The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-11-04
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCIL HAPPENINGS.


GEORGE A V1LEs of Boston is visiting j.
s. Viles, his brother, at the Pavilion.
Mrs ISABEL MARSH, confined in the
county jail charged with murder, is i'll.
WILLIAM WHE1AN is At home from the
University of Vermont for a short visit.
GEORGE MCCUEN of Vergennes is visiting
his brother, II. j. McCuen, for a few days.
Mas JOHN WILSON Of Burlington is visit
ing her daughter Elizabeth for a few days.
FRED II. CLARK of the civil engineer
corps of Worcester, Mass is visiting friends
in the city.
G. NJ. WIGGINs has finished work at W.
II. Farrar's store and returned to his home
in Worcester.
MRS. w. S. SHANNON of Manchester, N.
H., is the guest of Mrs. E. e. Towner for
short time.
BETHANY READING met with Mrs. T. j.
Deavitt on Tuesday afternoon, November
3, at two O'Clock.
JAMES ONEIL has purchased the Lewis
place, on Berlin side, for 81 800 and is to
move there next week.
THE annual meeting OF the Vermont
Pr rs Association is in session in the Pa
vion parlors as we go to press.
G. j. BELL, railroad commissioner, and
wife, OF Hardwick, have been the guests of
S. @. Shurtleff for few days.
MRS. AUGUSTUS PADDOCK of Craftsbury is
in the city receiving instruction in china
decoration from Mrs. A. o. Cummins.
MRS. EDWIN II. SPRAGUE of East Brook
field and Miss Lillian Sprague OF Chelsea
visited relatives in the city to-day.
DIR. HAROLD A. FIsKE has been appointed
examining surgeon of pensioners to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of DR.. j. e.
Macomber.
e. w. BAILEY & Co. have purchased the
Girls mi of
Houghton, at East Barre, and will continue
the business.
P. G DEwEY's delivery team, while left
alone this m )rning on Mechanic street,
started out to see the town. The horse
scattered the wagon by instalments along
Elm street before being secured. a
THREE young men were arrested in Bos-
ton last Monday night charged with Turing
Martin Tierney of Montpelier into a door
way on Nashua street, Sunday night, and
robbing him of his watch and SIG.
d. NJ. SPENCE and wife left this noon for
Nashua, N. H, where they are to visit rela-
tives until Monday, when Mr. Spence is to
assume his duties as secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association in Lawrence,
Mass.
d. w. ROBINSON, formerly ticket agent at
the Central Vermont station, but now east
ern passenger agent of the B 4ltimore Steam
Packet Company, with headquarters in
New York.City, is visiting. friends in the city
for few days.
MT. SINAI TEMPLE, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, is to hold meeting for work in
Armory Hall on Thursday evening, Nov.
10, at which a large class Of candidates are
expected to appear, and a banquet is
to be served to the mobiles at the close of
the work.
REV. w. A. DAWSON and wife of Utica,
n. Y, arrived in the city last evening Mr..
Dawson is to take up his work as pastor of
the Baptist church at once. Arrangem ents
are being made for giving Mr.. and Mrs.
Dawson a reception at the church some
evening next week.
HENRY CAsHEN, while at work in the
Lane Manufacturing Company's shops, had
his left leg crushed between two heavy
beams. DR.. G. e. Chandler found the limb
badly bruised and that the knee. joint was
seriously mi red. He will probably be de-
prived of the use of his limb for some time.
ABOUT fifty members of the Fourth YER
mont Regiment met on Thursday in the
Grand Army Hall. The following officers
were elected: President, II. w Spafford of
Rutland; vice-president, Col r. j. Coffey
OF bennington; executive committee, Gen.
G. G. Kinsman, Lieut.. Joseph Needham
and Sergeant f. r. Cove, all of Rutland.
The next meeting will be held at Rutland.
o. d. CLARK, chief engineer, has received
a patent nozzle from II. X. Barnes & Co.
of Boston which possesses many novel
features, such as being able to cover much
more territory at fire by changing a di-
rect stream TO one in the form of spray and
also enabling the nozzleman to shut off the
stream entirely at pleasure. Volunteer
Hose Company is soon to experiment with
the device to ascertain as to its practi-
oability.
AT regular meeting of the city council
Wednesday evening the following bills were
ordered paid: j. M. Brown * Son, for plank,
$342.03; Montpelier and Wells River Rail-
road Company, freight S84.52 A license
for general trucking was also granted to G.
j. NTH. The superintendent of water
works was ordered to shut off the supply OF
water from those who have failed to pay their
water tax and to report the same to the
council at the next meeting.
THE republican city committee has en-
gagged Armory Hall for next Tuesday even
ing and invited the state committee to
make this place it's headquarters in which
to receive the official returns. The invita-
ton has been accepted. The hall is to be
heated, lighted and kept open all night.
Seats will be furnished to all who wish to
hear the returns. In fact, it is to be turned
into club room for this occasion The
city committee should receive the thanks of
the community for this arrangement.
AGTNG under instructions from the state
bDarh OF cattle commissioners, DR.. L. G.
Wakefield has been inspecting several dairy
herds of late. Twenty cows belonging to
w. G. Whipple of Pomfret were tested, and
five were condemned aud killed. A herd
belonging to Arthur Gilman of STAFFORD
that were in quarantine from Massachu-
setts were found free from disease, as were
thirty head in quarantine from New York
belonging to A. b. Averill of Barre. A car
load of mich cows at Walden, for shipment
to Massachusetts, were also given clean
bill of health.
d. NJ. SPENCE, who, since the organiza-
ton Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton in this city, has been its general sscre-
tary, has severed his connection with it to
take similar position in Lawrence, Mass.
Mr.. Spence's resignation has been condi-
tionally accepted. A. j. Howe of this city
is to temporarily perform his duties, and,
as soon as the gymnasium is completed an
instructor in physical culture will be en-
gagged who will devote his entire time to
that branch of the work. The resignation
was a surprise to the directors, az Mr..
Spence had been engaged until April /,
1897, and nothing had been before known of
his desire to make change.
THE United States civil service commits
sion has ordered that an examination be