The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15

partment of the University of Vermont this
year, on whom special honors were con-
ferred.
THE ladies of the Church of the Messiah
who are interested in the work for the
Wright room at the Heaton Hospital are
requested to meet with Mrs. H. O. Fuller
ton, IS Barre street, this afternoon at two
o'clock.
Mr.. AND MRS MILTON MCKEE of Boston
were at the Montpelier House over last
Sunday. Mr.. Mckee is manager of the
press room in the Office of the Youths Com
panion, Boston, and learned his trade in
Montpelier.
GEORGE w. PARMENTER has commenced
the demolition of the ell to his residence on
East State street, preparatory to moving it
to the site just east of its present location.
Mr.. Parmenter will erect new house on
the old site.
MRS. G. H. DEMINo and three children,
Mrs. Joseph G.. Brown and daughter, Misses
Clara and Julia Adams, Harry Taplin,
Mrs G. II. Heaton and Miss Ruby M.
Heaton leave Thursday noon for Old Or
chard Beach.
Miss HELEN JONES' the expert trimmer
for the Misses Fisk, has gone to her home
in Somerville, Mass, for stay of several
weeks She will return to be with the
Misses Fisk during the fall and winter mil
| linery season.
AT a meeting of the directors of the Wet
more & Morse Granite Company, held at
the company's office July IA, dividend of
six per cent was declared on it's capital
stock, from the profits of the years business
| ending July /, payable to the stockholders
August /.
MUCH interest is felt in the seventh an
nual Firemen's Convention to be held in
Armory Hall next Wednesday and in the
tournament at Barre the following day.
when $775 in prizes will be distributed in
the contests, as noted last week. These
gatherings promise to be largely attended.
The Central Vermont mail train leaving
Montpelier at 8: 55 in the morning is now
the popular day train for New York By
an arrangement recently made connecting
with this train, through coaches are now
run from White River Junction to New
York, reaching New York at 4 10 instead of
9:00 p M.
A RATE of $22, via Montreal and Detroit,
and S25, via Chicago, has been made by the
Central Vermont railroad for the benefit of
those wishing to attend the populist ma
tional convention at st. Louis next week.
Secretary and Treasurer of the State Com
mittee and Delegate Holden will start for
that city next Saturday evening
AN attempt was made to gain an entrance
to Ehle's bookstore last Saturday night by
forcing the rear door. With the aid of a
| jimmy or some such instrument the door
was broken open, but the collapse of the
outside steps on which the would-be burg.
lars were standing evidently frightened
them away, as nothing was missing from
the store.
PoPULIsT GEORGE e. HOLDEN leaves next
Saturday for St. Louis with his pockets well
lined with funds contributed by the faithful
few to pay the expenses of the delegates
from Vermont to the populist national con-
vention. The Vermont delegates will re-
turn in time to attend the state populist
convention to be held at Capital Hall, Tues
day, July 26.
The excursion to Missisquoi Park last
Thursday, under the auspices of st. Angus
tine church, carried over 300 people. The
Montpelier Military Band accompanied the
party and gave fine concert at the park in
the afternoon. L. Il. Merrill, the leader
was unable to go, and his place was sup
piled by George Sherman, leader of the
Sherman Military Band of Burlington.
AT the meeting held last Wednesday
evening at the rooms of Volunteer Hose
Company, No. l, to make arrangements fol
the coming State Fireman's Convention and
tournament, to be held at Montpelier and
Barre, July % and %, the foremen of the
several companies in the department were
appointed a committee on advertising they
to choose, from each company, a soliciting
committee.
S. G. SHURrLEFF, T. w. Molony of Rut
land, NJ. McGiff of st. Albans and j. w
McGeary of Burlington, members OF the
NtIUlOHb utltRdllO0; supported bryan lTOu
the first ballot at Chicago last week. Wells
Valentine of Bennington, p. j. Farrell OF
Newport, w. H. Miner of Brattleboro anC
w. III. Creamer of Bethel did not vote--s(
said a special dispatch to the Rutland
Herald from Chicago last Friday.
GEORGE II. WILDER was in the city for &
brief stay last week, en- route for the Profile
House, where he is to play for eight weeks
with an orchestra made up of members o
the Boston symphony orchestra. Octobe
l, Mr.. Wilder leaves for the Pacific coast TO
season of forty weeks, with the Jesse Couth
oui Concert Company. This organization will
visit Australia under the management o
the Redpath Lyceum Bureau before its re
turn East.
WHILE Mr. and Mrs. Simon Chase of Nortl
Calais were driving down a steep hill nea
Kent's Corner, last Friday, one of the hold
backs broke, letting the buggy on the horse
The animal became unmanageable and ran
throwing Mr.. and Mrs. Chase violently t.
, the ground Mrs. Chase's skull wa
crushed by coming in contact with a rock
She died Monday without gaining con
sciousness. Mr.. Chase was terribly hurt
but will probably recover.
PoLASD.-Died in Omaha, Neb., July s
of congestion of the brain, succeeding al
attack of la grippe, Col. Luther Poland
, youngest brother of the late Hon. L. T. Pc
land of St. Johnsbury and of Hon. Josep
Poland OF this city, aged seventy years
SOloucl lcdNos u WluOWi lho Slslo
of Mr. George III. Bennett and of the lat
Mrs. j. l.. Tuttle of Montpelier; also
daughter, the wife of Senator John NJ
Thurston of Omaha. CFurther obituary no
tice hereafter)
! b. e. TAYLOR of the firm of Rand & Tay
lor, architects, Boston, the designers of tn
Heaton Hospital, was in town on Tuesday
In conversation with a WATCHMAN reporte
he stated that he was present at the specia
city meeting last Monday evening. and ha
with him plans for city hall that woul
} cost from $4,000 to $45,000, which he woul
have been glad to have presented for th
consideration of the voters of Montpelier
The wording of the warning, however, pre-
, vented the consideration of any new plans
! THE grand work done for the colore
7 people of the South in the Tuskegee Nol
NAL Institute was recognized appropriated.
when Harvard College gave its principal
Booker L. Washington, an honorar
, "a M " the other day-the first instance il
which New England college has thu
honored colored man. AT Tuskegee in
struction in trades as well as in books
given, and thus its graduates are doubl