The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-26

l0SS OF S6O,23 This loss 1S made up OF
three amounts OF which the Montpelier
Hardware Company is the largest, 1872, 600.
The total number eff polls Is 1,51l exempt
over seventy years OF age, 80, old soldiers
and militia, 80, making the number of tax
able polls 1886. gain OF "a The total
1896 1t was 3,777,274, showing a gain Of
2S0l5. The business men of Montpelier,
almost without exception show a substan-
tial gain, and the losses, where they occur,
are largely occasoned by money sent West. |
The total number OF tax payers this year is |
2,102, gain of so over 1896 There are 7l0 |
real estate owners, more than double the |
number there were twelve years ago. |
There are fourteen Pecks, fourteen Deweys,
thirty-fve Smiths, seventeen Clarks, twenty
three Browns, and forty-nine whose sur
name begins with Nc"
THE following cases were heard in SUI
preme court last week: In re A o. Brain
erd, insolvent debtor, appeal of A. o. Brain
erd, from franklin county; First Universe
list parish OF st, Adams, against Mary e.
Chenette, from Franklin county; Albert
and Jennie p. Sowes against M. w Bailey,
from Franklin county -Abbie S. Redding
apt, against estate OF Moses w. Reddng,
from Franklin county; L. e. Willard against
Burt Wing, franklin County Creamery AS
ISOLATION and Susan b Cowles, claimant,
from Franklin county; j. b. HOLSTER
against p. M. Medon and George e. Law
renee from Rutland county; Town of Paw
let against A. A. Kelly, Frank Blakely and
o. p, Black, from Rutland county; State
against William o. Dryer and @. e. Baker,
from Rutland county; William II. Hughes
against Alonzo A. Kelly from Rutland
county; Frank Cathcart against Samuel Nell
son, from Rutland county; Joseph w. Davis
against Lewis G.; Cotey, from Addison
county; Ransom Beers against Byron w.
Fields, from Addison county; Thomas
Mack against Rev. Father P. A. Campeau,
| from Addison county. The court took re-
| cess Friday afternoon until Tuesday morn
| ing.
| SUMNER Homes in the Green Hills of
| Vermont, Islands and Shores Of Lake Cham
| plain" is the title OF book just published
| by the passenger department of the Central
| Vermont railway. The work is profusely
| illustrated by views OF Vermont scenery,
| her picturesque towns and localities, and is
filed with practical information of indis'
| pensible value to tourists, or to people seek
ing a summer residence in the fairest
country under the sun. This information
relates to stage and railway routes, hotels
and private boarding houses, rates and ca
| pacity of accommodations, as well as to To-
cal attractions. This effort of the railway
company to bring Vermont before the pub
lie as most desirable summer abiding
place should enlist the active cooperation
of all Vermont people. To this end, any
person in the State who desires to send a
copy OF the book to any inquirer for de-
lightful summer home, or who ought to be
an inquirer, and who might be persuaded
to come to "a land that is farer than day"
from June to September, should send the
address OF such person to 5. w. Cummings,
general passenger agent, st. Adams, VT,
and inclose five cents in stamps to pay the
postage. The book will then be mailed di-
rect from the railway office. Any true Yer
monter will be willing to contribute this
mite to the pleasure of friend and to the
general welfare.
A. 4
bridge over the Winooski to replace the old
arch bridge at the foot of South Main street
and bids for the construction of the bridge
itself were opened last Wednesday in the
office of City Clerk Merrill. The bid OF
Ward & Douglass Barre, for the abut
ments was S3,304; of the Vermont Con
struction Company of St. Albans $4,212. 80
of Napoleon Dubuc OF Montpelier, 5000
of the Woodbury. Granite Co. 81 ,253 40 and
of Cyrus Barton of Lowell, Mass, $4,000
No contracts, either for the abutments OIL
! for the bridge have, as yet, been awarded
Thirteen bridge companies were represented
in the bids for the superstructure, and theil
figures on the various specifications are a:
follows The Vermont Construction Com
pany, of st. Adams, from $3.50 to 81, 800
$6,906 to $11,996; Massilon Bridge Com
pany, of Massilon, o.. from $7,642 to S12,
l $50; Groton Bridge Company, of Groton
. N. Y, from $S,714 to $15, 40S; Wrought IroI
Bridge Company, of Canton, o., from
5000 to $1,000; Toledo do Bridge s6 Company
3 Iron Bridge Company, of East Berlin
t Conn, from 81 ,294 to S15, 1893; Youngstown
, Bridge Company Of Youngstown, o., from
$1,000 to $1,000; Edgemoor Bridge Com
: pany, of Burlington, Del, from $3.50 t.
8 $11,960; King Bridge Company, Of Cleve
, land, o., from 5000 to S14,256; MARYLAND
Steam Company, from 1854 to S13, $40
, New Jersey Steel and iron Company, O
: Newark, N j., from $9,793 to $14,615; Bos
! ton Bridge Works, from 1886 to $14, 43t
. The city council now has these bids il
,, charge and will probably take early actor
: thereon.
t BRIEF mention is made on page two @
: Memorial Day exercises in Montpelier mex
Saturday. In the forenoon details iron
Brooks Post will decorate the graves OF vet
> Grams in Green Mount Cemetery, the Elr
street, Cutler, Catholic, Lewis and Berli
8 cemeteries, not forgetting the last restin
i place Of private Whitney on the state arse
3 nal grounds. The procession will form o.
Barre street at two o'clock, under the d
rection Of W. F. Waterman and staff, an
will be made up as follows Montpelie
Military Band, 7. r. Merrill, leader; Can
4 ton Montpelier, Patriarchs Militant, unde
l Capt. w. A. Taylor; Capitol Guards, Capt
W. A: Pattee commanding; High Schoo
Battalion under G. E. Wheatley, Captain
t Mount Zion Commandery, knights Ten
plar, D. S. Wheatley, Eminent Commander
Junior Order United American Mechanics
; G. f. Holt, Commander; carriages wit
chaplain and orator, mayor and aldermen
committee from Brooks Relief Corps, Ce
celia Quartette, and children; Capital Drum
l Corps Brooks Post, G. A. R., N. G. Peck
Commander; Gen. Stephen Thomas Camp
Sons of Veterans, e. o. Wedge, Captain
children of Montpelier and Berlin schools
disabled veterans in carriages. The pre-
cession will move up Main street to Spring
Sprirg to Elm, Elm to Court and Easter
Avenue to State State to opera house
, where the following program will be carrie
t out: Music, band; prayer by the chaplain
singing 1.-THE Silent Land" Cecilia Quar-
, tette; memorial ceremonies by members @
! Brooks Post; singing, ITO Thee o CouI
} try" Cecilia Quartette; recitation, Jenni
t Clogstou; music, band; address, Hon. Fran
Plumley OF Mortified; music, drum corps
recitation, Emma Lyons; Columbia's me
mortal and flag salute by the children sc
l lection, Cecilia Quartette; recitation, Lott
| Dillon; singing, " America" led by tn
band.
THE board Of civil authority met at tn
, city clerks office last Thursday evening t.
listen to appeals from those who felt az
grieved by the action OF the listers. Tn
. property owned by the Young Mems Chris
tan Association had been listed at 80. coo