The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-11
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served.
JOHN J. EAaAN, chief ranger of the Catho-
lie Order of Foresters, was in st. Albans
over last Sunday. On Saturday evening he
met those of St. Mary's parish who are in
terested in establishing court in st.
Adams.
FRED e. CIRCUIT had one arm badly lacer.
ated last Thursday by getting 1t caught in
lathe at the works of the Lane Manufacture
ing Company. He has gone to his home In
waterbury to remain during his enforced
idleness.
REV. DR. e. NJ SMITH and Rev. II. A.
Spencer were guests of the Boston Associa-
tion OF the Vermont Methodist Seminary
Alumni which celebrated its final reunion
at the United States HOTEL Boston, last
Saturday evening.
NEALE WHITE son of b. p. White died
last week in ID ss Moines, Ia. He was vice.
president of the River View Land Company
of that city, and was held in high esteem.
During the past four months he had buried
his wife and only child.
JOHN FOUNTAIN, formerly employed in
the blacksmith shop of Pete Badord, died
last week at Malone, N. Y. P. l.. Fountain
and Mrs. A. 9. Felt, his brother and sister,
and his aged father, went there last Thurs
day to attend the funeral.
THE Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet on Thursday afternoon at
half past two o'clock. with Mrs. j T.
Palmer, No. 30 Loomis street. Subject
Readings selected from the temperance adj
dresses by Hon. j G. Woolley and others"
HORSE owned by G. G. Downing ran
down Main street at a terrific gait yesterday
afternoon. 1t made the turn for the stable
all right, but narrowly escaped going
through one of the large plate glass win
dows in Whitcomb block The sleigh was
badly wrecked.
Miss RUTH RUGG, the longtime faithful
and efficient head table girl at the Exchange
Hotel, went to her home in st. Albans on
Tuesday, where she is to be married next
Monday to Charles +. Moore of Medfeld,
Mass. formerly with the Montpelier Hard
ware Company.
ELEVEN months ago the Chicago Record
offered 900 in prizes to authors of " Sto.
ries of Mystery" Among the prize winners
announced are Bert L. Taylor and Alvin
T. Tholts of Manchester N. Ii who won
Under Three Flags"
The officers of the Second Battalion of
the First Regiment Vermont National
Guard, will hold an officers school in Ar
mory hall, Montpelier, this evening. Lieu
tenant Hovey, commandant of Norwich
! University, Northfeld, and Major o. ID
Clark of Montpelier will be the instructors,
and will give informal talks on military
matters,
The annual sleigh.ride given the pupils
of ST. Michaels School on Washingtons
birthday was postponed this year because of
the illness of Rev. Father w. j. O'Sulli yan,
| to whom the little ones are indebted for this
pleasure The ride occurred last Thursday,
however, when seven large seghloads of
boys in the forenoon and girls in the after
noon enjoyed such an occasion as only
children can.
GEORGE r. EHLE has added the Ne,D York
Journal to his already well-stocked news
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all the news and sells for one cent, with the
Sunday edition at three cents Julian
Ralph is its London cable correspondent and
Murat Halsted has charge of the Cuban cor
respondenoe. The Journal will reach Mont
peler at seven o'clock every evening OF the
day of issue.
MAYOR SrRArToN has appointed the fol-
lowing standing committees in the City
Council: On police Alderman Smith; on
street lighting, Alderman Boutwell,; on the
city liquor agency, Alderman Weston; on
the fire department. Aldermen Peck and
Whelan; on streets, sidewalks and sewers,
Aldermen Smith, Whelan and Peck; audit
ing committee on the accounts of the su.
perintendent of streets, Aldermen Weston
and Boutwell,.
A CAREFULLY selected company of expe-
rienced players mas been secured for " The
Cotton King" which holds the boards at
Blanchard Opera House this evening. The
scenic environment and mechanical effects
are said to be most elaborate aud realistic,
including calico printing press in full OPP
GRAFTON. The comedy features of the play
are in a delig ltful vein, in sharp IN irasl
with the more serious or pathetic scenes
and Incidents
TIE Daughters of Rebekah district meet
ing, to be held in Odd Fellows Hall OIL
Thursday afternoon and evening, is the
first ever held in this district. The mem
bers of Ivy Lodge are making special prep
tttt
Naomi Lodge of Barre will exempify the
work in the afternoon, and a team from
Social Lodge of Norl htield will do the work
of the evening. banquet will be served
in Grand Army Hall.
The committee mentioned elsewhere, ap
pointed at the last meeting of the CITY
Council to consider the advisabiity of pur
chasing for the use of the city the team
owned by q. b. Roberts, will recommend
, to the council that the city purchase TIVE
, work teams. The teams owned by Mr.
3 Roberts will not be specified in the report
but IL is taken for granted that these, /
any, will be purchased as the offer to sci
made by Mr.. Roberts is considered reason
able and fair.
METEOROLOGICAL summary for February
, 1896, at the Northfeld station: Mean ba
rometer, 29.39; highest 306l, on the II III
[ lowest. 1880, on the 7th; mean tempera
ture, 1872 highest, 400, on the 2Sth; lowest
+ 800, on the 18TH mean temperature for thi
= month for nine years, 10; prevailing direc
! tion Of wind, southeast; total precipitation
4 45 inches; number of days with 01 inch o
more of precipitation, 49, average precipita
ton for this month for nine years. 2,3
, inches; number of clear days, 8; partl,
cloudy days, 5; cloudy days, 10.
w. s. CLEvELASDs minstrels attracted
large audience at Blanchard Opera Hous,
! last Saturday evening. The special features
, , were white minstrel show, a troupe o
genuine black minsirels, a family of jap,
and tribe of Arabs. all of whom filed th
parts assigned TO them on the programme il
t a manner satisfactory to the audience. Tn,
3 three bands made an imposing street pa
3 rade That part OF the programme no
down on the bills was caused by a misunder
standing bet the managers of the opera
, house aud OF the troupe, aud was like one
: OF Rip Van Wrinkles drinks.
Mo STPELIER suffered from foreign inter
ference last Monday, when two OF its girl