The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-15
Montpelier and Vicinity.

COMPANY II leaves for muster at Derby
Tuesday next
Mr.. WRIGHT expects to preach at Wrights-
vile next Sunday at 100 P. NJ.
THE Public Library will be reopened to-
day for the issue of books to borrowers.
AND now come the Cabot republicans
with a rally on Friday, the 18th. Whooper
up, boys
II. j. VoLHoLM has invented new sofa
bed and has applied for United States
patent on the same.
c. II. HEATH estimates the population of
Montpelier, from the number of scholars in
school, to be nearly 1000.
f. H. PERRY has invented an improved
watch-key, for which f. w. Laird Esq, is
prosecuting claim for patent
FRANK b. STEELE, city editor of the Daily
Edgle of Lawrence Mass, paid his respects
TO the WATCHMAN last Thursday.
SAMUEL LAWRENCE, who has been failing
for about three months has become insane
and was taken to the asylum at Brattleb boro
yesterday.
WILLIAM B. STRONG president of the
Atchson, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, has
been in town during the past week with his
wife and son.
The young republican club votes to at
tend the rally at Barre. The members are
notified to meet at their headquarters to-
night at 6: 80 sharp.
THE republicans put out a huge trans
parency from their headquarters Monday
1t shines a " welcome " to all comers and
bears the portraits of Harrison and Morton,
ARTHUR G. EATON sergeant of Company
H. has been appointed by Colonel j. j.
Estey sergeant-major, in place of Carleton
Searle of st. AlbanS, elected second lieuten-
ant of Company B.
PROFESSOR O'SULLIvAN addressed the de-
mocracy in Capital Hall Monday evening
We were promised "A campaign of reason, -
but the ArguS and the speakers it brings
to Montpelier are giving us campaign of
folly.
THE democratic banner on State Street
traled in the dust Tuesday. a detail
was made from the force at work on the
federal building to restore the banner to its
position. Believers in omens mark the oc-
currence.
l.. II. LOMBARD, formerly proprietor of
the Montpelier steam laundry, having pur-
chased the Nendome restaurant of Blakely
& Cheney, has renovated and remodeed
the establishment and has an attractive
eating-houSe that ought to prove pleasant
place of resort for the hungry.
LEWIS BARNEY, the village blacksmith -"
will hang out banner for Harrison and
protection at the head of Clay hill Thurs
day evening. Lewis anvil does not ring for
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also show their colors Thursday night on
South Main street, between the Hyde build
ing and the opposite property.
JAMES Il. LANGpoN of Berlin has paid
/ more poll taxes, he thinks, than any man
in Vermont. He paid three years before lie
became of lawful age and has paid every
/ year since until exempt on account of his
! age. He took charge of his large property
while minor and paid taxes upon it. The
| listers, supposing him to be of age, assessed
him for poll.
PLAINFIELD republicans held rousing
meeting last evening. Short addresses were
made by M. Il. Smile and w A. Lord of
Montpelier. The chief speaker was General
| John l.. Swift of Boston, who gave the peo :
pie good waking-up speech. The Plain
held cornet band twenty pieces furnished
excellent music. Who says Washington
county is doing?
THE board of civil authority will meet at
the grand jury room at two o'clock this
| wednesday, afternoon to hear aud deter
mine challenges to the qualifications of per-
sons whose names are upon the checklist
| Tor the next coming freemen's meeting. AT
this meeting the board will insert upon the
check-ll list the names of voters omitted and
erase the names of persons not entitled to
| vote.
THE republican club of Montpelier will
make their Barre brethren call Wednes.
day evening on the occasion of their grand
rally and fiag-raising. Members of the
club are requested to form at head
quarters at 6:30 sharp They will march
to the railway station preceded by the Mont.
pelier Military Band. The train will leave
at 700 o'clock and return after the exer-
cises are over. Tickets will be furnished al
headquarters. Fall in
PHILIP ROBERTS & Son had the inscrip
ton stone to be put over the door of the
Bishop Hopkins hall of the girls school al
Rock Point ready for shipment Friday
The stone is inscribed with letters, "semi
ecclesiastical " in style, about eight inches
in height. sunk in panel raised about nine
and one-fourth inches and bears the name Of
the hall. The work is finely done by the
Messrs. Roberts, instead of the Kellehel
Brothers, as was recently stated in the Argus
DIR. ID. b. COLLINS from st. Peter, MINI.
member of the republican state central com