Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-11-08
Current Mention.

THE funeral services OF Mr.. John B. Witt will
be held at two O. clock this afternoon,
CONDUCTOR QuniBY takes the place of the late
Conductor Hall in running Halls train
JONATHAN X. DARLING has been appointed
postmaster at Groton, and Merrill X Hall post
master at South Cabot.
GEORGE o. TYLER Of Burlington, grand COM
mander of the state, paid an official visit to Mount
Zion Commsndery Thursday evening.
THE series OF sermons at Trinity church on New
Testament characters will be continued next Sun
day evening-subject, The Prodigals Brother"
DIR. THAyER of Burlington, who has for long
time been lowering on the brink of death, still
remains about the same, and there still doubts
Of his recovery.
BISHOP PECK will preside at the next annual
session of the Vermont conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, to be held in St. Adams,
April 18th next
The famous Beethoven quintette club, of Bos.
ton, with Mrs. Humphrey Allen, soprano, will
give one Of their fine concerts in Capital hall,
Wednesday evening
IT is now said that the only telephone exchanges
in New England not now under the control of the
DbstOn DblI ttltpHoHb COMPANY are lnOsc Ol DIdt-
tleboro and Montpelier.
GEORGE E. RANDALL, formerly in the train de-
spatcher's office of the Central Vermont road, has
commenced duties of similar sort on the Boston,
Concord & Montreal road
Hon A. A. WooLsoN of Lisbon, N. H., a cousin
of S. c. Woolson of this village, and speaker of
the New Hampshire house OF representatives for
two or tbraa farm ua in lout
THE two st. Johnsbury papers seem to agree
for once. Both express the wish that Hogan and
Alice Stokes, who lately victimized Mr.. Young of
this village will stay away from that town.
MRS. ELLA BAILEY, daughter of Colonel A. C.
Brown, proprietor of the telephone line sends by
telephone the following: "Williamstown sends
greetings by telephone to the WATERMAN Office"
They were heartily returned.
REV. c. VAN NoRDEN, pastor OF the Congrega-
tiona church of st. Adams, has in press a little
theological treatise, entitled, "The Outward Rim
and Beyond" which will shortly be issued by
Randolph & Co, of New York This work is ad-
dressed to incipient doubters, and ia defense of
essential Christianity, urged from the authors
peculiar theological standpoint
THE editor of the Rutland Herald, we believe,
stands "aone in his glory" in his criticism of
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service and the tasteful arrangements.
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Gently celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of their
marriage. Some forty or fifty friends assembled
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