The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-02

thing to eat or drink did land-ofice bus-
ness, but hardly anybody was obliged to go
hungry.
The resignation of First Lieutenant Sam
uel A. Luke, of Company II, has been ac-
cepted. AT a meeting held last evening
| Second Lieutenant John w. Peck was pro-
noted to the position vacated by Mr.. Luke,
and Charles A. Smith was unanimously
elected second lieutenant
OYSTERS are by common consent allowed
| to rest in their beds during the summer
months, but the fact that over four hundred
stews were served at the Huntington res
taurant on circus day .smashes the theory
that they are good only in the months that
have the traditional " R."
THE Exchange Hotel, the saloon of j. A.
| Locklin, and the notorious 122 Main street,
now said to be run by one Smith, were
raided by officers of the law last Wednes-
day noon. A supply of empty bottles and
glasses at each place was all that could be
discovered by most dligent search.
b. II. LORD died last Saturday at the
home of Mrs. II. b. Woodward, his daugh-
| ter, on upper Main street, aged seventy-six
years. Mr. Lord had lately moved to
Montpelier from South Hadley, Mass, to
| live with his daughter The body was
taken to Lebanon, Me-, Monday, for burial.
THE theft of Towering plants from yards
and gardens on Barre street has been very
| annoying OF lhte anu, II one OF tne many
| charges OF buck shot that are in waiting for
the thieves reaches its destination, no one
will be sorry. The latest depreciation was
| last Sunday night, when handsome coleous
was dug up in the garden of G. g. Field.
THE annual assessment of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance Company for the
year ending August 1, 1893 is only four and
one-half per cent. This low assessment is
very gratifying to those insured in that
company, especially as it was expected it
would be much larger, and speaks volumes
for the careful management of the company.
IT is reported that two neighbors living
on the " Cummings Square in school dis
| trict No. D got into an alteration over a
horse last Saturday, and that one OF them
drew a large knife on the other. The wife
of the assailed party rushed between them,
it is said, and was badly cut by thrust
from the knife. No arrests have been
made.
S. q. SHURTLEFF and ex Governor Sam
uel Z. Pingree have been appointed arbi-
traitors to decide the question whether
Sheriff Hurlbut of Grafton county n. H.,
the man who hung Almy was legally
elected to the Office of sheriff. The claim
has been made that recount of the votes in
that county showed him to be defeated by a
small majority.
j. w. CARR died last Saturday at his
home up Worcester branch, aged forty-five
years. His funeral was held last Monday,
Rev. j. Edward Wright officiating, and the
burial was at Calais. Mr.. Carr was in dest-
tute circumstances, and the practical and
substantial sympathy shown by kind neigh
bors and by the officiating clergyman was
gratefully appreciated by his family.
MRS. THOMAS BARTLETT of Plainfield WIS.,
tied Montpelier last Wednesday, and while
getting out of her carriage on her return
home she fell, striking her head on a gran
ite post. She was rendered unconscious
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juries would be fatal. Mrs. Charles A.
Smith and Mrs. Edgar Colburn of Mont
pelier, her daughters, have been with her
since the accident. She is reported conva-
lescent.
CLEMENT MITCHELL was arrested by Po-
liceman Demeritt early Tuesday morning
for intoxication. At the time of his arrest,
Mitchell and his wife were having an alter
cation at their rooms in Fisher Place, that
prevented any sleep in that locality. He
was arraigned before Justice j. II. Senter
Tuesday afternoon, pleaded guilty to intox-
ication and was fined S10.51. He disclosed
on a party from Barre, for whom warrant
was issued
The Boston Journal of last Tuesday
contained two.column story of an inter
view with Col. William A. H. Sllowaye,
now living in that city, penniless and desti-
tute, in which the claim is set forth that
| Sillowaye saved President Lincoln's life at
one time by assisting him to escape from
the confederates on the Potomac river near
Port Tobacco, in May, 1868, for which he re
ceived the thanks of the war and navy de-
partments through Secretaries Stanton and
Welles. A grateful country is appealed to
that Sillowaye may be rescued from starva-
tion or the Tewksbury almshouse. He is
pretty well known in Montpelier, and to his
acQuantances here the pathetic story told
by the Journal has a particular interest,
AN agent of the Vermont Construction
Company of st. Albans was in town last
week and looked over the old arch bridge
between Montpelier and Berlin that has Sc
long been a disgrace to both towns. He is
to make and send to H. G. Cotton a blue
print of a trim iron bridge to cost between
six and seven thousand dollars, that it is
hoped will be put in in place of the present
unsafe and unsightly structure. 1t is pro-
posed to raise part of the money by sub
scrption and ask the towns Of Montpelier
, and Berlin to make up the rest Mr.. Col
ton offers to head the list with a subscrip-
; tion of $500, and other liberal offers have
been made. The long-talked-of iron bridge
, between the two towns bids fair to soon be
pleasing reality
The base ball battle for supremacy be
tween Main and State streets, which took
place on the Seminary campus last Thurs
day afternoon, furnished unlimited spor'
, for those in attendance. Honors were easy
when Camel's Hump threw its league
measuring shadows over the scene, for one
side had won the supper and the other haC
won the game and all accompanying glory
AT the end of the seventh inning, when the
game was called, the score stood fourteen
to eleven in favor of Main street, and they
were declared the victors Then the crowd
which had contributed about So to pay ex
, penses, howled for nine innings. The othel
! two innings were played, and the fns
score stood sixteen to fourteen in favor o
r State street. Dan Guptl gave some won
derful exhibitions of batting and w. A
) Lord, the umpire, had to stand more guyinl
aud roasting than professional The sup
per at the Montpelier House, provided by
the State street team, was hugely enjoyed
) by victors and vanquished although it il
still an open question which is which.
: SOME time between July 3 and last, al
t envelope containing 1886 was stolen from
) William Smith, who lives with Georg,
, Abbott on the west hill in Northfeld
I During that time Edgar Ingraham, ALA!
Edward Coe had visited Smith, and at on'
, time asked permission to go into the room
where the money was kept to change hi
, clothes. He left soon after, and had beer
gone but short time when the loss of thu
> money was discovered. About this time he
had transacted some business with the Ma
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