The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-19


went to Palmer, Mass, last Monday night,
to bring his family to Montpelier. Frank
E. Howe takes his place on the Argus dur
ing his absence.
ARTHUR A. BENNETT, mayor of the City
OF St. Charles. Ill, will arrive at Mont
pelier on Thursday morning. He is called
here by the dangerous illness of George III.
Bennett, his father.
REV. j. Fl. WEEKS, who for nine months
acted as pastor of the Church of the
Messiah, while Rev. j. Edward Wright was
in Europe, is to occupy the pulpit Of that
church next Sunday.
The members OF Company Fl and the
Montpelier Military Band left for Burling.
ton by special train last Monday morning.
On this train were Companies e and r
from Barre and Northfeld.
e P. LIBBEY, contractor for Blanchard
Brothers, has so far recovered from his re-
cent injuries as to be able to attend to busi-
ness. A slight lameness is the only re-
minder OF his narrow escape.
DIR. AND MRS. Z. j. Brown of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, are to be the guests OF Mr. and
Mrs, j. v. Babcock for the next week Mrs.
Brown will be remembered as the oldest
daughter OF the late 9. f. Fullerton.
j. DELToN FANoHEA, general agent for e.
q. Dewitt & Co., Chicago, was in town last
week looking after the interests of that
firm. He reports the free silver craze as
dying out in the West to great extent
MISS DAISY L. PATTEE, Miss Nellie Law
renee, Miss Marion Stone and Merton Gray
went to Burlington last Saturday to wait
on the tables Of Company Ii. Mrs. Horace
K. Bliss went as cook and Harry Moulton
as water boy.
ALBERToN e. WoRTHEN, residing at 1877
Elm street, was taken to the insane asylum
at Waterbury last Saturday by Sheriff
Bancroft He has been in poor health for
the past two years and became violently
insane last week
A TRAMP was before Grand Juror r. p.
Carleton last Friday, charged with an at
man. He pleaded so earnestly for his lib
erty that he was released on condition that
he leave town at once.
The Central Vermont railroad will sell
special round trip tickets to Burlington
next Friday, Governors day, at the muster
OF the Vermont National Guard. The fare
for the round trip from Northfeld, Barre
and Montpelier will be one dollar.
MISS CLARA I. DEFoRp has closed her
labors as book-keeper at the Office of j. M.
boutwell, and goes this week to her home in
Hardwick. Miss Mary Phinney will sue
ceed Miss DeFord as contralto in Bethany
church choir for the next two Sundays.
AT the special meeting OF the City Council
held last Monday evening an application
VOC ioCoi'ou " opeIate Inerry-gO-round
on the Cross & Guptil lot. 1t was voted to
charge, the applicant $25 for two weeks, a
price that will probably keep him away.
WILLIAM WHEELER Of Des Moines, Ia, ia
renewing old acquaintances in Montpelier
and vicinity. Mr.. Wheeler is a son of the
late dge wheeler and was, many years
ago, assistant sergeant-at-arms at the State
house, and clerk in the Office of T. r. Mer.
rill.
nj In taI
candescent lamps which emblazon the
name " Mckinley" has been hung on the
State street side of the republican head
quarters in this city. 1t is handsome de-
sign, far ahead OF the usual style of trans.
parences.
A HORSE owned by G. III. Cross was
frightened at the elephants in the street
parade last Wednesday morning, Ibecame
and ran. Mrs. F. L. GRAY
and Mrs. Clayton Bigelow were knocked
down and seriously bruised by the fright
ened animal.
THE WATCHMAN was in error last week in
stating that the saloon formerly run by
Robert Pape was on Berlin side. 1t was
located on the Montpelier side of the old
arch bridge, and the good people of Berlin
naturally object to having such place sad
died on them.
IHE fifty volumes in the book case con-
tributed by the Bethany Hospital Band to
the reception-room of the Heaton Hospital
were the gift of Hon. Joseph Poland a fact
tnat was not known by the reporter when
the account OF the opening of the hospital
published last week, was written.
j. B. HAMILTON, general agent for the
western Wheeled Scraper Company, and
David Cook of Norwich n. Y, represent
ing the Climax Road Machine Company of
Marathon, N. Y, attended the meeting
held last Monday in the Court House by the
county board of road commissioners.
CAPTAIN SoMERBY, wife and child of Los
a, angeles, Gal are the guests of q. e. Perrin
Mr.. Somerby left Vermont for the West
twenty-six years ago, this being his first
visit since that time. He is printer by
trade and was employed on the WATcHMAN
at the beginning Of the War of the Rebellion
THE Board of Civil Authority met in the
city clerks office last Monday evening for
the purpose OF correcting the checklist for
the September election. One hundred and
new names were adde forty of
whom took the freemau's OATH The board
Will meet again next Friday evening at
seven o'clock to make further corrections
OF the checklist.
THE funeral Of Marcus M. Cutler was
held last Thursday afternoon fro n his late
home ON Barre street, Rev. j. Edward
Wright officiating j. w. Brock had charge
OF the arrangements. Between the hours of
two and four o'clock all places Of business
were closed out of respect to the memory
Of the deceased. The burial was in Green
Mount Cemetery.
A CORPS of ladies are making a system.
attic canvass of the city for the sale of tick
cts for the band concert to be given in Ar
mory Hall next Saturday evening. The
boys need full house to pay the expenses
OF the extra musicians at muster. Company
ii has generously donated the use of the
hall, and the expenses of the concert are
reduced to a minimum.
+. e. DOUGLASS and f. l.. Laraway OF
Morrisville rode bicycle race for purse of
800 from that village to the Exchange Ho-
tel last Friday. Laraway won, covering
the distance, twenty five miles, in one hour
and forty minutes. Douglass came in
four minutes later. He was thrown from
his wheel just before reaching Worcester,
badly bruising his right arm.
j II. SENTER returned last Friday from
New York where he went as proxy for b.
B. Smalley to meet the members of the ma.
tlonal democratic committee. He attended
the great demonstration in Madison Square
Garden. Mr. Senter is authority for the
statement that Candidate Bryan will not be
heard in Vermont, or any state east of New
fork, during the present campaign.