The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-06
Montpelier.

REV. E. P. STONE preached at Bethany
church on Sunday.
LAST Saturday a party of eight young people
spent the day at the Lake View house, South
Woodbury..
THERE is to be an excursion from the line Of
the Missisquoi railroad to this place on Satur-
day of this week.
REV. II. F. HILL expects to hold religious
services at Wrightsville next Sunday after
noon at half-past two o'clock.
GEORGE W. WING, Esq has received his
commission as postmaster, and entered upon
the duties of that office on Friday, August 1.
MR.. AND MRS S. NJ. WALTON are both re-
covering from the effects OF the injuries which
they received last week by being thrown from
their carriage.
A STATED convocation Of King Solomon
Royal Arch Chapter, No. Z, will be held at
Masonic hall on Thursday evening, August 7,
at half-past seven O'Clock.
G.. F. BUswELL, Of the Union Card Company,
treasurer of the Montpelier band, and G. NJ.
Cushman, leader, are the authorized business
managers of that organization.
SEVERAL members of the Randolph band and
ladies, of their Greensboro camping party,
stopped over in Montpelier few hours on
their way home from camp last week Thursday.
LYDIA PADDOCK, wife of Rev. j. F. Stone,
died at her home on Main street yesterday after
noon at about five o'clock. She was seventy
six years Of age and had been an invalid for
several years.
WILLIAM II. KELToN Of Calais has bought
OF Melvin Wheeler the mail route from Mont
peier to Calais The stage will run daily,
leaving Calais at nine o'clock in the morning
and returning at seven o'clock.
STEVE BERGEN and friend of his made a
disturbance in William Mller's saloon, Satur-
day evening, and were both fired out" by
the proprietor without any special regard to
the proprieties OF the occasion
Dr. GEORGE B. SPALDING of Manchester,
n. H., is expected to preach at Bethany church,
August 10, and on the succeeding Sunday.
Circumstances prevented his occupying the
pulpit last Sunday as announced last week.
THOSE who are entertaining the country
week" children who arrived at Montpelier last
Saturday are requested to bring them to the
Central Vermont depot, in Montpelier, next
Monday morning, in season for the $3.50 train
GEORGE B. WALTON was called home from
the White Mountains by telegram announc-
ing the accident to his parents on Tuesday of
last week. Since his return he has himself
been very dangerously i'll, but is at present i'm
proving.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made with Ser
geant-at-Arms Phinney to have the entire
State House thrown open on Saturday for the
benefit of the Missisquoi excursionists, and
ushers will be provided to point out all objects
OF interest.
ABOUT three hundred people from Lyndon
vile availed themselves of the opportunity to
visit the Capital afforded by the excursion
from that place last week. The State House
seemed to be the chief object Of interest to
the visitors.
GooDLY number of little folks attended
the Bethany Sunday school picnic at Benja-
minis Falls. last Thursday, and enjoyed the
day az children can. The weather was favor
able and nothing occurred to mar the happi-
ness of the occasion.
Miss SARAH FIFIELD is circulating a SUBJ
scription paper to secure funds to defray the
expense Of purchasing the lot ON State street.
opposite her fathers residence, made vacant
by the removal Of the Nicholas Baylies house,
and fitting up the same for public park.
THE headquarters of the Blaine and Logan
club have been established in Langdon's block
in the room formerly occupied by Company ii.
The room will be open this evening and all
members Of the club, especially the officers and
ward committees, are urged to be present.
PARTY from Philadelphia. consisting of B.
K. Jamison, wife and son, and Miss Nellie
Kearl with groom and guard, passed through
here Friday in the tally-ho coach " Rambler, -
drawn by four horses They were on their way
to the White Mountains, and had been on the
road about two weeks.
DANlEL, SOn Vi SOlOutl y. II. LUCIA, recently
sustained an injury to one ankle which kept
him closely confined for about week. He Is
now able to move about with the aid OF
crutches, but can bear no weight upon the in
jured member as yet. The ankle is the one
which has troubled him for long time on ac-
count OF an injury received when he was but
! small child.
Hon. WALTER Z. HOWARD, senator from
Rutland county in the legislature OF 1882, and
now United States consul at Toronto, was a
| caller at The WATCHMAN office last week. MIR.
Howard n tains very active interest in state
affairs and is close observer OF the course OF
events in the Green Mountain state. He is a
progressive man and yearns to see the state
move forward in the reforms which have been
| begun.
THE dam for the reservoir of the Montpelier
water-works has been completed at the cost OF
| about 81, coo, and Is splendid piece of stone
| masonry. The dam is provided with two
gates at the bottom, by means OF which the
reservoir can be emptied when desired, is
| about forty-fve feet long, fourteen feet deep,
and Is twelve feet thick at the bottom ant
three feet thick at the top The estimated
capacity Of the reservoir Is six million gallons
GEORGE ALMoN OF the telephone exchang,
has recently completed an electric arrange
ment, whereby call from any instrument dur
ing the night rings the alarm bell, turns ON the
gas and lights it, all at the same instant
| Inc Oell lS Sufnclently powerful 10 awake int
soundest slte eper and, with the addition of the
instantaneous glare OF large flame from
gas jet, the effect must be sufficiently startling
TO bring night clerk out OF bed and upon hi.
feet before the switchboard in a very brie
period Of time
LETTERS uncalled for at Montpelier, Vt.
post-office, August 2, 1884 Ladies-Mrs. c. ii
Chamberlain, Miss Cora E. Carr Madam Veuv,
Ducharme, Mrs. Dunn or w. H. Dunn, Mis-
f. Forbes (2), Miss Jennie Kirkland, Mrs
Charley Jewell, Miss Mamie Z. Ladd, Miss Nj
f. Miller, Miss Flossie Nichols Mrs. Arthur j
| Rayner, Mrs. Ellen Wells. Gentlemen-A. G
Blanchard Timothy Blake, Leslie j. Dickey
Frank b. Davis, Benuie Guyett, George Green
H. S. Hunting, Herman Jauch ii, ii. Lulihue
G. F. Mann, A. A. Prescott, Rowland Whitcher
Parties applying for any Of the above mus
say advertised F" and give the date.
GEORGE W. WING, Postmaster.
JAMES MCDONALD of Barre was arres sted TO
drunkenness, Saturday night, at the centra
depot, by Officer Finn. While making tn
arrest Mr.. Finn was opposed by Alexande
Cooper, a friend of the prisoner, who, 1t i
claimed, struck the officer. Cooper was arreste'
for interference, and upon being brought be