The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-15

ter street. before September l.
GEORGE w. REED and T. G., Barrows re-
| turned last Saturday from their fishing trip
| in the Dead River country in Maine. Mr.
Reed has entirely recovered from the i'll
ness with which he was Frustrated while
| there.
The Montpelier Military Band rendered
| Hon w. H. II. Bingham a seranade during
its stay in Stowe last week. = Gov" Bing-
ham has been seriously i'll for some time,
and this worthiy- bestowed compliment was
highly appreciated by him.
| MISS FLORENCE NJ. SMELL left last Satur-
| day for Jacksonville, Ill, where she is to
! have charge of the Jacksonville Female
| Seminary for the coming year. Miss Smell
has been the guest of Mrs e. p. Walton,
! her sister, for the past six weeks.
THE steam-mll of Frank George at Shady
| Rill was burned yesterday. The house,
| barn and lumber were saved through the
efforts Of the pai-brigade." The ladies
formed in line and passed back the empty
pals, thus rendering great assistance.
EZRA WEDGE died on Tuesday at the res
idence Of Mrs II. N Lawrence his daugh-
| ter, aged seventy-four years. For the past
ten years he has been a resident Of Mont
! pelier, and has been employed by E. Il.
Skinner and the Cotton Manufacturing
Company.
The interview with H. d. Estabrook of
Omaha, Neb., published elsewhere, will be
| Ttdu WlJu kbtu INTEREST ny NbDOuSdluS Oh
| WATCHMAN subscribers. His bright obser-
vations and opinions Of Vermont and Yer
| monters, as there recorded, are truthful and
at the same time highly complimentary.
ALL Kelley leagues in thsstate are en-
titled to send delegates to t'e Rational con-
vention of Kelley leagues, to be held at
Colorado Springs, Colo. September II, 12,
and IL, Any town wishing to organize
leagues before that time can procure the
necessary papers of William Canning, Mont
pelier, the state committeeman.
THE name of Rev. A. II. Webb, pastor of
| Trinity Church, Montpelier, h favorably
mentioned among the republican, nominees OF
the coming senate as chaplain Of that body.
No better or more fitting choice could be
made. In unanimously electing Mr.. Webb
to that position, the senate of 1894 would
| honor itself and would have no reason to
regret its choice.
FREDERICK f. MAYER and Miss May z.
Slayter, both of Philadelphia, Penn, are to
be married at Christ Church at eleven
o'clock this morning by Rev. A. n. Lewis.
The bride is cousin of Mrs E. z. Towner
She has for several years spent the summer
in Tunbridge. Mr.. Mayer is a noted arch
tect, and is the designer OF Vanderbilt's
house at Newport.
A FEMALE giving her name as Sadie Jar
Wis, and her residence as Montpelier, Vt, was
engaged as a servant girl last week by Mrs
Francis Norwood Of Beverly, Mass. The
maid disappeared the next morning with
gold watch, silver watch, and several
pieces of jewelry, belonging to Mrs. Nor
wood. So far as can be learned, Sadie" is
not known in Montpelier.
w. A. LORD, ESQ, appears to be the lead
ing, and apparently the only, candidate for
the honors Of the republican caucus to
nominate some person for town representa-
tive. Mr.. Lord has legal ability and acute
ness. He is clear and forcible speaker, a
strong champion and an alert opponent. II
he is nominated he will be elected, and 1t
will be his pride and glory ylithfully to
represent Montpelier-and to the best of all
his powers.
HATTIE H., daughter of Charles w. Clark,
died last Saturday evening OF brain fever,
and pneumonia, aged seventeen years and
six months. Her funeral was held last
Monday afternoon from the home of her
father on Elm street, Rev. j. Edward Wright
officiating, and the burial was in Green
Mount cemetery. Miss Clark was a men,
Der OF the Unitarian Sunday school and Of
the Young Peoples Religious Fraternity
connected with the Church Of the Messiah.
At the regular meeting OF this society, last
Monday evening, memorial service was
held.
w. E. TERRILL and Miss Kate E. Robbins
were married at noon on Tuesday by Rev.
j. Edward Wright at the home of the bride,
and left on the White Mountain train for a
brief trip to the mountains and Port
land, Me. The congratulations that were
showered upon this worthy young couple
were many and well deserved. Mr.. Terrill
is the well-known and popular proprietor OF
Terrill's drug store, and his bride has won
for herself large circle of friends during
the time she has taught in the Berlin
street and Union schools. The WATCHMAN
joins their host of friends in heartiest good
wishes
IT is not often that James Markham, the
wide-awake conductor on the Peoples Line
gets ratified, but last Saturday was an ex
ception. In going through the train collect
ing fares and punching "suburbans, " he
came to man, woman and boy, who were
evidently from the rural districts. " How
many?" asked Jim as the paternal derva
tive of the boy passed out his ticket
, Three" was the prompt reply, me, she
, and him." pointing to those who were witt
him. Jim collapsed, and as result two
boys came near getting off at Dodge bridge
; vii hout getting their tickets punched.
THE following from Weyanwega, Wis
will interest very many readers of tht
WATCHMAN: AT the home of the brides
, parents, Mr. a. N, Bliss of Calais, VT, ant
Miss Flora b. Rich of the town OF Weyan
vega, Wis. We're united in marriage
August s, 1894, Rev. f. Mllar officiating
. Miss Rich is one of Weyanwega's highly
t esteemed young ladies, member OF th'
| Methodist church and Epworth League il
which she took an active part and a grea
/ interest. She qualified herself for anC
= taught number of terms in the distric
r schools, and now "a she goes from us th
good wishes of her friends go with her"
Q METEOROLOGICAL summary for July a
{ Mortified station: Mean barometer, %
+ 975; highest, 30 go on the Goth; lowest, 2
72l on the 9th; mean temperature, G7a
n highest, 73o on the Goth and 2SIh; lowest
t 64o on the 9th; greatest daily range, Al ol
9 the 9th; least daily range, %, ON the 21st
mean temperature for July in 1887 ZOE; il
p 1888, 63o; in 1889 G5o; in 1890 63o; in 1891
. $50; in 1892 GO; in 1898, co.; IN 1894, sc
mean temperature for July for eight years
65o; total excess during month, go; tota
excess since January /, 579o; prevailing di
y rection of wind, south; total movement o
u wind, 5,218 miles; maximum velocity O
wind, 2S miles south, on the Goth; total pre-
cipitation, 1,64 inches; number of days OF
l. which .0l or more of precipitation fell, IL
Q total precipitation lin inches) for July il
n 1887 533; in 1888, 1.30 in 1889, SO; in 1890
G 257i in 1891, 800, in 1892, 2.SS; in 1893, 3.74
in 1894, 1,64; average precipitation for Jul
I in eight years, 800 inches; total defcienc
r in precipitation during month, 1.43 inches
(, total excess in precipitation since Januar
| 1af q ina ,harn 81 o1o 1ax 4