The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-22

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murder of man at Greensboro Bend about
year and half ago.
MRS. BARNES and Mrs. Osgood are dele
gates to the woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, to be held at Waterbury on
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 8.
MEMORIAL exercises will be held in every
room in the Washington County Grammar
and Union schools next Wednesday after
noon, to which the public is cordially in
vited.
LAWSON q. CUMMINs received an order,
Monday, for one of his rifle telescopes to be
sent to South Africa and it is a somewhat
puzzling question how to get it there in
safety.
TENNIS courts for the members of the
Young Mems Christian Association and
their friends are to be laid out on Hubbard
street, between the Baptist and Methodist
parsonages.
JOHN s. WILKINS has received the ap.
pointment OF general agent for Vermont of
the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF Portland, Me. His headquarters will be
at Montpelier.
The new and handsome suburban train
over the Montpelier and Wells River rail-
road was put on last Monday morning. No
one blames the train crew for being proud
OF such an outfit.
MRS MINNIE MARSH officiated at the or
gan at Christ Church last Sunday during
the absence of II. H. Scribner because of ill
ness. Mrs. S. A. Moss took Mrs. Marsh's
place in the choir.
THE ropes on the derrick employed in
laying the foundation for Whitcomb Br 9TH
ers' block have damaged to some extent the
south side of the Bacon block, over which
they are fastened.
A YOUNG son OF Jerry Sullivan, station
agent at Montpelier Junction, fell from the
platform there last Thursday and broke one
collar bone. The little sufferer was attended
by DR.. j. d. Lance.
THE annual session of the Vermont Cen.
tral Association of Universalists is to be
held in Northfeld this year, opening on the
second Wednesday in June, instead of the
first Wednesday as usual.
THE third and last game of the season be-
| tween the Norwich University and Mont
pelier Seminary baseball teams was won
| by the latter on the homo field on Tuesday
| afternoon by score OF to 7.
MRS. G. l.. B1xBY's clothes lima was de.
spoiled of a quantity Of fine linen last week
Tuesday night. John II. Senter's ham,
mock was taken at the same time, presum-
ably to carry away the plunder.
Hon. AND MRS. CHARLES DEWEY returned
from the West last Monday evening after
an absence of six weeks. Colonel Fred e
Smith is now in Chicago, and is expected in
Montpelier the last Of this week.
ARTHUR G. MANsUR has returned from
| Chicago, and is now at his home in ,land
Pond. He is still suffering from his injured
ankle, but hopes to resume his duties in the
store Of A. g. Stone about June /.
THE Ladies' Night, at the rooms of the
Apollo Club, last Thursday evening, was a
| delightful and largely attended affair. Mrs
Eugene F. Rand and H B. Welch made the
| highest scores st progressive whist.
THE local Epworth League has organized
Sunday school at Wrightsville, with W
G. Taplin superintendent, and Bruce Nc
Donald secretary. The school will meet
every Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
On Friday evening, at eight o'clock, there
will be a social sing of college songs at the
Young Mems Christian Association rooms
An invitation is extended to all the young
men, whether members of the association
or not.
MISS ALICE M. KYLE of Boston spoke or
" Foreign Missions" at Bethany chape
last Wednesday evening. Miss Kyle il
field secretary Of the American Woman's
Board, and is thoroughly conversant with
| the work.
A TEAM composed of young business men
| Of the city played the Methodist Seminary
nine on the campus last Monday afternoon
Score, IL to 6 in favor of the seminary team
Some fearful and wonderful fielding was
witnessed.
SAMUEL GRossMAN and Samuel Perroit
| un6 CTbyOu dTtlSJS Oh WnOm WTluS nave U66I
served citing them to appear before Judge
Smile, May 81, to answer certain charges
against them, have left the city for pas
lures new.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet Wednesday afternoon al
half past two o'clock with Mrs Julis
Durant, 1874 Main street. Subject The
Influence of the Press on the Temperance
| Movement"
AT the business meeting of the Y. M. G
A., held last Thursday evening, it was
thought advisable to lay out some tennis
courts. W. s. Smith, T. F. Cotton and r
D. Blanpied were appointed a committee t(
attend to the matter.
MANY thousand copies of Summer
| Homes Among the Green Hills OF Yer
mont" the Central Vermont book of which
mention has been made in these columns
were burned in the fire that destroyed tht
st. Alba 3 Messenger plant
THE reported acts of vandalism in de
facing the Kellogg Hubbard Library were
entirely without foundation. corner O.
one granite projection was injured in taking
down staging, which gave rise to absurd
rumors that grew rapidly as they were
passed along.
AMONG those from out Of town who at
tended the funeral OF Judge Deavitt las
Friday were j. j. Deavitt, William Deavitt
and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Roberts of Water
| "
Judge M. W. Bailey and Colonel A. A
Hall of st. Albans.
MISS ELIZA GUERNSEY died last Thursday
at the home of James j. Young ON st. Pau
street, from the effects of shock received
several weeks ago. Funeral services were
held last Saturday afternoon, Rev. j. Ed
ward Wright officiating, and the burial was
in Green Mount Cemetery.
GEORGE e. SANDERS, who was arrested
last week in Jericho for living with Mary
Sun. woman not his wife, and who is now
in Jail in Burlington, was at one time quite
a well. known character in Montpelier. His
brother Arba is now serving sentence in
states prison at Windsor for theft.
THE public meeting of the Ladies' Liter
ary and Adelphi societies, held last Wednes
day evening in Seminary chapel, was q
very pleasant affair The question whe theI
adversity is more favorable to morality
than prosperity was discussed, and an ex
cellent musical programme was rendered.
MRS. L. w. MARTIN Of Cleveland, Ohio
was the guest of Mrs. George G. Pratt, hei
niece, over Sunday, while on her way to
spe nd the summer with relatives in Royal
| ton. Mira Martin WAS a former resident nj