The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-29
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Boston,
GOVERNOR PINGREE arrived in town last
evening.
MORTON CHENEY is confined to his bed
with typhoid fever.
7. r. MERRILL, Jr., returned from the
White Mountains Monday.
The formal opening of Miss Meinecke's
millinery rooms occurs to-day.
THE Relief Corps will hold its frs t annual
fair at the Golden Fleece October 10 and IA.
Mr.. GEORGE w. REED has returned from
Dansville n Y, greatly improved in health.
MRS LESTER GREEN and daughter have
been visiting friends in Swanton for few
days past.
sentative-elect of Burlington, was in town
yesterday.
REV. E. d. MASON expects to conduct
service at Wrghtsville next Sunday at two
o'clock p NJ
Mr.. FRED C. CAMP will assist Manager
Fred NJ. Adams of the Pavilion as clerk dur
ing the session.
The train for Montreal which has left
here at 4 ~ P. NJ during the summer was
discontinued Monday.
MR.. AND Mrs. NJ. d. GILMAN left Monday
noon for Boston, where they expect to re-
main five or six weeks
The special car of the Union Square Com
pany will arrive in Montpelier from Mon
treal next Monday at one o'clock 1t is a
fine car and well worth seeing.
Mrs. F. I. PITKIN, Misses Alice Lowe,
Mary A. Phinney and Jennie Phinney and
Mr.. f. w. Bancroft will attend the parish
choir festival in Rutland tomorrow.
THE Montpelier firemen who went to aid
their Barre brethren last evening were fur
nshed with a good supper through the kind
ness and at the expense of the latter.
THE members of Helping Hand Lodge,
Daughters of Rebekah, will hold their next
social meeting tomorrow Thursday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Jones in
Happy Hollow"
TIMOTHY SULLIVAN, who was sent to the
house of correction some weeks since for
breach of the peace, was released Friday,
his sentence of one hundred sixty eight
days having expired.
THERE will be an adjourned meeting of
the Woman's Relief Corps at Grand Army
Hall tomorrow Thursday evening at seven
o'clock. The members are earnestly re-
quested to be present.
MRS WALLACE, whose lecture (announced
two weeks ago. was postponed on account
of her illness, will lecture at the Church of
the Messiah next Friday evening at half-past
seven o'clock. All are cordially invited to
attend.
A BRANCH from an apple-tree in the nur-
sery of c. A. Dingwall, East Montpelier,
was handed us Monday morning, and upon
! it were numerous buds and blossoms which
! looked as fresh as the flowers that bloom in
| the spring.
FRANK III. BAsCoM, thirty-third degree,
past grand master of the Grand Council OF
Vermont and delegate to the General Grand
Chapter and Council of the United States
is at the Ebbitt.- Washington %. ca Sun
ddy Gazette.
WE are pleased to announce that Mr.
George Blair, who has been so dangerously
i'll for several weeks, is improving rapidly
and will probably be upon the street before
the close of the present week, as he is al
ready able to be about the house.
THE Swanton Sentry says We under.
stand there is talk of the Swanton Suspendel
Company moving its business to Mont
pelier." The company is an enterprising
one, the business is large and its removal tc
Il lNna
THE first test of the new electric lighting
system was made Monday evening and the
result was gratifying to all who witnessed
it. The success of the venture seems to bt
assured. 1t is expected there will be pub
lie exhibition of the arc and incandescen
lights tomorrow evening.
Mrs. LIvERMoRE's lecture at Blanchard
Opera-house, Saturday evening, was no
largely attended, but those who were pres
ent had a real treat. Mrs. Livermore spok,
twice at the church of the Messiah Sunday
and her remarks were listened to by many
who were unable to attend the lecture.
ALFRED f. Miaco's Humpty Dumpty and
Star Speciality Company gave a good per
formance at Capital Hall last evening
Several novel features were introduced and
the audience was afforded abundant amuse
ment and entertainment. The company
appears in the Opera-house in Barre to
night.
The engine and thirteen cars of fas
freight train northward bound on the Cen
tral Vermont railroad got off the rails nea
Lanesville yesterday afternoon and raj
some distance on the ties before they cam,
to stop-the engine safely crossing ;
bridge. The engineer, fireman and brake
man jumped off into sand bank and wer,
uninjured The track was obstructed severa