The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-30

been received and the applicants will be
admitted as soon as the tribe is fairly estab-
lished in its new quarters. The following
are the officers OF the tribe; Prophet, j. T..
Curran; senior sycamore, j. p. Donovan;
junior sycamore, George II. Bolfe; keeper
of records, Charles Locklin; assistant
keeper of records, G. Il. Wilson; keeper of
wampum, f. A. Dwinell.
THE premises Of S. b. Smith on State
street were searched last week by Sheriff
+. II. Atherton and Frank Martin, and a
quart bottle full of Jersey lightning un-
earthed in the cellar. The search was the
result of the disclosure of Edward Paro,
upon whom a pint Of the juice was found
last week Tuesday, and who alleged that he
had procured the same at Smiths empo-
rum. Smith was at once arrested and
three complaints entered against hm-fOr
selling liquor to Edward Paro, for keeping
a nuisance and for keeping liquor with in.
tent to sell. The trial of the cases was con-
tinued until Tuesday forenoon. Smith was
then convicted on each of the three com
plants. For selling liquor to Edward Paro
he was fined $40 and costs, under the nui-
sanCe act S2C0 and costs and for keeping
liquor with intent to sell $40 and costs
An appeal was taken in each case, T. II.
Gordon, his counsel, going bail for Smith.
Smith was then rearrested and taken to
Waterbury to answer before Justice Lease
to a charge of selling liquor to Elwin Shonio
and Edward Paro. j. q. Wing went down
to Waterbury to Try the case against him,
but owing to the failure of the respondent
to put in an appearance there was no trial
THE WetmOre & Morse Granite Company
received its charter from the secretary of
state Monday afternoon, and is now a full
fedged corporation. Eight hundred shares
of stock at 500 per share We're then taken
and the books were closed The enthusiasm
which the citizens have displayed in this
enterprise and the liberality with which
well for the business future of Montpelier.
The books were opened Thursday, January
| II, and so rapidly were the shares taken that
! the amount of capital stock was raised
| from $50, 600 to SS0,O00, in order to give
eager investors "A chance to subscribe. More
than $4,000 of this amount was subscribed
by residents Of Montpelier and the name of
nearly every prominent busne ) man in
/ town appears on the books. The eighteen
names upon the charter alone represent more
/ than 81 100000. For the organization of
( the company great credit is due the citizens
| committee, by whom the opportunity was
brought to he attention of Montpelier cap-
talists. Through the efforts Of this same
/ committee three other business concerns
! the watch-key and clOthes-pin factories and
! the stone-sheds on Barre street-have been
/ brought to Montpelier within the past two
years. Let the boom go on
SEMINARY HILL.
THE electric light men finished their work
at the Seminary last Thursday There are
now one hundred tifty-nine lights in use and
the society halls are still to be provided for.
- Father Currier, eighty-four years OF
| age, assisted in conducting chapel exercises
Wednesday morning. - Miss Huntley
is expected to return to school this week.
- Miss Gordon, who has been sick with
a fever, returned home last Saturday. -
Miss Merrill went home last Monday She
will return in the spring. - The boys
have been engaged in making rink on the
campus 1t is about two hundred ten feet
by forty-fve feet and will make a fine place
to skate. =- The day of prayer will be
observed at the Seminary by appropriate
exercises at 10:30 o'clock A. NJ. and seven
o'clock P. NJ. An invitation has been eX.
tended to Rev T. p. Frost of st. Johns
bury to be present in the evening. =-
There are now two hundred ten students
enrolled, by far the largest attendance fol
the winter term during the history of the
school. - The Shakespeare Club will
give an entertainment in the chapel next
Saturday evening