The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-02-10

THE East Montpelier balls in the new
Village hall are about the only amusements
going this winter. Another Is advertised
for Saturday evening, February 13, with
concert by the Fiske Jubilee Singers of
Goddard Seminary.
The saloon of William Miller and the
Montpelier house were raided yesterday
forenoon. Nothing tangible was found at
Miller's but at the second place a varied
assortment Of bottled and jugged panther
breath was secured.
AFTRR wandering around heplessly in
the new Apollo Club rooms, seeking for a
chair in which he could sit and touch his
feet to the floor, " Tom " Wood left in dis.
gust, went over to l.. p. Gleason Il Co.'s
and bought him a suitable chair.
JUDGE UrToS Of Waukegon, who was
seriously i'll at the Pavilion during the fall
and was attended by DIR. Boardman, writes
the latter that he Is now quite himself
again. He expresses his high appreciation
of the doctors skill and kind attentions.
THE trade Of Leonard T. Lull of Berlin
with John E. Hubbard for the Captain
| Robinson house on Summer street has gone
the way of numerous trades, and Mr.. Lull
has purchased Of Joseph B. Morse the lat
ter's residence on First avenue, for 5000.
ID. A. GUPTIL and l.. Bart Cross have sold
to Willard &. Walker the Eliza Guernsey
property and all the land they bought from
| George Ii. Wilder; consideration $1,000.
Mr.. Walker proposes to grade the hill,
long improvement, and build a resi-
dence.
BY the death last week Of George Ffeld
and Leander Parker, only one pauper is left
on the town of East Montpelier Two years
ago Fifeld lived in one Of the Heath houses
on Barre street. His wife left him, and he
sought the shelter of the East Montpelier
poor. house.
AS mentioned last week, the jury which
tried Louis Goodnature for alleged fur
nishing Of liquor to Heenan" Bowers
disagreed. On Thursday second jury sat
on the case, and incidentally on Louis. He
was found guilty, and was confronted with
a bill of costs amounting to $442l.
RALLY, rally, republicans, at the league
meeting to night! Vermont will again head
the republican column, and at the opening
meeting at Burlington on Friday the capital
should be fully and strongly represented.
See call for meeting in another column
Come out, republicans, in full numbers.
GEORGE S. WEST, better known as
Mott" West, was arrested last Wednes-
day charged with maintaining nuisance
in the rooms over the old Omer Miller store.
1t is not understood that West is charged
with selling liquor, but for operating rooms
wherein jack-pots, antes, and bob.tailed
fiushes disported themselves.
IT may interest some of our out-of-town
readers to know that the narrow strip of
country known as Wrightsville lies in three
towns-Middlesex, Montpelier, and East
Montpelier, person can stand in Middle
sex and throw a stone across Montpelier
into East Montpelier. But there are not
many glass houses up that way.
MRS. SAMUEL SoMERv1LLE is to be taken
this week to the asylum at Water
bury, where her husband was taken some
six weeks ago. There is no hope for him,
but if Mrs. Somerville gets rid of her pres
ent quaint hallucinatons there is chance
for Improvement in her mental condition.
E. M. Irish has been appointed guardian.
A LADY living on the Berlin side sent her
little daughter out to look at the thermom-
eter last week. The little woman reported
the temperature twenty below. Investiga-
ton showed it to he fifteen above. 1t seems
that the little girl had been feeling the ther.
mometer over, and the coldest spot on the
tube she found was marked twenty below.
Miss NINA DEWEY, the attractive con-
tralto Of the Bethany choir, is to be married
tomorrow al the home Of her father, w. II
Dewey, in West Berlin, to II. w. Bosworth,
a graduate OF the Vermont Methodist Sem
mary, class of 80. Mr.. and Mrs. Bosworth
are to leave on Monday for Omaha, where
Mr.. Bosworth is connected with the Union
Pacific railroad.
ID. K. MASON, the local manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, has
secured for w. K. Baker, his messenger
boy, prospective situation as operator in
whether he flls il mr. not viii denand On his
own exert;ons hetween now and pext snring
Yonno Raker ia bright "a a hntton' and E
alTeadv an EXCELLENT teleoranber
GUARDIAN: " How does my niece get or
with her music, ~ she making any pro
gressI Muslcus " regret 70 say that she
ls not. Her time ana lingering are deiec
une, anu sa oar w. w oorheo. ;m II1 rr,ake( NO.
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A sLEIGH containing two men shot out oi
the passage between Christ church and q.
B b. Denny's at midnight OF last Saturday
The horse was "skittish," and, about op
posite the old post office, capsized. Two
men wrapped in heavy butfaloes dragged
themselves from under the sleigh, chuck LED
softly and continued their journey. Merely
r an ihciueh' III Tue iiie oi grea' ihetroPoiis
A BIG leak in fourinch pipe was discov
cred in the Montpelier water works Sunday
J afternoon in the rear OF Union building
The pipe, resting on rock, had beer
| broken by pressure of the earth above