The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-11

up y during the past two or three weeks
with diphtheria and is still unable to be of
assistance to the band.
UNDER the law providing for discount
of five per cent if paid before July /, Col
lector ID. p Clarke secured $4,000 of the
town tax, $4,000 being paid in upon the
last day of June.
THE question of discontinuance of the
Sunday evening preaching service at Beth
any church during July and August will be
brought up in the regular weekly meeting
to be held this evening.
THE younger portion of the "crowd" " of
Montpelier fellows who camped at Highgate
Springs last July will probably go to The
Wiers for their outing this year, possibly
on Saturday of next week.
THE selectmen have engaged Charles Def
Bancroft to work up the checklist. The
numbers of the residences are to be added
this year to the streets on which they are
situated. The list is to be open to inspec-
ton August 1.
p. S. CLARK was so badly injured by an
explosion at William Miller's exhibition of
fireworks Thursday evening that he has
been obliged to return to his home in Dux-
bury and will not be able to resume labor
for some weeks.
Mrs. II. ID. HIcKoK and son of Malone,
N. Y, who have been visiting friends in
Vermont during the past five weeks, and
have been in Montpelier during the greater
part of that time, left for their home on
Monday afternoon.
II. n. TAPLIN, treasurer of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, started
Monday on a two weeks vacation going
first to Newport, r. l., and thence to other
places. Thomas Dewey of the National
Life Office also takes his vacation out of
town.
REPAIRS are being made on the Grammar
and Union School building. The exterior
is being painted and pointed and the interior
touched up. 1t is the intention of those
having the matter in charge to build stairs
up the hill by the school-house in the direc-
ton of East State street
Mrs. G. B. WILSON leaves the last of the
month for Minnesota, staying month at
Lake Minnetonka and then going to St.
Paul to remain permanently with her sister,
Mrs. Del. b. Harbaugh. The house in
which she has resided on Barre street has
been rented to Mr.. Fred l.. Eaton for two
years.
MRS BARRETT OF Providence, r. l., an
intimate friend of Mrs. H. l. Cushman of
that city, is in town for the remainder of
the summer. Her daughter is at Queen
D,rl,
dren and party of Providence young
people. Several Of the party are expected
here in few days.
The Central Vermont railroad announces,
in circular issued Monday, that the South
Barre and Williamstown stations of the
new railroad from Barre are open for bust
ness and the first freight to go over the road
passed through here on Tuesday. 1t is ex-
pected that passenger train will be run to
WilliamstOwn next Monday.
THR following request, signed by " One OF
Them" deserves attention: Editor Watch.
mdR:-Will you please ask all the residents
of Montpelier who voted for General Har.
rison in 1910 to send in their names to your
office during the present week, in order
that veteran club may be formed, pro.
vided the number is sufficient"
THE following were the officers elected al
the animal meeting of the Montpelier Sav.
ings Bank & Trust Company Tuesday
Trustees, Homer W. Heaton, James w
Brock, Whitman G. Ferrin, L. Bart Cross
Albert w. Ferrin; treasurer, A. w. Ferrin
A. w. Ferrin was elected to fill the vacancy
on the board of trustees occasioned by the
death of Dennis Lane.
In II l,.o
prietor of the WATCHMAN, will not leave
town permanently until about the 23d OF
this month, business matters promising to
occupy his time until that date. He will
however, be gone during the greater part OF
next week upon the Vermont editorial ex-
cursion. Mrs. Dixon and Mollie are with
friends in st. Adams.
i. l.. DURANT, Esq, who died last Feb.
ruary in INDECENT circumstances, left about
a year ago an old cigar box that he said
contained private papers with Montpelier
lawyer. 1t had been forgotten and was not
opened until few days since, when in its
contents was found bank book showing a
deposit of over 500 in the Montpelier
Savings Bank for the benefit of his grand
child, Lettie Torrey.
THIS village has been trebly afflicted the
past week with the circus Fourth of July
and attendant evils, the highly amusing but
not musical horse powders show, and not
least the patent medicine street vender
attracting crowds that interfere with the
Legitimate business " of merchants neal
whose stores these vendors locate Fol
what these parties take out of town they
should be made by the authorities to pay
well.
WORK on trenching for the new pipe line
from Berlin reservoir will probably be be
gun next week and ground may be broker
this week 1t is Commissioner Fosters in
tention to begin at the water-gate at Marvin
brook and work both ways. From thai
point the line will run to this place prac
tically in the same direction as the present
line, The first consignment of iron was
shipped from Phillipsburg, Penn, last
Friday.
On Thursday evening of this week the
Military Band will perform the following
programme at the new band-stand on the
Union School grounds:
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.NtrtuIe, martina. flotoW
Maltz, haunting .Iobani
Serenade, for flute and horn. rn................ It'll
Mesgrs Wilder and q IL pitkn