The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-10-13
mis- more than ordinarily lively if it had
gotten inside of him.

VerSlty nine in game oil DaSe-Dall on oeil-
mary hill Saturday by q score of eighteen
to eleven.
AN inventory of all the liquor seized in
town last week, exclusive of lager and do
nestle ales, has just been completed and
foots up $1,O46.20.
STATE SECRETARY AVERY Of the Young
Mems Christian Association spoke at the
Baptist church Sunday morning in the alb
sence of the pastor.
Wednesday afternoon for their home in
! New York city, accompanied by Mrs.
Learned's sister Miss Alice Drew.
III. Il. SLAYToN has recently been ap-
pointed local correspondent of the New
York Mirror, and j. j. Pratt will serve the
New York Clipper in similar capacity
DON'T forget to remind your friends-if
! you have any-of the fact that the railroads
are selling round trip tickets to the Capital
and return for fare one way. Good time to
do shopping.
WILLIAM A. BAKER of Cabot and Mrs.
Sarah j. Woodbury. of Morristown were
united in marriage by Rev. j. Edward
Wright at the residence of w. w. Park in
this village on Monday.
WE are informed that at least two of the
victims of the recent rum raid in this place
are financially ruined by the entertainment
and will not open up again. They may
change their minds, however
THE grand jury were compelled to 90 out
of town to find hotel which they dared
charge with selling liquor the Waterbury
! Hotel being the victim. This speaks well
for our local hotel proprietors
THE ladies of the Church of the Messiah
are to hold a sociable to which every one is
invited, in the vestry of the church, Friday
evening. Refreshments, reading and music
are among the attractions announced.
G. T. NELL, recently known as " the
opera-house optcian," has leased the store
lately occupied by G. w. Skinner, jeweler,
and will resume the duties of his profession,
and the engraving business in his new
quarters.
FRANK f. LADD a former well-known
Montpelier boy, but for several years pros
porous jeweler in Springfield, Mass, is in
town on visit among relatives and friends.
Frank is jolly good fellow and well de-
serves his evident prosperity
Mr.. II. C. WEBSTER is preparing to fit up
the basement of his store (hitherto occupied
by Juan De Colaines as a barber shop for a
crockery department. Increasing trade in
this line of business has made the change
desirable and even necessary.
THE street department or somebody did a
good job Thursday cleaning out the cutters
in front and in the vicinity of Union block.
Keep up the good work and don't let the
grass grow under foot in the streets. There
is always something to be done,
CHAUNCEY ARLINGTON of Duxbury, thir-
teen years old, now in Jail upon a minor
charge, has confessed to setting fire to w.
II. Billings saw mill, burned year ago,
with $4,000 loss. He burned the mill be-
cause Billings refused a claim of 81.
ARTHUR NJ. CHENEY has obtained posi-
ton in large drug establishment in Massa-
chusetts, and his place in the store of G.
Blakely of this place will be filled by Les
ter Greene, formerly in the employ of Bah
Sr ar1 nd Loft wit
Bascom.
The annual meeting of the Vermont His
torical Society will be held at the state
house, in Montpelier, on the 10Th day of
October, 1886, at two o'clock, p. NJ, for the
election of officers, and the transaction of
such other business as may come before the
meeting.
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT f. w. MORSE
of the Montpelier & Wells River railroad
will run a special train Wednesday evening,
October 20, to accommodate parties in towns
along the line of the road who may wish to
attend the opera of Martha at Blanchard
Opera-house on that evening.
THERE was largely attended Union
Service of the Baptist, Congregational
and Methodist congregations at Bethany
church Sunday evening under the direction
of Secretary Avery of the State Young
Mems Christian Association and Secretary
Parsons of the Middlebury Association
turned by the grand jury Friday the four
drug stores in town were included. We
hear it said-we have no personal knowl-
edge of the fact-that the oldest inhabitant
cannot remember a time when it was so diff
ticult to obtain drink as it is tonight. The
business is pretty thoroughly demoralized.
The celebrated case of state as. Brown
and Ferguson, the Waterbury desperadoes
was begun in county court Tuesday, and
is likely to be long one. Hon. w. p
Dillingham; of Waterbury assists States At
torney Kemp in the prosecution, and the
lard of Burlington and Esquire George w
Wing.
AT the Golden Fleece, Wednesday evening
about two hundred fifty persons assembled
to enjoy the skating and when the floor wa.
cleared for dancing nearly ,seventy-fve
couples were ushered in. All seemed tC
enjoy themselves hugely and Manager
j. j. Pratt made good thing ont of the
undertaking. The Military band and or
, chestra furnished good music.
Mr.. DANIEL LONG, father of Mr.. d. F
Long of the Phinney bookstore, died at tn,
, residence of his son last week Wednesday
morning, in the eighty-ninth year of his age
He has been sufferer from a shock o
paralysis for a long time, but consumption
was more directly the cause of his death
Funeral services We're held at the hous,
Thursday at three o'clock p. M, and the re
, mains were taken to Boston for burial
THE action which was brought by Chare
, Selinas against the Vermont State Agricul
tural Society and the Champlain Valley AS
sociation, to recover 5000 damages for tn,
breaking of his leg by a striking machine a
the state fair in 1884, and which was tried
9 last week at the Washington county court
resulted in a verdict of S725 for the plaintiff
The case will probably be appealed, as new
evidence in favor of the defense has beer
; discovered.
4 LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelie
(Vt) post-office, October 9, 1886;
Miss Mary j. Ainsworth, Willis Eugene Dalrymple
Miss II. A. Blaisdell Ray Hard
Miss Belle Evans, James McCaffrey,
Miss Jennie Irving r. J. Mulligan,
Miss ROsamond Il. Kelly, Hiram Perkins,
Miss Nellie V. ROwel John III. Sellers,
= Helen L. Wilson, e. Sheridan.
w. w. Dwyer,
: Parties applying for any of the above mus
say advertised" " and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
| THE Reunion Society of Vermont Officers
will hold its annual meeting al the stat
house November Sd. The address in tn
evening will be by General Francis A
: Walker of Boston, upon the Life an,
> Character of Major General Hancock.
This will undoubtedly be one of the mos
t interesting reunions since the organization
t of the society in 1864. The publication q
the proceedings and addresses of the soc
ETY. last year have added much TO the inter
t est of members in these annual reunions.
MusIc-LovERs in this vicinity are promises
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