The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
WEEKLY HAPPENINGS AND PEO-
PIE WE HEIR 1BOUT.

last week by illness.
ERNEST j. JOHNSON of Hartford was in
town over last Sunday.
Hon. JOSEPH POLAND and wife left Mon
day evening for Chicago.
Mrs FLORA G. CoBB is visiting Henry A.
Cobb, her son, at Burlington.
A SON was born last Thursday night to
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Collins.
w. 3. HOWE, business manager of the Free
Press, was in town on Tuesday.
A SON was born last Sunday morning to
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Gallisou.
Mrs. A. L. VAIL has been stopping the
past week with her son, w. E. Vail.
Mr.. AND Mrs. Mrs. MURRAY A. KENT
visited relatives in Calais last week.
The Bethany Reading Club met Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. E. p Walton.
COLONEL FRED f. SMITH vas seriously in
disposed last week, but is much better.
HARRY G.. DEwING, of the St. Albans
Messenger was in town over last Sunday.
CLAYTON BROWN has gone to Baltimore,
Md, to enter the Baltimore Medical College.
MRs G. w. PORTER has closed her house
for the winter, and left on Tuesday for Bos-
ton.
Mrs. NELLIE DALEY was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. A. b. Simonds at Burlington last
week.
MRS. II. IL, MCCLURE Nlslleu mTS, t. IL.
Robertson, her aunt, in Brattleboro last
week.
/. RICHARD KENT Of Goddard Seminary
was the guest of Dorman B. K. Kent over
last Sunday.
The shoe dealers OF Montpelier will con-
tinue to close their stores at six o'clock until
December /.
Mrs. G.WALLAcE KENT of Calais and Miss
Blanche Kelton went to Chicago last Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. DENIsoN TAFT is visiting Mrs.
Charles L. Gay, her daughter, at West
Medford, Mass.
A. G.. FAY, Esq, of Lancaster, n. H., was
in town last Wednesday as witness in the
Kelly-Rugg case.
MARSHALL LAv1oLETTE and Miss Eliza
Butterfly were married by Rev. w. j. O'Sul-
livan last Wednesday.
TIMOTHY CUMMINGS is seriously i'll with
neuralgia of the head. 1t is thought he will
lose the sight of one eye.
c. NJ. FOSTER goes to Rutland this morn
ing. The Kelley Institute there now has
twenty-five men in line.
HIRAM HEYwooD was stricken with ap-
opleXy last Sunday morning, and his right
side has since been palsed.
s. A. HowARD's gang of concreters have
arrived and is at present laying walk on
the north side of Barre street.
THE board of examination of the Vermont
Conference will hold mid-year meeting in
Trinity church, October II and IS.
Mr.. AND Mrs. G. w. LEON ARD and daugh-
ter Of Berrymore N. j., AFT guests of Cap
tain aud Mrs. Ii. w. Drew, parents of Mrs.
Leonard.
Mrs ARTHUR A. BENNETT returned to her
home in St. Charles, Ill, last Thursday,
after spending the summer in Montpelier
and vicinity.
THE ladies will be interested in the an
nouncement in another column of the eX-
hibitiUn of cloaks and wraps at the store Of
G. f. Taplin.
! d. II. ROBINSON of the Central Vermont
! ticket office left Tuesday evening for a visit
of two weeks at his home in Prince
Edwards Island.
ROLAND Brown and Miss Hattie L.
Shepard of Marshteld were married Mon
day morning by Rev. G. o. Webster at the
home of the former.
In the late temperance convention held
here, it was stated by good authority that
there are 1873 saloons in Vermont holding
government licenses.
Mrs. LEVI II. BIXBY and Miss Laura
Ropes went to Boston on Monday. Mr..
| BiXhv went down last night and will ac.
company his wife home
FIREMAN MCMAHON of the Montpelier &
OF his right hand badly jammed last Thurs
day while coupling cans.
MISS FLORENCE NJ. SMELL OF Malone, n
| Y, was the guest last week Of Mrs II. p
Walton. Miss Smell is preceptress of Frank
lin Academy in that city.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Keeley
League meet Friday evening at the Woman,
Relief Corps hall. Members Of the Keeley
League are invited to meet with them.
/ n. Of +ha NTptn al
and IL. w. Kemp, of the Union Mutual
were at South Royalton on Monday adjust
ing losses caused by Sunday nights fire.
MISSES HARVEY. KELSEY AND SAVAGE
teachers in the Union school, took adyan
tage of the short vacation last week, ant
visited some of the schools in Burlington.
JOSEPH PERKINS has purchased of Ar
thur Johonnott two building lots on Ken
street and has begun excavations for th'
| foundation of a house that he is to builC
thereon.
j. NJ. s. HUNTER, editor of the Fa rming
ton, Me, Chronicle, and Mrs Hunter wer'
the guests of DR.. and Mrs. j. w. Nichols
last week. Mr.. Hunter is a brother of Mrs
Nichols.
JAMES T. PHELPS of Boston and Gov
ernor w. III. II. Bingham of Stowe wer
in town on Tuesday to attend meeting o
the directors of the National Life Insurance
Company.
MAJOR G. L. TYLER and wife of New Yorl
were at the Exchange last week, on thei
way home from the Lake View House
South Woodbury., where they have spen
the summer.
THE Londonderry SITTER last week con
tanned thrilling account OF bold robber.
in Montpelier at the residence of NJ. A. Jen
kins. Somebody must have been stutfinI
Sitter John.
THE position of station agent at Mont
pelier junction did not prove congenial t
w. e. Nichols, and he has returned TO 81
Albans. j. A. Sturtevant is acting as agen
there at present.
THE exterior of the Exchange Hotel wa
profusely decorated with flags and bunting
last Thursday in honor of the survivors q
the Eighth regiment, who made thei
headquarters there.
MEMBERS of the Woman's Home Mission
airy Society will remember that their annua
meeting will be held at st. Johnsbury
October ~. The usual courtesy will be eS
tended by railroads.
CAPTAIN H. S. FOSTER of the regular arm
was in town last Saturday en- route to hi
, home in Calais. He will leave in a fey
days for Fort Buford, S. Oak, where hi
company is stationed.