The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-29

afternoon was spent in dancing, and those
who went had good time despite the
dampness of the morning.
The 50. Adams Messenger, in speaking OF
the part to be taken by DR.. 9. e. Chandler
in the convention of the Vermont Medical
Association, held in Burlington October 10
and 16, says: DIR. Chandler is one of the
most promising young physicians of the
state, and, being graduate in diseases OF
the eye, he is fully competent to discuss this
subject intelligently."
The Northheld Ne,cs says the baseball
game between the Northfield and Montpe-
lier juniors, played here July II, was char
acterzed by the rank decisions OF the Mont
pelier umpire, and that the boys of the
capital were outplayed in every respect"
Impressions concerning the merits OF rival
baseball teams depend largely on which
side of the fence the observer stands.
SHERIFF HOWE, who brought suit against
s. A. Luke of the Volunteer Hose Com
pany for the wetting he received on the
Fourth, while in the performance of his Off
cial duties, has withdrawn his suit. Mr..
Howe placed the damages at $50, to pre-
vent extended litigation and the case was
to have been tried at Northheld on Monday.
Mr.. Howe, we believe, has acted wisely in
withdrawing his suit.
As Chin " Davis was crossing the street
between Barrows & Peck's and Blanchard's
stores last Friday afternoon, the pole of his
wagon struck buggy passing just in front,
and quickly upset it, landing the occu-
pants-a man and wife from Middlesex-in
the soft mud. The horse freed himself
from the wagon, breaking the whiffletree
and some parts of the harness. This was
the only damage done, save muddy gar
| ments.
JOHN SMITH Of Moretown, fined last Sat
urday for drunkenness, and now in Jail, was
also arrested for cruelty to animals. His
horse, an antiquated brute with hip
| ItA ra1 Il IL, s,1na .,,n1
sunk nearly out of sight, was put in the Ex-
change hotel stable, and being unable to get
up alone on Sunday morning, was killed by
Harvey Gallison. Smiths trial on this
charge will come off when his case for
drunkennessis is disposed of.
WE hear of a fellow, calling himself A. M.
Brown, taking subscriptions for the Boston
Journal, Ladies' Home Journal and other
| papers, including the WATCHMAN. The
! subscribers complain that they do not re-
| ceive their papers, and are writing the pub
! fishers for information. The man is evil
! IDENTIFY swindler The money he takes he
! puts into his own pocket. He is described
as a man of sandy complexion, about forty
! years old. Look out for him. Every au-
| thorized agent has or should have, GER
titcate from the publisher he represents,
and in cases of doubt he should be asked to
show his credentials.
A PARTY numbering about forty-fve,
mostly Boston people, left the Wells River
station Saturday afternoon on the half-past
four o'clock train, in chartered car en-
route for the White Mountains. They had
| been in Saratoga, made a trip up the lake,
and came from Burlington Saturday morn
| ing Members of the party expressed them
selves as much pleased with the capitol and
the post.office buildings, and were greatly
surprised on learning that the large brick
building near the Central Vermont station
was being constructed by life-insurance
company. From reading newspaper articles
highly laudatory of Vermont's bracing at
mosphere, and her beauties as a summer
resort, they had formed the impression that
life-insurance companies in these parts
were as supert1uous as hair crimpers in
Africa
BERLIN has an Almy. This Almy carries
the alias of Frank Dudley in Berlin, and
Fred Dudley in Montpelier. This man
came to E. III. House, in Berlin, on Monday,
and offered to work at haying for one dollar
a day. Mr.. House hired him. Mr.. House
and his neighbors think they see in this
man resemblance to the Hanover MUIR
derer G.. II. Wiley came to Montpelier
yesterday afternoon and got Sheriff Howe,
who arrested the supposed murderer in Mr..
Houses dining-room. On his failure to
satisfactorily account for himself, he was
! brought to Montpelier and jailed Dudley
says he was born in Brookheld, Mass, and
has been working for one Bixby in Brook
field, VT, during the present hay season.
III lu6 udrh ne answers III Il Rcutrdl way TO
the newspaper description of Almy What
the light of this morning will reveal re-
mains to be seen.
AND now it is c, A. Spaulding. Officer
Hunt had been holding papers since last
Wednesday, and Monday night happened
down on Elm street. He saw five or six
| men, more or less intoxicated, come from
Spauding's saloon, and thought it proper to
investigate. An hour or two later Mr..
Hunt saw two men enter the lower door,
and go up the stairs. Through a window
he saw match struck, and basket of
bottles placed in a convenient place. A
bout one o'clock, when all was quiet,
Officers Hunt and Demerritt visited the
establishment, broke in the lower door, and
secured the basket, containing eighteen
bottles of lager beer and several whiskey
tumblers. Spauldng was brought before
Justice Hinkley yesterday afternoon,
charged with maintaining a nuisance and
| keeping with intent to sell. The case was
continued until to-day, j. il. Senter fur
nishing 500 bail.
Miss ANNIE S. YOUNG, graduate of the
Seminary, member of the Baptist church
in this place, and who is now missionary
to China, is having a very anxious time.
She went out under the auspices of the
Baptist Missionary Society and located at
kinh-wa, China, over two years ago. AS
usual during the hot season, she is now at
Shoa-hing, nearly two hundred miles from
this vicinity, she tells of native boy in
their school, who twice refused to show the
usual courtesy to the ruler of the place by
rising when he passed. For his misde-
meanor the lad was imprisoned and beaten,
and the natives roundabout are greatly ex-
cited. They affirm that disrespect to rulers
is taught by the missionaries, and threaten
to demolsh the school buildings and expel
the mscreants. There is very bitter feel
ing against all foreigners in China, and
Miss Young and her friends may not wholly
escape the vengeance of the excited natives.
THE heavy rainfall of Friday morning left
several street crossings about town more
or less submerged, Ponds on State and
Main streets were monopolized by private
enterprise. w. p. Huntington made deal
with j. V. Babcock and got sole possession
of the waterfront along his restaurant,
while c.. S. Whittier improvsed a Landing"
in front of his meat-market. Boats (of paper)
were launched, pond-lilies suddenly opened
their petals and the small boy bobbed for
whale " in the unsalted but somewhat
turbid seas. In the depression in front of
Blanchards store, on South Main street,
a muddy lagoon was formed, in the depths