The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-11

november 10, lSUO. lie was long resident
of Calais, where his wife died in 1878. His
death was the result of heart failure follow
ing an attack of pneumonia.
THE Kings Daughters supper and
social was not held at Mrs. 1. r. Moulton's,
last week Tuesday evening, as was re
ported" in these columns, but we have
been given to understand that it really did
come off last evening
A PORTION Of the board OF trade gathered
last week Tuesday evening, and buried the
remains OF the shoe factory project While
the possibility of raising the needed balance
was conceded, it was thought best to drop
the matter. Sic transit.
OLD " JED PRoUrY drew big crowd at
the Opera-house, last Thursday night, and
scored an expected success. :" Jane" at
the Opera-house last evening, was one of
the finest of the many excellent attractions
that have appeared here the past season.
JUST gaze on this, from the Free Press,
Uerbdtim ct literdtim: 1.-THE Apollo club
minstrel entertainments ON Thursday and
Friday evenings bid fair to be very far their
best productions. Evening party at Prof.
Johnson's on the first night, and The
Goveynor's Body Guard on the second"
YoUNG BEEMAN of the Seminary, son of
Rev. j. ID. Beeman, who recently went to
Massachusetts to attend school, last week
beat all records for running broad jump.
| The record was nineteen feet while Beeman
scored twenty feet and four inches. He
also took the prizes in the 100-yard and 200
| yard dashes.
THE case of John Rourke Granite Com
pany had a hearing last Saturday before
Special Master T. j. Deavitt, Barney &
Hoar of Barre appearing for the company
and S. G. Shurtleff for Hooker, Martin, ct
ais. The court will soon issue a decree for
the payment in full of all debts, with the
exception of one or two contested claims.
II. G. WEBSTER and Wesley E. Taplin
have bought out the furniture business con-
Quoted by e. E. Towner. Mr.. Taplin has
been in the employ of Mr.. Towner for some
time past and has become pretty well ac-
quainted with the business, while Mr..
Webster's reputation as a business man
needs no rehearsal to the Montpelier pub
lie.
ROME G. Brown, ESQ, of Minneapolis
sends the WATCHMAN a handsome picture
of the building in which the next president
of the United States is to be nominated"
to quote his felcitous phrase. 1t is a splen-
did piece of architecture, magnificent in di-
mensons, the largest auditorium in the
United States" The building does infinite
credit to the rising metropolis of the great
Northwest.
BETHANY READING CLUB has elected the
following officers: Miss Cleaves, president;
Mrs. j. V. Babcock, vice.president; Mrs
III. d. Hopkins, secretary and treas.
urer; study committee, Mrs. T. j. Deavitt
chairman, Mrs. G. II. Shipman, Miss Ella
Bailey. Mrs; d. G; Kemp, and Mrs. Free
man; social committee, Mrs. Morton Mar
vim, Mrs. Charles Deming, Miss Drew
Mrs Field and Mrs. H. g. Cotton
THE many local Catholics who have made
pilgrimages to the shrine Of Ste. Anne de
Beaupre, on the st. Lawrence, will be in.
terested to learn that large fragment OF
the arm of Ste. Anne, mother of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, has been received from Rome
| nv spppial sanction nf pnpp T,an XIII and
that another is on its way. The relic will
be placed in an uplifted golden arm. Fol
centuries most answering belief has been
put in the authenticity of portions of this
body by the faithful followers Of the Church
of Rome.
JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, a borse-trainer, foI
seme little time past has been driving
horses for Bert Keith of Barre. Last Satur
day he came to Montpelier with one oi
Keith's horses. He struck a trade with
Alanson Luce of Berlin, Luce giving him a
horse and S35 boot. Mclaughlin then
swapped the Luce horse with one Bushy
for $40 and a coon-skin overcoat. Then he
took the train for RoXbury and at that
point bought through ticket to Montreal
Keith came down Saturday night and re-
covered his horse. The only person who
seems to have made any money out of the
transactions is the festive Mclaughlin.
OFFICER HUNT was called to the bosom
of the Cilley family, last Wednesday, and
found the hopeful son Dick - engaged in
the vivacious act of driving said family out
of the house with pitchfork and butcher
knife. Richard was himself again, with a
and Cilley resisted, whereupon Hunt
twitched" him. On Saturday Justice
Smile fined the young loafer S36 50 fol
breach of the peace, and tackled on 10S days
in the house of correotion also S10.0l fol
intoxication. Cilley was taken to Rutland
Saturday. and the town will ba rid nf him
through the gladstone summer months. II
he returns he will probably be rearrested
on the charge of resisting an officer.
The musical convention OF which men.
ton has been occasionally made will open
at Blanchard Opera-house, beginning On
Monday evening, May %, and continuing
through Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day. May "a, % aud 26, closing with grand
concert Thursday evening, May 26. q. f.
Dudley of East Montpelier is to be the con-
ductor and Miss Sylvia Bliss of East Calais
the accompanist. The Montpelier orchestra
is to take part and competent soloists will
be in attendance to assist in making the
convention An occasion of rare interest
Mrs. f. l. Ptkin, f. w. Bancroft and Ii
ID. Hopkins are the soloists in the cantata,
Daughter of Jairus," to be given at the
closing concert. Free entertainment will
be provided to limited number of singers
from out of town who apply to Mr.. j. Eli
Goodenough not later than May 2l.
LAST Friday was a busy day for Justice
SMILES court. For how much of this ac-
tivity the democratic convention was re-
sponsible is matter Of conjecture. First
came some plain drunks. John Ewing, Jr.,
pleaded guilty to a third offence of intoxi-
cation and was fined $2651. z. l.. Lyons
and T. r. Gordon went bail after the usual
appeal. p. l.. Lyon was then arraigned for
intoxication, and fined S150l. John f.
Martin of Rutland and John w. Mooney
were right in line for the same offence and
paid $10.01 apiece State V. Frank McGill,
bartender at the Union house, was a case
of alleged selling, and was continued to
May IA. Dwight Smith, "Jack Locklin's
bartender, was tried for a variety of alleged
offences. For selling he was fined Sill 81;
for maintaining nuisance, $205,5l; for
something else, 500 81, making grand to-
tai of 1874 80. Smith appealed, and John
Ii. Senter went bail.
Mr.. AND MRS JOSEPH FISHER celebrated,
last Thursday evening, the golden anniver-
sary of their wedding, and many were the
congratulations which poured in upon the
happy couple" The Loomis-street resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher was fragrant
with the breath of flowers, and upon a
background OF evergreen was affixed in
letters of gold the Inscription, " 1872 lSq2. ."