The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-12-25
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Montpelier and Vicinity.
The National Banks will be open on New
Years day from nine o'clock till noon.
THERE was a pleasant drive whist party
at the home of Charles W. Porter on Satur-
day evening.
THE Apollo Club gave whist party at
its rooms last week Friday evening. There
were fifteen tables.
The Montpelier National Bank has de-
Clared semi-annual dividend of three per
cent payable January l.
G. l.. SMITH has sold to A. n. Blanchard
his land at the upper end of Terrace street
in the western part of the village.
REV. l.. G. WARE of Burlington preached
at the Church of the Messiah on Sunday,
in exchange with the pastor, Rev. j. e.
Wright.
THE officers of the Washington County
Christian Endeavor Union have decided to
hold the fifth convention at Waterbury on
January 81.
Montpelier last week Friday for drunken
ness, and on Saturday he was fined $40 and
costs, which he paid.
THE dancing school of Mrs f. III. Bascom
began at the Pavilion on Saturday after
noon. There were ffty-siX lads and misses
on hand-a very encouraging number.
AT the meeting of directors of the Con-
COTu N NlOulredl TdllTOdu, dJ COHCOru, N.
H., Monday, w. A. Stowell was elected
superintendent of construction and mainte-
nance of way.
THE Chautauqua class meets Friday af-
| ternoon, at fifteen minutes past two, with
Mrs. q. II. Shipman. There will be a
| Christmas programme and small gifts will
be exchanged
HENRY A. Bowers was arrested for
| drunkenness Sunday evening, and yeSter-
day he was sent to Rutland for forty days
| Henry has become quite a constant patron
of the Rutland institution.
THERE will be a meeting of the Ladies
| Crusade and Temperance Union at the
| Bethany church parlors next Sunday, at
| four p. NJ, to observe the sixteenth ami.
versary of the woman's crusade.
WILLIAM ROBINSON was arrested for
drunkenness on Tuesday evening of last
week by Officer Tuttle. Before Justice
Smile he was fined So and costs, which he
| could not pay. He was sent to Rutland for
| twenty days.
THE annual meeting of the Independent
Meeting house Society and the Society of
the Church of the Messiah will occur ON
next Monday evening, that of the former at
seven o'clock and that of the latter at half
past seven o'clock.
REV j. f. WRIGHT intends to preach in
the Morse school-house, East Montpelier
next Sunday afternoon. During January,
| feOruary ana Marcn services conducted
! by him may be expected in that house only
on the last Sunday of each month.
WESLEY p. MARTIN of Marshfeld had a
| membraneous absceSs extracted from the
throat and stomach, measuring three and
one-half inches in length and one and one
fourth inches in diameter. DR.. Chandler
performed the operation yesterday.
A COMMITTEE of Swanton citizens was
here on Monday looking at the electric light
| Thomson Houston Company for electric
lights, and this visit was for the purpose Of
gaining information on the subject
AN evening dancng-school is being talked
Of and Mrs. f. III. Bascom will take charge
of it if sufficient number of young peol le
school during the first part of each evening,
after which there will be a short dance.
THE old electric light building will be
occupied after January | by f. III. Perry
and b. r. Demertt, who will make it a
machine-shop, in which they will manu-
facture tools and machinery and do a gem
eral custom business. Both are young men
and good mechanics.
HORACE IL. ScRIBNER has sold to John p.
Donovan lot of land, with buildings, on
upper Main street. A. Warren Edgerly has
bought of the heirs of Mary e. Robinson a
lot OF land on First avenue, and George l..
Lane has purchased of the Dennis Lane es-
tate a lot ON Summer street.
HENRY HUNT, a brother of DIR. G. e.
Hunt, has been appointed on the police
force, in place Of Ohicer Tuttle. He began
service as guardian Of the place on last week
Thursday. Officer Tuttle started for
Omaha, Neb., Saturday night. He will be
away for number of weeks.
AT the next meeting of the lyceum at the
Grammar School, on the evening of January
Q, the subject for discussion will be " Re
SolUed, That girls are better students than
boys" The boys will maintain the atiirma-
tive and the girls the negative, but the
Affirmative will quite likely get there on the
merits Of the question and the negative on
ability in handling the discussion.
THE following are the directors and ad-
visory board of The Vermont Savings In
vestment Company appointed for the year
1890 A. j. Sibey, Montpelier; r. s.
Thomas, Topeka, Kansas; j. A. Locklin,
Montpelier; Alexander Cochran, Groton;
Fred e. Smith, Montpelier Willis Norton,
Topeka Kansas; T. j. Deavitt, Montpelier
K. e. Blakely, Montpelier; ID. A. Clements,
Topeka, Kansas; G. f. Sibley, North Mont
pelier. There can no be doubt of the future
prospects OF this company.
l.. II. BIxBY was appointed cashier of the
Montpelier National Bank ON Monday, in
place OF E. ID. Blackwell, resigned. Mr..
Bixby has been connected with the bank
for over four years, filling various subor-
dinate Positions including that OF teller.
About month ago he was appointed rs