The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
T., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1898.

| CHARLES MUIRE OF Burlington, the man
on whom Fred Morse disclosed, was brought
from that city on Monday, but, as the evi.
| dence against him was not conclusive, he
was discharged by Justice Smile.
Miss DAISY LANE gave q birthday party
last Saturday evening to large number OF
| her little friends. She also gave a German,
| Monday evening, for which Professor and
Mrs. George Gilmore furnished music.
REV J. E. WRIGHT is expected to preach
in the Morse schoul. house, e ist Montpelier,
next Sunday at 9: 10 P NJ His subject al
the evening service in the Church OF the
Messiah will be: " A Trip to the Wartburg"
/ GEORGE Il. EHLE, tho efficient assistant
! in the office OF the assistant treasurer of the
National Life Insurance Company, has re-
signed. He left last Thursday for Fari
bault, Minn., where he has an excellent po-
stion
JOHN CoTrER Of Northheld, the engineer
who was so badly injured in the collision at
| No. bridge last December, visited Mrs
| II. M, Cory, his sister, last Monday. II
was his first visit to Montpelier since the
accident
Mrs. N. W. FRINK and children desire to
express their thanks and appreciation Of the
many kinduesses extended to them by
friends and neighbors and by the members
| of the Masonic fraternity in the hour of
their greatest need.
PRESIDENT e. G. SMITH, General Superin-
ltuutuh II w ,huu
of Bridges Jesse Omstead of the Central
Vermont railroad, passed through Mont
pelier in the =" st. Lawrence" Monday, en-
route to Williamstown.
THE ladies of Christ church parish are to
give a reception for Rev. A. N. Lewis and
wife, at the house of Mrs. Mouton on NJ ain
street, on Tuesday evening, November IA,
from eight to ten. A cordial invitation is
extended TO all members of the parish.
THE lecture last Saturday evening under
the auspices Of the Ladies Library Guild,
by Mrs. Mountford, on the Homes and
Haunts of Jesus" was realistic, eloquent
and entertaining, and fully met the ex-
pectations of the large audience present
MRS. NJ. c. CHAPLIN aud Mrs. Charles
e Ewers of Union City, Mich, arrived last
week to spend the winter at the home of
l. Bart Cross. Mrs. Chaplin is the mother
OF Mrs. Cross, and Mrs. Ewers Is pleasantly
remembered in Montpelier as Miss Louisa
Chaplin.
IT is the opinion OF Superintendent Joel
Foster that If the dry weather should con
tinue twelve DAYS longer, the supply of
water in the reservoir will be so low that it
will be necessary to lower the bed OF the
outlet OF Berlin Pond, or take some other
radical measures.
TICKETS for the song lecture on " Irish
Songs and Song Wriers," to be given by
f. W. Bsncroft in Blanchard opera house
| Thursday evening November 16. under
the auspices of 81. Augustine's society, will
he on sale at Longs book store next
Tuesday morning.
AT the concert to he given in Music Hall,
Boston, November 90 George III. Wilder
is 10 play the echo solo, which created such
a furOre in Montpelier last spring. II is no
| small compliment to MIR. Wilder that he
has been engaged as flute soloist for this
occasion without trial performance.
Mrs. RUTH WILEY, Mrs. Moore, Miss
Cora Frost, f ell LaCrosse and Bert Jam
graw returned from Chicago last Thursday,
where they have been employed in the Raw
mond & Whitcomb hotel, OF which O G..
Barron is manager. They lost nearly all
their personal effects in the fire that nearly
! burned thSt hot-l last week, but their loss
was made good by Manager Barron.
The glass in fire-alarm box "a. corner
Barre and Sbley streets, has twice been
| broken within a few days, and the box has
been opened. Chief Engineer Clark has
taken away the key, and in case of a fire in
that locality it will be necessary to go to
perpetrators OF such petty acts Of vandalism
cannot be detected and punished as they so
richly deserve.
The billiard tournament which has been
in progress for lal weeks at the rooms
OF the Apollo Club closed last Wednesday
evening. Will Stowell and George X Put
nam were tied until nearly the close, but the
former succeeded in winning the pennant.
Mr.. Stowell also carried away the prize
awarded to the man making the largest
! run, scoring seventeen against eleven each
for q. s. Whittier and G. A. Knapp
PRINCIPAL E. NJ. SMITH of the Vermont
| Methodist Seminary will speak on "Imdgi
nation in Childhood at the session of
Sta'e Teachers Association at Rutland
next Friday afternoon. Professor s. j.
Blanpied will speak on " Advanced Read
| ing" the same afternoon, aud State Super
AL
venion Saturday morning on The Future
| OF Vermont Under Present Legislative
Tendencies"
FARMERS in this vicinity who will need
cans for transporting their milk 10 the Capt.
tai creamery should send in their orders TO
A. w. Slocum, the local manager, as soon
a. convenient. Mr. Slocun will be glad TO
give them any information on the subj CT.
These cans will be furnished at Wholesale
prices, and will he taken back by the man
agement from any one who has purchased
them and is dissatisfied with the work done
at the creamery.
AT the Ministerial Association and Ep-
worth League Convention, held last week AT
White River Junction, Professor Il NJ
Smith OF the Methodist Seminary delivered
an address on The Model Conference Sem
mary" and Rev. III. A. Spencer was ap.
pointed as representative OF the Vermont
Conference to confer with the officers of the
General Home Missionary Society relative
to an additional appropriation for home
missions in Vermont.
COLLINS BLAKELY and Charles II. Heaton
were the guests of Aleppo Temple, Mobiles Of
the Mystic Shrine, at foston, last Thursday
afternoon and evening, and Witnessed the
comforting Of the order on fifty candidates
in thu evening at Music Hall. This Temple
has membership " upwards of 1900. There
were upwards OF 400 present at this meet.
ing. There were aso present several MEM
hers Of Mount Sinai Temple from Rutland,
Fair Haven, Burlington, st. Adams, Barre
and Montpelier.
A DISGRACEFUL drunken row occurred
Sunday noon on the platform Of the passen-
ger station of the Montpelier x Wells River
railroad In attempting TO separate the in
toxcated belligerents, Frank Felt was
knocked down aud Peter Fountain received
a broken wrist. Fred Morse, plumber for
F. II. Lyons, one OF the leaders in the dis
turbance, was arrested and jailed by Special
Policeman Badger. He was arraigned be-
fore Justice NJ. E. Smile on Monday morn
ing, disclosed ON the city of Burlington, aud
was fined the regulation Sl05l.
MAJOR GEoRGE w. TRAsK OF Warren,
Penn, was AZ the Exchange over last Sun
day. Major Trask is a veteran Of the Mexi-
cau and pl vii wars and ia thA gaponu rank.