The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-13
Montpelier and Vicinity.
,. scorr of Chicago is in town.

II. G. SCOTT of Chicago is in town.
The new checklists have been posted.
WILL JACKSON is quite i'll with consump-
ton.
7. w. WooD has returned from Min
neapolis.
G. A. LIVINGSTONE is at his mothers home
in Coventry.
Mr.. AND Mrs. II. NJ. PIERCE are visiting
in the vicinity of Boston.
The road side on State street is being I'M
proved by a coating of gravel.
Mrs. A. o. CUMMINs and Mrs. Fred Pit
kin have gone to York Beach.
j. CoRwIN TAPLIN of Philadelphia,
brother of II. n. Taplin is in town.
II. S. boutwell, has returned from
three months trip in the West.
THE name of Montpelier people who
went to Boston either last or this week is
legion.
Miss CLARA MEAD's many friends in Mont
pelier present their congratulations. See
marriages.
REV. A. j. HoUGH is to be one of the
speakers at the camp-meetings at Norris
vile and Sheldon.
f. w. MORSE has been appointed custo-
dian of the new post-office and court build
ing, without pay.
Mr.. AND MRS. E. d. HYDE and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Cutler have returned from Man
chester by-the-Sea
A REVIEW of Rev. G. w. Galaghers new
book, zone Mans Struggle" will be found
on the seventh page.
F. T. BAIRD of Chicago and G.. w. Mars
ton of Portland have been guests of +. w.
Bancroft for few days.
FLORENCE DADMUN of Worcester Mass,
and Edith Dudley OF Millbury, Mass, are
visiting at ID. w. Dudley's.
THE addition to the Union school build
ing is being rapidly built. The brick cas-
ing is about half completed.
THE funeral of Mrs. H. T. Whitney took
place on Wednesday afternoon of last week.
Rev. G. w. Gallagher otficiated.
JOHNSON & CoLToN's nickel-plating shop
shut down on Monday for week. Repairs
on the dam and tiume will be made
ABRAHAM LONG and wife went to Bass
! Rocks, near Gloucester, Mass, ON last week
| Saturday, for few weeks of vacation.
f. E. BENJAMIN and Miss Mabel Knapp
! of Maiden, Mass, are visiting at the home
of Mr.. Benjamin's father, j. e. jamin.
WALTER DAVIDSON, engaged with Bar
nard, Sumner & Co., Worcester Mass, was
a caller at the WATCHMAN Office last week.
THE Sunday-school of Bethany church
picnicked at Langdon's pond on last week
Thursday. A very pleasant time was had.
Mrs. LAURA OvIATT, son and daughter
have returned from a two weeks vacation
spent at different places on Lake Cham
plain.
f. X. DELoTTINYILLE has sold his barber
! shop, furnishings and goodwill to F. w
Frink. Mr.. Frnk has been in the shop fo
some time
HARRY WooLsoN, brother of S. G. Wool
son, and family Of Boston were In towI
last week. Mrs. Woolson is now at her ole
home in Moretown.
BERT CUMMINs, well-known in Montpelier
has been appoi nted cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Pierre, South Dakota, hi
appointment dating August l.
The remains of the late Mrs. Abbie S
Dodge of Barre were brought to Montpelier
and inferred at the Elm street cemetery OF
last week Thursday afternoon.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at its last meeting arranged for a cir
culating library. Rev. MIR. Gallagher's new
book is to be the first in the circuit.
AN arm of the Indian in front of Allen
cigar store was broken off on last week Fri
day night, and three grindstones in front o
Fred Blanchard's store were destroyed.
BETHANY church has presented Edwar'
l.. Smith S25 for a stereopticon, and tn
Christian Endeavor Society has given hin
S25 60 toward reading-room at Genesee
Idaho.
The September term of Washingto
county court begins on Tuesday, Septembe
0. Judge Loveland Munson of Mancheste
will preside. There are nineteen d.
vorce and twenty-five liquor cases.
COLONEL r. r. RIKER is honored by
special invitation from General Gilmore {
attend the National Guard encampment d
Bradford next week. The invitation in
cludes transportation to and from Bradford
ID. FOSTER BANCROFT of Brooklyn, N. Y
is the guest of his nephew, @. Def. Bar
, croft Mr. Bancroft is the son of the lat
Aaron Bancroft, Sr. He is a native
Montpelier, leaving this place some forty
five years ago.
, REV. G. G. VNAL of Kennebunk, Me
preached again at the Church of the Me
siah on Sunday morning and at the Mors
= school-house in the afternoon. Mr.. Wrigl
= returns from Kennebunk Beach this weel
: and will preach next Sunday.
BROOKS POST turned out with nearl
a seventy-tve comrades on Sunday eveniu
to take the special train over the Wei
. River road to Boston. Among the prom
: inent members of the post who are at Bo
h ton are General Stephen Thomas, Colon
4 j, III. Lucia and Colonel #, e. Smith.
8 CHARLEY HAYDEN has learned by exper
}, ence that II users of spray nozzles will a
V low the water to run freely through til