The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-15
Montpelier and Vicinity.
INSIDE B. BAILEY is in Boston.

Miss CARRIE Cross is visiting in st. AL
bans.
d. S. wHEATLEY has returned from
Boston.
FRANK DoNAHUE is expected back from
Fort Payne this week.
JAMES C. CULLEN has moved into the
Horace Scribner house.
A SON was born to Mr.. and Mrs. William
T. Dewey Friday, May ..
e. f. HuTcH1Ns has started the fOunda.
tions for new house on Barre street.
THE ladies library guild cleared about
fifteen dollars from the Cosmorama."
COLONEL II. r. RIKER is making extern
sive repairs on his State street residence
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Smith S.
Ballard at Jeffersonville Sunday, May u.
The work of moving the old post-ofiice
building was commenced last Wednesday.
l.. BART Cross went to Montreal the first
of the week for visit of two or three days.
MR.. AND Mrs. GILBERT DwINELL of
Marshfeld visited in town the first of the
week.
AURORA LODGE of Masons installed its
newly-elected board of officers Monday
! evening.
ID. MCDONALD has gone to Barre and is in
| the granite business in company with NJ.
! w. Cross.
THOMAS WILDEY encampment will confer
the initial degree on three candidates Fri
! day evening
T. w. WooD, the artist, has been elected
e-presdent of the Academy Of Design
New York city.
WABAN tribe of Red Men has procured a
fine set of rustic chairs for the stations in
the lodge room.
Mrs. f. A. FIENDELL, sister of Mrs. G..
w. Colby has started for her home in
Helena, Montana.
EVENING prayer at Christ church will be-
gin at half-past seven o'clock, instead of
seven, as formerly.
Four ladies and one gentleman were bap-
tzed at the evening service at the Baptist
church last Sunday.
f. NJ. KENDALL of Burlington, assistant
cashier of the Howard National Bank, spent
Sunday with his parents.
REV. j. ID. BEEMAN, president of the
board of directors of the Seminary, was in
town the first of the week
REV. w. A. EVANS of Seminary Hill ex-
poets to preach the memorial sermon at
Shady Rill Sunday, May 26.
MRS. RODNEY is having portico addition
built to her house on Clay hill. A new
sidewalk is also being put in.
NEWTON BEERS Lost in London COM
pany held the boards at the Blanchard
Opera-house Tuesday evening.
GEORGE w. Fox has purchased lot on
Barre street and is putting in the founda-
tons for four-tenement house.
THE misson-box, prepared by the
woman's auxiliary of Christ church, has
been sent to Fort Bennett, Dakota.
REV. SAMUEL j. BARRows of Boston, ed
itor of the Christian Register preached at
the Church of the Messiah Sunday.
j. X. FULLERTON will return to Fort
| ln nv ,rpin
which leaves Boston next Saturday.
THK regular convocation of King Solo
mon chapter, Royal Arch Masons, will be
held at Masonic hall Thursday evening.
THE Montpelier baseball nine will play
the Goddard Seminary team at Barre Sat
urday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock.
Miss LILLIAN Morrow left Monday for
Chicago in company with Mrs. c. G. Field.
Miss Morrow intends to remain in Chicago.
WILLIAM MILLER has had several car
penters employed about his place during
the past week making numerous alterations.
Miss MINNIE MARSHALL, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Henry Fullerton,
has returned to her home in East Brook field.
REV. A. j. HoUGH will hold religious
services in the church at East Montpelier
Center next Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock.
The Grand Army fair committee is send
ing out a large number of tickets daily
Ten thousand extra tickets have just been
ordered
HARRY NJ. CUTLER did not begin work al
the National Life office on his return from
Boston last week, on account of slight
sickness
PROFESSOR j. A. DEBoER and f. III
Edgerton went to Marshtield fishing Satur-
day, but are reported to have returned un-
encumbered
THE members of the Montpelier military
band are discussing the advisability of re
peating the grand concert of April q some
time in the fall.
Mr.. AND Mrs. CARL II. SMITH returned
last Thursday from their wedding trip tC
Boston, and are to begin housekeeping a
80 School street.
P. f. STONE played first violin in the
orchestra at the Barre Opera house Mon
day evening and last evening at the Banch
ard Opera-house.
QUITE extensive repairs are to be mad,
, this week on the Baptist church. The out
side is to be painted and the ground abou
the church graded
/, Il. p. GRAY has bought two lots of lanC
belonging to the William Gray estate--on,
on Clay Hill and the other near the ma
chine-shep-for $500.
, f. II. TowNE is again manipulating tn,
shears at Woolson's tailoring establishment
! till after the hot season.
A DUET of itinerant musicians visited th
metropolis Monday and perambulated alonl
the avenues, halting anon to discours,
J sweet music unto the natives.
TUESDAY, Wednesday and Thursday o
last week were exceedingly tropical. TIL,
/ thermometer registered ninety-five ant
ninety-six degrees in the shade Thursday.
AT the meeting of Vermont lodge of Ode
Fellows, Wednesday evening, ID. l.. Sander
was elected noble grand, to fill the vacanc,
caused by the resignation of f. H. Bascom
4 G. III. GUERNSEY commenced work thi
: week on the large portico which j.
Houghton is having added to the j. Monro
Poland residence, recently purchased b.,
= him.
. THE party OF ofMuncie excursionsts left Sat
urday afternoon Collins Blakely, VIII
| went with the company, will make tril
through the Western States before his re
turn.
JOHN DEMERITT has large collection o
l rare old violins. Experts who have exam
ined the instruments and played upon then
pronounce it the finest collection in Ney
England.
MRS A. A. SWEET aged ninety-tWo wears