The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

trustees.
The act of congress providing that terms
Of the United States circuit and district
courts of Vermont may be held at Mont
pelier has been approved and signed by the
president.
GEORGE II. ALMoN and wife of New
York are camping at Berlin Pond while
Mr. Almon is engaged N putting in an
electric light plant for Marr & Gordon,
Barre They are accompanied by young
lady friend.
THE judges of the supreme court met at
Montpelier last Thursday and rendered
large number of decisions in cases heard at
the May term. The full list is given on
this page.
REV. ASD Mrs. j. EDWARD WRIGHT and
f. w. Bancroft attended the funeral of
Mrs. II. G. Loomis at Burlington last We'd
nesday afternoon. Mr.. Wright assisted in
the services.
JONI SMITH of Moretown was arrested on
Monday by Officer Demeritt for intoxica-
tion. Justice Hinkley fined him, with
costs, SlS.01 on Tuesday afternoon for
second offence, which he paid.
A GERMAN in honor OF Misses Atkins,
Burleigh and Wetherbee was given at the
Pavilion, Thursday evening, by George A.
Viles. The matrons were Mrs. j. w. Bur
CESS and Miss NJ. A. Upham.
THE lot on Barre street purchased by Z.
e. Joslin was bought OF the Mechanics
Building and Construction Company, and
not of the Cooperative Building and Loan
Association, as stated last week.
SEVEN new milch COWS and a Jersey
bull owned by William Hornbrook were
killed by lightning last Thursday afternoon.
They were all huddled under tree that
was shattered by bolt of electricity.
Town TREASURER BIxBY will be at the
Montpelier National Bank on Monday even
inc
veniently pay their taxes during business
hours, and not every evening as stated last
week.
w. ID. EMERY is at home from Maiden,
Mass, for vacation of four weeks He is
attending the School of Pharmacy at Bos-
ton, and at the same time learning the drug
business in the store of II. G. Goodwin at
Maiden.
JOHN PURCHASE was arrested and lodged
in Jail last Monday by Deputy Sheriff Dud-
ley for an assault with revolver on Cyril
Verge at Braintree last Thursday. He was
taken to West Randolph for hearing on
Tuesday.
A RAYMOND AND WHTCoMB party, in
charge of Emerson w. Judd, formerly of
the Boston Globe, passed through Mont
peler last Saturday en- route to the White
Mountains. The party took dinner at the
Pavilion.
s. A. HOWARD of Concord, N. H., the
Well-known layer of concrete walks, ar
rived in town last Monday morning with
force OF men, and commenced operations on
Summer street. He will be in Montpelier
two weeks or more.
The funeral of Jefferson Bruce, whose
death was mentioned exclusively in the
WATCHMAN last week, was held last Thurs
day afternoon from his late home in Bruce
block, Rev. j. Edward Wrig { officiating
The burial was in Green Mount cemetery.
CHIEF ENGINEER o. D. CLARK of the
Montpelier fire department, and G.. S,
Whittier, foreman of Volunteer Hose Com
pany, No. /, left for Bennington last even
ing to attend the state fremens tourna-
ment. The latter is a delegate from his
company.
The village trustees have contracted with
the Vermont Construction Company of st.
Albans for an iron bridge, to be put
across Worcester branch in place of the old
Academy bridge. The contract calls for the
completion of the work on or before Sep
tember 10.
THERE will be an excursion to Weirs, n.
H., tomorrow from Barre and all points on
the Montpelier & Wells River railroad.
The excursion is run under the auspices of
the Epworth League of Barre. The train
leaves Montpelier at Z 10 A. NJ. Fare for
round trip, S1.50.
REV. A. n LEWIS returned from his vaca-
ton last Saturday and preached at Christ
Church last Sunday morning. Evening
prayer, without sermon, was celebrated at
six o'clock-a custom that will probably be
followed Sunday evenings at this church
during July and August.
IT is understood that Rev. 1. Wallace
Cate, for some five years missionary in Ja-
pan, accepts a re-engagement for another
term of five years. He will probably, how
ever, return to this country for a short visit
before many months. His friends in this
vicinity will give him a cordial greeting.
THE excursion to Weirs, n. H., Thurs
day, August 2, advertised elsewhere to be
run under the auspices of Canton Mont
peher, is sure to draw large crowd. The
summer season will then be at its height at
that delightful spot, and the trains will be
run so as to allow five and one-haf hours
there A fine band has been engaged for
the trip.
MANY Montpelier horsemen will remem-
ber the handsome bay gelding Rodney
j, formerly owned by Thomas Suitor of
Barre. This horse is a son of "Auctioneer,"
owned by Henry S. Town, and of late has
been developing some remarkable speed.
At Mystic Park, last week, he won second
money in the 2; "a race for purse of $780,
and the race critics of the Boston papers
speak in very tlattering terms of this animal
THE interior of the Huntington restaurant
has been undergoing several changes of
late that are much appreciated by its many
patrons Fresh paint has been applied,
new showcases added, and overhead re-
volving fans have been put in, that make
the entire place delightfully."- cool, even in
the hottest weather. The motive power is
supplied from the motor in the basement
that is used for freezing ice-cream. This
method of artificially cooling a room is sell
dom seen outside of cities, but is none too
good for one of the best restaurants in the
state.
BURBANK HOSPITAL, that was opened in
fltchburg, Mass, last Monday, was the
generous gift of the late Gardner S. Bur-
bank native of Montpelier, son of the late
Silas Burbank. For years the only public
hospital convenieuces in Fitchburg have
been furnished by room at the poor-farm
Mr.. Burbank left his estate of about S400, 600
Tor this hospital, the money to become avail
able after the death of his wife. But Mrs
Burbank has been anxious to anticipate the
provisions of the will, and recourse was had
to the legislature, which authorized loan
OF 800 900 in anticipation OF the legacy and
the building was opened this week.
AT the time of holding the republican
state convention an informal meeting of
young republicans was held to consider the
feasibility OF organizing state Young
Mems Republican Club. An executive
committee of one from each county in the
state was elected Major o. ID, Clark of