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VOT. ? jjSKTUIL VOL. XLV JSURLINGTON, VT., THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1800. NUMBER 43 Local Items ot Interest From All Parts of the Green Mountain State. THE NEWS BY COUNTIES. The VnnooOil Valley, Villages up North, 1'iuui the Ivlntul in tbo I. aim to tho l'HBillmpsIc, Along Ottur Crcuk und by the Short!) of bite Itlvor Covered by Special Correp undents. A DDISOX COUNTY. MIDDLUHURY. Word has been ltcelvcd here from Ran lo.-t. Cahlornli, of the death of Mrs. CiM-'.i I.nnoivt Noir, formerly of t his VII eg Sho died leceiitly w hllo sitting jn a i hair, and was burkd at S..n Raf.ui, ' ilifm inn. Sho 1 sunned by a husband iinii t.iii'i. i-i-ters In Californl i and a 1 i I'u r. JV)f. C. D. Mead of Mleldtobury. ilium Seymour Alden, fnrmii'ly many ji its merchant In this town, now re ndit g m Hoiton, Mass., has recently been tl.s. i.ugcd from F.eston City hospital, w.n i he under .venL a severe su,.(;lcal op tr uloii. Mi.- The.-1 sa Durkio, who has been lit ) ir .-.inie time at the home of her ikutgh- lii'. Mr.-. George Fassett, on Franklin Mi c t died I u-selny tlau-i'itt and throe morning, aged (,.'. ' sons -urvhe. Rev. I Mr Coding made a jvayer at the house thi" morning and the remains tvero taken on tin 0:1) train to luniril will ! held. HaiiiMwdt, where Tile interiiient the will bi in Mr v.-n.t 'I : i iK. 11 .Mr lb" family lot there. l'eter Champagne and son George t i Hurllngton iWedncsday. platform at tho passenger depot l.as !' ji.-iil i d. Jiibn Hayes has icturnid from l'l iiltl.urgh, N. Y. Mr. ti. 1'. Mooiv is having tbo groun Is graucd around Ills house on Sejinoiir St., V in h gteatly improves tho appearance of b. nie. Mr. and Mrs. James Dumas have :c tamed fn.ni their wedding trip and on 'J'uis-day evening eiitertalnul the niem- boil- cf the Hattell Hose Co., of whl"h bo ts u number, at their homo on Court ttn t. Th"y were lircsented with a llnonvho deeply mourns the lo-s ot a kind midline, eomlne voar at a salarv of J1K0. toil, t set truiii tho hoso company and a iry pleatant evening was spent and will 1 ng be remembered. Tb.i pipe for the extension of the wntor ji-er- to the marble plant has arrivid lnd will be laid at nice. Th" lawn In Iront of tho Hotel Leg in Is being improvul. d a VHRC.ENNES. Mr. A. D. Lyon, faimer at tho Industrial vlviol the past year or more, ended bis er ici s then- tint "Mb Inst. He will lo tali at Waterbtiry Centro v.-luro he has (nr. h, ued a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon a r i made many friends in this city. M -s Lena Olher, who has been a long lime sufferer, died Friday, the 21st In-t. V urd has been received hero of tbo birth iel i,. alii nt the infant son of Mr. and Mr.- F. II. Taylor of Rlalto, C.il. Mrs M. A. Uarton died Sin3ny m rnlng at 7, o'clock of pi uro- I lumoiiia. Mho naves a nusmm.i nr 1 one soji, 12 years old. Mrs. I' ' Lrm was n most worthy and highly re tt i J member of tho Methodist, chinch H lid she lias left a large circle of friends linn rela1MS who mourn her loss. Tho 1 .1 r.il was held at the Methodist church M 11 f.'elock a. m. on Mondny. Among th c in attendant! from other towns vr ri i x-.H.ilge M. li. Gove and wife, W. N. Gut-e and wife and G. II. Purlnton of Un ci :i. M. II. Purinton and wife of ;. w l.i ven and Rev. R. J. liarton of Salisbury. Tbt iliir.il offerings were profuse and bijutu'ul Rev. .1. II. Robimson olllclated, ti i.-' bv Rev. R. J. Ji.ifton. Tho bear ers wrie R. L. K'lnsslaud, II. R. Slacl:, L J Iii..-loI amd Frid W. Ward. Thu re ii.iiis wire put on the flyer and, accom ji,i' if 1 by Mr. Uarton and son, and the inrtlr of tho deceased, will be taken to Lawn nee. Mass., fur Inteiinent. I'o-tmaiter Foss retuitied from Keese vi If , N. Y., Monday evi in'ng, accompan- 1 1 y bis daughter, Sarah. Mlsrf Mary Fo?s will remain In Keesevllle a short nie as tho guest ot her sister, Mrs. Sec cnnve. John Davy, jr., ot Providence, H. L, is in tho city vb'tlng his parents for a week, win n he will return to Providence. From tin re. he Intends going to Scotland. M's Cordelia Gome of Kecnc, N. II., who came hero to attend the funeral ot lur conMii, Lena Oliver, returned lo her home on Monday. At the meeting of tho Congregational MKicty .Monday evi nkig it was voted to ivteii l a call to tho Rev. R, It. Davies of .Mea.lnvilli , l'a., lo Ik conic tbo pastor of tie ir i blllell. Doctor and Mrs. Shlpman who havo Blient several weeks In New York and Philadelphia, ai rived homo Tuesday even ing. F, A. Goss went to Mnlono lor a fiw day Wednesday. P. K, Chevalier, of tho Park Drug Store, was e-alled homo to Snroll, 1'. Q Tuesday, on neeount ot tho sudden death of bis brother. peter Charbonneau Is moving from li. Hudson's placo into David Dtiiiettu's house. I1R1STOL. Royal Fmlth was taken Piiddenly 111 iMi.e on the street last Saturday Willi iieiira'cia of tlm hniit.Ilo w.n taken to tne 'i -.Idet'ee of Dr. G. F. Ivlinunils, wh" n levi d liim and ho w is laken in hh li' ine on Pine street William Carl had i n wri.-t badly cut wlillu ailJuMIng to ji'ai.o Hie laio'e light of plain glabs In tho ii int ' the South Sldn drug stcris last Sat.ir.lay The 'veiuiul was dressed by Dr. Dean. Do will bo laid up for a v hi 'r Darwin Rider of Mhldlcbury was in t wn S itill'day. Pi oplu ale busy clean- Imr up hi Ir gardens: and lawns. .Mrs. Mi -lty A. Kinzle has goii( In Rochester, ! N Y, fur a visit of several weeks with' In r parents and other iclatlves. Du.uiig li r ab-cneo Mr. Klnzlo will build a cot- ; t i"o nt Like Duninore. I'Mmtind cush-1 in. ill and wife and Li oil Cushniall attend i I tin- funeral of Mis. Scth Weller In M'aiktoli Simd ly, Mrs. Wellei was a iln'Sibr of Mr. and Mrs. Cusliinan and hi. I v of Lrivi. The tlmo of holding Sun- ' r ly evcnin,; services at all the eaiiieaes ivUl ho proiehlng servlen at 7:30, Chulfltlan i;ndeaMir and Fpworth League at ii:3'i. Jtev W. A. K'lnnle vlsllcil thn Qu.cn t'ity Mond.ij -Mr. and Mrs. P. C Whalen of tho Junction, were In town Sunday. Prn butp Judg.t Smith of Vcrgerincs held a frpcelal .session of cotut hero Monday. Thu work of clearing away the mbiilsh r"e par topy to lebulldlng tho Ridley block lias be. n btgun. Id c N. Thomas has Improved th''! r tv i h's gro iios by sitting out m iple tri s ,s. D F.irr is rcpalnllag ids r si-1 He pi i V. r l.oeg i ir and w fe, of Chit, t 11(1 n !' S. True. L. D iiui'lett if Rut-1 1 n U M. ( rn.ii k of ltihn-i,.i ., in I II .Martin ef tin Q .ei n ' ly wcio! prr it tin vii'toi"! in tjwn M mm, Al j fud C ,it'iniii r lus been engaged to lake vh.ugo of tin- cooperative eieamcry this hi .i-oM. The burning ot some old rubblflt and im old picket fence cn-atcd quite a scale on Church St., Monday. A few pahs of water extinguished tbo blaze. Llbnnus Lodgo of Mnsons confered tbo secoiul degree on one candidate! Holiday night. The- work of excavating for tho cellar ot the Ridley block b Kail Tuesday morning. Knglnrcr C. S. Wordwcll of the Hrlslol Itallfoad went to New York la?t Saturday to attend a meeting of tho Uro therhond of Locomotive Engineers. Tho Columbian Marble Co., of Rutland lias a gang of men working on their marble lodge In Hast Moiikton. Vivo carloads ct potatoes were loaded and shipped from tlilH station last Friday and Saturday. Two old snldle l'." beie receive el notlco I. 'st we-.-k from la adepinrtcrs that their . claims for an Increaso of lienslon had been rejicleil. Howard Hnss-ltlno has gono to lioston where ho has a situation to play In a band for nlno weeks. George W, Smdon Is collecting material for a new barn on nls piemisrs on Oarlleld street. James Goodwill has returned to school here It.nn a vMt of t-evrral we-iks to his homo in Connectlciil. Seven new mem bers were niched Into the Christian En deavor Society Tuesday evening. Mrs. Ar vllla Someis of tho ijtucii City was in town Vicelnesdiv calling on old friends. c. I Unton has bought tho Mary Wilson place niHnlnlng Ills farm. Mrs. S. M. 15a ton bns sold lier farm and stock situated rln C,oo Hill In Lincoln to Henry Carpen ter and wlfe. MONKTON. The concert at the i'.oio by the lli'ios buigh orchestra was followed by a diinco at the rinronn house. The funeial of Mrs. Scth Welter was held Sunday. Schools in town began Monday. Mrs. Lydl.i Hart Is ipiite sick. Mrs. I.ura tllgbeo has been removed from George Cicss' to 10'jah Carl's. I llram Hull was able to ride out Saturday for the ilrst time In six weeks. The lirlhilay party for Miss l.eua Gee was not vi ry Wi ll attended on account of the bad roads, but she was the reelpieiit ol many pretty, prestnts, Mrs. V. G. Iluntoon has leturind from Moirlsvllle, where she has spent the winter. north FKRiusnrnon. Mrs. M. Allen, who hn been In Ron ton for the past week leturned home this w eek. Mr. and Mrs. Ai thin Fluid are t'io hamiv narenls of a ulrl b: bv. born last week. J. I'. Konyon has retained to woik In tho ir.111 after lira nils, nco of four niontiis on account ol illmss. News was leceivid hi re Monday i night 1 oi tho death of Andiew A Dakln. who died the L'lst inst. at hit heme In Rhode Inland. Mr. Dakln was a great suffeier fur -Ix weeks previous 'to h's death with gantrreneous affection of one foot and leg which continued to Incn ifo until his death. He was rtlo son of John ami Ann L l'.-.uni!er) Dakln, was boin In Fcrrls buivh in l2il and was 7.1 years old nt the time of Ills death. He spent the most of hl life In Ferrlsburgh and Chnrlottt until 1S2wheii he movcil to Vlighua later. Hi ivas a heavy loer at tho time of tho Johnstown llood nnd from thcie he wiut to I'.hodo Island, where he livid until h.s death. He leaves live children nlsn a wife lovlnir lioshimil. husband. FEnRISF.l'RGH. The funeral of the late Mrs. Sophia Pontile was largely attend d at her home Thursday at 2 p. m. Rev. O. G. Raker, pastor of the Cc.igregatlonal church of ficiating. The lienors were her three sons, William, Austin ami Richard, her son-in-law, W. W. Hlghee of Charlotte, and her two nepUews. Jared and Samuel lioothc. Tho Hot al offerings were beautiful. The interment, was near her late residence be side her husband. Th re was many l da tives and friends from Charlotte a.id ad joining towns. Mr. Rarrett of Rutland was in town Wednesday on business. Samuel hnlley of Charlotte was In town Thursday, attending his littu's funeral. The larmtrs in this seiiion are busy do l.ig I heir spring plowing. L. IC. Avery and Clfarlcts O. Chambeil iln sp"nt Monday In Hurllngton. Mrs. Julia Frls jo noon died at 1 oc.oik 1 uesday aftcr--h. has been an invalid for a lung tlmo and death was not unexpect. d. Sh" leives one son, Firil L". Fi Ubee.-The fa in I'al was' held at her la'e .vo-ddeme Thursday at 2 o'clock with Intenirnt at Wistport, N. V., where her husband and children aro buried. Chai lc O. Chamlei lain startnl Thuisday for Chicago, 111., where he will make his home with 1 i son, C. II. Chamberlain. I-:. W. Gillette is on the shick list. The school In district No. 1" has oveu' 3." schclars. A. T. IJootli luadrd two ears of hay at Vergeniies sta nor. Monday for Has tern points. LINCOLN. 1 Mrs. Joseph Colby, who went to the 'Mary Fletcher hospital tho 2d day of No vember, returned to her home Tuesday much improved in heallh. Mrs. Pearlle Watson leturned liom the sanio hospital Wednesday after a live weeks' stay I. G. Klliot and family of Sbelburne alv visiting at C. C. Lee's. The carpenters lugan woik Wednesday on the. co-operative. creamoiy building. Mrs. Will Leo Is bet- tor. Tbo L.idks' Aid society and Good Templars arc contemplating building a hall the coming summer. Tho next meeting of the Aid society will be held with Mrs. Maxlo Dow, May 0. The subject of building a hall will le brought before the society, conieipiently a full attendance Is deslr-d. The Indus Irla will nie. t at the. Methodist Kpl.-e p. l parse nage May 1th. Rev. L. A. Iligclow will preach In the Methodist church noM Sunday a I 2 p. m. This service cleses his labors with the chinch here, as th new 1 pator, Rev. Mr. Anslcw. Is expected iho ilrst Sunday In May Jasper Page, who has been In New York tho gi eater p.ut of the winter, arilvid home Satcrd.iy W, N. Gom: and wife, M. II. Gove and wife, J. II. He in and wife, F. L. Guindon and wile. K. W. Tinner and wife. G. 11. Purintun and wlfo and Mrs. G. A. I lamiier atteinii'd the funeral of Mrs. Mouill Rar-I ton, In ergeiines, Mc.nday.-Si h ml i,i town began Monday with the following board oi teachers: West Lincoln, Muy Geary: Corneis, Sybil Morgan: Fldrr Rill, iJennlo Fair; Center, Jennie Moigan; jWost Hill, Arthur Cusliinan; South Lin coln, Miss Putter of Rutland; Miirny d s. trlet, Loa Hill of Bristol; Gove- Hill, Nel lie Young of Pa wlit. All hut the last tbrie are resident teachers. The sihol.ns mi Quaker street ale to be transpoited in th" school at thu Corneis nnel those In the Dearborn dlslriet to Seuth Lliviln tiihool. Dow nlngvlllo Is et to bo tup piled witll a teacher. 1IRI1AD LOAb'. Mrs. Kmeioy Hillings and Mrs. Kn.ira Smith fiom Mlddlebury vl.slled their sp.. tor, Mrs. Milvlu Damon, who Is 111 on Thursday last. Mrs, Damon s no b tl, r.- The ladies society of "Wllll.ig Worker, met with Mrs. It, A, Damon lasl Tliiirs- day. The school In Hrend Loaf Inn dis trict will bigin May 1st, with Miss All' i Newton from Rochester as t aeher. Ml-s Kdlth Ki'rby has returned from Mlddle bury. where she bns been at woik. Kd. ward hlttler and Mis ICmma Rarncs wero married April 20th at tho Congrega tional parsonngo by Rev. J. J. McDonald, STARKSRORO. Olln Feigusco, who Is ill with tho quinsy iciual.is about tho same, Mrs. 1'rauk Ferguson Is cnnllned to tho house. Miss Kitty Sir.lih him returned homo after1 an abstneo of two months. Schools In' own begin next Monday, .May 1st. Perry Read of Hlnesbiiigh ban erected a wind mill for Hcrvy IL'll.-Mrs. William Wyimn visited licr daughter, Mrs Muik Rushneii In Rrlstol Inst week. Rrv Mr. llnrrls, wh was app diited nt the Mctbod'iil Con fer nee to till tin's pulpit, preached his inst f. riimn Sunday PANTON. Dill Goodpcd find the misfortune tn Jnsc thr i ws lasl week, the lloor under i them fulling Ihiouuh, Klbert StngK hasl bought of Mw lletsey Taiisl-y her house at the Corners. The revival meetiii;H held by Rev. Mr. nnd Mrs. ltlanchard havo closed lifter four weeks of earnest labor. -Gcoigo Allen has purchased a horse of Mr. Lawrence of llrlstol. SHORIOIIAM. Miss Douglass, the mll'tocr has returned from New oik. Miss Jones and Llz.lo Tottlnghnm spent Sunday with Mis. 10. Jl, Fiirnhum In Sudbury. C. R. Turrlll of Rurllngtnn, who has been visiting S. J. Norlhrup has returned to his home. Harry, son of c. l. Dokng, 1 on the tick list.-Charles Withe roll Is expected from South Africa this week, The prayer meet lugs which have been held Wednesday af ternoon through Hie winter, will be h-u hoi ouftor on otitic selny evenings at soven tinny. C. M. Wilds, Ml-s Sophia and lerclval Wilds and Mr. Skiff of Mlddleluiry spoilt Sunday with Dr. I'latt. Miss Andeison of Mlddlebury collcgo was at homo over S.m day. I. indlord Moore of the Rlssell gives n dance In Academy hall Friday evening. Mr-dc will be furnished by lllrehaid's orchestla. Mr. and Mrs. A. 10. Totlinu ham gave a party an Monday evening, on MKs Lizzie's birthday. Mis. II. W. Joins and Miss Jones aro in Hurllngton. WEST ADDISON. Mrs. Rollln llolcomb vyas called to Crown l'olnt by the illness of her sister, Mrs. Carter. John Wright has been en the sick list.-The Helping Hand society spent a very pleasant atternoon with Mrs. Stores Friday. The next meeting will lie at the parsonage. Mr. Hoyt Is spending hU vacation with his parents. The steam fori running between i'ort Henry and Chimney I'ci'nt, made its first trip of this season, Saturday morning. CORNWALL. Rev. S. II. U.irnum was summond to Now Haven, Co-ii., on Friday n account of the serious Illness of Ns mother. I.ato advices stale that she dK'd on Saturday of paralysis at the advanced age of ) years. Miss Harriet Fiosl has gone lo Sudbury for the summer. Whooping cough has made its appearance and . pretty thoroughly distributed through tho town. NHW HAVKN. Mr. And friends in week. Dr. to deliver Mrs. A. R. Hofftiagle vlslte.i Kssex and Rcber, N. Y., la.t 10. S. Weston has becti Invito I the Memorial Day addn-s .it Speaker llaskis, who was lo Memorial Day, has had to can I'astleton. speak here cel his engagement on account of prlvato business. Miss Susie Jnio'is of Hurllng tnn made her pan tit s a brief visit tbo ilrst of the week. Mrs. Juliette lirunell, who has been spending the winter with her daughter i.i l'lattsburgh, N. Y., retail. ed home Saturday. The Town Hill schoul opened Monday with Miss Ilattle l'on.r of Rutland teacher. Mr.-. Charles S. D.nu. has In en unite ill for a w eek past wl'li nervous in- istrntlon. V. S. Rowley ot Slielbuiiic has hem In town for a few days. l'rof. Ilenian Chlttimden of I3ur lington was "'n town Wednesday. I.. C. Russell bus adopted a position In tho Frankly n School in Rufi'alo. N. Y., for OIIWKLL. Miss Alice Mereiire has gone to Rutland. F. H. Klmhali Is In Ronton on a busi ness ti lp. Maggie Ryan, daughter of John M. Ryan, OUd cf p. lit nit in Sunday afto -noon, agcO slxtee-i. Mrs. Muriay Wilgi.t and Mis. Fmma Clark aro sn' tiding a couple of weeks in Atlantic City, N. J Miss Lnima Men-lire expects to leave home early next nn nth for Keeno, N. II., whep- she will resume hi r former p -I-tlon as decorator In tin Pottery. The Lit eral v Circle held an Inteie-tlng nie 'ting on Thursday aftern"on at the bonn of Mrs Rollln Hall. The society adjourned until October, as the meeting tuv to ! diseontlniied dining the summer. Sever., 1 parties from Rrandon came lieu- 1 ,st week on lishing exeursiens which resulted in catches of s,.eral buhes e-.i h til lit. WLYRRIDGi:. Miss Caroline P.ryant of Glens Falls. N. Y., is the gue.st of her nephew, G. W. Cobl). Rev. R. W. Thompson of Poultnoy will preach 111 the Methodist church net Sunday. Miss Saiah II. Wrlaht will teicli at llrldpoit village tills leim and M -s Martha iowdlsli at Corn wall. H. H. llagar has been appointed Justice of tbo ponce to 1111 the vaenney mnde by tin death of Judge Hayward. Rev. R, L. Thompson will prea-h at Hebron, N. V, next Sunday. Tim village scdiool tang', t by MisH O. Sarah Wilsht comme-.u ed hnt Monday. Tho Chrs'lan Kndcivr soelety held a conversation sociable at tin Ir church parlors last Tuesday even ing. SOL'TII STARKSRORO, Hllas Rlrdsall has gone to Now York to live with his grandfather t lie coming see son. A daughter was born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank Tart Saturday, April 22. Walter Ring's children from lIuiitlng!o:i visited at Daniel lialloek's last week. George Keys has mov d into James Gi lice's house. Mr. and Mis. Phillip Dwlro and thlr ihuightrr Maggie aro home from Rrandon, where they sp nt part of tho winter with. Mr. Dwlre's daugh ter, Mia. Kitty Lafayette Miss Sadio' Slinoiisou is at Hume again, I WHITING. Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Atwood of Peru spent the Sabbath with Mr. and Mis, Fos ter. Mi. Atwood preached in the Congre gational church Sunday. Mrs. Mabel Raker and Misses Jessie and Allco Collins narrowly escaped a serious accident Sat urday evening. As they were driving down the l.i'll near Jay Wooster's, the cross-bar broke, the Imise ran and threw out tho Indies. I'ortunntely he rail Into a ditch of water by the roadside and could go tin further till help came. There were no broken bones and they escaped with but i( w bruise; RIPTON. Rev. Mr. Hogle lias moved Into tho Methodist p.usonago. The J, J. Hale Post, C. A. R., hawi secured tho Rev. J. J. Mc Donald to deliver tho Meiuoilal Day address. He will also punch tho sermon on Memorial Sunday. Tbo school In Dlstilcl number .wo open, d lasl Monday. The other ndiools will hi gin next Monday. IMiUiind Whiltler and Mis, Haines were united In niainage al tho Congregational paisonage on tho 2Jt!i, A young child of Henry I 'bar's died on tho 21st and was bailed Sunday. Roy. J J. MicDonald ollleiated. I lenry Damon his gone to Rncli ster lo work - Sam Damon 'If cai lying on the blacksmith shop. Rev. c. H. 1 login returneit irom West Rutland Tuesday nceompauli'l by his wife.-Tbo lMnr of Hi" Congregational church it giving a series or neinmns on Hie "para- bh s" on Sunday ev. niius Tin hour of meetuig lias nun cnange.i to cju. JIKNNINHTOX rlJNTY. RHNN1NGTON. Rev. M. L. Sneiance for II years pis tor of Ihe old First chinch at tho Ceinre, has resigned with the ri quest that tho ic i siguatlon bf iiecepted as soon as coiimii- lent. It is understood that ho will retlro i from preaching and engage In olher busi ness. NORTH R FN NINGTON. Tho annual communication of Tucker lodge , No. IS, V, nnd A. M., was held Wednesday evening, April 19th. The i im port of the finance committee shows a bal anco In tho treasury of $til.oa plus rreser.t and back dues of nbciit Kilo. Tho present mcmbiisli'p Is 73. Ollieers elrcteil for tho i i.-uing year ure as fgllnwti. L. R. Nik's, W M, Fred-ink I. t.tson, 0. W: Snsiford L. Worthlugtoii, J w., lknry RnMcr, treasurer, " D. Phillips, secre tary. . J Mattl'-m, S. D, . Harlow A. Ilotluni, J D., Iloheit A Mi ire S 8,! John M Gordon, J. S. , Fr-derlck S, Smith, (Continued on Dili pago.) The Central Vermont Dom inated by the Grand Trunk. EW LIST Or OFFICERS. Gov. Smith Reappointed President Oiliec of General Manager Creat ed With E. II. Fitzhngh, a Former Wabash Official, at the Helm A Strong oard of Directors Pleasant Relations Between the Cen tral Vermont and Grand Trunk and the Atchison General Manager H ays Speaks of the Policy of the New Management The Central Continues to be a Ver mont Institution Improvements Foreshadowed. St. Albans, April 21. Tri." city hew sel dom, If ovcJ-, witnessed a meeting nf 'Tnre prominent railroad men ihir. that held 10' day by tho i orporaloi -i if He- Central Vermont Railway company, eiiatlerid by tho. last Legist .lure at Monlpelicr, for the purpose of effecting an oi ganiziulo-i In the early morning special .tains came from different directions h-arlng the iii'ii who aio hereafter to dg-nv in eonnecib n with tho control of the iVntr.ii Veimont. The Giwiid Trunk car "Viole'." end the Chicago and Grand Trunk dlreeinr.1' ear brought General Manager ChaihsM. Hays and pin-iy from M nuieal, i Mteii.il train c-ensstlng or the "ICMimen." and the Grand Trunk i ar "Canada" driwn l y tin-Nc-h-.-sa-ne hiought fiom New Voik In. W. Sew.nil Wdib, Col. Aldace F. Walkir. chairman of the boiad ot tho Alchnji, Topek.i and Santa Fe, and Gen. J. G, Mc Cuilough. President Smith's prie.ne c..r, Mancilield" brought from lioiiou I'nair nian K, H. Raker of the bondholder-.' e-om-inlite-, Mr. Samuel 10. Ki'uer of ..lp- icm inittee, and Moorileld Storey and Mich.nl II. Caidoio, the well niiows lawyers; while later In the d .y President 1'ncival W. Clement and pally eann ,ini Rut land In tho private car "Grassm -ie ' '1 he toreuoon was oicuppjil wit.i prellnV nailcs. and the meeting of '.tie c.rpor.i-t.-i's proiier w is ln ld in the aiternoDn in Hie president's i joiiis. Tin; eorpor.r.oi 3 nulled In the act of ini-.m por.iinu wcio IC C. Smith, D. D. Raima. Ch.iil.M r.' Hays, Charles Percy, Joint G MeCu. lough, William Seward Weuh lzra II. Raker and Samuel K. Kllner in ord- r, ni.d thcfco present in addition to tin- geiitle nn n named were Alda.e F. W,.ll;i r, AttiJ lny Chailes M. Wilds of Mlddlemiiy, IC. M. Meddatlgh of Deiiolt ..lid John Hell of Belleville. Hullcilor-, lor tho Grand Trunk, li. II. Fitzhngli, supei-in-ter.dent of the middl dlvi.-ion of Ike Grand Trunk, I'.. II. Inghim, D. D. Ran lett, treasurer of the Central Vttnioilt and Henry R. Day. Gen. McCullongh was ieet.'-d proldint of the meeti'iig ot the corporators on mo tion of Mr. H .ys and M.'. Ingiain, clcik. Thu following board of dlreciot-s wi.. n lecteil: CharhsM. Hays John Hell, V.. 11. Flulnigh, K. C. Smith, D 1). Ranhti, W. Seward Webb. J, G. Mc 'lillo-ub. K. 11. linker and Heniy li. Day 01 Mi'ion, Sam uel K. Kllner ..ml Ald.'.-e I-". Walker of New York, John W. Stevnrt and Chailes M. Wilds of Mlddlebuiy. I'pon the adiom timent of tho io-p ia tors the dlrectois ntet and organized wl'h t lie election of Col. Aldace F. Walker as chairman and R. II. Ingram as cluk. on Motion of C. M. Wilds a cede of by laws read by him was adopted. ni ter which olllcers were elected as follows: President H. C. Smith. Vlce-pi i sldent and General Manager VS. 11. Fitzhnah. Treasurer and Clerk R, II. Ingram. Auditor M. M. Reynolds. Kxecutivc committee-Charles M, Hays, chalimaii, SS. II. Fltzhugh and JO. II. Ra ker. After the election of olllcers Col. Walker letln d from the chair and Gov. Smith .is- siinml the duties ol his position. T.ie new odlcers are i,em ral Manager Flrhugh, the duties of whose position havo huh. I'M been performed In connection with thos-j ot president by Gov. Smith, ard Mr. In giam, the inw tieasunr nnd clerk A resolution was adopted by the illnc tors on motion of Mr. Wilds auiboi Izing the issue of 51,iXW,(o0 of stock and 512 '." of mortgage bonds In payment for the pro perty conviy.td lo the m w lomp.'iny by the master under the foreclo,uio sale; and nuthoilzlng the distribution of tlm new securities uprn the siincndcr of ll o old secu'ltles carrying out In detail tho provision" of the iigriement of tin- secur ity holders lor settlement and the reor ganization of llu prcpertv On motion of Mr. Hays an ngreonnnt was autlioi lzel for the Inn ,i.-li nice of tralllc betweui the Granel Trunk Rallw iy company and the Central ', eriuont Hall way company, anil for ilm uar iiilc ing by tho fir . nd Trunk Railway c uupany of the interest on the new bond-e A resolution was passed le.piesllng tbo ici elvers to elellver po-.i -t-ion of the jn.ul lo tho new company ai one minim past midnight on Apiil 3i, )K;'.K and inasmuch us the i out t bus iilri.nly signed nil onbr inr the trmsfia' of the- o,id fiom the old coiporatlon lo the new the el nnre will of course) Ink t place on tho elato naincil. At the coneluslou of tin meeilng of the dlrcclnrs a utockholde s nice-iing was lnld, with Gov. Stulth i i-e-ldii. A le-'ilutlili w in adopted authorizing ,ln piosiileut anil treasmer lo execute he1 new bonds and a mortgage deed, and ratu'suig an I lppr 'V Ing the action of the no nil of dliceiora In all particulars. Geimral Sliiiuigpr Mny Spi-nlm of tbo Policy t tint t'ui rleil (lut An liiipmte'il hervlce Sljjbt Clunigti im let fpraleeti, 'J lie question, on tho lip of cv.jy Vcr- monter with reference to the cctmal "i' moiit railroad has been with icfuvncv let Its futuir, anil hi outer in se-ui j an an swer lo this Inquiry u representative of thu Foo Press sought an interview with Gcncr.il Manager Hays ot I no Grand Trunk. Owing to hl.s long connection w.th Amu-lean railroads and Im Ann. lent training Mr. Hays Is miieii mire aceesslb a to newspaper men than the tiadltloinl Canadian railway magmtj and ho t ilkcd plca.santly In relation to the policy to he adopted by tho new ccrpor aion. "The normalisation of the Central Ver mont property has been tinlep.i. In chiir acter," said Mr. Hays, "In that the rela tions betwin all Interests have been ael (justed .'atlsfactorlly anil the property lias oien put on a sound financial basis with out an assessment made on any class of security holde-is the only Instance of thu kind known in model n railroad eirganlza- lions. We think the Central Vermont ne ver had such a boarel ot directors as that which met to-day, as regards men of ex perience In railroad affairs and men of h.gh standing anil chniacter. There was , Gen. J. G. McCullongh, formerly ehalr j man of the board of the iOiie. and now president of ono of its most important lines. There was Col. Aldace p. Walker, i chairman of the- board of tho Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe and one- e.f the- 1 -ad-I lug rallioad men of tho t'nited States. , Thc-ro was Mr. Day of R, L. Day & Co., I one of the largest and most prominent banking linns of lioston. We had Mr. Ra 1 ker, who Is with the well known Uoston firm of Leo.IIIgginson & Co., and who is a nn-mher of the executive committee. Wo hail Dr. W. Sewaid Webb, who Is now tho chie-f i.iilreal man of Xermont. and vail ous otbei men of high standing In ra 1- , way crdi's. Tin local Interests aro ably li-presented by Gov. Smith, Mr. Rantlett, cx-Gov. Ji hn W. Stewart and Mr. Wilds. ' "The Grand Trunk lute r- ,-i Is rep.esent ed 1 y Mi John Hell, our general solicitor, ' who has been with the cc.upany for forlv years, and by Mr. l-'llzl ugb, who has been, elected vlce-pn slelent and gencial mana ger of tlm Central Veimont. Mr. l-'itz-hugh Is a native of Mlssouil and the gi cat er pait of lils railway experience was igaineil on the Wabash in different capa cities, partictilaily In the transportation ami operating departments. Ho lias been with me In chntg- of the inldille. ilUi-d. n I of the Grand Trunk during the past two years, his jiuhdlcllon covering sumo 12') milts of nllway. The new clerk and treasurer was formerly assistant comp troller of the Louisville ,t Nashville, and at ono time he was nsi-lsiant to the gen eral manager of that ro id. I "As to the financial condition cf tl.o eei.iniii ermont roiui, tin? new corpowi tin will take possession of tho road with out a doll a- of inelebte-diioj .ml with money in the treasury.During the rccclv "M.shlp tho earnings have been expended In bettermeuls anil iiiim-m eineni i ,o Urn property. Willi tin new nils nought by the icccivors this spring m- will have ail the main lines laid with tin heavy nil i anil all tho impcitant hr.lgcs have bien 1 1 built anil brought up lo iln resent Maiielain. so that wo consider the iccuil tlcs of the company a lust class InviBt ment nnd we hopo to inako ihem rnr.lt In Millie with thoso of any other Virnir.nt jr.iilruiid property. In icply to ,-t question as ;o the course to be pursued by the new company Gen eral Manager Ilaj-H said: "The pil'cy of the Hi inugement will be to opei-ite tho in'operty as a strict buslnes.s prnpmltlon. , Wo shall i-xp-ct to give the public good, prompt and elllclenl send, e, -ind keep fully abreist with tin times In , veryth'ng thai gi.es to make the property a ilrst clast- ro.vl In tho estimation of Mio puh Mc." ! "Our Idea In mulling tho .lire -tiii-at;1 so largely Vermont In lis i-haractn- Is lo cor net any inipicsslon that might exist that I the mail was lo Ik man .g.-d by wdrit lias j ben called an 'alien' corpoi allon. The1 epa 'Hon of tho future operation of tho , im-nrty mjist In- deflt wnh Iho sluci 1 1 Inn develops. No radical e-h mge ivlll l o I made In tlm existing onlei- of affaiis so fai as pertains to the operation of tho . id. " "Tbo relations of the Grand Trunk with the Sunt . Fn have hem of the mnt filindly iharacter and the oleriion of Col. Walker tn the eilreclm-.ttK of the Cential Vermont will not tend to impair llinse- ie l.itious. WiUi a car from Roston runnluB eiver tho Central Vermont and tin Ga-iiul Tllink lo Chicago It Im poi-dhle fen- I ho pas-enger to step fiom om iMr to an dher at tho littler point and go over the Simla Fe iro.ul to San Francisco with but ono change of ear." When askeel what nurllngtnn might ex pect from the now management Mr. Hays said the people of this cily .,i-rel not Icok for any deterioration in ilii' present servico to rny tbo least, and Jiist what Uroiovements aro to be nmdo ho couul not say until ho had looked our the situation full-, RAILROAD MEN INBURLINGTON, f.'iiillteelliMin In TbU t llv I.nnkitil Ovnr bv (llllctlulH of Ilm Various Kernel., At tho conUubion of tho meetings of the Ccntial Vermont Railway company In St. I Albans the olllelals of the different roads! tame In n spoeial Haiti miub. u. of prl-. vale fin rf to Uurllngton for the purpose of enabling tho Grand Trunk representatives 1 to look over the piopcrty of tho Central Vermont In this city, and also to invcstl-! Kale with lefrience lo the propostl of tho Rutland road to seoi.ro a right of way for ( it extension directly lluoiigli til- city. Tne olllcers of the two roads Interested alighted from the train near the tunnel! and walked over tho lino to this city, lif ter which General Manager HayH ami 1'roslilciit Clement ot the Rutliind road held a brief conference, with referenco to tho two routes under consideration by tho Rutland for Its extension northward. The geiitlenn n loncirned would not talk tor publication with leferenco to this subject, but Inasmuch as th" Central Vermont would naturally dislike to see tho Rutland lino secure a portion of Its tralllo at Win nnskl, it Is evident that vailous factors inter Into the Munition. In the meantime tho Riitlind management Is negotiating for a right of way over the eastern loutc and tin, near future will tuidoubtedly i-to tlio mud extended by one or lb" i.tlier routes, if tho western route Is selected 11 is undirstoeid that the line will be con structed nlrng the lake shore and by no means by tho use of tho tunnel, as has been suggested While the party of railroad men wern In the city Mayor Roberts had a brief eolifer ence with Dr. V. Seward Wf lib and lJioM dent Clement of the Rutland road, but be .lid not care to siy anything for publica tion concerning the part whlib the city ' in. gilt take In oonnu lion with the choi' u ot the w i stern route. "DECLINE OF RELIGION. Over a Hundred Veimont Clm relies Wit i- i om r,isiiri. ; In tin- recent Fast Day proclamation cf (Jonrnor Rollins of New Hampshire, In l.imetiliil tin- decline of religion In that Stale lie said: I "'Ibeie are ti.wns where no church bell se-n-.s forth Its M-lemn call from January' to January. There are villages whoro e-hilelien grow to manhood unehr'sti ntd. Th -n- aro communities where th- di i.cl ale laid away without the henison of the nn m if Christ, nnd wln re marriages aio biilcmnlzod only by Justices of tho peare. ' How Is it ,11 ibese i-espic-ls in Veimjnt? We- find In the Hurllngton Clipper a 'ablo compiled from Walton's Vermont Regl-ter v hieh affords a. partial answer to tho eiaistlon. It Is as follows: CIIFRCHIOS WITHOL'T PASTORS. I Rehldt-ie, population S71, Adventlst1 church. j Re thel, population 1700, Raptlst church, i Rroelunrd, West poppulatlou H2'., Method-. 1st e bill eh. . Rrattlebcro, population flS'L". IJap'Ht, Congiegatlonal -ind Lutheran chun lies. iJrldgi wati r, population 1121, Aelventlst cb ii-ch. Rrookileld, population W', Congregation al church Hn okllcld, Fast population , L'nlon church. liurke chinch. Cabot, church. Calais Kast population 110S, llaptist population 1071, Second Adventlst nonulntlon 12. Christian church. Custleton population Hplc.ip.il chun h Hydc-vllle. In f'ntloton, population , 10ploo iil church. Chin lesion, population 105S. Raptlst church. 'harb-stor., W-st l opulatlon ' Rap tlst, and Cnivcr.-allst churches. Charleston, Hast peH.latlon , Rap tlst and Methodist chi relies. Charlotte, population 12 P. chaii h. Clareiulon, population fis;, church. Colchester, population 1143, church. "onconl. Kast population 142: Methodist Adventlst Methodist Methodist ili-in b. Cornwall, population I'72, Baptist church. Dauby, por illation 10-1, Coiigrcgational chinch. Oanvillc, Noith population 17M, Raptlst cbareh. Dover, population i'2i, Caiiuregauoiial chiircb. I iiimmerston, population Sfil, Raptltt church. iOast Haven, population Id, t'nion c hu re n. Hiiosburgh, population -.'ifD, Adventlst and Raptist churches. Fairfield, population 1S2:, Congregational chiinh. Ferrisb'irgh, North population S'.Ol,' IT lends chi.icb. Fletcher, population 7D3, Viilversallst church. Hinphamville. In Fletcher, population1 , P.i pt 1st church. Goshen, population 311, Methodist Rpis cepal church. Granby, population ?A, Congiegational church. Granville, population G37, Methodist church. Guildhall, population Ml, Congregational church. Hartford, Wilder, population 371'). lOpls. copal, Congregational and Methodist churches. Hartford, White River, population , lOplscopal chinch. Holland, population S7J, Cougicgatlonal church, Huntington, popnlatleci 741, Raptlst. Irasburg, population Ot".', Congregational church. Jericho Centre, population HH1, 1'jitver salist church. Ludlow, population 17'W, Raptlst church. Lyniloiivilli-, population, 2U1U, Universal-, 1st church, .Mleldlebury, population OT3, Rplseopal chiireh. .Mlddlclown Springs, population 7Su, Rap-, tlst i hutch. Morgan Cunt re, population ."20, Advent, Morgan Four Corners, population , Union church. Canton, population 3-2. Raptist church. I Plttsforel, population 177,", Raptlst church Plymouth, population 775, Congregation al church. Pl.Miiouth Union, population , Congre gational church. Fast Ponltuey. population 30.11, Raptlst, nnel Congregational churches. Ciocteir, population, 17,"c, Union, nnd Swedish Lutheran churches. Ramdolph, population 3232, Roman Cath-olle- and Raptlst churches. Reading, peiuulatlon 719, Ciilversailst anil Methodist churches. Iteadsboro, population 010, Methodist chin eh. Hailwell, In Reiiilsboro, population , Union church. Richmond, Jonesvlllo, population llld; Rapllsl church. Roeki.igham, R, F,, population 1570, Uni versalis! church. Rockingham. Cambrldgeporl, population , Union chin I'll. South Royaiton, population 1133, Unlvcr sullst chinch. St. Johnshury, population liVi?, Raptlst, lOngllsh S.. Second Advent. t Si. Johnshury Centre, population , Congiegatlonul church. Shore ham, population 124G, Methodist and Unl ersallsl churches. Stamford, population CIS, Raptlst church. South Slaikslioro, populatlou 107", Friends church. Stnokbrlilge, population SOI, Union church, Stowo Centre, population lf-6, Universal 1st church. Straltord, population, )!2. Adventchurch, Swantou, population, 32.W, Upiscopal church. 1 Ti pshaiu, Wet. pnprl.i'lon, J1S7. R.vp th I and M th idist chu U-.. Tiey, population. 107.', Conjrcg ittonal nnel Methodist churches Ti iy, North. Fplscopal churc'i Tliubrldg.t Hill. Cong egiiil ai.il and Free, II till i.-1 i hutch s j l'uuhildo', North, Frci. ikipti.it chure.li. Tunbrldge, South, MethodNt church. Vergnnnes, imputation, 1773, Congiega- tlonal and Ilpi-icopal chiirchet. Vershlre, iiopulalion, 773, Haptlstchuri h, Walllngford, lioiutlatlon 1733, Hnptlst church. Warren, population, M4, .Wc-slcyan Unl versallst church. Wcnther-illolil, population. 1171, Congre gational and ICplcopal churches. Weiithcrsricld, I'e-rklnsvlilf; Methodist church. Westford, population, PTO, MethodUt. Whltlngham, population, 1119, Methodist nnd t'nlvcrsf.llst ohwi'hci. Wldtlngluini, Mcthoellst church. Jaeksonvllle, L'nlvcrsallst church. Winhall, population, 521, Methodist church. Reindvllle, L'nlon church Woodford, population, ti", Metliodlst church. TOWNS WITHOUT CHFRCtlRS. TOWN. POPULATION. Ildlon 017 Li mlngton 227 Maidstone 1H Mnrctown ;..i2 Mount Tabor ',Z, Newark C31 Norton !i;0 St Gcnrgo , t.2 Se.irsburg iU Somerset 61 South Hurllngton 815 Vernon ,rr7 Wnltham 7"t Westmore Tl'o The fuels aro not nulto ns bad as tho tables above would at ilrst glance lr.ell c.ite. Thus taking a single denomination, the Congregational, and comparing the list with the tables lp tho last annual re port of tho Statu convention of Congrega tional ministers and churches, we line! that of the nineteen Congregational pul pits set down above as empty twelve bail ministers a year ago. It is the fact as to so-no of thosi and a fair presumption as to most of tho others, that tho pulpits weuo only temporarily unnippl ed at the tlmo when the statistics for the Walton Regb-te-r wero gathered. The same no eloulit would be the case In other ilenonilna tion. With all allowance for stub con Meleratlons, it must he admitted that churches and congregations aro falling off throughout New lOnglnnd, both In num bers and strength. A now F.tigland pas tor writing In 'Ann's Herald after an ex perience of twenty years in three Xrv.' Lnglaud villa ges anil from personal and practical knowledge of the facts and condi tions says: ' The rural sections of New lOngland aro fast becoming mlssiouoiy ground. The causes aro many, but cb'ef among them have been the degeneracy In the native population, tho introduction if a largo foreign element, and tho rivalry of churches In an effort to magnify denom liiationallsm." ROCKEFELLER'S ADIRONDACK HOME ( b-implnln 3Iiiiiufactiirliig Company Gel ling Out I lie Woeidw en k -Isnluteel laivurv Thc Champlaln Manufacturing company are at work upon a laige quantity of In-ii-iH'i- llnlsh for the new cabins and other buildings which aro In proedss of erection upon tho private preserve of President William G. Rockefeller of tin Standard Oil company In the Adlrondacks. Super.n tendent R. C. Cottam has Just returned from a trip to tbo location ot tho build ings, whero In secured thn oedt-r for the Interior Union and al! of tho woodwork U:-eJ In tbo buildings cutsldo tho rough ex terle.r. Tho new preserve, near the muddle of which tho summer home of .Mr. and "Mrs. Kock-efellcr Is located, comprises about 3",000 acres and is Isolated from civilization, being twelve miles irom Paul Smith's and about midway between Bay Pond and Tapper Lake. It Includes the old lumber camp of Rrandon, and Mr. Rockefeller Is buying up rights of owner ship as fast as Is possible. Tact teem cottage or cabin with Mi. Rockefeller Is more of the million-dollar Newport variety than thu pccli fronted vine coven J . humble home of romance. Among tho buildings which he Is i.ow electing is a guides' cabin 114"2 feet atld containing bedrooms; a dining loom 30.1S; Mullens and closets; a stable 'jjx71 and containing .six tox and lx single stalls, iiiiriage rooms and washing wheels; a car penter's shop, 03x22, cont lining a work loom, storage room and lumber rcpoMt oiy. There Is also in prosr-ss ot construe tin a large dining hall 032- with a tamily dining room 22x 22 and a servants' dining l oi. m of smaller dlmuislons. Tills build ing has its interior finish of white In diana plno and quartered oak. Tho cat 1. liter's shop is finished In whltt. spruce, the stablo In white Quebec spruce and the guides' cabin In red birch. The main eabln, In whloh the Rockefel ler family will spend tin.- time that they remain indoors. Is lojxiio feet and is tln islied In red birch. This cabin Is con structed in such a manner as to form three suites with Icdroom". dressing rr ores and bath looms. These arc design ed with ono long corridor and the .suites branching out in three wings with a space of IS feet between them. Among the other work that is keeping the Champlaln shops busy tnis spring Is thu Interior llnlsh for tho neiv American Jlotol and the Roman Catnolic school at Plttsflcld, Mass.; tho windows for the Marshall mills at Falls River, which num ber 12,(i0 lights; tln windows for the Stevens Mill at the same point with H.Oiei lights, tho interior llnlsh of the now D.iti neniora asylum, the interim' tinlsh for Dr. W. S. We-bb'.s addition tei his Shelhurne home-, the- interior weiod work tor tho cot tage ot Mrs. Ralley at N-wpcat and the interior ilnNIi for a Newport stable being c instruct d for Mr.-. Slater, the Ilttlngs fur the dry goods stoic of A. O. Rarher Sons at Plattsburgli and the fittings for a new drug store at Plttslleld, as well as several local contracts. SEASON BEHIND THE AVERAGE. Tlio Outliiiik lor Crops in tho New "g- laiid ststrs. Rcston, April 27. The liJSt weekly bul letin ot th t New England section of the climate and er.ip i-miee of the wtMthcr bnt-cati w.u issued to-day. Tbo past week has witnessed a deckled Improvement in the condition of cmps, although the season is yet considerably behind tho average. In the three- northern S'ates snow has elbi.ippt-arcd rapidly under the lnlluencc ot warm, sunnv days, and, except in the ex treme nortln. i counties of lliise States tn ids aro for the most part bale. IVac tically nothing has been done In the Hue of 1'aim work In the northern States. Hero and thcie, m exceptionally fn voted locali ties, a limited amount of plowing has been ai .ompllshud, and .1 veiy few inrly leeas pl intcd, Genci'il operations will pot be gin, howevcj, lur a wick or nn ie hence. Maple sugar, ono of the staple products, and n sourci of e-oiisdrral lJ rcwutie, suf fers a great riiluctlnii Huh sense u, Num. ithis lorre'spnndeiits icporl it a cnmnKto falluiv, and the gcneril pinion seem- m be that the yield Is but lull' a pound tee a penUlt! peer Ire -. In southern New lOnglinl. Vicro tin season Is naturally mora aelvanccd, full 'tilvantago Is being taken of th- prevail ing favorable conditions of w cither, al though 'In northern and western Massa chusetts not a furrow has been tinned. In tho far South, farm woik Is In g-ner.tl P'io?.iesslng well, and at the present rato the season's tardiness will soon bo mado up. Snow Is yet visible in a few places: ilvors nnd streams aro running full and meadows aro overflowed. Plaining consists mostly of onions, peas, and potatoes. In Newport cocnlv R. I., tlnr" Is tho largest a reigt o' pol.Uiie.-i going trio the gn und ever kin wn, und tna llrest itFpai'agus of the season has been cut Tho oldest ne-tlvc banker in the woild is Deborah Powers, aged 9S, of Laiislns' berg, lOngland MUST PAY. Board of Survey Finds That the Condemned Beef Was Very Good. GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE Anil Swift A- Co. Will bo raid I'or 300,000 Pounds of Reef fed to West Indian rLliesSemii) Criticism of Gen. Miles' Methods Creep Into the Report. W.ifhlngton, Apt II 2(1. Tho board c veiled ty special order to runnn- ,. and ii-pnrt upon thu c-cspi.r uihty , i loss or iii.i,ui pounds ni frtu rati l ti that was jent tn Pent,) Rtr ii l t iimn 'I In -ling I i .1 pi . , M, lias submitted ns ri poi I heel WU snip nd on tie I I tuba frcsm Swi;i ,v e ,, , e in, sas City. The: bnai 1 .- lir,.j lows: 1 I ' Ti'.at tho her f was upon Us jirlv H at 1 1 id ml i t r i gust P-. Jt WMS in. 1 1' -l i. military autinuni. . . . i i continued aft- r Un n . ,i . toba fiom tho If, 1 i.i An- i though th ao Is r. i-mi ;, n Hlgeration was dm -a', ,i that interval. Th it n.iw.o time and labor ln n , . I r, tio-jps and animals :,,n, ' cle tiling the i-hip up in i gint Hi, lvis, duo and 1 1 maele to is-u , th--, i tfiops bet ,M ' .1 that da' .11 l-'is the d iln ul tn.. .,, , m Manitoba linm M e u. . effort was In tn n.itu.. ,,i m in an arrang nn ,it .u . iv tioited fi'I' te- inn 'i.i but lay prim u .i. ,n t . . i in,; autl.orbv mil at- i ' In i iilllig l In.-- h a tile subsl-'i a -e d imi-t a.- i.i . l'me (in- tlm diili "ilti ,s r i- n 1 i " n. w n. i- t.u-y sliu ilinu. Tn.it I"' i a' Mi-. i s on August 31, anel ai I' hiiw ti date of return ol tin- M u it I i Ai . i L to her depar'.Mie for N- w V.,rk, ti , T ber i, proper , ffurt w .s n a-1. i-1 H. sue of this be-1, m 1 1 1 it- n. a' m-, ,n t u upiniou of th board still i.t lor i.s... That the me it had i .t ben su',.. l to any chemical pioe-.s, wha'.ver 1" ns lir.-M-rvation. That th-- I--s- , thi.s i J was duo to tin m ci.i1 i.i' -is. 1. - ',1a deterioration while tin n mg i it ,g plant was lnU-rrui'ti-d or d s-.urbe.l fr a August 10 to August 14 mi tin: tia:,.-, , t to the date of Issiio at Mae it.uez ,"i ! f Id' Improper handling and fiqlt j,r ' -Hun alter tho Issue, dctleknt trm.-i u-t 'oi tho troops, prejudico against its appc i -anee under the unfamiliar condlt'.jiis i.d the delay of tho month elapsed siroe .hu beet was dressel before it ruached Maa guez when, lor tha Ilrst timo is-ues w- '-u made each day, adding to tho dilhoUti. s Finally the distribution to tho troops we a such that under the clie umstances a gr it loss was Inevitable In the absence of n y ref tiger nor at tin- ports ef entry. Thj United States is responsible for Cn 1 . Secretary Alg r has approved th IPlel- ings of tho board and direc ted th .t meiit be mndo to Swift & Co., in a. o i- ance. with tin- report. Nothing has been determined ai ti whether or not a board of inquiry wi.l I o ordered to make further invist g.r a. The board which has just reii.rtcd was; a, boaid of survey. GEN. MILES VISITS M'KINLFA". Washington, April 26. Secr.-tary Aig r and MaJ.-Gen. Miles both saw tho Pi s: dent to-day. They arrived nt th- i House-i within a few minutes of e.n h 01,1 r bat did not tne tin- President tig. ' -. Sic. Alger was alreeely with th l' - -dent when Gen. Miles ar-.i.d and n latter waited iifteen nilnut - until S . Alger emerged from the IT- s ( nt's e I vate room. He was then .leimrted aud i. -malneil with tho President t. n mir "he.n ho left tho Wlit- II - is.- n. -dined absolutely to d s. i 1 ' o' i -f Ids visit. This Is tho lust t.me Gei al Jliles has calleel upon the Pr. ilent m is weeks. MIDDLERURV ODD FHLL"WS CELU URATE ' Mlddlebury. April .'; Tie vm, ann-v -Isary ot tlm foundation .a th, inn,, 'was celebrated Inr- this e n-i ,n.' bv "a Lake Dunmore Lodge. X- 11 I. o e 1 . There we-ie fully -0 pics, i t .. 1 tlnj w -a I calleel to onb r by N (1. 11 L i -j worthy. After a few remarks th. y w eseoited lo tin- Addi-' " 'i"- i t bountllul b.tllliuel w is s,it, i lr il Hlggins which w is i. II ,w l b s. n barks by Judge J M S'adn ond . ' I They then returned to the I. O. u V 'I and enjoyed thenisi : at dancing la.'il .an eaily lnnir this liioruiug. A ST. JOIINRURV MAN DROWN I :d St. Johnsbury. April 26. Charh s P of St. Johnshury. used 55 yni's drowned in Meoso River vestenl iy drove to Victory and his dog nt alone during the celling. A seal li made nnd tin- body of the horse mid ,1. were found this morning in th nur Damon's crossing. Palmer leaves a yw and a daughter. , e " ' I W -i r . a. THE LEAGUE STANDING. r r Won. ! 7 . 7 , (! Lost. 1 3 l 4 r. i f r. ii el S (3 :e r t. 0 .' 5 ) St. Louis .... Roston Chlladelphia llrooklyii .... CIllHlgO , Cincinnati ... ltali iinoi o ... Louisville .... New York .., ri'tislnirg Washington , Cleveland ... .113 CREAMHRY NOTTS. Oak III11 Civaint iy of Talcott p.i'd f-r I per cent milk for Die month o: M mit, 1 cents, the highe st w.is 4 Hie lovvi -t test was S.ell, the average n -t was 4 'l'l. t n tvernge number of n nuiil.- -if milk io ccivcel per elay w as 7n Gardner Murphy & Co .of N rth tie rgta paid tin iiatrons of tlnir n ini-i i r nie month of March 05 em it bun.lr d for standard milk, 212-10 ci i's per i.,.i,iul lor butter, Kiiitv in nn i 3-10 per (tout. cli i ove r ti t Dr. O. P. Woleolt, ot Mi'w illkee, s a ptactlclng physician nt tilt of 0 li 1 tirst vote was cast for John Qu ncy Ael.uns ntid ho expects lo bo on hand at the next Presidential election. In almost every neighborhood therrv n suno one whose life has b, en s ivi 1 by ChumlH ilam s Con, , c'ln ! r.i .mi nur rhoca lb nnd, or wh- has h ,o mr i ot i hionle diarrhoea by ihe ti'i-,-t h ti .- i lnc silli n ptrsons m.-i! t t po r of t w' i I 1 It fit th.lt n m j 1 li e i i I ves i r Mb bs j u. n,j ,. Gist, Lur, in t i v. "iff ' s i r Ml' (j"