The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-06

the foundation wall laid for q house to be
erected on one OF the lots.
JOHN II. SENTER, United States District
Attorney, was in Burlington last Saturday
where large number OF Cinnamon charged
with violating tho provisions of the Chinese
exclusion act, were given q hearing.
Mr.. AND MRS. II. X. SHERBURNE left on
Tuesday evening for their future home in
Kirksville, Mo. Mr.. and Mrs. Sherburne
have large circle of friends in Montpelier
who sincerely regret their departure.
A JOINT meeting of the city council and
the selectmen of the town OF Berlin will be
held this evening to consider matter regard
ing the foot bridge to be constructed across
the Winoosh at the foot of Charles street.
DR.. Il. w. PAGE, superintendent OF the
State asylum for the insane at Waterbury,
will visit Mrs. Edward Jackson to-day to
examine her as to her mental condition
She resides in the Horn of the Moon"
neighborhood.
ALEXANDER MCMILLAN was arrested bv
Officer Demeritt for intoxication last Sun
day afternoon. Before Judge Smile on
Monday he pleaded guilty, and in default of
the necessary amount to pay his fine was
sent to Jail for ten days.
THE October term of supreme court will
meet next Tuesday at the supreme court
rooms at the state house. 1t is expected
that Judge Tyler will declare recess for
Washington county court during the ses-
sion of the supreme court
The household goods of the late Ida Reed
were sold in the vacant store in Lawrence
building last Friday and Saturday by the
trustees OF Heaton Hospital. About $500
was realized. This amount will be turned
over to the hospital fund.
THE ladies of Montpelier and vicinity will
be interested in the cloak opening to be
held next Friday at the store OF George E
1fn sahN
of the largest cloak houses in New York
will have charge of the display.
THE members of Mount Sinia Temple,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine go on pill
grimage to Lancaster, n. H., on Thursday.
The degree will be conferred on a class of
twenty candidates and banquet at the
Lancaster House will follow this work.
A CAR loaded with granite attached to the
mixed train on the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad, which left Montpelier at
4:15 on Monday, jumped the track near the
Sabin crossing. A wrecking crew was soon
on the ground and traffic was but little de-
layed.
EX-Gov. w. P. DMLINGHAM will be un-
able 10 l. cture in Trinity church next Sun.
day evening as announced, but Rev. A. j.
Hough of White River junction will
preach at this church morning and evening,
in exchange with Rev. Andrew Gillies, the
pastor.
FRED II. PERRY came up from Chicopee
Falls, Mass, on Tuesday to attend the trial
of case in Washington county court in
which the Perry Manufacturing Company
is party, but the case has been continued
and Mr.. Perry will return to his home this
noon.
THE grand jury resumed its labors on
Monday after recess of one week. 1t is
understood they will this week investigate
the Mildred Brewster case, and it is ex-
pected they will be ready to report to the
court before the adjournment for the Octo-
ber recess.
j. w. DECKER, stone cutter for G.. II.
More & Company, had the fore finger of his
left hand severed Monday morning by get
ting it caught under heavy block of gran
ite. Fortunately for Mr.. Decker he car
ries an accident insurance policy in Ma
sonic company.
SEvENTY-sIx tickets were sold at Mont,
pelier ststion last Thursday for the excur-
sion through the White Mountain notch.
An ideal Indian summer day made the
trip very enjoyable, and the autumnal
glories of the mountain scenery were seen at
their brightest and best.
LEWIS WOOD and Perley Jerome, clerks
in @. II. Ferrin's grocery store, are winners
of a cash prize of 500, offered by the Sun
light Soap Company Of New York for the
largest sales Of that soap during the month
than any of their competitors.
THE Fairbanks Scale Company OF St.
Johnsbury has within the past week pre-
sented to the local Young Mems Christian
Association a handsome set of scales for use
in the examining room of the gymnasium.
This generous gift is fully appreciated by
the officers and members of the associa.
ton.
The city council met last Wednesday
evening and adopted resolution instruct
ing the electric railroad to straghten and
lower its track on State street west of the
Rialto bridge. Complying with these in.
structions the managers of the road put
gang Of twenty Italians on this work last
Friday morning.
A STILL alarm was sounded on Monday
afternoon for what was thought to be fire
in MONEYS Block, corner of Elm and
School streets. G. s. Whittier and other
firemen went over with an extinguisher and
found that the cause Of the dense smoke
which filed the rooms was misplaced cap
on chimney.
PROF. RUFUS FULLER will lecture this
evening at half past seven at the rooms of
the Young Mems Christian Association on
Niagara Falls and other interesting subjects.
The lecture will be illustrated with views
and diagrams and is for the benefit Of the
Ladies' Auxiliary. A nominal admission
fee will be charged.
GEORGE IL. w lLDER returned laSU friday
from Franconia Inn, Sugar Hill, N. H.,
where he has been playing in an orchestra
during the past season. After a stay in
Montpelier of about two weeks, Mr.. Wilder
goes to Manchester, n. H., to take Mr..
Eastman's place in the Eastman & Morey
orchestra of that city.
THE report of the State Christian Endeav-
or convention to be found on page two, er-
roneously states that Rev. G. W. Morrow of
Randolph spoke Thursday afternoon on
"The New Pilgrims Progress" Mr. Nor
row was called to Randolph to attend fu-
neral and was unable to fill his assignment
on the programme.
ABOUT 125 guests assembled at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Doten last Friday
evening to celebrate the fifteenth anniver-
sary Of their wedding Music was furnished
for dancing after which ice cream and cake
were served and the guests departed leav-
ing goodly sum of money and many use
full and valuable presents.
l.. s, WRIGHT of Weybridge, brother.in-
law of III. b. Wedge, was found unconscious
last evening in the gasometer room at the
gas house on Berlin side, where he had been
at work. At a late hour last night he had
not fully recovered consciousness, although
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