The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-07-11
Current Mention.

RELIGIOUS services are to be held in the
Westinghouse at Wrightsvile next Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock.
PLACES have been secured-nearly all of
them in East Montpelier-for seventy-seven
" country week" children.
THE telephone connection between Roches-
ter and Bethel has been made and is now work.
ing with great satisfaction to all parties.
OUR usual letter from Sol" is necessarily
omitted this week on account of the large
space devoted to the trouble at the Ely mines.
THROUGH cars are now being run on the day
express from Montreal over the Central, con-
Meeting at New London with boats for Block
Island.
A TRUNK telephone line running through
Chelsea and Williamstown to Montpelier and
beyond, is talked OF. The line to STAFFORD has
been begun.
Mr. DAVID G. MCCLURE of Rutland. father
in-law of A. H. Tuttle, manager of the Rutland
Herald, died suddenly of heart trouble Mon
day morning.
THE corporation committee appointed at
Middlebury college a year ago to investigate
the subject, reports in favor of admitting women
to the institution.
preciate the spirit Of Enterprise in their midst,
.as aps-At the, features of the parade of hor-
ribles was take-off on their local paper.
THE Brattleboro correspondent of the Spring.
field Republican says: Nothing more is heard
of the scheme to bring Lewis college here, and
it is safe to presume that the project has fallen
through, though for what reason the public Is
not informed"
SINCE the fast night train was put on by the
Central road their business has increased
largely and they have to run nine or ter cars
on this train. Travel on the day trains is also
heavy. and it seems likely to be a prosperou;
season for railroads and hotels.
Ara meeting of the Central Labor union of
New York city Sunday afternoon, resolutions
were adopted condemning the action of the
governor of Vermont in sending the militia to
Ely, and deuouncing the Vermont copper COM
pany for failure to pay the miners.
In the Grow contested divorce case which
occupied the attention of the Orange county
court week. a bill was given to Mrs Grow
upon the ground of intolerable severity, and
she was given S1.750 alimony. At the conclu
sion of this case the court adjourned sine die.
THE ladies of New England have been in
vted to make an exhibition of their industries
at the approaching exhibition of the New Eng
land Institute fair in Boston. Mrs. ]. Gregory
Smith is vice-president for Vermont, and ar
appeal is made to the ladies of this,state Any
inquiries addressed to Mrs. Smith will be
cheerfully answered,
SUNDAY Stephen Russell of East Bethel was
found dead. He was a very Incorporate mar
and for two or three days had been drinking
hard and making considerable disturbance
Saturday night he was helpless from intoxica
ton, aud was put to bed by some of his neigh
bors. Not hearing anything from him, they
went to his room and found him dead. He wal
shoemaker and unmarried. And such event.
are not infrequent in professedly temperate,
and Christian communities.
OWING to the lateness of the season and the
difficulty in making arrangements with tn,
| Boston, Concord & Montreal road for connec
| tions at Wells River no special through trair
! from Saratoga to the White Mountains owe
the Wells River road will be run by the Cen
tral this season There is some prospect tina
a through car will be run by the Central from
Montreal to the White Mountains over tn,
Wells River road. II this arrangement i
made, the through car will arrive at Montpe
lier on the noon express, stop being mad
here for dinner.
THE Island Pond Herald reports that ', lillian
Masters, soldier of the war of 1872, mo diec
in Maidstone, June 30, was one hundred anC
eleven years old. He was born in Andoyer
Mass, and moved to Plainfield with his parent
when quite small. He went to East Stratford
N. H., in 1880, where he worked at blacksmith
ing till old age compelled him to lay aside hi
tools nine years ago. Since then he has live,
with one of his sons in Maidstone supporting
himself ON his pension of 500 year. He neve
employed physician and was never sick un
til the day of his DEATH which was quiet an,
painless
THE people of Cabot very generally united il
celebrating Independence Day and the centen
NAL OF the first settlement of their town will
unusually interesting ceremonies. The Ifrs
half OF the day was very unfavorable to tn
display which had been prepared, but In tn
afternoon all was fair and the programme Wa
carried out as completely as the limited tim
would permit. The display of the procession
was unusually fine, and the services at tn
stand brief but interesting, followed by an ex