The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-20

put into the electric light building to fur
nish the additional power required.
CHARLES CoNNoR has moved from Lanes
house on East State street to a tenement in
Bradshaw's block on Berlin side.
SYDNEY BROWN, a wholesale flour dealer
at Ogdensburg, n. Y, and q former we'll
known resident of Waterbury is in town.
DIR. CLAGGETr of Northfed is seriously
i'll and it is extremely doubtful If he recov-
ers. The doctor is seventy-eight years OF age
FRED G. HoDGMAN of Springfield, for
merly in the employ of Woolson the tailor,
is visiting relatives and friends in Mont
pelier.
REV. e. ID. MASON is reported to be i'm
proving and the announcement will be
received with joy by his people and his
friends.
THE REV. w. S. BARNES of Montreal
preached at the Church of the Messiah
Sunday in exchange with Rev. j. Edward
Wright
CARDS are out announcing the marriage of
Miss Agnes 7. Mooney, daughter OF John
Mooney, to Edward S. Duffey, Chateaugay,
N. Y, this Wednesday, morning.
PUBLIC prayers were offered at Christ
church Sunday for Rev. e. ID. Mason,
pastor of the Baptist church, who, we are
able to add, continues convalescent.
THE Woodstock Age says that Mont
pelier showed some spirit last week" We
admit that some parties in Montpelier did,
but 1t was not because they wanted to.
Miss ALICE LOWE will personate the
beautiful queen - in the cantata of Queen
Esther, which is to be given by amateur
talent of Barre in that place Friday evening.
The APoLLo CLUE is preparing to move
into new quarters over the store of PeckS "
Cummns. The transfer from the rooms in
the Post-ofiice block will probably be made
next week.
A STATE exchange says: Berlin pond it
is said has settled several inches since the
meeting of the grand jury at Montpelier"
1t has proven quite strain on the pond,
that's fact.
The case of State Us. Brown and Ferguson
was ended little past three o'clock Friday
afternoon by a verdict of guilty. Excep-
tions were taken and sentence was deferred
for the present.
REV. j. G. PECK of New Haven, Conn,
will give an address in the representatives
hall Wednesday evening, October Goth, at
half-paSt seven clock, the occasion being an
anniversary of the Vermont Bible Society.
E. T. BUCK, Central Vermont telegraph
operator, and also connected with the aud
iting department, was married here Tuesday
morning to Miss Nellie Kane. The bride
and groom left on the noon express for a
short tour.
a HARVEST CONCERT, held by the Sunday
school of Bethany church Sunday evening
was largely attended and unusually inter
esting. Literary and musical exercises and
remarks by Mr.. L. j. Wing comprised the
exercises of the evening.
| GEORGE II. WILDER expects to go to Bos
ton next Monday to begin a two years
course of study of the art of piano tuning a
the New England Conservatory of Music
and to receive instruction in tlute-playins
! frn, VIait, Of thn Sxrt,l or
chestra.
George b. and Fred. leave to-day for Cleve
| land, Ohio, where it is their intention tt
! spend the winter Mrs. Shepard expects
return to Montpelier next spring. Hel
residence here will be closed during he
! absence.
THR manner in which the Pavilion is con
| Quoted this session is giving entire and per
feet satisfaction to its patrons, as it coult
not fail of doing under its present manage
ment. The house is full, and every patror
is being eXcellently taken care of and pro
| vided for.
! The state press contains only words o
commendation for Speaker Grouts discre
tion and sagacity in the makeup of the hous'
committees. Every man appears to be il
the right place, and each committee so con
stituted that it works harmonously ant
efficiently.
THREE Waterbury boys-Patterson, Label
and Lovely-were arrested Saturday morn
ing for the robbery of the store of Arms &
! Haines Thursday night. Money and over
alls found in their possession caused then
to be suspected of the crime, and they wer,
held for hearing.
SENATOR MORRILL, arrived in town Monda,
evening, and was most cordially greeted b,
everyone who had the honor of a hand
shake with him. The senator is the CUES
of Colonel f. p. Jewett, and will remain il
town for day or two Justin S. Morrill, i
Vermont's grand old man."
The WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS had another
large company at its entertainment Thursda.
evening. The programme was much tn,
same as that of Wednesday evening witt
the addition of a sewing match and one o.
two other pleasing features. The gross re
ceipts of the entire affair We're over $500
and there will be between $500 and $3.50 net
SOME of our musical readers will be inter
ested in the musical festival at Bradfor,
October 26, q, 2S and 20. The leader vii
be II. G.. Blasdell, who will bring hi
orchestra. Mrs Martha Dana Shepard will
be the pianist and the soloists will include
Mrs. Maud NJ. Starkweather, John Thomas
A. b. Stockbridge, cello, Oliver Wheaton
flute, and A. f. Nevers, cornet-all o
Boston.
The predicted cold wave struck Montpe
lier Friday evening and before midnight TIL
rain, which had come at intervals during
the day, changed to a heavy snow-storm
This morning the ground was white. excep
in few places, and the temperature ha
been 50 low during the day that the coating
although thin one at first, has not entirel.
disappeared. The Oldest inhabit- but W
will deSst.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelie
(Vt) post-ofice, October l6, 1856:
Miss Bessie Avery, Mrs. f. A. Walton
Mrs, Charles V. Bancroft, Henry Briggs,
Mrs. Margret Carrogan, Thomas Baker,
Mrs. Amy Gray, Fred Draper
Miss Amelia Hicks, Nelson Gee,
Mrs, Jerry Mahoney, Jerome Gould,
Mrs. Florence Smith, John II. Lyons
Parties applying for any of the above mus