The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-29
Montpelier and Vicinity.

MRS. M. E. SMILE has severe cold.
Mrs. GEORGE w. RBED is i'll with pneu-
monia.
Hon. G. w. PORTER and wife have started
for the Azores.
GEORGE WILSON is suffering from an at
tack Of the grip.
A SON was born to Mr.. and Mrs. T. j.
Keegan yesterday morning.
The Foresters are to have ball at Capt.
tai hall next Friday evening.
@. II. FERRIN, whe was quite i'll for sew
eral days last week, is out again.
A BAGGAGE and coat room has been built
in the rear of the Exchange hotel.
SCHOOL at Shady Ril began on Monday,
with Miss Eta Markham as teacher.
WORK on the cellar Of the addition to the
Opera House was begun on Monday.
THE arrival of Hon Charles Dewey and
wife at Coronado Beach, Cal, is reported.
REV. G. T. RAYMOND is to give temper
ance lecture at Barre next Sunday evening.
CARL GLEASON is catcher on the ball nine
OF the Vermont Episcopal Institute at Bur
lington.
j. w. Brock has been appointed admin
istrator of the estate of the late Liberty L.
Kinney of Barre.
Mr.. AND MRS. A. w. FERRIN went to
Stowe yesterday to attend the funeral Of
Mr.. FerrlnS grandmother.
HARRY JANeRAw, the little son of Oght.
ney Jangraw, died Saturday night. He was
about two and half ears old.
GEORGE II. WILDER was in town last
week. He has a position with the Hallett
Davis Piano Company Of Boston.
THE Chautauqua circle will meet with
Miss Mabel Guernsey, on Vine street, next
Friday afternoon at quarter past two o'clock.
ID. 7. KNAPP is to move into the house ON
Liberty street in which j. e. Curran now
resides. Mr., Curran moves to Hubbard
street this week.
Hon. THOMAS +. GRADY of New York was
in town last week and over Sunday on busi-
ness connected with the so-called con
spiracy" case.
The burning of strip of fence on the
Middlesex road, near the slaughter house,
last evening, caused an alarm Of fire. The
loss was very slight
PROFESSOR j. w. BURGESS and wife are
expected here next Saturday. Their new
house, which has been christened Red
stone," is about finished.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold a mothers meeting with
Mrs. j. NJ. Durant next week Wednesday
afternoon at three o'clock.
THE house of Mrs Susan Whittier re-
Gently purchased by DR.. G. E. Chandler,
DIR. Chandler will move in very soon.
A THIRD telephone wire is being put in
between Montpelier and Barre. At night
this wire will act as a protection TO the
other wires from the electric light wires.
HATTIE FLETCHER, who stole various
articles from Mrs. Ellen Harrigan recently,
pleaded guilty in the county court last week
and was sent to Rutland for three months.
HARRY G. DEwING left the Argus last
week to assume his new position on the 81.
Adams Messenger. Burt l.. Taylor, his sue
cessor on the Argus, has been in town about
a couple of weeks.
John Currier will be held in Trinity church
next Sunday morning. The pastor, Rev
A. j. Hough, and others will speak of the
| life and work of their brother
A. G. TRULAN will probably leave Mont
, pelier this week, to take his new position in
New York city. His successor at the tele'
graph office, Dwight e. Mason, now of Low
ell, Mass, is expected here to-day
A MEETING of the Washington county bal
was held on Monday to make arrangements
for attending the funeral of Judge Royce al
| st. Adams yesterday. Nearly all the Mont
pelier lawyers were present at the services
Ir is probable that Rev. j. j. Lewis Of
South Boston will give his lecture on the
Passion Play at the Church of the Messiah
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ture is given, one will probably be given al
Barre also.
The Montpelier association of Congrega
tional clergymen met here yesterday, and
! an interesting programme of exercises wa'
carried out. The meeting was at the Pa
vilion, and the wives of many of the clergy
men were present.
A TAPESTRY picture, the work of Mrs
Susan Whittier, has been placed on on,
81, 1a tl,n Dnx,; IL 10 ,
very ingenious and beautiful piece of work
Mrs. Whittier was about eight months il
doing it, and some 999,220 stitches wer,
taken. Ruth and Boaz is the subject o
the picture.
A RECENT issue of the Chicago Tribune
in an article on the early days of the city,
fire department, contained fac Sinile of
document which marks the organization o
the "Fire Guards" The document il
dated April %, lS42, and among the signer'
is William f. Mcclure of this village, theI
a resident of the windy city"
A DELEGATION of Barre Odd Fellows cam
to Montpelier Sunday morning to join thei
brethren here in the anniversary service a
Trinity church. There were about ninety
members of the order in line Marching t.
the church. they listened to a very inter
esting sermon by Rev. A. j. Hough. II
the afternoon about thirty members o
Vermont lodge went to Barre to attend tn,
services there.
Mrs. MARK BURNHAM Of Barre, the woman
who attempted to cheat several firms il
town on last week Tuesday was arreste,
on Thursday, and on Friday was tried be
fore Justice Smile. She was found guilt,
and was fined So and costs, which amounted
TO 1881. An appeal was taken to the count.
court. j. III. Senter and o. B. Boyce ap
peared for Mrs. Burnham, and f. l.. Lair'
for the prosecution.
THE marriage of A. w Barnum, stenog
rapher for the Wells River railroad com
pany, and Miss Kate W. Ladd took plac
at the home OF e. Il. Morse last Wednesda,
evening. Rev. j. Edward Wright performe
the ceremony in the presence OF smal
company OF intimate friends. The brida
couple left on short tour, in the course G
which visit was made at the home OF
brother of Mr.. Barnum at Springfield
Mass. Many beautiful and useful present
were received.
THR quarterly election of officers OF Mont
pelier Lodge Of Good Templars took plac
last week Friday evening, when the follow
ing were elected Chief Templar, w. Arthu
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