The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-14


day night through the energetic and we'll
directed efforts of Street Commissioner
Roberts. Gangs of men and snow-plows |
were started out at four o'clock Tuesday
morning, and the snow-roler was kept in
motion after daybreak, so that by nine
o'clock the principal walks and streets of
the village were in first-class shape. Mr.
Roberts again demonstrated his ability to
cope with an emergency, and that, too
without any flourish of trumpets or needless
expenditure.
THE National Dispatch fast freight line
via the Central Vermont railroad has now
in effect tine card showing remarkably
fast time between New England and west
ern points, which will be of paramount in-
terest to the granite industry in this vicin-
ity, and to all shippers Of western freight.
The time from Montpelier to Chicago is
eighty hours, and each train is limited to
twenty-five cars, thus enabling them to
make schedule time. A carload of granite
shipped from Montpelier, February 1, by
this line, was delivered at its destination in
St. Louis, Mo-. inside of four days.
GAMALIEL WAsHBURN LODGE OF PER
FICTION, A. A. Scottish Rite, held its an
nual election of officers last Thursday even
ing. The following officers were elected:
Ambrose j. Alexander, r. =. G. NJ; j. Eli
Goodenough, ID. G NJ. q. A Lang, vice.
senior 6. W.; j. A. Erwin, vice junior G.
w; Fred G. Fisher, grand orator; Charles
II,
J. H. Blaisdell, grand X. of s.; Will II.
Herrick, grand NJ. of c.; E. r. Morse, grand
hospitaler; j. Henry Jackson, grand cap
tain of guard; j. w. f. Washburn, grand
organist; Charles M. Foster, grand tyler
THE course of lectures by DR.. B. F.
Beardsley that have been delivered in the
opera house during the past week will close
this evening with talk on the brain, nerves
and temperaments. Dr. Beardsley has at
tracted large audiences, and his lectures,
while entertaining, have been replete with
information for old and young. Sunday
afternoon he spoke to large audience un-
der the aus pces of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union on the subject of "Tem-
perance from Doctors Standpoint" in
the course Of which he gave most en-
phatic endorsement of the Kelley treat
ment. The doctors lectures have been il
lustrated with manikins, models and paint
ings, and the views exhibited each evening
by the aid of stereopticon were very fine.
WHAT appears to have been determined
effort to burn the Union House was made
last Monday night. About half past ten,
smoke was discovered in the halls on the
second floor, and on opening an unoccupied
room an incendiary fire was discovered that
had completely burned the bedding, par
TALLY consumed chair and burned large
hole in the carpet. A very few moments
more would have made the fire a hard one
to control. While the proprietor was open
ing the windows on that floor to let out
the smoke, he discovered another blaze in
progress in another room that had every
app arance of being Intentionally set, and
that would have worked its way into par
tition in very few moments. thorough
investigation is in progress, and strict
watch is kept for the firebug.
A COMPANY has been chartered by Secre-
tary of State Brownell to build railroad from
Waterbury to Mount Mansfield, distance
.p,,lA l. L. thn Mo-,
Mansfield Electric Railroad. Among the
incorporators are Il. ID. Blackwell, Charles
Dewey, J. G. Houghton. H. n Taplin, A.
j. Sibley, j. e. Goodenough, III. w. Kemp,
c. P. Pitkin, Fred E. Smith, F. w. Morse,
Fred blanchard, L. ?, Gleason, George At:
Montpelier. e. d. Blackwell has been
elected president of the corporation, o. K.
Luce vice president, l.. A. Pike clerk, and
l.. e. Moody treasurer. The last three
named are residents of Stowe. 1t is pro.
posed to construct an electric road of stan
dard gauge, TO be equipped for both freight
and passenger service, the electricity to be
generated by water power. The total cost
of building and equipping the road is es.
| timated at $150,00O, of which Stowe has
voted to pay $4,000.
MENTION was made last week of the ap-
pointment of Harry Lowe, by the Vermont
Association of Road and Trotting Horse
Mr.. Lowe is vested with authority to exam.
inc any ard all stations that may be Of
fered for sale in the state to any individual
or company, to ascertain if the breeding and
| individual excellence Of such stations is as
| represented and the value consistent with
the price asked. On the written request Of
any interested individuals, Mr.. Lowe will
make such examination free of all expense
to the applicants. Resolutions offered by
the association at its recent annual meeting
in Rutland earnestly recommended the
farmers of Vermont to give more attention
than they have in the past to breeding, rear
ing and developing the highest type OF tn,
high grade carriage, park and coach horse
now the most salable in all markets. Tn,
farmers and breeders OF Vermont are alst
cautioned against purchasing any stations
offered for breeding purposes until the,
shall have been examined by Inspecto
Lowe.
The Caledonia county trespass case o
Simon Swerdfeger V. Amos ID. Hopkins
and the trespass case of Truman r. Stiles v
Warren Estabrook, were argued in suprem
court last Wednesday. On Thursday, fou
Caledonia cases were heard, as follows: NJ
NJ. Tatro appellant, V. William S. Bailey
general assumpsit; George b. Davis, ad
ministrator, V. George e. Eastman, execu
tor, chancery case involving the settle
ment of the will of Mary Flint; and tn
three cases of Stone & Wellington " Mile
l.. Robie Charles d. White, and David II
Wilson, as to whether nursery stock is rea
estate or personal property. The tota
amount involved in these three cases is les
than SS. The last case heard Thursday wa
also from Caledonia county-Gary w
Houston v. Brush & Curtis, an action 10
, negligence in equipping a granite quarry
The plaintiff recovered, in county court,
verdict OF $229 and costs for injuries re
ceived by being struck in the head by tn,
mast Of a derrick; to which exceptions wer
taken. The two cases of the Woodbur
Granite Company V. Millikin & Gibson
and Millikin & Gibson " the WOodbur
Granite Company, were heard Friday
actions in general assumpsit to recover tn
price of certain lots of granite. j. p. Lam
son and w. b. c. Stickney for the granit
company; Alexander Dunnett and e. w
Smith for Millikin & Gibson The bushes
OF the present session was concluded Satui
day morning in the hearing on the Lamoill
county case OF #. G. Whitney V. @,
: Adams, a mortgage foreclosure suit. Sine
the opening of the present term, Januar
, g. sixty-hve cases have been heard. TIL
court took recess Saturday forenoon unit
Thursday, March /, when the decisions o
the cases heard this term will be rendered
, In the presence OF very large congregf
tion, Rt. Rev. Arthur G. A. Hall, the new
! consecrated bishop of the diocese Of Vel
mont, preached for the first time in Mon