The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-05
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
SNIP SHOTS BY THE WATCHMAN'S
KODIh.

THE straight republican justice ticket was
elected in Montpelier yesterday, eleven re-
publicans and one democrat.
Mrs. G. A. LANG went to Boston last Sat
urday.
FRANK FIELD returned to his home in
Omaha last week.
II. G. GLEASON has returned from New
York and Boston.
The MISSES TRoMBLEE have taken rooms
at Hotel Kempton.
G. w. SELINAs was in Montreal on a
business trip last week.
Mrs. TARrr of Farnham, p. O., is visiting
p. G. Dewey, her father.
THREE persons united with Trinity
Church by letter last Sunday.
Mrs. O. w. DALEY of White River juno
ton visited in town last week.
DIR. j. ID. LANCE and G. n. Arms were in
Windsor on business last Friday.
w. G. SHAW and family Of Bethel were at
the Exchange few days last week.
JOHN MOONEY has purchased the Camp
block, corner of Elm and School streets.
Mr.. AND Mrs. L. G. BURNHAM and G. A.
Burnham of Burlington spent Sunday in
town.
A YOUNG daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
| Townshend has been seriously i'll with
brain fever
Mrs. LEVI H. BIXBY and Miss Gertrude
Meinecke returned from Gloucester, Mass,
last Saturday.
Miss ELIZA GEORGE of the WATCHMAN
composing force is taking vacation at her
home in Bradford.
The Sunday paper train over the Central
! Vermont railroad is to be discontinued
after September 16.
Miss HENRIETTA DEWEY returned last
week from Farnham, Z. O., where she has
| been for several weeks.
COMMUNION service was celebrated at the
! Methodist Congregational and Unitarian
churches last Sunday morning.
HENRY WHITcoMB of Omaha, formerly
conductor on the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad, was in town last week.
DR.. X. LoNGFELLow CLEAvEs returned
last Saturday evening from Chicago, where
he has been for the past four weeks.
j. p. SMITH, of the Times and County
Record, Richmond, p. O., and Miss Grace
M. Lance are visiting relatives in town.
THE work of filling the trestles on the
Central Vermont railroad between Barre
and Williamstown has been completed.
H. II. SCR1BNER is at the state fair at
White River Junction this week, exhibiting
pianos for A. l.. Bailey & Co., st. Johns
bury
Miss AMY FISK is soon to open a kinder
garten at Springfield, VT, under the auspices
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union.
SUNDAY evening services in the Church of
the Messiah will be resumed next Sunday
! with service of sacred song at seven
o'clock.
THE Christian Endeavor Society of East
Montpelier Center will hold cake social at
Mrs. A. G. Halls on Thursday evening, Sep
tember Is.
For the benefit of downtown students,
Miss Cary will have a studio for vocal
music at Hotel Kempton on Mondays and
Thursdays.
Miss MARY PHINNEY returned last Satur-
day to Rutland, where she is to resume her
duties as teacher of vocal music in the pub
lie schools.
H. r. BRENNAN manager of the Cash
ier" Company, was in town last week. His
company opens an engagement in Barre
next Monday evening.
ELMER SCOTT had the thumb Of his left
hand badly crushed last week while ad.
iusting a chain to a block of granite at the
sheds of Lynch & Mcmahon.
HORACE G. MARVIN of Jackson, Mich.
formerly of Montpelier, and Elva d. Sea
ton of Potasi Wis, are to be married to-
day at the home of the bride in Potosi.
NAPOLEON ABARE, head waiter on the
steamer " Chateaugay," that plies on Lake
Champlain, is at his home in Montpelier
THE check list used yesterday showed
1926 voters in Montpelier Five republi
cans and about thirty democrats failed tC
get on in time, owing to their own careless
ness.
, A NEW YORK detective has been in towr
during the past week looking for Jacol
Weber OF Brooklyn n. Y, runaway boy
He has an advertisement in the business
column
l. Dotr n
the Odd Fellows of Vermont, assisted by
, Frank K. Smith and G. Il. Bagley, installed
the officers of Canton Vinton at Barre las
evening.
! f. e. HOWE, of the ArgttS staff, went tC
his home in Brattleboro last Thursday Il
recuperate from his recent illness. w. w
I.apoint of Barre is working in his place oI
the ArguS.
! The annual social of the Bethany Chris
tian Endeavor Society, held in the chape
last Monday evening" took the nature of
reception to DR.. Norman Seaver and was
very pleasant affair.
THE Woman's Auxiliary Kelley Leagu,
will hold its monthly meeting at Keele.
League Hall on Friday evening, Septembe
L at half past seven o'clock. All Keele.
friends are invited to be present.
BENZIE & THOMPSON of Barre have JUS
finished and placed in Green Mount Gem
: etery very fine monument for S. III. o
BOSWOrth from the vermont quarry Com
, panys quarry, their Bowers No. 4 stock
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT Baldwin
Trainmaster Nash and Roadmaster Shanks
) of the Central Vermont railroad, were il
town last Saturday and made a trip Il
7 Barre, travelling in the " St. Lawrence"
THE Montpelier Military Band went t
| White River Junction last evening to fill al
j engagement at the state fair. The orches
} ira played at Barre last evening, and wen
/ to White River junction on the midnigh
train.
: SUPERINTENDENT THOMPSON has vast
, improved the appearance of things aroun
, the freight depot of the Central Vernon
r railroad of late. Painting the building
dark green is decided change for tn
! better.
: The Central Vermont railroad will sci
l roundtrip tickets to White River junction
i. to-day, Thursday and Friday for $40 froI
Montpelier, 81 30 from Barre, and 81 so froI
| Northfield, to accommodate those wishing t
D attend the state fair.
THE new choir at Trinity Church gave e1
r cellent satisfaction last Sunday. 1t is con
I. posed OF Mrs. ID. s. Wheatley, soprano
Mrs. Mills, contralto Will Smith, bass
4 and q. A. Knapp, tenor with Mrs. j.
A Waterman as organist.