The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-17
Montpelier and Vicinity.

JOHN EWING, JR., was fined S1131 last
week for drunkenness.
MRS. w. f. FRENCH of Woodstock is visit
ing Mrs. ID. W. Temple.
Mr.. ELMoRE begins his dancing school at
the Pavilion this evening.
GEORGE L. WADE has received a pension
of $l2 month and 81 200 arrears.
RICHARD DODGE has moved into the Eliza
Guernsey house on East State street.
Two large windows in Trinity church
were accidentally broken on Saturday.
GENERAL THOMAS is so far recovered from
his recent illness as to be able to ride out.
III. N. TAPLIN went to Philadelphia on
Monday. He will be away week or ten
days
REV. A. j. HoUGH is to read his poem on
THE Country Parson " at Waitsfield this
evening
Mrs ALLEN of Waterbury has been stop
ping with her daughter Mrs. +. II. Stevens,
for the past week.
WILLIAM II. WAKEFIELD has received an
increase of pension and William Lawson
an original pension.
THE heirs of James Leland have sold to
Charles A. Smith a house and land on
Barre street for S1,705.
MISS BELLE FIFIELD. who has been visit
| ing in Baltimore and New York. will return
home before Christmas.
REV. o. ID. THOMAS closed his evangel-
istic services at the Baptist church on last
week Thursday evening.
THE Ladies' Guild Of Christ Church will
meet with Mrs. Richard Dillon on Thursday
afternoon at two o'clock.
| THERE will be german at the Pavilion
| on the evening of the ODD instant. 1t is to be
| given f. w. Bancroft.
TEN new sleeping chambers are to be
finished off in the Montpelier house. ID. D.
! Fellows will do the work.
IT is reported that the Capital Savings
Bank and Trust Company will occupy the
| present post office quarters.
A MAIL-Box has been placed at the corner
OF Elm and Cummins streets, and collec.
tions viii be made once day.
OLIVER WHEELocK has received a pen
| sion of S24 month through T. j. Deavitt.
| This was an increase from SIG
THE Bethany Christian Endeavor So
! ciety has a sociable Thursday evening at
the home of Rev. g. W. Gallagher.
MRS. ID. w. DUDLEY has been quite i'll for
the past two weeks and is still confined to
her bed the greater part of the time.
The new streets are being numbered, and
| streets that had been Incorrectly numbered
| are being REMEMBERED, by @. Def. Bancroft.
Mr.. w. A. BRADLEY of Fort Payne, Ala,
is in town to a tend the wedding of his sis
ter, Miss Edith Bradley, tomorrow morning.
FRANK SMITH, brakeman on the Central
| Vermont road, had a hand crushed while
coupling cars Monday No bones were
broken.
SEVERAL Montpelier ladies attended the
district meeting of the w mans auxiliary
of the Episcopal church, at st. Johnsbury
last week.
MRS. F. r. STEVENS has been confined to
the house the past two weeks with some
thing like the grip, but is now able to be
out again.
MRS. CHARLES e. WHITCoMB died at her
home on Wednesday of last week, aged
about seventy years. The funeral occurred
| on Friday.
CAPTAIN B. f. Cox and wife of Randolph
Maine, who have been visiLin their daugh-
ter Mrs. r. l.. Laird, returned home on last
week Thursday.
THE prizes at the Apollo Club whist party
last week Thursday evening, were won by
Mrs. l.. b. Cross and b. NJ. Shepard. There
were seventeen tables.
THE adjourned meeting OF the Central
Vermont Pomona Grange will be held al
| Berlin, December 81 beginning at ten
O'Clock III the morning.
FRANKLIN HoYT lost about $40, which he
had received on his pension, last week. He
had put IL in his pocket, but how il got out
he does not understand
w. ARTHUR JONES has been appointed
deputy grand chief telnplar of Vermont, with
authority to organize new lodges of Good
Templars anywhere in the state.
Hon. C. w. PORTER, who has been
troubled with malaria for several weeks, has
upon the advice of his physician, gone to
| Fortress Monroe for short time.
VERMONT LODGE of Odd Fellows makes
its nomination OF officers this "Wednesday
evening, and Thomas Wildey Encampmenl
holds its election Friday evening
IT is expected that the Wells River road
will begin its suburban train service about
the first of January. All that the company
is now waiting for is the brakes.
G. ID. SANBoRN of West Randolph is put
ting in the stair-cases in the Union school
house extension. The material is ash and
birch-good material and good workman
ship.
ABRAHAM LONG had serious fall on the
stairs at his home last week, and in conse
quence he was confined to the house fo
several days. He received bad shak
ing up.
THE body Of Mrs. William Murray, wht
died of typhoid fever at Lowell, Mass.
reached here on Sunday, and the funera
occurred yesterday. Mr.. Murray is nov
critically i'll.
THE public schools will close Friday for
two weeks vacation. The addition to th
Union School building which is now abou
completed, will be used from the opening o
the winter tenn.
ELwIN l.. PUTNEY and wife have sold Il
Sarah f. Cummings house and land OF
Barre street. Price, $1,000 Mr.. and Mrs
Putney have also sold to SolOn +. Cum
miugs "a lot ON Barre street for $3.50.
WE are panied to learn of the death of tn,
wife OF Mr.. George A, Ainsworth OF Will
JAMESTOWN, our esteemed correspondent a
that place. The event occurred on Friday
Suitable obituary notice will appear later
A SPECIAL train will be run to Barre Sat
urday evening, at seven o'clock, to accom-
modate the Good Templars' lodge, which il
to institute a new lodge that evening. Far,
one way will be charged for the round trip
A CURIOUS fatality occurred on the Berlin
side ON Saturday. An infant, while alone
was attacked by rat, which bit the baby
cheek. A physician was called, but brfor,
he arrived death had resulted from blood
poisoning.
The business men on the street repor
trade slightly better than at this time
year ago, in consequence, no doubt, OF til,
! good seghing The latter part Of this weel
will probably see big business and livel.
scenes in the stores.