The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-17

earnestness, we have not heard her SUI
perior."
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
! (Vt.) post-office, November 49, 1886:
| Mrs. II. NJ. Adams, Don II. Adrich,
| Miss Cora A. Bond Faber benedict
Miss NJ b., b. Charles BENEDICT,
! Mrs. Denis Hazard, Fred d. Cox,
MRS. MRS. belI B%RS %eIsS, iIShn'On' E. NJ wo'ch'
Parties applying for any of the above must
say " advertised " and give the date.
GEORGE W. WING, Postmaster
A TELEGRAPHIC special to West Randolph
Monday stated that Mr.. Benjamin G. Nc
Intire was fatally shot last week on the
steamer from Sitka, Alaska, to San Fran
! cisco. Mr.. McIntire was a native and we'll
! known citizen of West Randolph, but had
been several years the manager of the
| Alaska fur company in which business he
had accumulated a large property. He
was a cousin of State Librarian Huse.
COMMENCING Monday the New York ex-
press train from Montreal via Rutland now
leaves Essex Junction at 745 p. M.-too
early in the evening to take passengers
from the Chicago express train leaving
Montpelier at 700 p. NJ. and to accommodate
parties for points along the line of the Rut-
land road who desire to take the first
named train a car now leaves here at 6:20
p. NJ. each evening for Essex Junction. arriv-
ing at the latter place at 40 p. NJ. Travel
ers should carefully note the change and
govern themselves accordingly.
REV. ID. j. O'SULLrvAN, president of st.
Joseph's College, Burlington, will lecture
next Friday evening at the Blanchard
Opera-house for the benefit of the Young
Mems Catholic Union of this place. The
lecture will be followed by the great his
torical drama Robert Emmett " rendered
by members of the Union. This play given
by the same parties on the 18th of last
| March drew one of the largest audiences
ever assembled in this house and was pro-
nounced by all to be one of the best per-
formances ever put on its stage.
The case of State against Dr. Alfred
Clark was heard Monday afternoon before
Justice 2. II. Hinkley and a jury consist
ing of Morton Marvin, S. L. Noyes, George
f. Tapln, j. p. Donovan, p. II. McCor-
mack and w. ID. Smith. The case was con-
Quoted by Grand Juror John G. Wing and
G. II. Heath, Esq, appeared in behalf of
the respondent. Three hours were spent
in taking testimony and arguing the case
! which was given to the jury about seven
o'clock A verdict of not guilty" was re-
turned by them about five minutes later.
NEARLY seventy veterans of the Seven
| teenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers as
sembled at Grand Army hall November
10TH the occasion being the first reunion of
members of the regiment. j. III, Lucia was
chosen president of the day and an organi-
cation was effected by the election of the
following officers: President, l.. T.. Knapp
of Middlebury; vice-presidents, Adrian f.
Woodward of Rutland, j. H. Lucia of Mont
pelier, James Pollard of Ludlow and E. l..
Wells of Lyndonville; secretary and treas
urer, Edward Baker of Montpelier. The
officers named were constituted an execu-
tive committee and were authorized to fix
the time aud place for the next reunion of
the regiment
THE Boston Globe of August 31st in {" no.
ticing - g 81 Perkins " says among many
f1nr 1,nl
dred chestnut bells in the auditorium last
evening. That not tinkle was heard from
one of these critical gonglets is as good an en-
dorsement as the company could ask" and
further endorses the play follows: 80 Si
Perkins is no ordinary production. 1t
abounds in new jokes and amusing stua-
tions, which keep the audience in uproarious
laughter" :" 81 Perkins " will appear at
Blanchard Opera-house next week We'd
nesday evening and the day will be made
memorable by disappearance at noon of the
" Pughtown brass band " which " escorts -
the comedians. Tickets may be obtained at
the usual place.
A SINGULAR and rather serious accident oc-
Cured about two miles north of Montpelier
Junction at about seven o'clock Saturday
morning. -Four extra engines, each with
caboose attached, were going north when,
for some reason which we are as yet unable
to learn, the leading engine was run into by
the one following, and before the third could
be stopped it was piled on top of the other
two. The fourth was brought to a stand
still before il reached the wreck The first
three locomotives and the cars were pretty
well broken up and one brakeman, who was
standing in the door of the car drawn by
the third engine, was somewhat hurt about
the head The track was cleared as quickly
as possible and was in condition to permit
of the passage of trains at noon.
The officers elected by the Vermont His
torical society at its biennial meeting are
the following; President, Hon. Eliakim
p. Walton of Montpelier; vice-presdents,
liam S. Hazen of Northfield and Hon.
Daniel Roberts of Burlington; recording
secretary, j. II. Lucia of Montpeler cor
responding secretaries, Hon. Grenville G.
Benedict of Burlington and Zed S. Stanton
of Roxbury; treasurer, Hon. Hiram Garlic
of Montpelier; librarian, Hon. Hiram A,
Huse of Montpeier curators, Hon. Russell
S. Taft of Willston, Dr. Hiram A. Cutting
of Lunenburgh, Hon. Gilbert A. Davis of
Windsor, Hon. Horace Fairbanks of St.
Hon. Edward Conant of Randolph and
George Cornelius Chandler of Montpelier,
HALL Posi- No 3S, G. A. R., of Worcester,
held campfire at town hall Thursday
evening, November 11th. The hall was
filed with large audience. Commander
j. A. kelton presided. Commander Gen
eral Stephen Thomas and Captain II. G.
Lull of Montpelier, Major Dick Smith OF
Vershire, Captain X. j. Cotfey of Windsor
and Captain George W. Flagg of Braintree
were present and made short and interest
ing speeches. The singing by the glee club
was excellent. The recitation, The Old
Sergeant's Story" by Miss Leila Tewks-
bury " Aunt Jerusha's Courtship." by
Miss Nina McCloud and " The Sleeping
Sentinel" by Miss Blanche Kelton, were
all perfectly committed to memory and
finely recited, and added much to the exer.
| cises. The post is named in memory of the
gallant captain Edward Hall of the Eighth
Vermont Regiment, who died of wounds on
the battlefield of Cedar Creek, Va, Octo-
her 10, 1864.
SEMINARY HILL.
REV. j. ID. Brennan is visiting on the hill
- Mr.. Tom, our steward, is quite i'll
with typhoid fever.-At the meeting OF
the lyceum last Friday evening the ques.
ton Resolved THAT the town system OF
schools should be adopted" was discussed
on the affirmative by Hammond and Liv-
ingstone; negative by William Newton and
Wheatley, and was decided in the afiirma-
tive. literary and musical entertain.
ment was also given. - President Bee
man was on the hill over Sunday. -
Sunday evening Misses Carroll and Davis
performed part in a missionary programme
) at Trinity church. - Miss Covell has
been visiting friends for a few days. 80
Examinations commence this week Wednes.
day noon and continue until Friday noon.
The final exercise of the term is the senior