The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-31

soon returned, anu ne Will De ODllgeu TO re-
main quiet for some time to prevent a re-
newal of the attacks.
MISSES GERTRUDE W. AND Lou ME1NEcKE,
with their brother, Mr.. Frederick II
Meinecke, who has been visiting them,
picnicked with party of friends at Ber-
lin pond last Friday. Mr. Meinecke left
for Bangor Saturday night.
THE Grand Army fair committee is un-
able as yet to give an exact statement of the
financial results of the fair, as the Woman's
Relief Corps has not yet made its returns
1t is not expected that the net proceeds will
foot up more than four hundred dollars.
j. j. kelly is having his stage-coach re-
fitted, painted and upholstered at ID. A.
GuptiPs paint-shop, The vehicle will make
a fine appearance when the job is com
pleted. Mr.. Kelly runs on the Mad river
valley route, from Waitsiield to Middesex.
NEARLY forty names are already signed
to the roll of prospective members of the
Canton of Patriarchs Militant to be located
at Montpelier. The members are to be
adorned with superb sixty-dollar uniforms,
and several have already been measured
for them.
The recognition services of the Baptist
church recently organized at Barre will be
held at the Congregational church in that
place Wednesday afternoon, August /, at
.: 20 o'clock. DIR. Judson of New York, of
national fame as preacher, will deliver the
sermon. The public is invited.
GEORGE NEWTON the delegate from Trim
ity Christian Endeavor Society to the re-
cent convention in Philadelphia, spoke at
Trinity church last Sunday evening. Mr..
Newton gave an entertaining account of the
work of this great gathering of Christian
workers, and closely held the attention of
his audience for nearly an hour.
AT the public examination of teachers,
held in Montpelier, July 16 and II, Mr.. j.
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Thompson of Waitstield Miss Ellen o.
Peck of Worcester, Miss Laura Gale of
Plainfeld and Miss Hattie Sargent of
Montpelier were granted tive-year certii-
Gates. The applicants were nearly all sue
cessful.
THE Sunday-schools along the line of the
Montpelier ~ Wells River railroad will
hold their eighth annual picnic and mass
meeting at the Summit on Tuesday, August
g. Revs. A j. Hough, G. T. Raymond and j.
o. Sherburne have been engaged for speak
ers, and the exercises will be unusually in
teresting. Music will be furnished by the
Cabot cornet band An extra train will
leave Montpelier at nine o'clock in the
forenoon.
ABOUT one hundred natives of Vermont
held reunion banquet at Redtield, Dakota,
Wednesday evening, July II. Sixteen
Washington county men were present.
Maple sugar for the dinner was furnished
by o. ID. Towne, formerly of Woodbury., to
whom it had been shipped by Il. w. Bruce
numerous out in Dakota, fact which ac-
counts for the rapid growth of that thri wing
country.
CHARLES JORDAN of Barre was tried by
jury at Wings law office, on Tuesday after
noon of last week, on the charge of breaking
the peace on the night of July IS. The
charge was brought by Officer Frank Cook
of al ha1f ha of
the Granite City was present to testify. The
jury returned verdict of not guilty.
Justice Lord presided and j. G. Wing ap-
peared for the plaintiff and f. L. Laird for
defendant.
JAMES BURKE was taken into custody by
Officer Demeritt and brought before Justice
Smile on Friday to answer to the charge
of being intoxicated, AS this was James
second offense it cost him eighteen dollars
He paid the fine and made a plausible dis
closure on Barre parties. Officer Dudley
went to Barre in ses rch of the individuals
who had furnished James with his grog, and
found that the persons named in the dis
closure had left town three months ago
SMITHS SWISS BELL-RINGERs rang at the
opera-house on Monday evening before a
somewhat emaciated audience. The enter
| tainment as a whole was perfectly satsfac-
tory, and many of the selections on the
bells glasses and musical instruments were
rendered in manner that brought forth
hearty encores. The exhibition of legerde-
main was tirst-class. The closing panto-
mime, Humpty Dumpty, was not so eX-
cruciatngly funny as to be painful to the
spectator, but furnished moderate amount
of amusement.
COLONEL A. c. Brown has made some
changes at the central Office of the telephone
exchange which will greatly improve and
facilitate the service. AS the switchboard
ia n fDr txVn
tors to work at the same time, another
smaller one has been put in at the left.
The two boards are connected and are op-
Grated together, so that calls can be an
swered much more rapidly than formerly
Two boys are in attendance constantly, one
handling the out-of-town lines and the other
the local wires. The Improvements were
made at considerable expense, but Colonel
Brown is determined to make the service as
perfect as possible, and will spare no efforts
to satisfactorily meet the wants OF patrons.
THERE was diminutive railroad smashup
at the Junction, last Friday night, in which
no lives were lost and but little damage
done. The half-past seven train was just
starting out of the station when the engine
came into collision with the rear car of a
freight train which was backing out from
siding. The end of the car was smashed in
and the rear trucks thrown from the track.
The engine wasn't as handsome after the
accident as before, hay ing received several
flesh wounds in the vicinity of the water
tank. The accident delayed the train
about half an hour The trip from the
junction to Montpelier was made with the
same injured locomotive, but at the Central
station the cripple was relieved from further
service.
THERE was IA fatal accident at the june
ton at eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon,
the victim being Patrick Mcmahon, the sta
ton agent. He had been in the freight
house, assisting in loading freight No.
for the north, and when the work was done
jumped on the front of the caboose to ride
to the station. When opposite the bay win
dow he leaped Off but, as the cars were
moving at high rate Of speed, was thrown
against the window and fell back under the
rear wheels. His head and one hand were
crushed badly and death was almost in
Simultaneous. The deceased had been in
the service of the Central Vermont for
many years, and was a faithful and trusted
employe. He leaves a wife, son and two
daughters.
THE two demure manipulators at the
telephone exchange amused themselves last
week in an ingenious way at the expense of
several Of the frequenters OF the office.
Along the floor in front of the railing they