The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-24
Montpelier and Vicinity.

JUDGE j. j. DEAvITT of st. Albans was
in town on Thursday.
WORK on the new pipe is being vigorously
pushed on Barre street.
Mrs. WILLIAM SToRRs was stricken with
apopleXy Thursday evening.
REV. MR.. TAPL1N of Lyndon occupied the
pulpit of Trinity church Sunday.
REV. w. S. HAzEN of Northfeld occupied
the pulpit of Bethany church Sunday.
THE WATCHMAN's " old man takes the
responsibility" every time, Mr.. Argus.
Mr.. AND Mrs. j. WARE FOSTER started
for their new home at Douglass, Wyoming,
Saturday night.
CAPTAIN r. j. CoFFEY, now in charge of
the soldiers home in Bennington, was in
town last week.
THE Montpelier association will meet in
the chapel of Bethany church, October 80,
at ten O'Clock A. NJ.
REV. HOWARD f Hill intends to conduct
religious services at Wright's Mills at g 80
o'clock, p NJ, next Sunday.
SENATOR EDMUNDs made an argument
before the supreme court yesterday after
noon in relation to the Noyes will case.
THE secretary of the treasury has awarded
the contract for cutting bitches for the gov
ernment building to Hiram S. Smith, at $404.
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give his illustrated lecture on Petra at the
Seminary chapel, Thursday evening, at eight
! o'clock.
Mrs. w. A. BRIGGS started Monday for
Buffalo, New York. where she is to attend
the wedding of her younger brother to-
morrow.
! MARVIN & WILSON are to open boot and
shoe store at Barre in the Averill block.
Goods will be shown the middle or last of
next week.
CARL SMITH exhibited at the WATCHMAN
office, Thursday night, three-pound bunch
| of white Tokay grapes from the grapery of
| c. c. Warren, Waterbury.
THE number of pieces of mail matter
handled at the Montpelier postofiice during
! the last fiscal year was 3SS, ,795 the number
! delivered by carrier, 12959S.
OUR people will be grieved to learn that
! Mrs. Herbert II. Bishop, formerly of the
Bishop Hotel, died suddenly Saturday
morning at her residence in Bolton.
WHITE RIVER VALLEY POMONA GRANGE
! will hold its next meeting with Floral
! Grange at Sharon, Saturday, October %.
| The lecturer has an interesting programme.
MR.. AND Mrs. CUsHMAN of Bennington
were in town during the past week Mr..
Cushman came to attend the reunion of the
| Fourth, of which regiment he was quarter
master
sion to the bar occurred at the court house
Tuesday. Among those who were examined
was the assistant secretary of the senate
Mr.. Cady.
The board of civil authority, Monday dis.
posed of a number of names and adjourned
until Tuesday evening, October 80, which
will be the last meeting before the presi.
dental election.
The Vermont Bar Association will hold
its annual banquet at the Pavilion this
"wednesday evening The association met
to transact business at the court house
Tuesday afternoon.
THE county examination of teachers, ad
vertised to occur at the court house, Friday
| and Saturday October 26 and 81, has been
postponed one week, to Friday and Satur
day, November 2 and 3.
If our correspondents will tell us how tc
make bushel basket hold two bushels OF
corn, we will tell them how to make our col
umns contain all the items they send
" Boil it down thick.
NORMAN W. GILBERT, the Northfeld den
tist, has bought the Newell Bliss house on
East State street. He is to put on a man
sard roof and otherwise improve the build
ing for permanent residence.
JOHN EDDY who went from this place tC
the soldiers home at Bennington, ant
whose health for some time was extremel )
precarious, is reported by Captain Coffey tC
have greatly improved his condition.
THE Vermont Officers Reunion Society
will hold its annual reunion here November
l. 1t will also be pleasant social event
as II is expected that many of its members
will bring their wives and daughters
MEssRs ROSWELL X. PECK and A. o. Cum
minis have bought out the interest of Mr.
w. n. Peck in the leather firm of Pecks &
Cummins, and will continue the business al
sole proprietors, each owning an undivided
half.
j. A. KELToN of Worcester has bough
the Union House and furniture and will
take possession about the first of December
Price, $4,000. Mr.. Wheeler bought tn,
Montpelier House in September and will
take possession December 1st.
A REGULAR conclave of Mount Zion Com
mandery, No. o, will be held at its asylum
Friday evening, October 26, at seven o'clock
II. E. Delos M. Bacon will make an offcia
visitation at this conclave. All soiourninl
Sir Knights are invited to be present.
PRENTIss WRIGHT, OF Wrightsville, whc
has spent several months in Massachu
setts seeking restoration of his health, |,
now at home. His health is now mucl
better, but he fears he cannot endure tn,
rigors OF our climate, and so may not re
main through the winter.
JoHN ID. CLoUGH, formerly Of Montpelier
now lawyer of Kansas City, Mo-, anC
Miss Emma g. Poland of Watsfield for
merly teacher on Seminary Hill, wer,
married at Waitsfield yesterday, and attel