The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
Montpelier and Vicinity.

CAPTAIN r. j. CoFFEY of Windsor was in
town Friday.
Mr.. AND MRS H. S. LOOMS have returned
from Saratoga
Mr.. AND Mrs. A. c. HARLOW left yester-
day for Chicago.
Miss ELISE HAWKINS left Saturday for her
home in Northern New York.
THE 5and will give an open-ar concert on
Depot square Thursday evening.
NED, son of Henry c. Cotton, broke his
arm while berrying the other day.
A YOUNG child of Joseph b. Morse is suf-
fering from an attack of diphtheria.
Hon. AND Mrs. c. w. PORTER returned
from their wedding trip Saturday evening.
Mrs. H. w. CHASE of Atlanta, Georgia,
was in town last week, the guest of 7. j..
Deavitt.
Mrs. JOSEPH AYERS of Boston, Mass, is
visiting relatives and friends in Montpelier
and Calais.
REV. j. II. HINCKs leaves this week for his
annual vacation. He will be absent about
four weeks.
The chairs have all been set in the new
quite theatrical.
The annual picnic of Bethany Sunday
school was held in the grove at Mr.. Lang
don's spond yesterday
THE shops of the Lane Manufacturing
Company were shut down on Friday and
Saturday of last week.
The meeting in the Morse schoo-house,
East Montpelier, next Sunday, will begin at
three o'clock in the afternoon.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT is to preach in
the " old Westinghouse " in Calais next
Sunday afternoon at one o'clock.
THE services in the Church of the Messiah
next Sunday morning will be conducted by
Rev. j. j. Lewis of South Boston.
The mission band of the Baptist Sunday
school will meet in the church parlor on
Saturday afternoon at four o'clock.
DIR. N. c. KING has decided TO locate in
Brockton, Mass, for the practice of his pro
fession, and will go there this week.
IT is the Misses Richardson and not the
Misses Looms,' as stated last week, who
have recently returned from Europe.
DR.. MAcoMBER has taken rooms on the
second floor of Blanchard's new building
and has fitted up very pleasant Office.
STILLMAN RUGGLEs of Boston, formerly o.
Waterbury, is visiting friends in this vicin
ity and spent the day Monday at Montpelier
Mr.. A. G. Brown is at Portsmouth, n
H., and Mrs Brown will join him there to
day. They will be absent two or three
weeks.
The young people of the Baptist churcl
hold meeting on Sunday evening at six
O'Clock and on Tuesday evening at half-pas
seven. All are cordially invited
j. j, PRATT is corresponding with the
manager of the Harvard College Quartette
and it is possible that it will give "A con
cert in Capital Hall at an early day.
FLAGS have been displayed at half-mas
in this village since the death of Genera
Grant, and the postotiice and several resi-
dences have been draped in mourning,
In most of the churches, Sunday, allusioI
was made to the great event of the previous
week, the death of General Grant 1t wa
made the theme of some very able and in
teresting sermons.
HENRY A. BOWERS, who was sentenced il
1882 to the house of correction for four years
for robbng the United States mails at th'
Central Vermont station, was liberated OF
Saturday by pardon of the president
A NEW trough has been placed in front o
the temperance fountain at the head of Stat
street. 1t is hewn from solid block o
granite, and is much larger than the old one
The water supply is from the Berlin system
THE editor takes this occasion to return
thanks for the many kind, but perhaps to-
tatterng, notices he has received from hi
brethren of the state press since the an
nouncement was made of his purchase o
the WAToHMAN; and he trusts that his rela