The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-08-14

PIERCE, selected; quartette, " o Lord, veil
not thy face" by Beethoven; organ, Fan
fare, allegretto finale, by Lemmens. The
choir will be assisted by A. j. Phillips of
Chicago, j. X Kinney of Berlin and Mrs.
IL. &. Pierce of Rutland. Tickets may be
had without charge at the stores OF Mitch
ell, Cross and Long. All admissions will
be by ticket.
AMONG the victims of the railroad acci-
dent on the Rome, Watertown e. Ogdens-
burg railroad at Forest Lawn, n. Y, last
Saturday, was Miss Emma Perrin of st.
Johns, Mich, who, with her parents was
returning from the family reunion held last
week in Berlin The night express, bound
west for Niagara Falls, ran into the Roch-
ester train, which was backing down, tele-
scoping four cars of the train and killing
Miss Perrin and badly iniuring eight other
persons. Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Perrin were
also seriously injured. Mrs Perrin's collar
bone was broken and she received other in
juries. Mr.. Perrin was severely crushed
about the chest, and received painful scalp
wound. His face was also bruised and cut
in many places. He is sixty years old and
the shock upon learning of The sad death of
his daughter may prove fatal.
THE report of the prudential committee
OF the Montpelier Union District shows
that the total expenditures for the year
have been S6,9S712 of which sum S5,645.j0
was for salaries of teachers and ianitor.
treasury The estimated receipts are $500
from public money, rents and tuitions and
S3S333 due from collector on lists of 1887
and 1883. For the ordinary expenses for
the coming year the estimates are So $50,
leaving $500 05 to be raised by taxation.
The committee recommend an eight per
cent tax to pay current expenses. The
committee calls attention to the proposed
enlargement of the school building as de-
scribed in the WATCHMAN last week No
matter of greater public Importance can en-
list the interest or command the attention
of the voters than the schools. Usually
bakers dozen attend the annual school
meeting. Fair warning has been given this
year by the publication and distribution of
the annual report. Non-attendance of the
voters can not be explained on the score of
want of notice, and we hope no explana-
eral attendance Remember the time is
this Wednesday, evening, at half-past seven
o'clock.
LAST Saturday, about noon, five of the
Montpelier saloons were raided and searched
for contraband goods The raid was made
in response to complaint signed by Joseph
Poland, Rev j. f.. Wright, Rev. A. b.
Truax, Rev. G. T, Raymond, T. j. Deavitt,
and S. II. O. Bosworth. The officers who
participated in the skirmsh were Sheriffs
Barton of Burlington. Atherton of Water
bury and his son Burt, Reeves of Underhil,
Iullie anu I'uuleN OF Montpeler, Constable
Clark, and Deputy Sheriff Martin. The sa-
looms of Clark Roberts, William Miller. j
A. Locklin, and Charles w. Marion, and the
one next to the old Montpelier House on
State street were honored with visit by
the party. Nothing was found except at
Roberts emporium. There the officers Sc
cured considerable quantity of plunder,
including three bottles of whiskey five of
wine, twelve of ale, one of gin and two bar
rels of bottled lager. Clark was brought
before Justice Smile the same day. In the
case of State against Roberts, for keeping a
nuisance, the defendant pleaded guilty was
fined $500 and costs, and appealed to the
county court Roberts also pleaded guilty
of keeping liquor with intent to SELL and
was fined $40 and costs. He took another
appeal. Fl. w. Kemp appeared for Roberts
and j. III. Lucia for the state. The seized
liquor was tried in due form and adiudged
forfeited to the state.