The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-11-04

at East Montpelier Deceased was fifty
six years old, aud leaves one son and hus-
Dand' Sh9 had been sufferer for many
years with the disease that finally ended
her fe.
JAMES Young, the talented young actor
will make his first appearance in Mont.
pelter next Friday night in a fine scenic
production of David Garrick. Though this
Is Mr.. Young's first visit to our CITY he
comes so highly commended by the press Of
Albany, Troy, Schenectady, and other near
nv cities where he has recently been play
ing, That an excellent performance can be
expected
Our of a registration Of ,430 on the Mont
nelier checklist, l ,120 votes were cast on
Tuesday, OF which nineteen were spoiled
and thrown out. The republican presiden-
tial electors received 779 Of this number,
the democrats 285, national democrats
wentv-six, peoples party lsix, and proh-
bi ionists five. At The September election.
1898 votes were cast in Montpelier, and
1,21O we're counted
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Miss Eliza b. Ruhlee
on Thursday afternoon at half past two
O'Clock. A report of the annual state meet
ing held AT s.. IOhnshury October % TO 20
will be read followed by a set of his orcal
questions ON The origin OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, arranged hy
Mrs. Julia VI. Durant, and used at the
Union at Columbus, Wis.
THE funeral of Mrs. Emma H. Dieter was
held from Bethany Church at two o'clock
Monday afternoon Rev DR.. Norman Seaver
.ticating. The burial was in the family
lot in Green Mount Cemetery. Mrs. Dieter
was born in Montpelier, an was a daughter
of the late Chester Hubbard. Since her
marriage in 1854. she has lived in the South
and in New York. She leaves one son,
Fed J. Dieter Of New York. Deceased
was seventv-one years of age.
THE Ladies' Guild Of Christ Church re-
Gently voted to assist in purchasing an or
gan for the church and has already started
a fund for that purpose. The committee
and trustees appointed to take ch arge of
this work are Mrs. G. B. B. Denny, Mrs L.
7. Gleason, Mrs. Lucy Moulton, and Mrs.
#. A. Adams. Mrs. Adams was elected
treasurer Of the organ fund. Individual
contributions, however small, will be
gladly received toward this fund and any
one wishing TO assist can send the amount
to either of the aforementioned committee.
e V. N HARDWOOD, representative Of the
Rutland Herald, who is covering the asylum
investigation for the Herald. did not rro-
pose TO he deprived Of chance to vote for
Mckinley The law recently enacted pro-
viding for members of the general assembly
voting at Montpelier extended to employees
around the State House. Mr.. Harwood
hired ont to Sergeaut-at-Arms Phinney on
Tuesday noon, for consideration of one
cent, and, after having sweep a generous
stretch ot sidewalks and steps of the Capt.
tol. he was allowed to cast his vote for Nc
Kinley electors,
PURSUANT TO the law passed by the pres
ent LEGISLATURE allowing mem bers Of the
legislature and judges of the supreme court
to vote at Montpelier, F. A. Rowland, clerk
)t the House, was in room No. II at the
State House on Tuesday afternoon to re-
cAive the votes. The members of the
asy lum investigating committee members
OF the supreme court, with attending attor-
neys and few stay-Over" members, ap-
reared and voted. 1t is safe to say that
these twenty-five or more votes were the
first counted in the United States for Nc
Kinley and sound money.
THE Moptpelier Seminary football team
considered themselves unfairly treated in
the game with the Goddard eleven at Barre
last SATURDAY. afternoon and withdrew from
the field. The umpire gave the game to
the Goddards by score OF to 0. The
home team declare, however, that the press
reports OF the game, sent OUT from Barre on
Saturday evening, contain several outra-
geous falsehoods. The hard feelings en-
gendered between these two teams, NJ the
game Saturday afternoon, will probably
prevent any games that may have been
scheduled for the future.
FRIDAY evening, November 20, is the date
set for the grand military ball to be given in
Armorv Hall by the officers and members
of Company H Music will be furnished by
the Montpelier Orchestra, and supper will be
served at the Huntington restaurant. Gov
ernor Grout and staff, and the officers of the
First Regiment, will be invited, and there
~ good reason TO expect they will attend.
The assemblies given in the past under the
auspices OF 1ur citizen soldiers have always
been brilliant and ENJOYABLE social events,
but the one to he given the Goth promises to
eclipse any and all of its predecessors.
CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAeE.l