The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-11

JACOB ROBINSON was tried on last week
Wednesday on charge of selling liquor to
Israel Barney. The charge was not proved,
however, and he was discharged.
COLONEL j. II. LUCAS new tenement
houses at Graniteville, Barre, are nearly
completed. He intends to put up more
houses this spring in the same vicinity.
ID. DEWEY & Son have leased the George
| NJ. Scribner tin shop on Main street for
| five years aud are now moving their stock
from their present location on State street
The Good Templars initiated three candi-
| dates at the meeting last Friday evening.
Saturday evening a delegation from the
lodge visited the Barre lodge, going in two
sleghs.
THE Citizens Association is requested to
meet at the Apollo club rooms on Fri.
day evening, March 13, at halfpast seven
o'clock to take action for the support of the
| Military Band.
THE past masters degree was worked at
the meeting of King Solomon's chapter,
| r. A. NJ, last Thursday evening. A petit
| ton for permission to institute chapter at
Barre was read at the meeting.
| A SMALL house is being built in the rear of
| the Pavilion to contain carpet cleaner.
| dve-horse power motor will run the ma
C inc, which is described ~ something
| similar in principle ~ a cothes-wringer.
PELEG II. KENDALL of Rutland, whose
| death occurred on Monday, was well
known in Montpelier, where he fitted for
college. He also began to study law here
with the late Judge Timothy p. Redfeld,
| his uncle.
COURT ETHAN ALLEN is to have supper
| and dance at Capital hall on the evening of
| the Monday following Easter The order is
becoming quite popular in this vicinity, and
courts will soon be instituted at Barre and
| Plainfeld.
REV. G. w. GALLAGHER's prayer at the
&c
ities-glitterng or otherwise. The clergy
man did his duty like a man and Chris
| tian. Now let the court and all the officers
of justice do theirs
REV. A. J. HoUGH preached in the church
of Rev. T. p. Frost at Brooklyn on Sun
preached at Trinity church, and George j.
| Newton of the Seminary supplied Mr..
Davenport's pulpit at Waterbury.
j. w. CAUsTIC, who has been with the
| WATCHHAN for number of years, with a
break of several months last year during
which he was in Boston, went to Somer-
| vile, Mass, on Saturday to work as a press
man In printing Office in that place.
The Good Templar lodges of Montpelier,
Barre, Gouldsville and Roxbury are to meet
with Nortbfield lodge on the Goth instant
A literary entertainment will be presented
and social time enjoyed. special train
will be run from Barre to Northfield.
A MEETING of Odd Fellows of this dis
| trict will be held on the Goth instant with
Northfield lodge. The initiatory degree will
be worked by Northfield lodge, the degree
of truth by Vermont lodge, and the other
two degrees by Barre and Waitsfeld lodges
COLONEL FRED H. SMITH left on Thursday
OF last week for Chattanooga, Tenn, and
other places in the South. Mrs Smith had
already preceded him as far az New York
| They will be away several weeks, and l.. p.
Gleason and family will occupy their house
| during that time.
THE ban OF the East Montpelier people,
at the Pavilion on last week Wednesday
! evening, was great success. There were
! hfty-three couples present, and a jollier
| company never danced the hours away
The Montpelier orchestra furnished music,
and supper was served
MIR, AND Mrs. BRIGGS have been engaged
Tor another year as membegs OF Bethany
| church choir. The disagreement as to sal
aries has been satisfactorily arranged, the
| Ladies' Aid Society assuming responsibility
for 500 of that of Mrs. Briggs. Both were
in the choir last Sunday.
FRANK CAMPBELL, the seventeen-year old
son OF Humphrey Campbell, died on last
| week Thursday of what was thought TO he
inflammation of the bowels but a post
mortem examination showed that an alb
scess was the cause. The funeral services
were held Saturday morning ct the Catho-
lie church.
JOHN j. MCKENZIE of Barre was fined
S10.5l ON Monday for drunkenness Larry
McMahon, who was charged with selling,
pleaded not guilty, but was found gnilty
and was fined Sl36A. He appealed, and
Erastus Locklin became surety. On the
same day William Rodney was fined S106l
for drunkenness.
THE contract for putting in the foundation
anu basement of the new Catholic church
on Barre street has been awarded to Ma
pOleon Dubuc 81 Bennington. Work will
begin as soon as the condition of the ground
will permit. The dimensions will be eighty
seven by one hundred forty-four feet, and
the foundation walls will be twelve feet
high.
EUGENE CABRoEr was arrested last week
| on charge of feloniouS assault ON IneZ the
fourteen year-old daughter of John Brassaw
hearing was given him Saturday after
noon before Justice Smile. but the case was
! continued to Monday, when the defendant
was put on 500 bail to await the action of
| the grand jury. w. A. Lord appeared for
Cadroet, and I. .. Boynton for the state
The sergeant of the signal service at
Northfeld, William Line, furnishes the fol-
| lowing meteorological summary for the
! month Of February, 1891: Mean barometer
! SO.O4; highest barometer, 30697, upon the
10Th; lowest barometer, 29.317, upon the 25th I;
mean temperature 209 highest temper
ature, d. upon the 10Th; lowest temperature,
H. upon the 9th; greatest daily range, A,
| upOu uho iolui ltdSJ udlly range, q, upon tne
9th; mean daily temperature for February,
1883, 16.0 for 1889, I0,6; for 1890, % 2; pre-
vailing direction Of wind in February, 1890,
south; total movement of wind, 8,343 miles
total precipitation in February, 1888, 213
inches; in February, 1889, 2.73 inches; in
February, 1890, 800 inches.
The Montpelier Stone Shed Company
met for organization at the water commits
sioners' Office last Friday afternoon. The
| following officers were chosen: Chairman,
George l.. Blanchard; secretary, T. j.
Deavitt; treasurer, Levi II. Bixby; direct
ors, George l.. Blanchard, A. j. Sibley, II.
w. Morse, D. l.. Watson and Il. j. Deavtt
The Montpelier and Wells River railroad
company il to assume the work of erecting
the proposed stone sheds, and the plans
have already been made. Lynch & Nc
hahon will occupy one of the sheds, and
Barre firm will take another II il can get
water power. AS there is noquestion about
securing the power, IL may be regarded AS
certain that this firm will locate here.
The meeting at Capital hall on last week
Wednesday evening, called for discussing
the advisability of forming a board of trade,
was attended by more than hundred citi-
ZeuH The large attpn1anpa Ia 10