The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-07


town the first of the week.
THE soon-to- be-famous Terminal City has
indeed marvellous prospects. See adver-
tisement on the sixth page.
EDWARD BAKER is agent for the sale of
tickets to the grand fair of the G, A. II.
post at Mystic River, Conn.
THE new Wetmore & Morse granite shops
on Hubbard meadow are expected to be in
running order by September l.
PRINCIPAL BIsHor of the seminary spoke
on Christian Education in the Methodist
church at South Hero last Sunday.
THE band will give an open.air concert
at the Pavilion stand Friday evening. A
choice programme has been selected.
G. p. PITKIN is to have a handsome sum-
mer cottage erected at Mirror Lake, 1t will
be ready for occupancy in about two weeks.
Miss ANNIE WILSON and Cecil Carlton of
Lynn, Mass, who have been visiting Miss
Wilson's sister, Mrs. NJ. f. Burnham, have
returned.
FRANK LUCIA of Montpelier has contracted
to build four-tenement two-story house on
the Frank o. German lot on Barre street
for 50, 600
THE ffteen-months-old daughter of f.
b. Dickey died suddenly last Wednesday
of congestion of the brain, and was buried
Thursday afternoon.
FRANK KENDALL of Burlington visited his
parents in town over Sunday. After
short visit at Wells River he will leave for
Washington Territory.
ASHLEY HUBBARD will erect fine dwell
ing house on the lot at the corner of Spring
and Summer streets, recently bought by
him of Erastus Hubbard.
The funeral of Patrick Mcmahon, the sta
ton agent who was killed at the Junction
last week Tuesday, was held on Thursday
at St. Augustne's church.
PROFESSOR f. A. HILLERY, late of the
seminary, sailed from New York, last
Thursday, for Germany, where he goes to
study for two or three years.
REV. SAMUEL JACKSON and family of
Stanford, P. @, and Miss Matte Ellis Of
Springfield VT, were the guests of Rev.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truax, last week
e. E. TowNER spoke before the Baptist
Christian Endeavor Society last Sunday
evening, giving an interesting account Of
the recent Philadelphia convention.
THE telephone line is to be extended to
Mirror Lake, and the various camps in that
secluded resort will be thus put in direct
communication with the metropolis.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JOHN WYMAN and children
of Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Winslow Wy
man of Boston and Mrs. James Morris of
Chelsea, VT, are visiting at E. r. Skinner's.
THE state convention of Christian En-
deavor societies will be held at Rutland the
last of October. Each of the local societies
will probably be represented by two dele
gates.
THE old guns and equipments of the
Fuller Light Battery of Brattleboro were
placed in the state arsenal on Saturday, the
battery having recently been furnished with
new guns.
NEXT Sunday evening, at Bethany church,
E. E. Towner will deliver an address on
the National Christian Endeavor conven-
ln1, ~
daily invited.
A COUPLE of sem-inebriated individuals
made disturbance at the Montpelier &
Wells River station, about ten o'clock
Monday night, but hastily retired upon the
approach of Officer Tuttle.
ONE of T. r. Gordon's horses came to an
untimely end last Thursday afternoon. The
animal was hitched on Elm street when the
halter slipped down the tree causing it to
plunge forward and break its neck.
Mr.. WALTER SMITH of Princeton College
spoke at Bethany church last Sunday morn
ing and afternoon on the missionary move
ment among college students. The ad
dresses were enjoyed by large audiences.
REV. EDWARD IL. HALL of Cambridge
Mass, is expected to preach in the Church
of the Messiah next Sunday morning, and
in the Morse schoo-house at .: IL O'Clock in
the afternoon, on exchange with Mr.. Wright
WHILE Rev A. b. Truax was leading his
horse along Liberty street, last Sunday, the
animal became frightened and took leg
bail. The vagrant steed made quite an eX-
tended tour before he could be recaptured
COLONEL CARL n. BANCROFT of Columbus
Ohio, who has been the guest of Hon. E. p
Walton since June, left for home Saturday.
upon receipt OF a telegram announcing the
illness of his wife, who had intended to Join
him here August /.
THE recognition service of the Baptist
church recently organized at Barre will be
held at the Congregational church in that
place this wednesday, afternoon at half
past two o'clock. DIR. Judson of New York
will be the speaker.
THE bailiffs have put the members of the
police force through civil service eXamina-
ton, and, as result, the personnel of the
| force is slightly transmogrified. j l.. Tut
tie takes the place of Officer Felt and will
act as chief of police.
Mrs. SoPHRoNIA GUERNSEY died last Sat
urday night at the age of eighty-two years
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at
four o'clock. Rev. A. j, Hough pastor of
Trinity church, of which the deceased was
member, otfcated.
E. Il. BLAKELY and A. j. Sibley are di-
rectors in the Vermont Savings and Invest
ment Company, chartered July 20 by the
state of Kansas. The capital stock consists
OF five hundred shares at $780, each, and the
] olllCtS are lOCdltu mere ana dI Topeka, Kan,
HENRY CURRY was taken Saturday night
with severe hemorrhage of the lungs and
his condition appeared so serious that Drs.
Lance, Chandler and Hunt were summoned
On Monday the hemorrhage returned and
he is now in an extremely weak condition.
FRAMES are going up for six of the ten
houses to be erected by the building assoc-
alton at the Pioneer works, and all the eel
lars but one have been put in. The con-
tract to complete the house on Barre street
has been given to Franklin Hoyt for 81 $50.
HATTIE F., aged nearly ten years, daugh-
ter of Ollie I. Dodge, formerly Of this town,
| died Friday afternoon at Littleton, n. II.
The body was brought to Montpelier, Sat
urday, and funeral services were held at
the Hillside at two o'clock Sunday after
noon.
| CHARLES WERNER of Berlin came to town
last Wednesday and INDUCED to excess in
'the flowing bowl" The indulgence cost
him just Sl0,51 before Justice Smile the
next morning. Charles disclosed on Spald-
! ing and Reed, who were thereupon exam
ined and discharged
CHARLES G.. MORROW died at his home on
Seminary Hill last Saturday afternoon of
! inflammation of the bowels. He had been
sick for over three weeks, and from the