The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

BERT BISHOP, mail agent between st. AL
bans and Boston, was in town on Monday.
He has been laid up in hospital at Burling-
ton for several days, the result of the bite
from pet dog at his home in Bolton.
THE Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet in Bethany chapel on
Thursday afternoon at half past two o. clock
Temperance in prisons and jails, and flower
mission work, will be the subjects presented.
THE sum of S54 was contributed at the
Church of the Messiah last Sunday morn
ing for the industrial and normal school at
Tuskegee, Ala, after the eloquent address
of Mr., Booker T. Washington, the principal.
II. G. HOLMES received on Tuesday a car
load of fat cattle from Chicago, which were
purchased by II. j. and w. ID. Smith of
Barre. They will be slaughtered by Mr..
Holmes, and the beef will be shipped to
Barre.
THE nomination papers of the peoples
party, containing just 1000 signatures,
were He'd with the secretary of state last
Monday by the secretary and treasurer of
the populist state committee, George e.
Holden.
Mr. AND Mrs. G. T. CRANDALL of Phila-
delphia and Mrs. Edwin Anderson of NAL
den, Mass, are visiting relatives in Berlin.
Mr. Crandall will be pleasantly remem-
bered as former clerk in the Montpelier
postofiice.
Montpelier & Wells River railroad, was
burned last Monday evening, with all its
contents. Fred Smith, station agent, lost
all his personal effects. The building was
insured and will be rebuilt at once.
A CHILD belonging to Mr.. Mason, who
lives on the Berlin side, was knocked down
by the bicycle of Jack Simonds on the
crossing at the head of State street last
Monday evening. The child was dragged
some distance and seriously injured.
w. e. ADAMS expects to sail from New
York for Harve, France, on Saturday, Aug
ust 4, on the steamer Buffalo on the
Warren Line. He goes in company with
three gentlemen from Boston and will re-
main abroad until the middle of September.
The members of Canton Montpelier have
gratifying assurance that the excursion to
Weirs, N. H., to be run under their aus
pices next week Thursday, will be largely
attended. No more delightful trip could
be made than to this famous summer re-
Sort
WILL l. DUNHAM of Barre has caused the
arrest of Peter Hernon for an assault COM
mitted near the sheds of the Excelsior
Granite Company some time ago, as noted
in these columns. The case will be heard
before Justice G. n. Barber at Barre, Au-
gust a.
CHARLES BRADSHAW died last Sunday at
his home in New Orleans, La, aged sixty
two years. He was brother of Miss Lucy
Bradshaw, and previous to last season had
spent his summers in Montpelier for several
years, He will long be pleasantly remem-
bered here
WHO is Frank A. Whittier of Mont
pelier? A man giving that name and
residence, and who says his wife still re-
sldes IN Montpelier, was sent to Jail at New
ark, n. j., this week for being a hospital
beat beat. lie is said to be contortionist and
dime museum freak.
REV A.. II. WEBB leaves this morning for
Nova Scotia, where he will remain for
three weeks on a vacation During the
three Sundays of his absence the pulpit of
trinity Church will be sp,'3lied by Rev
Mr.. jackson, Rev. DIR. e. NJ. Smith, and
Rev. ii. A. Spencer, respectively.
If the weather is pleasant, the Sunday
sGhool connected with the Church of the
Messiah will have picnic at Beniamin's
Falls on Thursday afternoon of this week.
The train will leave the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad station at half-past one.
Should 1t be rainy, it will be postponed to
some future day
COLONEL A. G. Brown has built tele-
phone line from Jericho Center, connecting
thr4ugh west Bol ton TO Jonesville. This
IS being extended through Bolton and
North Duxbury to Waterbury, with prob-
ability OF a station at North Duxburv. This
will eventually be run to Montpelier AZ an
independent line. ~
REV WILLIAM w. JACKSON, JR., of LYNN.
Mass, lectured in Trinity Church last Sun
day evening on Gods Wisdom and Power
Seen IN the Rise and Progress of Great
EVehts. lie is an interesting and instruc-
1--WE speaker, and treated his theme from an
original standpoint that commanded the
close attention of his hearers.
:. AS Will be seen by the official call pub
lished elsewhere, the republicans of Mont
peller Will meet in caucus at Capital Hall
next Monday evening to elect delegates to
the republican county convention to be held
at Montpelier on Thursday, August 2. The
town committee for the two years next an
suing will be elected at this time. A full
attendance is desired.
The state committee q the Young Mems
Republican League met az the Pavilion ON
tuesday and organized by the election of
ID. j. Foster of Burlington as president
John III. Watson of Bradford vice.president'
t. f. Gleed of Morrisville secretary, and r.
~ Proctor OF Proctor treasurer. The mat
ter OF constitution and bylaws was left
with committee to be appointed by the
president, TO report at some future meeting
SEATS are selling rapidly for the concert
by the Haywood Jordan Company, to be
gwen next Friday evening in Blanchard
opera house under the auspices of the
Apollo Club. The talent is of the finest.
being recognized and appreciated on both
Sides OF the Atlantic. Not often is the pub
llc privileged to hear a composer sing his
own COMPOSITIONS as does Mr.. Julian Jor.
dan. Everything Indicates crowded house
THE register used at the Worlds Fair last
year is now in the custody of the state
Librarian. In it Assistant Librarian 7. l..
Wood has discovered the following entry:
" native of Vermont | left Montpelier
in April, 1888, and arrived at Fort Dearborn
now Chicago, May 29th of the same year. /
have lived in Chicago from that time to the
present day. Every building now standing
in Chicago has been erected during nv
residence here. Silas b. Cobb"
THE old adage, "Where one sheep goes,
they'll all CO." was illustrated in a very
destructive way at the farm of Miss Lucy j.
Bradshaw last Monday. A flock of sixteen
sheep belonging to her became frightened
and ran into barn floor, at one end of
which is window some twenty. live feet
rom the ground. One OF the sheep went
through this window and the other fifteen
allowed. Nine of them were killed out
riIht and the others were so badly injured
INT they were slaughtered at once.
IyR Unitarian Grove Meeting opens at
Wels, n. H., next Saturday. Sermons are
expeeet from Rev Samuel c. Beane, Rev.
Georgs Satchelor Rev. j. e. Wright, Rev.
w. W. bpn, and Rev. DIR. e. l.. Rexford; |;
ana Iectre on Religious Life in Greece u
| from heV. GannaI nar