The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21


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DANIEL O'CALLAGHAN the solo tuba
player of the Sherman band, who has been
heard with so much pleasure here, has left
Burlington and gone on to the road with the
Murray e. Murphy combination.
A GLANCE at the subscription list for
Montpelier of Personal Memoirs of U. S.
Grant shows that the most prominent
business men of the place are heartily en-
dorsing the book by their orders.
No one should fail to secure tickets to
Will Carleton's poem-lecture, to be given at
Blanchard Opera-house Thursday evening,
October 29th. The sale of tickets will be-
gin at the Phinney bookstore next week
Monday morning.
REV. FATHER WILLIAM SULLIVAN, who
succeeds Rev. Father j. M. p. Duglue as
priest of the Church of st. Augustine, was
recently presented with handsome gold
watch and chain, as a token of esteem, by
the members of his recent parish in Ben
nington.
AMONG the Montpelier people in Boston
the present week are Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
Deming, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Scott,
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Leslie, Miss Kate
Kempton, w. E. Adams, G.. e. Taplin, l..
w. Welch, F. NJ. and c. A. Owler and d.
G.. Field.
Mrs. f. l. PITKIN, Misses Mary A. Phin-
ney and Alice Lowe and Mr.. F. w. Ban
croft will attend the seventh annual parish
choir festival, which commences in st.
Paul's church, Burlington, this evening.
Mr.. Bancroft is a member of the executive
committee.
The Montpelier military band will prob
ably go to San Francisco, next summer, with
the Vermont division of the Grand Army of
the Republic, to attend the annual encamp-
ment, which will be held in that CITY, The
members of the band
The trustees of the Montpelier public
library have rented desirable room on the
second floor of the Blanchard Opera-house
building, over w. W. Parks store, and will
at once fit up the same for the library,
public in a few weeks.
ABOUT twenty-five members of Helping
Hand Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca, of Mont
pelier, visited the Social Lodge in North
field the 14th, where they spent a very pleas
ant and profitable evening. The members
of the Northfeld lodge are expected to re-
turn the visit in the near future.
UPON the departure of the noon trains
yesterday, one hundred nineteen tickets had
been sold for Boston from Montpelier ovel
the Central Vermont railroad and twenty
seven over the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad. About one hundred fifty were
sold along the line of the latter road.
A MEETING of citizens interested in tn,
welfare and greater efficiency of the Mont
pelier military band will be held at th'
Montpelier Savings Bank Friday evening
at seven o'clock. 1t is earnestly hoped
there may be good attendance, as business
of great importance will be brought before
the meeting
Mrs. A. f. GRAY of Boston, a member o
the board of the Womans Home Mssionar,
Society, spoke Sunday afternoon to th
Center Sunday-school, and in the evenin!
in the vestry of the Baptist church in thi
village, upon the work of her society amonI
the Chinese, Indians, Mexicans, Mormon
and colored people.
THE new Golden Fleece Club" shows
proficiency in polo-playing greatly superio
to any team yet organized here, and bid
fair to become the champion team of Ver
mont. The team goes to Burlington to pla
xyit fha 4 mil
probably play a return game with tn
Stars at Rutland in the near future.
MR.. WALKER, manager of the Howar
Opera-house, denies the rumor that h
promised any complimentary tickets
Skipped by the Light of the Moon" i
return for privileges granted when tn
town was being billed for that entertain
ment. He says that such promises ma
have been made, but if they were it wa
without his knowledge or consent.
THE game of polo, Friday night, betwee
the Golden Fleece team and the Star teal
factory of any yet played at the Golde
Fleece, and there was good attendanc,
The home team was too much for the vis
ors and secured the first, second and fourt
goals Ernest Lowe was referee. The ne'
cage-goals were used for the first time, wit
satisfactory results.
e. e. BLAKELY and e. o. Cheney hav
purchased the restaurant of II. A. Bowman
and will continue the business in the bas,
ment of the Union block. Mr.. Cheney Ia
been for some time past in the employ
f. h. Jones, and has had considerable e1
perence in the business. Mr.. Blakely wi
retain his position as teller of the Mon
pelier Savings Bank, devoting his leisur
: time to the new enterprise Both are likel
young men and deserving of large pa
ronage.
: THE following is list of the letters III
called for at the Montpelier (Vt.) post-offio
October II, 1885:
Miss Lillian Aldrich, Walter L. Howard
Mrs. Harrett Munsill, Chas. d. Houghto
l Mrs. DR. Marshall, Leonard r. Lu
Miss Mary Nerney Fred Morse,
j. a. Burdett, A. f. Rawson,
Joseph Bascom, Hugh Stanley,
&. l. Callahan, Gerrey fherriault
= Jas. s, Caswell, G. s. Virgins
t Parties applying for any of the above mu'
g say advertised and give the date.