The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-11

had him arrested on charge of bigamy
Armed with the necessary extradition
! papers from Governor Fuller, Sheriff Howe
left for Cleveland last Monday morning
and, on his return with Hausch, the latter
will be arraigned in county court on the
charge for which he was arrested.
BY invitation of the Ladies' Auxiliary to
the Kelley League, the members Of that
! organization attended social in the Relief
Corps hall last Friday evening In the
absence Of Mrs. III. b. Cross, the president,
Mrs. ID. i. Fuller occupied the chair. The
meeting was opened in form. Remarks
were made by Miss Amy Fisk, DR.. o. l..
Watson. Captain II. G. Lull, ID. i. Fuller,
j. G.. Wing aud p. l.. Lyons. A carefully
prepared paper on " Inc briefly" was read by
Mrs. Fuller. Refreshments were served
aud the evening passed most pleasantly.
THE Keeley League and Ladies' Aux
iliary will hold a fair in Capital Hall during
the week beginning November g The first
capital prize to be awarded by vote will be
a course OF treatment at the Kelley Insti-
tute and board during the time. The can
didates will not be limited to Montpelier,
but the man who gets the most votes, no
matter where he lives, will be the winner.
Other prizes to be voted for are a handsome
Bible to the most popular clergyman in
Montpelier, and gOld-headed cane to the
most popular man in town. There will be
dancing each evening, with music by the
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CAPITAL HALL was well filled last Mon
day evening, when Pauls New England
Theater Company opened weeks en-
| gagement there, under the auspices of
Brooks Post, G., A Il. " Trodden Down, or
Under Two Flags was admirably pre-.
sented. The company is an excellent one,
and choice repertoire of standard plays
will be presented during the week, with a
change Of programme nightly. If Monday
nights audience was an indication of what
the weeks business will be, a snug sum
will be added To the treasury of the post, q,
and it is needless to add that the money will
be expended where it will do the most
good.
THE fifteenth annual excursion to Boston
via the Montpelier & Wells River railroad
will be on Wednesday, October %. The
fare for the round trip from Barre and
leave Montpelier at s. 30 that morning, ar
riving in Boston at 3: 45 P. NJ. The tickets
will be good returning until Saturday night,
November 1, The annual autumnal excur-
sions to Boston via this line have always
been popular because of the quick transit
and good connections, as well as for the
attractive country through which the ex-
cursion passes. The excursion train Octo.
Der 25 will have through cars for Boston.
THE Methodist Seminary foot ball team
went to Northtield last Monday afternoon to
play the Norwich University eleven. Ac-
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boys, the N0rthfed team placed referee
on the field who had never seen a game of
football. At the beginning of the first
half, he gave the ball to the University
team on the second down, when the Mont
peier boys had pushed it within five rods
of their opponents goal The Montpelier
captain Withdrew his men from the field at
the close Of TIE first half, and the game
went to the University team by default.
No return game will be played. Professor
Il % ira nd lar
Leroy q. Hubbard as referee.
THE woodwork at the new creamery is
practically completed. Two men from the
Stoddard & Moseley Company of Rutland
are here this week putting the machinery
in position. Francis Batchelder of Boston
the proprietor, was in town last week and
I expressed himself as much pleased with the
; building. H. has been decided to put ir
twelve or fifteen feeders in such towns as
will guarantee the milk from 400 or more
. cows. A. w. Slocum, the local manager
was in Plaintield on Monday and purchased
the old cheese factory there and its equip
ment. This is to be fitted up as feeder
for which the machinery was ordered last
, evening. The outlook now is that steam
will be turned on by November /.
: THE accommodation train over the Mont.
pelier & Wells River railroad that leaves
Montpelier at 1: 80 p. NJ, met with serious
accident at Lanesboro last Wednesday
evening, in which Archie Sawyer, brake
Z man, was instantly killed. The train lef
I Montpelier, double header, and the head
engine was to set off at Lanesboro. Fol
] some reason, the switch did not work prop
erly, ard after the helper had made the
siding the switch was not set for the mair
line. The rear engine crushed into the helper
badly wrecking both. Sawyer was setting g
9 brake on an empty coal car next to the real
9 engine and was buried under a carload o
3 granite that was next the coal car. A
( wrecking train was promptly dispatched
8 from Montpelier and the track was quickly
g cleared. Sawyer was unmarried, and livec
= with his father over the .Argus office. Hi:
funeral was held Thursday afternoon, Rev
j. Edward Wright officiating.
+ METEOROLOGICAL report for September
5 as given by the signal officer at Mortified
3 station Mean barometer, 30,02; highest
, 3037 on the 18th; lowest % 80 on the 10th
3 mean temperature 81 So hghest, 76o OF
3 the 14th; lowest, 27o on the 30th creates
daily range, 39' on the 12'h; least daily
. range, s. on the 18th and nth; mean TEN
, perature for the month in 1887, 90; in 1883
'54o; in 1889, 81; in 1890, So; in 1891, 6lo
, i'll 1892, 56o in 1898, 52o; mean tempera
, ture for the month in seven years, 55o; de
, ticiency in temperature during month, l.25'
a deficiency in temperature since January |
, 400; prevailing direction of wind, south
. total movement of wind, 5,7Sl miles max
imum velocity of wind, 36 miles, south or
the 20th total precipitation. / ~ inches
q. precipitation fell, Is; total precipitation fo
= the month, in inches, in 1887, 1.7S; in 1888
; 6,27; in 1899, 466; in 1880, 205; in 1891
> 0,9S: in 1892, La in 1898, 81; averag,
precipitation in seven years, 2.Sl inches; de
: iciency in precipitation during month, l.3t
inches deficiency in precipitation since
January l, 502 inches; number of clea
days, Z; partly cloudy days, II; cloudy
days, IL; dates of FROST 18th and 26th
} THE disclosure of Nathan Hill and Henry
r Dana of Fayston that they obtained the
a whskey on which they became intoxicated
at the Putney House, and the heavy lin,
! imposed on Mr.. Putney last week, for sell
? ing, and for keeping nuisance, as noted in
( the court report elsewhere, was a surprise t.
a good many people. When the PntneS
was opened, it was authoritatiyely STATED
that the proprietor would sell no liquor, ant
the WATCHMAN at the time spoke in com
mendation of his intention 10 keep his bal
: | closed. 1t Is a matter of some surprise that
so soon after the example and warning il
the case of his predecessor, Putney should
be under arrest for the same crime fol
which Horace Il. Bliss fled the state TO es
, cape imprisonment If there is not enough
money in the hotel trade in Montpelier u
enable a man to do a safe and paving bust