The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-05-09

to meet a two evenings engagement of the
Schubert Quartette.
ALBERT j. SEVERANCE has moved from
one of Charles II. Heath's houses to a house
on First Avenue.
THE pleasant residence of e. r. Meader
on East Liberty street is to be sold to-day
at public auction.
Mr.. HUGH Roy of Brooklyn, N Y, a first
class book binder, is now working in NJ. w.
Wheelock's bindery.
REV. A. McGEoRGE, agent of the Baptist
state convention, will preach at the Baptist
church next Sunday.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet this afternoon at three
o'clock with Mrs. G.. B. B. Denny.
SERVICES will be held at Christ church to-
morrow-Ascension day--and the offering
will be for the aged and infrm clergy.
c. p. DERoLEAU has moved his tonsorial
business from rooms in the old Montpelier
House to the basement of Union block.
DRUMMER DoNAHUE of the Military Band
employ of S. B. Smith, willow-worker.
a. G. STONES corner jewelry-store has
been greatly improved in appearance at the
hands of painters, and the Savings Bank is
at present undergoing similar renovation
Mrs. PHEBE STONE BEEMAN will present
a paper before the Montpelier preachers
meeting Monday morning. May 14th, on
+" The Attitude of the Church toward the
Questions of the Day"
Mr.. AND Mrs. DAVID n. HAYNES of Rut-
land, on their wedding trip, were guests at
the Pavilion Sunday. Mr.. Haynes is on the
staff of the Rutland Herdld. Mrs. Haynes
was, until Thursday last, Miss Anna X.
Smith of Clarendon.
AMONG the recent noteworthy arrivals are
the following A daughter at the home of
Edwin Lane on Saturday, a son at the home
ri S. w. Corse on Sunday, daughter at
1siar of Charles L. Smith on Sunday,
s-both boys-at the home of Louis
NCNG6ndn on Saturday.
The democratic state and district conven-
tions, to choose delegates and alternates to
the national convention, to nominate candi-
dates for state officers and presidential
electors and to elect state committee
will be held at Blanchard Opera-house to-
morrow The state convention will be
called to order at 10: 80 A. NJ.
THE Riverside " boarders ate their first
meal "under the new administration 4"
Sunday morning, and w. A. Briggs-who
ought to be competent to iudge-says it
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of the care of the house from II. G. Fuller
ton to Solon Lawrence the dwellers therein
took their meals at Hotel Kempton.
THE famous original Wild West show
and the great Forepaugh show " combined
announce an intention to visit Montpelier
the coming summer. The combination will
make an attraction which is certain to Sc
cure a large attendance and which is equally
certain to make all who attend feel that
the money expended in admission fees is
well invested.
ERNEST j.. son of w. II. Lombard, aged
ten years and seven months, died of diph-
iberia on Saturday last, and younger
son-the only remaining child--is i'll with
the same disease. In the midst of their
affliction Mr.. and Mrs. Lombard are not
unmindful of the great kindness of their
many friends, and desire us to express to
all such their heartfelt gratitude.
In Columbus, Ohio, on the 18th of March
last, occurred the DEATH from diphtheria,
of Mary Herrick, aged eight years, young
est daughter of DR.. Lucius c. and Louise
(Taylor) Herrick. DR.. Herrick was an ap-
prentice in the Freeman Office in the years
1867, and there are doubtless some per-
sons living in Montpelier who remember
him as a boy and feel, with friends of later
years, sincere sympathy for him in this af-
fiction.
THE engagement of the Star Theater Com
pany at Blanchard Opera-house, which
closed Saturday, can not exactly be said to
have been a successful one inasmuch as
the audiences We're decidedly limited as to
numbers and the income was correspond
ingly small. Those who did go speak well
OF the performances, and especially so of the
presentation of "a Celebrated Case"
which occurred on Friday evening. The
company opened a six days engagement at
Barre Monday evening in the presence of a
" full house"
a SLIGHT accident occurred to freight train
No. l on the Wells River road last Wednes-
day morning. The water becoming nearly
exhausted, the engine was cut loose from
the train to 90 for new supply. On re-
turning the brake failed to work and the
engine crashed into the forward car of its
train with sufficient force to demolish the
tank, damage one or two cars to consider
able extent and obstruct the track for some
hours. The train-hands escaped injury
The engine is now in the repair-shops at
Laconia and will soon come out as good
as new.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt,) post-office May 7, 1888:
Miss Bridget Carey, VIM. Carter
Mrs. Ida A. Colby ~, Geo l.. Davis,
Mrs. John Divene, l.. X. Davis
Miss Lila kenison, John X. Dearing (2),
Miss Lila Lucas, Mm. Il. Fyfe,
Mrs. Permelia Newton, VIM. Gould,
Mrs Emily A. Parish 20, Joseph Gould,
Louise Sharman, J. f. Hart,
Miss Bridget Supple, Thomas Mccarthy,
Mrs. Anna sullivan, Rev. Alexander Nc
Isaac Asher, George,
VIM Bates, VIM. O'Neill,
NJ. j. Blair, j. ii, Rhodes,
w. A. Blake, Thomas Roach.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
MONDAY was the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c.
Cotton. Mr.. Coltons absence from town
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