The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
Montpelier and Vicinity.

Now let the tom-toms beat
" ARTIST" EATON is in Chicago.
FRIDAY of next week is Arbor day.
LUTHER CREE is confined to the house.
Mr.. AND Mrs. f. w. MORSE are in Boston.
j. G. BROWN is having an attack of tonsl-
tits.
BLOOD on the moon was observed last
night.
REGULAR meeting of Apollo Club, to-
morrow evening.
RUFUS HUTCHINSON is dangerously i'll,
with heart trouble,
Miss CARRIE j.. JORDAN has been endur-
ing a siege of facial neuralgia.
Mr.. AND MRS. JOSEPH FISHER observe
their golden wedding tomorrow.
FREDERICK DIETER has been in town
from New York, the past few days.
Mrs. G. G. CIRCUIT of Waterbury spent
yesterday with Miss Emma Grout.
Mr.. AND Mrs. II. N. TAPLIN return from
Washington on Friday of this week.
w. II. WESTON is making extensive re-
pairs on his Liberty street residence.
THERE is to be church sociabe at Rev.
| G.. w. Gallagher's on Friday evening.
COLONEL ALFRED f. WATSON was up
from White River Junction yesterday.
H. NJ. PIERCE returned last Friday even
ing from prospecting trip to Boston.
GEORGE NEWTON has been promoted to
| be charioteer of the Selinas bakery cart
THE coal Office of Orrin Daley has been
connected with the telephone exchange.
w. o. CHAPMAN, cutter for G. B. B.
Denny, is spending few days in Boston.
PATRICK MCAvoY has leased the store in
Selnas block vacated by Thomas Moriarty.
CELLARS are being dug for couple
more houses on the Lance addition, across
the river.
BENJAMIN DALEY has taken possession of
the coal business which he bought OF Hiram
NJ. Pierce.
MAY.DAY inaugurates an era of restless
ness-going fishing, cleaning house, or
going on strike.
Miss JOSIE DUDLEY of Middlebury was in
town, last Wednesday, to attend the funeral
| of Peter Rivers.
GEORGE BRAINERD is in the northeast
part of the state, adjusting fire losses for the
Vermont Mutual.
T. MoRIAR-- has moved his shoe business
into the stor, formerly occupied by the
Capital Savings Bank.
GEORGE NEvEAUx went to Chicago, last
week, and Thomas Morarty, Jr., starts for
the windy city next week.
Mrs. NJ. d. GILMAN was last Saturday re-
ported to be critically ill., at the home Of her
daughter in Providence, r. L.
THE Chautauqua Circle will meet with
Mrs. George Brainerd, Liberty street, on
Friday afternoon at two o'clock.
THE Kings Daughters met last evening
with Mrs. l. r. Moulton, and worked q
square for the old ladies' home at Burling
ton.
THE death at New York of General Will
liam Wells of Burlington has been an alb
sorbing topic in Montpelier, the past few
days.
WORK on the loop for the Y at the juno
ton was begun last Monday morning, and
it is expected that it will be completed this
week.
THE streets of the village were last week
scraped and the accumulations of the pas
winter carted away Things move, now
adays.
IT has been at last decided to hold thu
muster of the Vermont National Guard a
Montpelier. The dates have not yet beer
selected.
MRS ID. ERwINs music class in Barre en-
ioyed a free ride over the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad to Montpelier, las
Thursday.
J. r. BLACKALL and William Blanchard
have opened stove and tinware emporium
in the store vacated by Bernard Greenwood
next the Exchange.
CHARLES II. HEAToN and l.. Bart Cross
were in St. Albans last week, the latter ac
companied by his salesman, Henry w
Stevens of Johnson.
JAMES A. wELLMAN of Burlington, Yer
mont agent for the Massachusetts Life In
surance Company, has been spending few
days at the Pavilion.
, PROFESSOR A. FELIX PRATTE has moved
his tonsorial chambers into one OF the
rooms in the Opera-house block formerly
used by the public library.
A BODY of Odd Fellows marched from
their lodge-room to Trinity church, las
Sunday, and listened to an anniversary ser
mon by Rev. A. j. Hough.
ASHLEY HUBBARD and Mrs. Charlotte M
Whitney of Barre were quietly welded
last Wednesday, by Rev. j. Edward Wright
, at the residence of the pastor.
r Mrs. CLARKE writes the WATcHMAN tina
E X. Woods has L OF bought out the denta
business formerly conducted by her hus
band, but is running 1t for her.
MRS. j. WESLEY BERRY of Burlington
, who has been spending the winter in Brook
lyn, n. Y, has been stopping with Mrs. d
w. Temple. her sister, for few days.
PROFESSOR TowNsHEND will give read
ing, urder the auspices of the Esthetic So
| ciety, in Seminary chapel, Wednesday even
ing, May 4. All are cordially invited.
j. w. BROCK and family, l.. Bart Cross
Colonel Fred Il. Smith and General Stephel
Thomas attended the funeral of Genera
: William Wells at Burlington, yesterday.
t IT is stated that John Daley, division
roadmaster on the Central Vermont rail
road, has bought the house on State stree
formerly occupied by Rev. j. p. Flanders
Miss MARY ID. PATTERSON, Harry Free
: and Nye Smith, of Buswell's printing office
= are all out, sick, ard w. A. Shay is in Lit
Teton, n. H., called there by the illness o
a relative.
IRVING w. WHEELER of Boston was il
town yesterday, taking measurements pre-
paratory to decking with awnings the east
side windows of the National Life Insur
ance Company's building.
THE venerable mother of Dr. Hoskin
died on the 2lst ut at the ripe old age o
! eighty-five years-an active, intelligent lady
, retaining to the last the use of her sense
and her interest in affairs.
. w, A. STowELL has been appointed gen
! eral manager of the Montpelier & Well
River railroad and leased lines the ap
pointment taking effect May /. The oflic,
, of superintendent has been abolished.
= THE charges preferred against John G
Wing by A, ID. Kimball, his x.partner ar,
to be heard next Monday, before H. A
1 Huse, S. G. Shurtleff aud Frank Plumley