The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Montpelier and Vicinity.
THE flooring on the State street bridge is
being repaired.
THE apparatus for the electric light is
daily expected
Miss FRANKIE DuNToN has returned from
a visit to Boston.
Mr.. AND Mrs. G. B. WALTON are visiting
her parents in Jericho.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. A. BRIGGS returned
from Bellows Falls Saturday.
Miss GERTIE ALEXANDER of Bratteboro
is making six weeks visit in town.
THREE street musicians, the first of the
season, put in their appearance last Sat
urday.
1t is expected that the Military Band
will give an outdoor concert on Thursday
evening.
YOUNG CAyHUE, the victim of the stabbing
affray, is rapidly convalescing and will soon
be out again.
PAUL TERRIAULT has sold his trucking
new public hack.
E. S. CAMP is painting and repairing the
recently vacated saloon in the basement of
his tenement block.
REV. Mr.. WRIGHT expects to conduct the
meeting at Wrightsville next Sunday after
noon at two o'clock
FISHERMEN report the trouting the past
week as excellent Many fine strings have
been brought into town.
Hon. CHARLES DEWEY has gone West as
far as Nebraska business trip, to be
absent about three weeks.
THE work of filling in the Bascom lot on
State street is rapidly progressing, and it
will soon be ready for the foundation.
The Apollo Club have voted to give an
entertainment at Lyndonville July Sd.
They will be accompanied by the band.
THE Benjamin Daley house, in the rear OF
the Methodist church, is being reclap-
boarded, painted, and otherwise repaired.
Mr.. DUNroN of the Pavilion is changing
the appearance of the hotel for the better by
repaintng and other minor improvements.
THE site for the new government build
ing will soon be cleared, as the old WATCH
MAN DulltluS Will Dc Itduy LuONluS III d
few days.
FRANK III. BAsCoM has concluded to build
him residence on his new lot next the
Riverside on State street, and will sell his
present home.
THE banks will be closed next Monday.
Probably the schools will be closed, and
also most places of business during the me
mortal exercises.
THE fine rain which commenced yester
: day morning has much improved the vegeta
ton, and will obvate the use of the street
sprinkler for some time.
Mt. ZION CoMMANDERY have ordered 6
fine stereopticon, which will be tested at the
next regular conclave, June Sd, when full
attendance is requested.
, MEssRs. c. II. Cross & Son are distrib
uting a neat advertising card on which is g
r fine colored picture of the " Three Little
Maids " of the Mikado."..
THE house on School street being erected
by II. w. Kemp is rapidly assuming the ap
: pearance of a handsome edifice, and will ba
q an ornament to the street.
4 HENRY X. FIELD of San Francisco is il
Y town, visiting at Mrs Jewett's. 1t is the
$ general opinion of his friends that he ha.
grown young since last here.
. Mr.. G. II. PARSONS of Glen's Falls, n. Y.
e was in town last week, gathering materia
and illustrations for pamphlet descriptive
$ Of the attractions of Montpelier.
a A SPECIAL meeting of Montpelier Council
a No. 4, will be held at Masonic hall Thurs
e day evening, May 9th, at seven o'clock
II Work and installation of officers.
Mr.. GEORGE WHEELER, proprietor of tn
Union House, has purchased a nice new
= hack and fixtures, which made its first ap
y pearance on our streets on Monday.
!, AMONG the arrivals at the Pavilion tn
= past week were Hon. j. X. Batchelder o
Arlington, Hon. w. III. Dubois, Hon. E. III
/ Powell and Hon. Roswell Farnham.
;, REV. GEORGE b. SPALDING and famil
q of Syracuse, n Y, are to spend the sum
+ mer at Montpelier, and will occupy Mrs. j
a M. Poland's house on Bailey avenue.
8 WORK on the new Berlin street school
v house has been at a standstill for about fou
i weeks past 1t is to be two stories high
= the frame now being up and boarded.
o THE st. Johnsbury Caledonidn says tina
@ " the Pirates of Penzance are satisfied wit
: the glory they achieved ON their nativ
: heath, and have decided not to 90 to Mont
/ pelier'
= CHARLES W. SELINAs' new brick block, ol
the corner of Elm and School streets,
= nearly completed 1t contains four tene
y ments and three stores, two of the latte