The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-02

WIN Ju6 COulUduy LOT which ne mas been
working but will put the hotel in charge of
an assistant after short time. u H. Girls
void expects to locate in Worthwhile.
l.. E WRIGHT was the victim of a painful
accident Wednesday afternoon He was
assisting in the transfer of cannon from
the depot to the arsenal, on Seminary Hill,
when one wheel OF the gun carriage came
off. In getting the wheel back, heavy
plank was used az lever and this was ac-
| cidentally dropped on Wright's head He
was rendered unconscious and has since
been confined to the house. The force of
the blow was such that his set of false teeth
was broken into fragments.
YOUNG Montpelier Nimrod travelled the
neighboring iungles one day last week in
search of game, but found none until be
neared the city on his return when he
CHANGED upon u tame rabbit owned by
| Charles Alexander. Lest his game should
escape, the youth gave him the charges
| from both barrels of a shotgun at "A dis
lance of about fifteen feet, The remains
were somewhat scattered, but the young
! man gathered them up in a grape basket
and brought them home as a trophy of his
| proves.
Miss THRALL began the winter term of
her kindergarten on Monday, in a room
| prepared for her ia the Holmes building
The place is central, the room spacious and
CHEEKY, the kinder-gartner competent and
! skilled in her speciality, and she should not
lack for pupils. The kindergarten is the
first and the natural school in which the
| young idea should be taught TO shoot. Send
them in to take their first lessons in the use
OF the faculties of mind aud body God has
! given them.
OFFICER III. b. WEDGE of Berlin on Tues
day served papers, charging George Drew
of Barre with alternating the affections Of
! Mrs. Alvin Robinson of this city from her
! lawful spouse. George w. Wing became
| surety for Drew in the 81 m of fxup mi nd
dollars. Robinson, in addition to his suit
against Drew, has sued his wife for divorce.
on the ground Of adultery and charges
Drew with being the correspondent. Mr.
and Mrs Robinson were married only last
June and lived together more or less hap
PLY until the ninth of November.
AN unfortunate difficulty occurred last
Thursday morning in the Montpelier Book
Store between Lee c. Tewksbury, the pro.
prietor, and E. I. Seguin, who also deals in
newspapers to considerable extent. A
dispute arose over the price of certain pa-
pers and the dispute ended in blows. AS
an outcome of the affair Seguin was arrested
on complaint OF Grand Juror Carleto
charged with breach of the peace. Before
Judge Smile Saturday night he pleaded
guilty and was fined So and costs, amount
ing to S11.51, which he paid.
The Heaton Hospital was Incorporated
by an act of the Vermont legislature of
1896, and Tuesday afternoon eight of the
nine trustees net in Homer w. Hsaton's
office to deed the hospital aud grounds over
TO the corporation which is composed of
the same men as were on the board of
trustees. The trustees signing the transfer
were: j. w. Brock, L. Bart Cross, Hiram
A. Huse, John Mooney, George e. Taplin,
Frank A. Sherburne, Wallace G. Andrews
and Charles II Heaton. The other trustee
is George IL. Guernsey who is ont of town
but will sign the deed as soon as he returns.
The annual meeting of Brooks Post, G.
A. R, was held Tuesday evening. The
officers elected for the coming year are,
Senior Vice Commander, Wallace W.
Noyes; Junior Vice Commander, Orrin
Daley; Quartermaster, II. b. Wedge; Sur
geon, G. W. Kidder: Chaplain, T. l.. CASH
vart; Officer of the Day, l.. NJ. Hutchinson;
| Officer of the Guard, Jacob Robinson; Rep
resentatives to State encampment, G. w.
Colby and Oliver Wheelock; Alternates,
E p. Sloan aud l.. S. Goodwin. Following
the election those present Toasted on coffee
and doughnuts.
WHEN some of the inhabitants of East
State street Monday morning discovered a
sewer opening belching forth smoke, and
evidence of subterranean fires they at once
jumped to the conclusion that an active
volcano was hen and there about to begin
operations and that they might at any mo-
ment expect the appearance OF ashes, lava
and scoriB. City Engineer Peck made an
investigation and found that the chimney
of a residence in Happy Hollow" was de-
livering its smoke through the sewer in
stead OF via the hues constructed for the
purpose and the excitement gradually SUBJ
sided.
THE mock session held before midnight
Tuesday evening, was decidedly stupid at
fair, with hardly bright hit, bill, resolu-
ton or speech AT three o'clock Wednes.
day morning, however, while the House
was waiting for the governor to sign ,rtain
bills, Mr.. Button of Middleburylwas called
to the chair and Messrs. Lord, Bates. Bald
win, Prouty, Walker, Dyer, Bunker Pow.
ers, Barrows, Haskins, Darling, ,Platt and
others made things hum for half hour. The
typewriters resolution seemed to be the
butt of nearly all the sharp thrusts and the
brilliant .sallies at this early morning SEES
sion made up for the stupidity of the one
held the previous evening.
THE state board of railroad commissioners
met in Montpelier, at the state house, Mon
day. and organized for the business OF the
coming two years. Olin Merrill Of Enos-
burgh falls, Frank Kenfield of Morrisville
and Zed s. Stanton, all the members were
present. DIN Merrill is again chairman of
the board, and Fuller G. Smith of st. Adams
was reappOinted clerk. One of the dying
acts OF the recent legislature was to reduce
the salaries OF the members of the railroad
commission from eight dollars to four dol
lars per day, while it left the pay of the
clerk, as before, at six dollars per day, thus
Mr.. Smith has the distinction of getting a
bigger salary than his superiors.
UNDER law passed by the recent legis-
lature, Mason s. Stone, superintendent of
education, and four others appointed by
Governor Grout will constitute state
board Of normal examiners to visit the
three normal schools of the state, and
have charge of all the regular examinations
OF pupils preparing to become teachers.
Governor Grout has appointed as the other
members Of the board c. A. Bunker of
Peacham, f. W. Pierce Of Chester, G. II.
Darling of Bennington and W. e. Howard
OF Middlebury. The first three were men,
bers of the legislature, while Mr.. Howard
is lawyer and professor of history and
political science in Middlebury college. He
was senator from Rutland county in 1882
and member of the lower house from Fair
Haven in 1888.
AT the regular meeting Of the city council,
held last Wednesday evening, K. N. Wright
was given permission to repair his buildings,
and A. @. Hall was granted license to sell
meat. The following bills were also ordered
paid: Lane Manufacturing Company $102 IS;
Argus and Patriot Company $19.45; Mont
pelier and Wells River Railroad S27 O4.
Street commissioner Roberts was authorized