i an own
hrothcr to thc one hc reccntly sold to II.
II. Ilillof lirandon. Itoth hor?e arc
sircd liy St. .lulicn, owncd hy S. V. Kut'
tan of tlii-; town. and hi? colt arc mect-
iu with rcadv -aic.
SHOREHAM.
.lulius North is hoinc froni St. .lolin--
iiiry on hi vacation.
School iu ditrict No. 1. Mi" Hattio
Dcl.ong of Cornwall tcachcr, N to liavc
vacation ncxt wcck.
Mi--Kuinia Cawcll 1 cxpcctcd hoini
from tlic West thi wcck. Shcintcud- trt
pcnd thc suninicr hcrc.
licrt llall'e ln'c arc ccrtainly "carly
bird-. lor hc had a -warni out at ix
o'clock onc iiiorninj; la-t wcck.
Mr. Ilarland lloward and tricud froin
Windliani liavc reccntly vi-ilcd I)r. llow
ard. thc lormcr bcing a hrothcr ol thc
doctor.
Tln- -tiawbcrry lc-tival at Acadcmy
hall la-t Thur-day cvcning was a plca
ant occa-ion. Tlic attcndancc va good
and thc rcccipt- wcrc douhtli'ss -atNfac-tory.
Thc hall wa- decorated with tlow-cr-,
banncr-. ctc, and iu lact cvcrytliing
had an attractivc appearanee. givini: cvi
dcncc that bu-y hand- had liccn bclorc.
Mh-s DnUy Ncwcll will bcar oll' thc
pri.c lor b(;ing thc inot succc lul lih-cr-woiuan
on Crcam Hill. Shc with hcr
fathcr and hrothcr was (Kliinj; on wliat
i- kuown a- Watch l'oint, whcn .-hc fclt
a trcliiendou- imll at licrlinc, which drcw
hcr to thc watcr's cdgc. whcn hcr fath
j cr cauic to thc rcscue and succccdcd in
landini; thc inon-tcr, which provcd to bc
I what is known as a catfish, that wcighcd
1 1S l-'J pounds and incasurcd ncarly thrcc
fcct in lcngth.
West Cornwall.
K. S. Ilaskcll drivesa new horse.
Xice wcather, which all arc rlad
to
have.
Khner Slinonds has jjouv to Itartons
villc. Mrs. K. Itlrrcll has gonc to thc ltrcad
I.oat I iiii, Ripton.
O. C. Dalrymplc. wifc and chlld, wcrc
in town lat wcck. gucsts of (i. T. Diiu
niock. K. Sanford and wlte liavc lately vlsited
thcir daughtcr, Alrs. C. A. riandcr- of
Pittsford.
Mr-. I.. Macauley of lirandon ha- late
ly -pent a wcck with hcr sNtci, Alrs.M.
I.. Shtddon.
! lorence Iracy went on Saturday to
vNIt tricnd- acro thc lake, in Crown
l'oint and vicinlty.
II. K. Taylor rcccivcd a vcry plca-ant
call last Sabbath cvcnlng troiu Mayor
MeCuen of VergeiuiC''.
O.T. Dlininock, wlfc and chlld have
been away the jiast wcck vlsiting fricnds
In Vergennes and llincsburgh.
Mrs. Martha Sheldon is havlng the
roof ot hcr house -lated. S. H. Hathorn
of Middlebury U doing thc work.
Strawbcrrics arc ilcntlful,both llcld and
gardcn varlctie. Krank liaudall .-clls
linc gardcn bcrrics at twelvc ccnts per
qiiart.
Ladics' Scwiug clrclc wlll iiicet with
Mi. A. S. Itlughaui on Wcdncsday aftcr
uoon tho :t(ith. Its last incetlng was
with Mrs. II. W. Ilinghain.
Mrs. Thoinas Kidd aud sou ot Kcrrl
burgh wcrc Iu town la-t wcck to sec Mrs
Deaue, also anothcr hrothcr of Mrs
Deanc, It. l'ield, and wlfc, of Vergennes
Mrs. Ilnrrl'ou F. heanc, who has bcon
vcry slcU wltli pncumoula, ls sliowlug
ilgns of linproveniciit uiiil h(ics arc cn
tcrtalucd by hcr phvslclau, Dr. ltond
aud frlcnds of herspeedy recovcry
Sabhath aftcruoon as Will Sesslon? and
Shcrinaii Harrlnstoii wcrc K0'11 lovii
thc hlll east of Kdwln .loncs', oiic of thc
whcel of thclr hiifigy hrokc down, whlch
frlghtcncd thclr horsc; hc jutnped, but
Jlr. Ilarrlngtoti had hhu wcll luhaiid;
theu hc juuipcd ngalii and llnally boltcd
to thc lcft and in opringlng back ttirncd
over thc biifrgy and -pllled tlicni out! hc
klcked and ran ncarly to tho othcr part
of thc town, junipcd into n llcld and wa
caught hy soinc nicn thcrc and hroiight
back. Thc colt hcloiiRcd to K. O. Karn
haui ; hc say it ncvcr ran belorc, but I
of rathcr a livclv tcniperatncnt. Thc
bupgy bclongcd to .Mr. Ilaskcll and will
lay by for reialr.. 5Ir. llarrlngton 1 a
skillcd rchismaii and inanagcr, niakhif;
that hl luine3, and hla regret 1 that
hc allowcd hhnelf to hitch a horsc to a
vchlclc that was thc leat uualc. Mr.
Scsslons was a good dcal shakcn up,
coniplalns sotnc of a lainc back, and thc
othertreiitlcniaii hokh hl rlght ann a
little stlll'. They fecl vcry thaiikful that
thcy caiiic oitt of It n wcll a thcy dld.
Tlic colt wa scratched in several plaees.
VERQENNE8.
(.irccu icas and new potatoes are now
iu ordcr.
Kidd strawberric- arc aliundant and
chcap.
Thc track on the lalr ground is in tlm
conditlon.
Thc road" are dry and iluty again. A
little raiu would bc wclcoine.
l hc ball-nlavers are no longcr on our
strcets. and bicvclc now usc thc -ide-
walk.
Kcv.Mr. Itobert-on cxchaugcd pulpits
witli l!ev. Mr. .lainc of Weybridge, last
Sunday.
Mr. C. K. Parker is bcttcr ol Hls -evcn
cold, which has kcpthhn in thchou-c loi
ovcr a wcck.
Mrs. K. II. Goodcrc and oii have bcci
niaking a pleasant vllt ol a week at Mr
ltcubeu l!i-bec'. Kcrrisburgh.
Thc shortcst cut to thc caiiy iiU
trccs is bcing urvcyed and it apiiroachei
dctlncd by thc iiupccuiiiou sniall boy.
Mrs. J. M. Dyer and daughter of Wc-t
Sali-bury liavc becn siicndiiig a wcck h
Vergennes with hcr iarents and rclative-
Prcinonitory -yiiiptoms of tlic day w?
cclebratc alrcady bcgin to snap ift tlii
shapc ot tlrccrackers and lock-jaw pistol
Alrcady thc hayinakcr- arc abroad, and
the ncxt two wecks thc click ot thc
uiowiiig inachiiic will bc hcard in thc
incadows.
Mi- Dclavan ot Wcvbriilgc addrc-ed
the childrcn at thc Metliodit chiirch,
Sunday inorniiicr. Shc i- a vcry rcady
and ca-y -peaker.
(i. II. Sprigg ,-liipped lorty-two vcal
calvcs and -ixty .-hcep to norton inarkct
Kriday la-t, and lorty calvcs lroiu Xinv
Ilaven aud Middlebury saine day.
Suiiniicr ha- really coinc. Thc -iu
cros-cd thc linc 'I'uc-day, and hc ilid it
so ipilctly that no onc upeeted that hc
had giveu Mis Spring tlic iiiitten.
Itlll tl-h swarni thc waters, il-lierincn
tell us. One ol tlii- cla wa- on exhili:
tion Saturday. It iiica-ured threc lctt
In lcngth. Thc hlll wa- about .-ix inclKS
long.
Thc wool inarkct is a matter ot intc
est to thc lariuerjii-t now. ('. W. ISeal
i- Imvinir up larire (iiiantitic- of wool. t
varics iu pricc, but -ixtcen ccnts is ahoit
thc tlgurc lor nio-t ot it.
Thc base ballists of Bristol and Pa.
tou tricil tltlcs on tlic tair grounds lat
Saturday. Thc boys played wcll, ht
Bri-tol cainc out ahcad, 'Jll to IS, whlih
inakcs the ltristol- thc winncr-, bct
two iu thrcc.
Thc raiu prevcntcd the strawberry fc-
tival la-t wcck in thc park by thc ladU
ol St. Paul's church. It caine oll' Tuc
dav evcning and was a success. Tle
park lookcd bcautiful with its Chinee
lantcrns. Tlic bcrrics and crcaui wee
faultle-s, and so were the ladics. Tb
iniislc bv thc hand was wclcoine.
Scott's new ineat cart 1- a bcauty. t
ls a thoroughlv inadc all'alr. Dubukei
Hay inadc the running gcar and Cap.
Hotlhaglc the boxand curtaln-. Vattaf
paintcd it blood-red color. Wc cannt
say what it cost, lmt thlnk onc hiiudrd
and tweiitv-tive dollars at leat. It s
ilrcady getting lauiiliar to patrous lrol
Vergenne.s to Charlotte, and Saui Allo
Is bo-s ovcr all.
l'cv. Mr. Austin's hcalth appcars uiiih
bcttcr. Ilc -tatcd Sundav that grcatlvl
hN irratlllcatioii hi-cnforcctl iiiactioiin
the praycr-nicctlngs and iu church wi'k
lucc hi- illne-s had becn nobly uiet iy
the carnct working nicinber- ot ac
church, who had takcn troiu hN .-lud-dcr.-
u load of work aud lroiu hls heara
grcat burdcn. Thclr wllllngncss ail
clf-deiilal checrcd his heart aud rclrcshd
hl- -oul.
l'lic (irand L'nlon 1- wondcrlully ii-
provlng under ininc host Pcck. The id
hcdgc has bcen reinoved, the lawn tlt
suiooth, tho house ncatly carpctd
throughout, and linc new ftiriilturc glvs
au alr of ncatiies ipiitc wclcoine to .s
patrons, Thc barn has alo uudcrgoc
needed addltlons, and all Is chaugcd Ir
thc bcttcr. Summcr boarders arc alreay
looklng the house ovcr, and are plea-d
with lts appearanee.
Thc bcst work yct donc iu thc iuv
coinetory, sinco thc enoloure has li,n
used for that purpo-c, h chargcablc o
Mr. A. l!o-s. Thc grass has i)L.cn ct,
thc trccs tiimuicd, tho walks straightenl,
thcditches tluNhcd up and la-tly, lmt iit
the least chaugc, is thc palutlug lc
glootuy irou fcuccs a llght and attract'c
color. Wc found Mr. A. I.ahar aud t'o
of hls boys busy Iu thc good work. If
anothcr huiidrcd dollars lind becn votcd
by tho town it would have bcciijudlclou
lv lald out.
Vergennes ha one of thc tlucst schools
iu the county. I'ndcr W. II. Shaw, A.
M., it U stcadlly iinprovlng. It nuinbcr.s
ovcr two huiidrcd and llfty scholars, and
ls In an excellent statc of dlselpllne. .Mr.
Shaw's assUtants arc Mlss Townscnd,
Mls Ilanks, Mlss Chapuiau and Mlss
Bartlcy. The chool west of the rlvcr
nuuibers between fortv and llftv schol-
u s, and ls taught by Mlss Wlllson. Thcrc
l- a parochlal schoolhousc In coulcuipla-
tlon by Kathcr Caiupeau ol thc lionian
Cathollc church, which inay draw oll
soiae of the younger scholars, which,
po'sibly, inay rcducc thc uuinbcr of
te.iehers. That matter wlll bc duly con
sllorcd. W. .1. Thonipson does not wish lo jiay
cne huiidrcd and llfty dollars tor anothcr
klcklng hor.-c, iirobably. Ou Wcdncsday
lic undcrtook to drlvc hls new purchase,
whcn thc klcklng bcgan, and thc work,
so far as buggy, harncss aud owncr wcrc
concorncd, wa cH'ectually donc. Thcrc
was not lniicli lcft of anythlng cxccpt
thc owncr, and hls riglit ann, at the el
bow, was thoroughlv dl'locatcd and his
head liarcly cscapcd one of thc llylng
fcct. Iirs. Ilopklns aud Woodbridgc sct
the hadly dcinoralicd ann, and Mr.
1 hoiiipson is out, good as n;w, cxccpt
the sling whicli holds hls arni.
'I'hc old frlcnds of W. I!. Kixby. Ks(i.,
ot Kort Colllns, Colorado, wcrc plea-i-d
to nieet hhu agalli Saturday night. Ilc
cauic by the way ol Chicago, bringlng
hls sistcr, Mrs. K. I). Itis.-cll, wlio ,-pends
hcr -uninicrs In thl- city usually. "Wil
llain" ls looking llnely. Ilc cannot top
long, as the hitv "rounding up" scason,
with thc sheep hearing. is about to bc
gin. He pcak- of thc gcneral hcalth
and prospeiity ot Vergennes boy-. M..I
(iraves has becn poorlv for -ome thnc
with mouutaln fcvcr, but is improving
Thc BrUtol boys are dolng wcll a- ii-ual
Ilcthluks Vergennes ls at hcr vcry bc
now.
Sunday cvcnlug tlic Mcthodist church
was packcd with people anxious to wit-
nes tlic cxcrcics ot thc Cliiliheii's day.
The Horal adornnicnts, about and coni-
plctcly hidlug thc altar, wcrc arrangcd
with all the ta-tc Mr. C. T. S. Piercc 1
master of. I he arch of cvergreon wa-
-urinounted bv a w reath of white peonii
whilc plant-, bouiiucls, fu-chia- aud
ro-es inadc a pcrlect nioiind ot llor
bcauty. Thc prograninie einbraced sin
inir. solos and choir. reeitation, sdcct
rcadings, dcclaniation-, ctc, lllling iij
lhc full nicasurc ot tiine allotted. Thc
-iiigiug by lhc Statc -chool wa- particu
larly lliu;. .-howlug liow cH'ectually Mr.
l airbank ha- trained theni. lhc cornct
accoliipaiiinient bv Wlllic Kalrbank wa-
a grcat addition. Mis- Xellic Au-tiu prt
.-ided at thc organ duriiig thc . con-
cert and Mis- .bbic I.yon picsii'.ed lor
tlic Slate -chool. Tlic wholc pa 1 oll'
wcll.
West
'ounty politic
vcry bottoin and
I- that -oniebody
niglit.
Salisbury.
are bcing stlrrcd lo tlu
the prcvailing opinion
got lctt la-t Kridav
II. .1. II vdc irot -cverely iniiired a lew
ilay- -incc by getting entanglcd in
barbed wirc leiicc. wlnlc tryuig to -ave
his lior-c lroin dcstructlon. 'rim animal
was frlghtcncd by thc -uddcn appear
anee of a dog and iuiupcd into thc
fcncc.
At tlic Kepubllean caucus. la-t Kriday
evenlng, C. A. Buinp wa- cho-cu chair
nian and W. II. Thoma-, secrctarv. Thc
following is tlic county delegation : I)
It. Kiugslcy, W. K. Buinp. W. W. Crook
K. A. Haiullton. K. Thoinas. y. a
Gibbs, A. I). .lohnson and Kd. Lcno
not instructcd, but undorstood to bc for
Allcn and Stanley for Scnators. Tht
dclegates to the di-trict convention an
K. P. Xash, K. A. Ilaiullton, Wiu. IX. Kl
lis, who will of coui-sc assist iu iinaui
niouslv rc-noniinating our di-tingiilshcd
congressinan, Iion. John W. Stcwart.
was votcd that thc dclegates to both con
vcntlon. appoint their own altcrnate
(Juite as inany Deuiocrats were present
aud actively participatcd in thc procced
ing- as at the fornier caucus to elect dol
cgatcs to thc Statc convention, but al
tliough their reinark- and ob-ervation
wcrc qultc as vulgar, thcy ilid not niake
thcni-elve- as olmoxiou- and wcrcallow
cd to vote wlthout challeiige. Thcrc 1
largc-fceliiig -lice ot .lcll'cr-oniau -iuipli
city herc which will .-oou be obllged to
inglorioiisly collap-e.
Whitino.
Kd. ltakcr has fricud- vi-iting hhu
lrom (irauvillc, Vt.
Ir-. Gcorge l.abounty has gonc to
ltutlaud to vl-it hcr auut, Mr-. I.ewl-.
C. W. Mason 'is on thc slck li-t thi
wcck. .lohu O'XcIl takc hi placo on
the seetion.
Dr. ltullardof Schuylorvlllc, X. V.,wa
In town lat week looklng after hor-c
niatters a little.
.Soinc of our people have begun havlng.
Thcrc U only onc couiplalut that grass
is a little too blg.
C. W. ltodllh, statlon agcnt at Shorc
hain, was iu town Sunday ovening with
one of Kred K'iinball's bcst tcams.
Many of our church-goliig pcoi!c arc
on thc slck list. yct there was a full
hou-c to hcar thc Itev. Mr. Mayhew last
.Sunday.
Itev. W. M. Mayhew and Dcacon I.. ('.
Xccdhain urc tho dclegates to Middlebury
froin thc Congregatloual church iu
Whiting to take part Iu thc ordhiatlon
servlco, Kriday.
M. It. Walkcr can show lhc llncst inadc
Coluinbtis horsc that wc liavc yct seen.
Ilc l thrcc ycars old past, and ust thc
color of the old shc, but a bcttcr niade
horsc, lf that ls possiblc.
. A. Pond salls Into inarkct thls wcck
with about J.Kl calvcs; and ll they nvcr-
igc with thc lot shipped froin thls statlon
thcy wlll inakc thc llncst lot of tlic slc
vcr takcn to I'.o-tou inarkct.
General County Items.
Mr. (irlswold. a reccnt graduatc of tlic
'nlverslt v of Vermont, and latclv at thc
hcad of thc school Iu lilcliford, succccds
rinclpal Stone as thc prilicliial of thc
Bristol school.
Slx thoiisand pounds of chccsc have
bcen ordercd lromthc Iteavcr (ilcn chi
factory, New Ilavcu, by partics in Bue
nos A vi!'-. Soiitb Aincrlea. 'l'lic I'nn.
suniption thcrc N ahuost cntirelv of
.ni'llsli eliccsc, but It is bclicvcd thc
Vnicrican, oncc Introduccd. would bc-
forc long supplant it.
At Granville, last wcck Wcdne.-dav
evenlng, as Wllliani I. Kiamlcrs of that
town was rcturnhig froin a iiclghbor's,
inii wniic passiug unuer soinc trccs
whlch staml ncar thc road. hc was truck
on thc hcad with a elub, fclled to thc
ground. pounccd upon by two nien and
ileniaml inailc lor Hls iiioncy. .Mr.
landers i iiuitc a stroiig youni: nian,
iml thc blow not bclng scvcrc hc uc-
ccdcd iu rl-ing and dcalt the assallants
blow- wliich put tlicni to lllglit.
It is aiinounced that the anniial en-
canipiucnt of the G. A. 11. ol the county
will be licld at Lincoln .lulv 1. 2, and II.
I'hc prograninie is thls: Cainn wlll bc
lorincd Thuivday, .luly 1. Thcrc will be
i dre-s paradc and canip tire iu the evc
ning. I'ridav foreliooii tlic annual busl-
iie niccting wlll bc hcld, and in thc
iftcrnoon Judjrc Vcaev, colonid of the
Hlth rcglinciit, will dclivcr au address,
Iu thc cvcn'uig there will bc a grand ban-
iUet at thc rink. (iov, Pingrec, I.icutcn
init (iov. Orinsbec, Gcli-. Pcck aud
Ilcnry, Coniniander Chllds of the depart-
lucul of criuont and Cols. Ilookcr,
Clark aud Tracy have been invited antl
arc cxpoclcd t(i bc pre-clit.
Statc Hcirs.
Thc new Kpisi-opal clnipcl at Sliclburn
is to bc con-ccratcd .lulv 7.
Xiunbcr- of dcer have lately becn -cen
Iu thc llclds in Sherburne.
I'hc grand li-t for ltutlaud for 1SMI i-
sl().-).S7S against $l(i:,(W7 la-t ycar.
Thc Deuiocrats arc to hold thcir Statc
iml district conventious at Montpelier
.lulv -'1'.
ltutlaud treight bu-lness s nnich
bet-
stlll
tart
will
ler than it was a ycar ago. and It is
incrca-ing.
I'hc Statc Pre a-soeiation wlll
ou it- aiiuual juiikct .luly 1 1, and
takc in lhc I housand Island-.
Ilcrinan Darbvol Allmrgh Ceiitcr
' liad
lil-jaw brokcn hy a ba-eball Saturday
as he -lood watehillg thc ganie.
Thc ncxt niccting of the gcneral couven
tiiiii ot Congrcgational mini-ter- and
churche will be heldat Swanton in.lunc.
17.
Thc ltutlaud Klectric l.ight conipany
i- lo crecl a biiililiug bv'iiO fcct for it
plant. which will bc ruii bv two eiigine-
of p.'.'i and 7"i hor-c-power rc-iiectivtdv.
The coininittec in charge of tlic Bon
nington nioinnncnt expcct- that ground
wlll be broken for lhc foiiudatiou ou
Augu-t li!, thc anniver-ary of the
battlc.
Thc boily of Kdward Ilainuiond. who
wa-drowncd in Otler ciccU at ltutlaud
on the I lth ol April. wa- toiiinl tliree-ipiartcr-of
a inilc lroiu the jilacc ot tlic
accidcnt, Siimlaj .
lohu CBricn- lour-ycar-old -on wa
iiin over by a loadcd tc'aiuat Biirllugton.
atuiday night. and intantlv killcd. onc
ol the whccl- pa lug ovcr hi- hcad. Ilc
wa- catcliing a ride.
Kx-Gov. St. .lohn ot ICan-a- -pokc ou
tciuperance to a crowilcd aiidlcncc at St.
Alban- Saturday. Thc sanic cvcnlug hc
-pokc to au audielice of .'14 pcr-on- in tlic
opera hou-c, Burlington.
(ieorgc Itodnev ot Montpelier thc othcr
day llrcd thrcc pi-tol ball- iuto hi- body
witli suicidal intcnt. but only onc of
tlicni took ell'ect. He wa- partially dc
nicntcd on account ot drink.
The body found at Sprlnglield la-t
wcck wa- dccided at thc iniue-t to bc
that of Patrick Hickctt of Chester, aged
ycar.-. Hc ha bcen mi-sing ince
Mayilf. Ilc wa- drunk whcn lat -ccn.
Kclix Gilfcather of South Wardsboro
undcrtook to drlvc thc .dog out froin
under thc bed with thcbrccch of hi- gun,
wlicn it wa dicliargcd, thcciitirecliargc
pas-ing through hi- lcg jut bclow tlic
knce.
In thc ltutlaud inuiiicipal court, Kriday,
onc ot thc village trutce-. David .1.
(J'Hcrne. wa tlned S'.KIO and cots ou
conviction of D.'t oll'enccs of llquor clling ;
alo for keeplng aud j-.'U for niaiu
tainiug a iiuNaiice.
Thc ltutlaud lhmhl wlll -oou have the
liet olllce of auy new -papcr In thc Statc.
It will occupy'thc old ltutlaud bank
Imildlug on Mcrchant row. which i to
bc -pcclally litted up for il- u-c under
tlic directio'u of Bo-ton architcct.
Gcorge Baldwiu of Clic-ter i- po eod
of a hard -kull. The otlicr day iu going
through a covcred briilge on' a load ot
hay.he wa- -truck In thc hcad by a cro-.-tln'iber
with .-uch torce as to bicak the
thnber: lic wa- found atter the tcaui
lcachcd hoinc lylng in-en!hlc in thc
bridgc. He wlirrecover.
I.cw 1 Caavan, about " ycar old,
llvlngwlth Kdward Blrd about a inllc
troiu llortonvillc, couuuittcd ,-uicide the
otlicr day by taking a do-e ot paris green.
Hc told what hc had donc, but thc doctor'!-
ellbrts wcrc of no avail. Xo eause
tor thc act s kuowu. Thc luncral took
place Kridav and the reniaiii- wcrc buried
in Orwell.
The ltepublican Statc conimittcc
chosen at .Montpelier lat wcck ha or
gauicd as lollows: Chairuiau, Carroll
S. Page of Hyde Park; eoretary,
Kredcrick V. Bal'dwin of Barton; cxecu
tivc coininittec, P. P. Pitkln of .Mont
pelier, chalrinau, .lohu C. Stearn of
Bradford, I.. O. Green ol Woodstock.
Thc clialruian aud -ecrctary ol the eoiu
nilttec arc nicnibers of thc cxecutlvc
board cx-otllcio.
Shcrltr K. II. Athcrton auiUi. K. Moody
of Waterbury latc on a reccnt night cai
turcd two mcn suppocd to bc thc pcr
pctrators ot reccnt burglarlcs iu Water
imry and Stowe, on thc higliway between
Mlildlescx aud Montpelier, aflerade-pcr-ate
llght. The nien llrcd toiir harinlcs
shot at thc olllccrs, and Athcrton shot
one ot theiu Iu thc hoilldcr, but not
seriously. They have bcen identlllcd as
thoc at Stowe and arc now ln jall at
Montpelier. Thcy rcfue to glvc iiaines.
A lluc sct of burglar.s' tools was tound
li i tliclr posscssion.
The Ccutral Verinont railroad has jut
cll'eeted a pcrpetual lease of the Ogdeli
burgh and I.akc Chauiplaili road The
lattcr corporation has lately hcld its an
nual ineetllig. Thc old board of ilirectors
weie I'lectcd, a follows: W. .1. vcrlll
ot Ogdensburg, X. Y. ; W. A. Ilaskcll,
S. A. Carlloii, Stcrnc Moisc, aud II. I..
Mlllsof Boston; .1. (ircgory Snilth and
K. S. Straliahan of St. Albans; B. B.
Smalley of Burlington;.!. It. I.angdon
of Montpelier; Thno llovlc of ( hani
plaln. X. V.; .1. W. Hoba'rt aud K. ( .
Snilth ol St. Albans; I), ". I.awronce ot
Malone. Thc lca-c to lhc Ccutral Nei
niont wa ratllled bv the stockholders.
Ofthc :i(l.0()(l Miarcs ovcr 21,(10(1 wcrc
reprcscnted.
(Bcncral ZTcins.
CONQRES8IONAL.
Sihiitc nnil Iftinse l'rnc( tlimis. Iu tbc
Scnate, Wcdncsday. the ir,th,'lhc iuvalid
pciision and tlic niilitary academv appto-
priatiou liill wcrc iiacd. The Houf
passed thc lcglslativc approprlatlon hlll.
Mr. Morri-on, froin thc coinniittee on
way aml uican, reported adver-ch a
re-olutlon oll'crcd bv Mr. Grovcnor of
Ohio dcclaring in tavor of tlic retora''ioii
ot thc wool tarill' of 1SII7, aud a re-olu-tion
oll'crcd by Mr. Wllkin- of Ohle ex-pres-ing
thc .-en-e of ( 'ongrc. a advcrse
to anv change iu the pre-ent wool tarill',
and the v were laid on thc tahlc. On
Thur-day the Scnate di.-po-cd ot -everal
unlniportaut hill. Iu the Hou-c Mr.
Morrison inovcd that thc House go into
coinniittee on thc tarill' hlll. but the prop
osition wa votcd dowu 1.17 tr. 1 10.
Kriday tlic Scnate ilidethiltelv uo-tlioned
Mr. ancc'. hill rcpcaling the civil -er-vicc
law. and iascd a lot of hlll, among
thcm onc rcduclng fioiu elght lo tlvc
ccnt- the fcc on doinetlc inonc ordcri
lor lc than !.".; alo a joint re'-lutiou
providlng tor thc -ubinl-ion to the -everal
Statesof a con-titutioiial aiiienduicnt
cxtcnding thc pcrlod of the Pre-idenf-terin
and thc -e ion ol the Kitticth ( on
git until Aprll I.sm'I, and -ub-titul-Ing
Aprll :i() lor March-l as thc bcginning
in liiture ot tlic tenn- of Prc-ident and
( 'ongrc . The inea-ure now goc to thc
Hou-e tor conctirrcnce. On Saturdax
tlic llou-c had thc naval approprlatlon
hill bclorc it. butdid not rcacha llnal vote.
A hlll to bridgc thc Mi-isippi rivcr at
iMiiMiipic was pas-cu. I.c-olutions weie
adoplcd and ieeche inadc iu rccogni
tion ol thcdcathot .lohu P. Milier. eu
ator lroin Calitornia. Thc Scnate wa
not in -e--ion .Mondav the Scnate
di-cu-scd thc hill to repcai thc prc-cinp-tion
aud tinibcr-culturc act. Thc llou-i
pa cd thc naval appro)iriatlon hill and
dcbated the -undrycivil hlll. Tue-da
thc Scnate pa cd' the hill rcpcaling the
pre-einption aud liniber-culture act- and
con-idercd the hill prohlbiting ineinber
ot ( 'ongrc lrom acccpting einplovinent
trom railroad- that had receiveil aiii troni
the I nitcd .statc-. The Hou-e had a
lively -truggle over a propo-ition to ,il
tacli to pcii-ion hill- a rcveiiuc clau-t
providlng lor .-ulllci"iit lund- lo nicet lhc
oittlay conteniplated iu thc hill. Kinal
acliou wa- not reaclicd bclorc ailjoiirn
nicnt. .Vimv. euator Dawc- ha-introduccd
iu the scnate a hill aiithoriing the Prc-ident
whcncvcr he i -ati-lled that Vineri
can vi eis arc dcnied coiuinereial prii-Icge-
iu auy loreign pori. to i uc u
proclaiuatioii prohibiting the cs.,-l- ot
that country or port lrom c.erci-iiig -uch
coiuinereial privilcgc- a- he ina detinc,
under penalty of -eiiirc and torleitiire
to tlic I'nitcd Slate-. Thc Pre-idcnl
vctocd llliccii biil-. Mondav. Thirtceu
ot llie-e wcrc privalc ieu-ioii bill-,
aud two were ot piiblic building- at
.ane-ville. O.. and sioiix l ity. la. - It
i- bolicu-d that Congrc w'iil adjouru
about the niiddle ol .luly.- - Thc "-cnate
ha- ratllled an oxtradi'tioii trout with
.l;iian. and one tor thc re uney 'ot thc
boundarv linc between thc l liit'ed statc-
and Mexico Mr. Curtiu got togcthcr
lii- -pecial labor inve-tigation cimunittee
Mondav and rcvicwcd part ot Mr. Gould'-te-tiinouy.
Mr. Iloxie i-too -ick to ai
pear bctore thc conuuittee aml it i- vcry
doiibttul it a report will be inadc b the
coininittec tln- -c ion.
DOMESTIO.
Congrc-inan llolman of Indiana. tlic
grcat objcctor. ha- bcon rciioiniuated.
Tlic Mainc Prohibltionists have noinl
natcd Aaron Clark of Baxtcr for gov-
ernor.
Tho sorvant girls of st. I.oui have
iormcii au a-.-omuiy ot iviiigut- ot
I.abor.
Prcyldont Itobinson of Brown univcr
sity, iu lii annual report, rccoiuniond
au "aiinex" for womcn.
Thc boodlc" crowd Iu Xcw Vork s
aid to bc ciidoavoring to !.end cx-Aldcr-inan
Waitc to Kuropc.
Kour proiiiineut Knight of I.abor liavc
bcen lincd S.KI cach at Xcw Ilaven, Ct.,
tor cnn-piring to liijurc thc huiue of
the Jnurnttl (iml L'tntrii-r.
Thc Pricilla won iu thc Xcw ork
Yacht elub rcgatta on Thursday, the At
lantic bciug -ocond, thc Puritan third and
tho Mayllower fourth.
Pre-ldent Clcvcland wa-o niuch plea
cd with a wedding pre-ent trom thc clti-7cii-
of Cliarle-ton. S. ('., that hc ha
writtcu thcm a long letter if thauk.
Thc Iion. I.ovi I. Morton, who wa
elected cliairnian ot the ltcpuhllcaii
county coinniittee of Xcw York, decline
to -cr've owiug to other prc-iug cngage-ineiit-.
(icucral Schotield ha notitled the Xcw
Vork park couiuilioucr that thc l nited
Statc- troops guarding the toinb of Gcn
eral (iraut at l!iveridc Park w ill bc re
inoved Jiiuc .'10th.
Archlbald Korbc-, thc notcd Kugll-h
war conc.-pondeiit, wa- marrlcdat ii?h
iugtoii, Saturday, to I.oui-a lt. Meig-,
daughter of Ge'n. M. C. Meig- of thc
I'nitcd Statc anny.
A clerk iu thc navy dcjiartiucnt at
Wa-hlngtoii naiiicd Gcorge 1. Davcuport
forgcd Sccrctary Whitney's nauie to a
chcck for SU7 iiml llcd. He has been
caught In Xcw Vork.
Thcstatueof Daulel Wchstcr. prccnt
ed to thc Statc of Xcw Hauip-hlrc by Mr.
Bciijainiu Piercc Chonev of Botou, wa
unvoilcd at Concord, Thursday, with iui
posing niilitary, civlc and forenslc ccre
moiiics. A sevcre wlnd and raiu .-torni did ?SltKl,
(KK) daiuagc lu Parker county, Tex., Sat
urdav evenlng, while othcr portion of
thc S"tatc suH'ered heavy loc. Dwel
ling and other bulldliig wcrc blown
iiowu at Wcatliertord and Waco, aud
scycral por-ons were hurt.
A tcrrillc thuuder, raiu aud hail-storiu
viltcd Bax-trop aud adjoinlng couutlcs