The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-04-03
MONTPELIER, W.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL B. 1895.

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while en- route to his new field of labor in
| Denver, Colo.
| MILES AND RICHARD STANDIsH leave next
week Saturday for Haverhill, Mass, to join
the New England Association base. ball
team OF that city.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT expects to
| speak upon "The Jews in Germany" at the
evening service in the Church of the Mes
siah next Su lday
ii. w. DREW and wife are visiting their
daughter in Jersey City. d. ID. Davis Of
St. Albans is in charge of the local express
Office during Mr.. Drew's absence.
II. ID. GATES arrived last Monday with a
carload Of Wisconsin horses that discount
anything he has previously shipped. They
can be seen at the stables Of e. l.. Putney.
THE three-years old Il laughter of Joseph
Leno was terribly burned about the head
and arms last Monday. She was playing
with matches and her clothing caught fire.
ID. A GUPTIL has decorated the bill
board at the corner of State and Taylor
streets with tle advertisements of several
of the prominent business men of Mont
pelier.
| BECAUSE of the Illness of some of the pro-
seasonal players, the opening of ID. G..
! Fields bill lard parlor on South Main street
has been postponed until next Tuesday
evening.
L. P. THAyER proprietor of the st. Johns
bury Republican and Bellows Times, was in
| he city Monday evening. He is very en-
thusiastic over his latest purchase at Bel.
| lows Falls.
MRS. REV. G. o. WEBSTER has sued for a
divorce, and, pending the hearing OF the
case at the September term of Washington
county court, she is given the custody of the
minor daughter.
THE law requires that all inventories be
returned to the listers. One or more of the
| txyi1l hn tbn attx ola L. 20
week day and evening to receive the lists OF
the taxpayers OF the city.
MRS. CAROLINE H. HYDE of Middlebury
and Mrs. Eliza Gouldsbury of Warsaw,
Wis, her sister, were the guests OF j. j..
Hyde, son of the former, at the Exchange
Hotel the first of this week.
MRS. MARTHA WRIGHT has exchanged her
place on First Avenue for the John Grim
Minis farm in Berlin, she paying bonus of
$500. Mrs. Wright has moved to her farm
and Mrs. Crimmins to Montpelier.
THE car made at 81. Albans for transport
ing a part of the Iowa state soldiers monu-
ment was received this week at the sheds
of G. II. More & Co. A portion of the mon
u nent will be forwarded this W SEX.
THE Montpelier Public Library was
moved to its new quarters last week, and
the work of getting things in shape is pro-
| crossing as rapidly as possible. Due notice
will be gi zen of the opening of the library.
THE Thursday evening service at Christ
Church will begin at seven o'clock, and the
Friday evening service at half past seven.
Subject of the Friday evening lecture,
ct aeater going, Dancing and Card playing"
HARRY IRWIN, a lad seventeen years old ,
wa, arrested by Officer Wood last Saturday
evening while in an advanced stage OF intox-
ication. He was put through Judge Smilie's s
mill, Monday morning, at an expense to him
of S12 o.
II is requested that all the books belong
ing to the Mon pelier Public Library be re
turned this week f. W. Bancroft or Miss
Mary Macomber, the librarian, will be at
the library every afternoon this week to re-
ceive them.
BISHOP Foss will preach at Trinity Church
next Sunday morning The members of
that church and congregation are specially
invited to attend the reception to be ten.
dered the bishop next Monday evening in
Seminary chapel.
TIE Montpelier and Wells River railroad
will sell round-trip tickets from all stations
to Montpelier and return for fare one way
to acc ,mmo late those who wish to attend
the lecture by Henry Watterson on Thurs
day evening. Tickets good returning Sat
urday, April 6.
JEsss s. vILEs has engaged James ID.
Mitchell of Ogdensburg, n. Y, to take
charge of his vegetable farm near Mont
pelier Junction for the coming season K
o. Woodward, who run The farm last sum.
mer. will h ave charge Of Mr.. Viles' farm on
the Northfield road.
Mrs. MAHLoN rAPLIN accompanied the
family OF IL. Nj. Pierce to Montpelier last
Monday and is the guest of Fl. A Huse,
Mr.. Pierce was obliged to return to Boston.
Monday night. His son Hartt will return
with Mrs. Taplin day. and Miss Josie will
remain until next Monday.
THE marriage of Fred l.. Peck aad Miss
Minnie j. Clark occurred last evening at
the home of the bride on Elm street Rev.
j. Edward Wright was the officiating
Clergyman. Mr.. and Mrs. PECK have taken
rooms at the home of Allen ID. Moore on
Barre street and are to board at Hotel Full
| lerton.
AT the annual meeting Of Aurora Lodge,
last Monday evening, the following officers
were elect ID: Stephen r. Colby, master
Collins Blakely, senior warden; j. Eli
Goodenough, junior warden; e. e Blakely
reasurer; #. ID. Dewey, secretary; G. X.
Putnam, senior Deacon W. A. Rice, junior
! deacon.
Fl. N. TAPLIN, president of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, returned
last Saturday from Washington, ID. c.. after
an absence of four weeks. Mr.. Taplin spent
most OF the time in Washington, although
he took side.trips to Norfolk, Va, and At
lanta, Ga. Mrs. Taplin remained at the
national capital for a more extended stay.
FRED u. COXi OF NlckerSOn q COX, COM
pliers Of the souvenir edition of the WATCH
MAN and of similar works in Barre and
West Randolph, was married last Wednes-
day to Miss Mamie Buckham of Bethel
Mr.. and Mrs. Cox were in Montpelier the
last Of the week and received the congrat-
ulations Of many friends.
HARVEY BADGER of Danvlle was ar
raigned before Judge Smile last Monday
on inf )rmation filed by States Attorney
Stanton charging him with an assault with
intent to kill in Cabot Bail was fixed at
| $500, which was furnished. The case will
probably not be tried until the September
term of Washington county court
A LARGE delegation of N obles of the Mys
tic Shrine will arrive in Montpelier on
Thursday evening from St. Albans, Bur
lington and points on the Rutland division,
and will join the pilgrimage to Lancaster,
| N. H., Friday morning. Convention rates
are in for 70 on the Central Vermont and
Montpelier & Wells River railroads.
GEORGE A. MCCoBB, of the WAToHMAN
| job rooms, was called to Boothbay Harbor,
Me, last Sunday night by the death of j. A.
McCobb his father. Deceased had bee "a
for many years prominent and highly