The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-27
Montpelier and Vicinity.

THE exterior of the court house is being
painted.
FRED l.. EATON moved into his new house
on Loomis street last week.
A DAUGHTER was born to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. f. Washburn on Saturday.
Mrs. MEAD of Burlington is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. ID. w. Temple.
JAMES, son of j. G. Cullen, died on
Wednesday night of last week.
WORK on the foundation of the new
Catholic church has been begun.
The new platform around the Wells
River railroad station is finished.
PRINCIPAL WHEELER of the Union school
spent Sunday at his home in Fairfax.
T. G. PHINNEY has removed the hedge
fence about his premises on Spring street.
Mrs. WARREN PARK is transforming her
barn on Loomis street into a dwelling house.
A PARTY of gpsies is camping by the
roadside a short distance above the Pioneer
mill
COLONEL JACOB MCCLURE is visiting
friends in New Hampshire and Massachu-
setts
MAIN and State streets have been cleaned
and put in first-class condition in the past
week.
REV. w. S. HAzEN of Northfeld will ex-
change with Rev. G. W. Gallagher next
Sunday.
THOMAS SEXTON was convicted on Mon
day of selling liquor and was fined 1929,
which he paid.
THE Christian Endeavor society of Beth
any church has a socable in the chapel ne xt
Friday evening.
JOHN PARCHER of Berlin was fined on last
week Thursday S10.51 for an assault on
William Emerson.
NETTIE SANDERS, who had been quite i'll
at the home of f.. 4. Sanders, has returned
to her home in East Montpelier.
MRS. G. r. SMITH who has been visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Peck, has
returned to her home in Brandon.
julius VoLHoLM went to Springfield,
Mass, last week to attend an Odd Fellows
celebration, returning on Saturday.
S. 7. MOVES was elected clerk of Canton
Montpelier last week Friday evening, in
place of f. A. Sherburne, resigned.
THE county convention of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union meets here
June II and II in the Baptist church.
ARTHUR CLARK, an employe of the Lane
Manufacturing company, had his right
thumb taken off by a saw one day last week,
THE Topic club met at Mrs. Whittier $
last evening. The question discussed was
80 Can women compete with men in busi-
ness?"
ALDEN GILMAN and Mrs. Florence Leland
were married on Thursday of last week
Rev. j. Edward Wright performing the GER
emony.
PROFESSOR j. w. BURGESS is recovering
from the grip, and he and Mrs. Burgess will
probably come to Montpelier in week or
ten days.
Mr. AND Mrs. CHARLES j. SHRINER, who
have been at the home of Mrs. Shrner's
ton on Monday.
LAST week Wednesday evening Vermont
lodge of Odd Fellows conferred the intia-
tory degree on one candidate and the first
degree on three.
I The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet next week Tuesday after
noon at three o'clock, in the parlors OF
Bethany church.
THE trustees are considering the alvs-
ability of extending Bailey avenue to the
j. w. Brock pasture. hearing will be
given soon on the matter
Mrs. +. p WALTON has returned from
Somerville, Mass, and has opened her
house. Her son, Mr.. Field of St. Louis, is
! expected here soon on visit
Miss FANNIE WELLINGTON, of Below.
! Falls, formerly teacher of music here, was
in town from Saturday to Tuesday to attent
the wedding of Miss Maud e. Whitney.
A SOCIAL and musical entertainment wa
given by the st. Augustine Mutual Benevo
| lent Association at its rooms in the Lang
don block, last week Wednesday evening.
COLONEL FLETCHER ID. PROCTOR, Mrs
Redfield Proctor, Miss Emma and Redfeld
Jr., of Proctor, stopped at the Pavilion
Monday night while on their way to Mon
treal.
II. NJ. PIERCE is building new coal of
flee, twelve by twelve feet in dimensions
at the corner of South Main and Barre
streets. The old one will probably be move,
away.
A GRANITE shed is being erected at tn,
Pioneer mill, and the Wells River Railroad
| Company is to put up another near tn
Wetmore & Morse shed. The business i
booming.
III. n. TAPLIN was in Boston last week Il
have an examination made of his eyes. Tn
specialist assured him that aside from tn
effects of over-use, they were in eXcellen
coudition.
GEORGE II. RoLFE, formerly with II.
Bixby and now at Boston, has been in tow
for few days, This is Mr.. Rolfe's frs
visit to Montpelier since he went to Boston
over year ago.
GEORGE w. WING, Esq, as grand maste
of the grand lodge of Masons attended tn
funeral of the late John b. Hollenbeck, tn
oldest Mason in the United States at Bur
lington on Monday.
On Memorial day the post-ofiice will b
closed between the hours of ten and five
There will be one general delivery b
Carriers Brown and Miller, and collection
will be made as usual.
A TEAM which man named John Rile
hired of b. p. Young on Sunday of last weel
saying he was going to Barre, was found b
Mr.. Yonng at Wells River on Wednesday
The thief had escaped.
GENERAL MANAGER HOBART of the Ger
tral Vermont railroad company, who ha
just resigned, after forty-three years serN
ice with the company, was station agent 8
Montpelier from 1850 TO 1859.
THE board of civil authority will meet i
the grand jury room at the court house o
Thursday evening at seven o'clock to he's
appeals from the listers figures The nun
Der of cases to be considered is small.
A PARTY of about ten from Hotel KemI
ton made a surprise visit at the home
Mr.. and Mrs. N. @. Tabor on Friday ever
ing of last week. Refr reshments wei
served, and jolly evening was passed
THE Free Press announces that "a so
was born on Friday to Myron and Mr.
Shady Rill" 1t is supposed that Mr.. an
Mrs. Myron G. Markham are the couple r.