The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-30
Montpelier and Vicinity.

DR.. CHARLES E. CHANDLER went to Mid
dlebury yesterday morning.
THE Gould house is on its way to its new
location on East State street.
B. P. YOUNG, at the old Montpelier House
stables, has just put in telephone.
Miss EDITH ADAMS is the soprano of
Bethany choir in the absence of Mrs. Briggs
REV. j. II. HINcKs has gone to New
Haven, Conn, to attend the Yale College
commencement.
A PARTY of five or six gentlemen from
this place went to Camp Watson fishing
Yesterday morning.
Miss HELEN DEWEY has graduated from
her school in Ottawa and returned to her
home in Montpelier.
Hon. f. P. WALTON is in attendance upon
the eighty-second commencement of the
University of Vermont at Burlington.
IT is understood that the second district
convention, to nominate a congressman,
will be called at Montpelier August 4th.
THE Mission Band connected with the
Baptist Sunday-school will meet on Satur-
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parlor.
THE early morning mail north yesterday
was delayed several hours by an acci-
dent at Somerville Center, Mass, Monday
evening.
THE marriage of John Mccarthy and
Martha Devine occurred at the Church OF
st. Augustine yesterday morning, Rev,
William j. O'Sullivan officiating.
JAMES L. SABIN has been made one of the
vice-presidents of the New England Musical
Festival Association, which will hold its
next festival at Weirs in August
DR.. A. B. BIsBEE of Royalton and Miss
Alice, daughter of DIR. Sumner Putnam OF
this place, were united in marriage at the
brides home last Wednesday by Rev. j
Edward Wright.
THE taX-bill for 1886 is now in the hand:
of the collector and he hopes to find tax
payers ready when he calls, as the money i,
wanted. There are also few bills of 1SSI
which must be paid at once.
Mrs. S. G. GUERNSEY celebrated he
seventy-seventh birthday Saturday. Man,
kindly expressions of interest and tokens o
esteem were received by the estimable lady
whose enjoyment of the occasion was un
alloyed.
THE lawn party Friday evening was quit
a success in spite of the unpropitious skies
and the Ladies' Library Guild received
about $50. Mr.. Babcock's pleasant grounds
were brilliantly lighted with Chinese Ian
terms and the music of the band helped tc
make the occasion enjoyable.
G. j. GLEASON has bought of f. ii. Bas
com the lot west of Riverside, which tn
latter had but recently purchased of Mrs
A. Nicholas and upon which he had in
tended to build house. Mr.. Gleason will
cart several hundred loads of earth to tn
spot and grade it up to his own premises.
C. ID. HENRy's Original Peoples Theate
/, Company is having successful run at Car
ital Hall, with audiences increasing at eac
successive performance. The military ban
plays in front of the hall each evening an
forms prominent attraction. Last nigh
. the company gave a good performance {
" The Private Secretary" and tonight the
will play RIP Van Winkle."
I Mr.. JAMES NJ. BOUTWELL, has been electe
, to the position of drum-major of the Mon
pelier military band, and under his directio
the band promises to become very profcier
l in the tactics which govern such an organ
ization while on escort duty. An hour wa
: devoted to drill in wheeling, oblique marcl
4 ing, counter-marching and other evolution
s at the Golden Fleece Monday evening.
e LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelit
y (Vt,) post-office June Goth, 1886
{ Mrs. Susan NJ Eddy, Flick Gibbons,
Mrs. Julia Emerson, NJ. j. Harvey,
: Mrs. l.. A. Dodge, Henry King,
u Eta Jefries, Aleck Longwa
~ Miss Addie Ladd, G. McAlender
l. Mrs. Emily Reed, =. H. Preston,
Miles Cooper A. L. Persons.
Z Parties applying for any of the above mul
say advertised" and give the date
J. GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
y WE have been shown small four-pal
s. newspaper, neatly printed with lea
n pencil by Ernest III. Dickinson, aged thi