The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-01-04
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Miss EULIE EATON is quite seriously i'll.
DEXTER MOODY was last week granted an
increase of pension.
MONTPELIER suffered no losses by fire
during the year 1887.
MIR. AND Mrs. T. II. BRoPHY of Montreal
are visiting at Dennis Lanes.
THE dancing-school now has pupils to the
number of thirty-three couples.
MIR. AND Mrs. o. j. RICHARDSON and
daughter are visiting in Waitsfield.
THE annual meeting of the First Congre-
gational church occurs this evening
THE clothing stores will close Wednesday
and Thursday evenings until April 1st.
HARRY MONTAGUE of South Hadley, Mass,
is attending the Grammar School this term.
THE next assembly occurs Friday evening,
January 13, instead of as announced last
week.
Miss LILLIAN SMITH is taking post-gradu-
ate course in German at the Grammar
School,
THE ladies of Bethany church will give a
evening.
GEORGE A. KNAPP, with G. l. Hagar &
Co., Burlington, is in Montpelier for a short
vacation.
DAVID MCNEIL has secured employment at
Clinton, Mass, and left for that place on
Saturday.
Mrs. JENNIE MCCARTHY and child of
Bellows Falls have been visiting with
George Wheeler.
THE fine piano which was on exhibition in
the parlor of j. V. Morrow has been sold to
DR.. George E. Hunt.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meets with Mrs. d. L. Fuller this
afternoon at three o'clock.
GEORGE E. CAMP of the Worcester (Mass.)
Institute of Technology came home Satur-
day morning for a brief visit.
A SPECIAL meeting of Aurora Lodge will
be held next Monday evening at seven
o'clock. Work, third degree.
THE winter term of the Union School be-
gan last Monday. About twenty new schol-
ars have been enrolled and more are ex-
pected.
In Montpelier the mercury rose seventy
two degrees in the thirty-six hours immedi-
ately following seven A. NJ. Saturday,
December 31st.
THE list of deaths this week includes the
name of Richard Canning, formerly of
Waterbury, and a brother of William,
Michael, James and Henry Canning Of
Montpelier
G. A, BAILEY, MD, and Frank Paro,
barber, have exchanged locations of their
respective places of business to suit the
greater convenience of each. Both will use
electric lights.
G. T. PARsoL's " Grass Widow" will be
presented at the Opera-house Saturday
evening, January 18th. 1t is expected
train will be run to Barre at the close of the
entertainment.
MEETINGS of the Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor of Bethany church are
regularly held on Friday evenings at half
past seven o'clock. The invitations to young
people to attend are general and cordial
THESE officers of the Baptist Sunday
school have been chosen for the ensuing
year: superintendent, j. III. Burpee; as
sistant, ii. NJ Faes; secretary and treas
urer, Harvey Welch; librarian, Mrs Fales.
BIXBYs drugstore, Standish's cigar-man-
ufactory, ii. A. Bowmans restaurant, j. A.
Locklin's saloon, j. V. Babcock's drug
store and the Office of the telephone eX-
change have been equipped with electric
lighting apparatus.
THE Sabin Machine Company's motor
froze up during Friday night and the build
ing was pretty thoroughly wet down when
the trouble was discovered. The tempera-
ture Saturday morning made the cleaning.
up process most distasteful one.
TRINITY Sunday-school will be ofiicered as
follows during the ensuing year; Superin-
tendent, w. f. Barney; assistants, T. T.