The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-03
Montpelier and Vicinity.

II. n. TAPLrN is in Boston.
THE Union School begins on Monday, Sep
tember 10.
c. II. Cross, JR., of Boston is at home on
a few days.
Mrs. f. II. BAscoM and family went to
Bethel Saturday.
d. L. FULLER is putting mp another house
on Liberty street.
j. n. SHAPLEY of Fort Payne, Alabama,
is visiting in town.
JAMES GTLcHRIsT was fined S10.01 yester-
day for drunkenness.
Mrs. r. r. STEVENS and son Fred have
returned from Bethel.
WAITE SAB1N returned from Sanbornton,
n. H., last week Friday.
S. w. CoRsE has moved into his new
house on the ledge slope.
Mr.. AND Mrs. II. c. BATES of st. Johns
bury are visitors in town.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT preached at
Waitsfeld Sunday evening.
IT is reported that lodge of Good
Templars is to be organized
Hon. JAMES L. MARTIN of Brattleboro is
the guest of Edward Dewey.
DIR. ID. G. KEMP has been appointed
health officer for Montpelier,
GEORGE W. WILDER is to build an apart
ment house on Hubbard street.
PRINCIPAL WHEELER of the Grammar
School was in town on Monday
w. NJ. LOMBARD has moved from Bur-
lington to his new house on Elm street
THERE will be band concert Friday
evening at the School street band stand.
Hon. IRA II. EVANS and family of Austin,
Texas, have been visiting in Montpelier.
WALTER G. WAsHBURN goes to Hanover
n. H., to-day to enter Dartmouth college.
THE bridge of the Central Vermont rail
road near Barre Junction is being repaired.
THE Sunday-school OF the Church of the
Messiah will resume its sessions next Sun
day.
THE Gold Medal ball nine will play with
the Barre team at Barre next Saturday
afternoon.
TWENTY members of Vermont Lodge of
Odd Fellows visited the lodge at Waitsfield
on Saturday.
MARBLE RUSSELL, who has been in Massa-
chusetts for about two months, has re-
turned home.
THE Lane Manufacturing Company has
received new iron planing-machine from
Worcester, Mass.
CAPTAIN HENRY C. LULL has returned
Weston & Smith.
CLARK B. ROBERTS has the contract for
filling and grading the lot on which the old
Sloan building Stood
GEORGE A. KNAPP is taking a weeks va
cation, and his place in the post-office is
filled by f. II. Mcclure.
REV. A. B. TRUAx was at the St. Albans
district camp-meeting two days last week.
He spent Sunday at Swanton.
f. w. CUMMINGS, on the editorial staff of
the Worcester Spy, was a caller at the
WATCHMAN Office on Saturday.
JOHN BURGEN has moved into the house
purchased by him of III. NJ. Faes and re-
Gently vacated by w. III. Cowell
THE communion service will be celebrated
at the Church of the Messiah next Sunday
afternoon at half-past four o'clock.
WILLIE S. FOSTER, the infant grandson
of w. o. Standsh, died here on Sunday.
The funeral was on Monday afternoon.
HARRY Cotton, who had been at Hart
ford, Conn, recently, is now working in
the Office of the Johnson & Cotton works.
ENGINEER CADY has begun the erection OF
house on land purchased of G. II. Ship
man just below the residence of S. w Corse
j. NJ. FITZGERALD has taken the agency
for the New York Mutual Life Insurance and
the Manufacturers Accident Indemnity
companies.
c. w. LoCKLIN starts for Terminal City
with a party of VermOnters next Monday
They go by boat taking the steamer City
of st. John"
REV. IDRYs JONES of Wales and Miss Ger.
trude l.. Barnes of Williamstown were mar
ried here on last week Wednesday by Rev.
G. w. Gallagher.
A SUPPER in Bethany chapel, under the
direction of the Ladies' Library Guild, is
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week, September ~.
MRS j. G. BUHDY and Miss Bundy OF
Chicago, and Mrs. III. ID. Caldwell and Miss
| Hatch of Nashua, n. H., are newly-arrived
guests at the Pavilion.
HENRY, son of Alexander Jangraw, died
of diphtheria last week. He was eight
years old. This is the only case of diph.
liberia reported for some weeks.
S. II. LEA of Fort Payne, Ala, who had
been in town for some time, went to Cardiff
Tenn, last Saturday. He has taken a large
contract in civil engineering in that city.
ARTHUR j. LADD of Grand Isle, while
playing ball here Monday afternoon, col.
lided with another player and broke his
right leg below the knee. DR.. Chandler at
tended him.
JUDGE WHEELER held a session of the
United States court here on Friday evening
and Saturday morning to give an oppor-
tunity for naturalization. Twenty-Five per-
sons took out papers.
The Gold Medal and Northfeld ball
teams played at Providence Island Satur-
day, the former winning by a score Of five
to four. The Montpelier and Northheld
Juniors also played game, which was won
by the latter, seven to four.
THE fortnightly meeting of the Non
partisan Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was held on Wednesday of last
week, and was addressed by Mrs. Carleton
Turner of Kansas, who spoke of the work
of the organization in Kansas.
THE band serenaded Mr.. Cross last even
ing, in honor of his election as representa-
tive. w. A. Lord introduced Mr.. Cross
to the assembled crowd, whom Mr.. Cross
thanked for the visit. James r.. Langdon,
Berlin's representative, also was serenaded.
AN evening service at seven o'clock was
held in Trinity church Sunday evening.
Similar services will be held regularly here
after. Miss Hubbard, the new vocal teacher
at the Seminary, who sang at the church
while she was a student, is to sing in the
choir.
THE case of the state against Stilman
| Lawrence, for breach of peace, was tried