The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-28
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY,
LOCAL H1PPENTNGS.


GEORGE A. VILEs of Boston is visiting j.
y. Viles, his brother, at the Pavilion.
Mrs. M. A. BINGHAM of Essex junction is
the guest of Mrs E. A Mutt, her sister
THE Misses Mccullough of North Ben
nington are the guests of Miss Nellie FL
field.
BoBERT WILKINSON was called to Provi-
dence, X. l., last Saturday by the death of
his mother.
REV. A. II. WEBB will preach at East
Montpelier Center next Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock.
MISS EVA CLARK is seriously i'll at her
home on Barre street, threatened with ner-
vous prostraton.
BETHANY READING will meet with Mrs.
T. J. Deavitt on Tuesday afternoon, No
vember at two o'clock.
REV. l.. l.. BEEMAN, presiding elder,
preached and held quarterly meeting at
Bellows Falls on Sunday
CHARLES WILSON and daughter, Mrs. Fred
Preston. both of Danville, are the guests of
@. s. Whittier for few days.
THE Goddard eleven will play the Mont
pelier Seminary team on the Seminary
campus next Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. LEVI II. BIxBY left this week for
Sioux City, Iowa, where she is to visit Mrs.
Fred L. Eaton for several weeks.
DIR. HAROLD A. FIsKE has been appointed
examining surgeon of pensioners to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of DIR. j. E.
Macomber.
CAPTAIN II. G. LULL returned last Satur-
day to New Britain, Conn.,, where he will
work at his trade as stone-cutter during
the winter
JOEL FOSTER, superintendent of water
works, went this morning to Canada as an
expert to look over proposed site for
water works.
K. w. BAILEY & Co have purchased the
grist-mll and feed business of E. K
Houghton, at East Barre, and will continue
the business,
HENRY LEONARD ORTERs Of Brigdgeport,
Conn, well-known humorous and dra-
matte reciter, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Dan Worcester.
preached in the Church of the Messiah
Sunday morning and evening" in exchange
with Rev. j. Edward Wright.
THE Montpelier Military Band will play
at the exercises connected with the reunion
of Vermont officers, TO be held Thursday
evening in Representatives Hall.
MISS H. JULIA Cross has gone to Boston
to reside with Madame Edna Hall for six
months, during which time she will receive
vocal instruction from Madame Hail.
Ar the meeting of the board of civil au-
pointed as ballot clerks for the election next
Tuesday. j. G. Brown, G. X. Putnam,
Harry Shurtleff, j. F. Sadlier,
ALL the cases to come before the supreme
court this term are set for this week, max
ing it probable that Washington county
court will reconvene for the trial of the
criminal docket early in November.
DR.. r. c. FLOWER addressed a good
sized audience at Armory Hall on Friday
/ sYnff Trs. 4, .,f
Woman and Glory of Man." and his audi
tors were both enlightened and entertained.
THE ladies of Christ Church will offer for
sale during the present week, in the lobby
of the Capitol, supply of the excellent
homemade candies for which they are justly
celebrated. All those who have "a sweet
tooth" will take notice.
M. W. WHEELoCK has had his house on
| Berlin side wired for the Viles electric
| light. Mr.. Wheelock has also has placed
at the fork of the road, at his private ex-
pense, a large incandescent light, which il
appreciated by travellers in that locality.
THE Montpelier Seminary football team
was badly beaten on the home ground Sat
urday afternoon by the st. JohnsbuIy y
Johnsbury team remained at the Montpelier
House over Sunday, and played the God
dards at Barre this afternoon.
REV DR.. M. ID. KNEELAND, secretary o
the New England Sabbath Protectiv,
League, addressed large congregation il
Bethany Church, Sunday morning, on thu
rights of Americans to their Sabbath. Ii
the evening Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver con
tinued the topic of the morning.
A MAN giving his name as Frank Myer
was brought from Waterbury, on Saturda.
evening, where he has been convicted O
drunkenness and sentenced to the count.
Jail for ten days. Mr.. Myers claims to hal
from Plattsburg, N. Y, but is well know
in this section as a notorious character.
THE first colored wedding that ever oc
CURED in the Baptist church at Burlington
was last Monday evening, when A. Her
bert Davis and Emma Isabella, daughte
of G. G. Smith of this city, were married b.
Rev. DR.. w. S Roberts. II was a grea
event in colored society in the Queen City.
The opening entertainment in the Youn,
Mems Christian Association course wa
given in Blanchard Opera House on Mon
day evening, when the "Lyceum Stars
we're greeted with good house. The PIC
gramme presented was varied and pleasin
and was received with marked expression
OF approval.
A NEWLY ORGANIZED corporation has bee
formed out of the properly of the Conso
idated Granite Company of Windsor. Th
new company, of which Charles II. More c
this city is president is called the Windso
Green Granite Company. The propert
consists of the quarries on Ascutney MouI
tain, a tract of four hundred acres of LAND
A new steam plant and equipment will b
put in at once.
A STATED conclave of Mount Zion Com
mandery, Knights Templar, will be held a
the asylum in Montpelier on Friday, OctC
Der 30, at half past four o'clock in the aftel
noon. The orders of the Temple and Malt
will be conferred II. E. Sir Kittredge Hai
kins and Eminent Sir Jesse Il. Thompson
will assist in the work. At the close OF tn
work banquet will be served at the Ez
change Hotel.
DURING the last two years Gorton's Mir
strels have played at every point OF eonst
quence in Manitoba, Puget Sound BIRTHS
Columbia the entire Pacific Coast, an
northwestern portion of America. The
have just returned from a phenomenal
successful tour of the West Indies. Gorto
undoubtedly covers more country, both M