The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-29

uu' " ny mls' J' r. waterman ana Mrs
Henry Holt, vocal solo by Miss Mabel
Wheelock, reading by Charles ID. Birtel and
recitations by Misses Ellen Grout and Mae
Smith.
WILLARD ID. EMERY has been visiting ID.
W. Dudley, his grandfather, during the
past week, accompanied by his BRIDE
formerly Miss Mary Beam, of Rutland. The
daily papers told thrilling story of the
elopement from the home Of the bride and
subsequent marriage OF this young couple,
which Mr.. Emery declares contained some
truth and much fiction.
THE formal opening of the Heaton Hos.
pital will occur Wednesday, August D, from
three to five o'clock in the afternoon and
from seven to nine in the evening, to which
the public Is cordially invited. The dedi.
catory exercises will occur at quarter past
three in the afternoon. The Montpelier
Military Band will be present in the even
ing. Further notice will be given next
eek.
SHERIFF BANCROFT was called TO the
Hopkins block late last Thursday night by
the report that Leon Wiley was drunk and
was breaking up the crockery. When the
sheriff arrived Wiley had fed and the
horse he drove was found dead next morn
ing near Browns mills. 1t is supposed that
the animal died from fast driving. Wiley
skipped and has not yet put in an ap-
pearance.
COLONEL A. G. BROWN was relieved of a
pocket. book containing $40 in cash and a
check for s55 while aiighting from a train
at Barre last Thursday morning. Payment
on the check was promptly stopped. Pick
pockets were numerous in Barre that day,
and several other victims whose names
could not be ascertained were reported.
f. A. Rowland was "touched " for a small
amount of change.
THE Montpelier National Bank, the prin-
nf r. o.
Company has forced that corporation into
insolvency. DR.. ID. G.. Kemp, Fred H.
Perry and A. j. Howe compose the COM
pany, which was organized about three
years ago. The assets and liabilities are not
stated. Albert Harris is at present in
charge of the property and H. B. Wedge
has been appointed messenger by the Pro-
bate Court.
In a private letter a former resident OF
Montpelier, now living in distant city,
which has had experience in matters of the
kind, writes: Your city seems to be con-
siderably stirred up on the city hall ques-
tion. Better go slow, 1 should say, not
only on account of the probable cost
but also on account of the desrability OF
getting for the money something that will
be as satisfactory years hence as the day il
is finished"
WALTER r. AINswoRTH and family started
last Friday morning on fishing and berry
ing trip to East Montpelier with a team
owned by j. V. Morrow. While driving
up the steep grade from College street tC
Clay Hill the horse backed, the carriage
was overturned, and the whole family was
landed on heap OF stones. Fortunate
all escaped with few bruises, but the
pleasure of the days outing was brought tt
an abrupt termination.
In every Methodist church on this cont
nent last Sunday was observed as "Debt
raising Sunday" when the debt of 5000,
600 that has been incurred by the presen
! Foreign Missionary Society was Cancelled
Rev. DR.. E. M. Smith preached at Trinity
| church a sermon of marked originality ant
| power on "The need of perfectly satisfac
tory religion for the non. Christian world.
More than the full amount apportioned t.
this church was raised.
JUDGES L. NJ. READ of Bellows Falls, T
! III. Lance of Cabot and G. E. Jones o
Waitsfield, the commission on the Charlie
street bridge hearing, met in Montpelier OF
Tuesday, prepared to go on with takin
testimony. Inasmuch as the location wa
not familiar to Judge Read, the commisso
visited the site of the proposed bridge Tues
day afternoon and thoroughly looked owe
the ground. They will be ready to procee
with the hearing this morning.
WHEN Populist Holden left for the s
Louis convention he declared that he woul
never vote to endorse Bryan as the head {
|
ion was frequently expressed that whe
Holden got to st. Louis he would be cajole
or persuaded to vote for the Nebraska ag
tator The published record of the vote o
this question, however, shows that Georg
stood firmly to his convictions of right an
was counted among the boilers.
IT appears that a gang of five picl
pockets, one of whom went through Colon'
A G. Brown, as mentioned elsewher
were at work in Barre last Thursda.
They arrived at the Pavilion on the earl
morning ira Thursday and all registere
from Barre. On their return Thursda
evening they again went to the Pavilion
were assigned rooms, and kept themselv,
in secluson until they took the nortl
bound mail train Friday afternoon.
A MARKED and almost miraculous il
provement is reported in M. M. Cutler SIM
he has been under the care of DR.. Helme
the osteotomist, at Chelsea. When NJ
Cutler went there week ago last Monde
he was unable to keep even liquid food {
his stomach, and his nights were passed
sleepless misery. Now he takes three sol
: meals a day and sleeps like a hired ma
} Similar wonderful improvement is report'
t in many other patients from Montpelier an
elsewhere.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY tickets we
sold from Montpelier and sixty-five fro
Barre for the excursion to Providen
D by the Central Vermont railroad, II
weather was all that could have been d
sired, and nothing occurred to mar d
, pleasure of the delightful sail on the " Rel
deer " through the most picturesque portiC
OF Lake Champlain. About one hundr
, of the excursionists stopped at Burlingtl
a and saw the baseball game between q
: Plattsburgh and Malone teams.
In accordance with a suggestion made
Hon. Homer w. Heaton and the trustees
: Heaton Hospital, the physicians OF Mon
a pelier have consented to an arrangeme
!. whereby two members of the medical fr
/ ternity shall be visiting and coDsultii
= physicians at the hospital for two month
: alternating until all the physicians in Il
city shall have assisted in this way.
course, when the hospital is open all payil
u patients can have their family physician,
: whoever they prefer, but this arrangeme
y is for the benefit of charity patients.
i THE Young Mems Republican Club
r Montpelier will hold rousing ratihcati
i meeting at Capital Hall on Thursday eve
ing at eight o'clock. A half dozen or mo
, five.minute speeches by local republica
u u will be given, touching upon the issues al
. work Of the campaign upon which we q
. now entering. The public is cordially
: viled, and an opportunity will be given a