The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-15

to shoot her and she was scared for her
life" She was sent to Grand Juror Boyn-
ton, but no action has yet been taken.
L. p. GLEASON recently sold his residence
on Barre street to G.. G.. Downing for
$4,000. 1t is reported that Mr.. Downing
will use the property as a boarding-house.
S. L. HOWE and wife, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosmer of Chicago, are spend
ing a few days in Boston and Falmouth,
Mass Mrs. Hosmer is sister of Mrs.
Howe.
GEORGE ROBINSON and George r. Ehle,
who have been visiting old acquaintances
in Montpelier and vicinity for few weeks
past, left for their home in Northfeld,
Minn yesterday.
Mrs. j. ELLIOT SMITH and daughter of
New York City have been spending a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs l.. z. Gleason, and
are now visiting Dr. and Mrs. George
Nichols at Northfield.
EFFORTS are being made to send barrel
of clothing to the Emigrant's Home in Bos-
ton. Those having secondhand garments,
and wishing to contribute, may leave them
with Mrs, d. L. Fuller.
L. BART Cross wife and daughter and Mrs
Cross sister-Mrs. g. E. Ewers-Miss Mar
tha Long, Abraham Long and wife and ID.
+. Long spent Sunday at the Sunset Hill
house, near Lisbon, N. II.
BENJAMIN DALEY's horse, harnessed to an
express wagon, started, without a driver,
yesterday afternoon, and made quick time
from the Wells River depot to its stable.
The wagon was slightly damaged.
JOSEPH NEWLY, the genial vender of
sweetmeats, well known to people of Mont
pelier and Barre, was recently granted
pension. Some people are curious to know
just how Joseph helped save the Union.
THE ball-game between the Montpelier
and Northfield teams advertised to be
played at Northfeld on Saturday, was not
played. 1t is expected that they will carry
out Saturdays programme this afternoon.
NEARLY three hundred carloads of dirt
have been used in grading the Union
School grounds. The whole has been lev
eled and seeded. The road also needs
grading, and we understand that this is to
be done soon.
The high school ball-team was defeated
by the high school team at Northfeld, last
Friday afternoon, by score of twelve to
nine. 1t should be remembered, however,
that only seven players constituted the
Montpelier team.
REV. d. j. O'SULLIvAN of st. Mary S
! church, Burlington a brother of Rev. W. j.
! O'Sullivan of this place, delivered an adj
dress before the students in the medical de-
partment of the University OF Vermont on
| Monday evening.
FRED B. BoswoRTH, now of Bellows
] rails, Formerly Il ClbTh III Unb uTuB-SJOTe VI
| Babcock q Cutler, was married in Belfast,
Maine, July 6, to Miss Matte Wentworth.
The couple was serenaded by the Bellows
Falls drum corps
THE ceremony of blessing the cross was
observed at the Catholic cemetery Sunday
afternoon. Bishop DeGoesbriand addressed
large audience. This cross the principal
one in the cemetery, is of granite and Is
about sixteen feet high.
,f ivh, IA
died in Shoreham, was buried here last Fri
day. W. II. BiXby, son of the deceased
for some time printer in the argus dnC
Patriot Office and now living in Chicago,
was present at the burial
THE Kazoo Band" which will be long
remembered as the dispenser of seraphi'
music in the procession of antiques and hOr
rbles the Fourth, chartered J. @. Adams
coach and four, last Wednesday evening
and made raid on NOrthfeld.
Miss MARY E. MACoMBER, who went Il
Minneapolis last week as delegate of the
Christian Endeavor Society, will spend the
next three weeks visiting friends in that
city Meanwhile, +. w. Bancroft will act
as librarian of the public library.
REV. G.. w. GALLAGHER will deliver al
address before the White Mountain Asso
citation of Christian Endeavor at Littleton
y. H., tonight He also takes a foul
weeks vacation, beginning with to-day, mos
of which will be spent in Littleton
A YOUNG foreigner appeared at the post
office yesterday forenoon, and bought {
stamp and insisted that the clerk should
" stick it," The clerk refused and the for
eigner kept on insisting, but finally de
parted at the suggestion of Officer Hunt.
WE have received from j. p. Flint o
Shady Rill some fine specimens of tn,
SharDless variety of strawberries. They
are large in size and of fine flavor. From
plot about ten feet by twenty-five feet Mr.
Flint has picked two bushels this season.
THERE was a meeting of the Universalis
and Unitarian clergymen at Rev. j. EdwarC
Wrights house yesterday afternoon. Thi
was the first meeting of the kind held fo
over three years, and an attempt will b'
made TO revive and continue the old custom
REV. A. b. TRUAx will hold a quarterl,
conference at West Randolph on Saturda,
afternoon; preach in the church on Sunday
morning and administer the sacrament
preach at Bethel Gilead in the afternoon
and again in the West Randolph church il
the evening
THE fourteenth annual Unitarian grow
meeting will be held at Weirs, y. H., iron
July - to August 8. Besides the sermon
and religious meetings, there will be socia
gatherings, lectures and several excursions
TO the White Mountains. The hotels an,
railroads will give special rates.
j. X. LANGDoN, Miss Lizzie Langdon, Mis-
White, and l.. II. BiXby aud wife starte,
yesterday for Block Island in MI
Langdon's private car. The party was I
receive additions on the way, making seven
teen, in all, before reachiug its destination
Mr.. Bixby and wife will return Thursda
night
II. AND NJ. STANDIsH played in a Barr
baseball team against the Waterbury nine
az Waterbury, last Saturday The scor
stood thirty. seven to thrty-two in favor q
the Barre nine. The feature of the gam
was the heavy batting of h. Standish, VIII
made one home run, one three-bagger ant
three singles
OWING to misunderstanding, the Brooks
Woman's Relief Corps made its picnic Il
the Barre quarries last week in two parties
instead of one. Thirty or forty went L
Barre Wednesday, there met the Barre
delegation and thence went to the quarries
and party of nearly sixty made the sam
trip Thursday.
q. w. WING and c. II. Heaton are to at
tend the national meeting OF the Genera
Grand Chapter Of the Royal Arch Masons
held in Minneapolis next week, July 22-24
Mr., Wing goes as grand master OF the state
and Mr.. Heaton is acting treasurer of tn,
Grand Chapter, appointed on the decease o