The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22


he sent to the church before eleven o'clock,
Sa urday forenoon. The parents OF child
rem who are in the primary denarimeDt are
| r. quested to see that their children attend a
rehearsal a. the church this afternoon a
half past two, for the concert to be held
Sunday evening.
THE wrestling match held last Saturday
night at Blanchard opera house, between
X Henderson Of Wells River and ID K.
Spicer of Plaiufied for 5000 \ sids and the
gate receip was won by Mr. Henderson.
E iward Doheny. New York base Ill
player, &c ed as referee and gave satisiac.
tion to both sides. special ain was run
from Wells River to accommodate those
wishing to attend from tow MS along the line
OF that road. Nearly seven hu ndred people
witness 4d the match, VIII ch was uni versa y
conceded to have been SO iarely on by Mr
Henderson.
G. ELLIS came to town from Marshfield
last Saturday evening to witness the Hen.
dersou Spicer wrestling match but was
found in the hallway in Union block in a
hopelessly intoxicated condition. He was
taken to Jail he Sheriff Bancroft. Before
Justice Smile M inday morning he y eaded
guilty to the charg- against him aud was
fined, with costs S12 Of, which he paid H.
disclosed on Mrs Nellie Welch who lives
over the Chinese laundry on Elm street
Mrs. Welch was arrested, brought into
court and gave bail in the sum OF 5000 for
her Al p 'arance January q, when her case
will he given a hearing.
Pox 56 was pulled Monday afternoon for
a fire IN the lower part OF the tenement
house on Nor'b Main street owned by j p
Donovan and occupied by William III all and
Simeon Gugo. FRI N by drant caps della, I'd
the work of The tcemen and the uiiding
was badly damaged The neighbors allied
and succeeded in removing nearly all the
furniture, although much Of it was bicly
damaged by excited individuals who ought
to have kept their wits about them. The
building was insured for $500 in j. G
Browns agency and the household goods
of Mr.. Gogo re covered by insurance in
the Vermont Mutual.
MRs. julius l.. PooRE was stricken with
apnpiexy las Thursday night at the home
of Mrs Nye l. Smith, her daughter, and
died twenty four hours later. DECREASED d
was the daughter Of the la q Franklin John
son of Worcester, and was horn in that
town seventy-one years ago. Eleven wears
sit ca she and her husband moved to Barre,
where they lived un'il less than a year ago,
when they came to NJ 'nip-lier to reside az
the home of their dau. hter. Mrs. Poor,
leaves hu band and six children. R'i-f
services were held AT the residence of NJ,
Smith on Barre street Sunday morning,
Rev j. Edward Wright FLOATING, and The
body was taken to Worcester where tn
funeral was held at the Congreg ttion al
church Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. p. ii Carpenter.
THE appoint d officers composing the Of
fetal divan of M unt Sinai Temple, Mobiles
of the My site Shrlne, is ~ followe: First
ceremonial master, &. s Whittier NJ mt
pelier; St coud ceremonial master. e. w
Steele, Barr; marshal, George w. Marble,
Woodstock captain of tie guard, Daniel
s. Wheatley, Montpelier; director, George
+. Flanders, White River Juncnon; fret
alchemisr, h. A Bow, r, Montpelier sec
ond alcntmist 5 S Ballard Barre; archi-
tect, Russell G.. Collins, Eat Montpelier
assistant archit ct. Plyna Parker, Warren;
outer guard, Edwin K. Morse, Montpelier
master of WARDROBE, W. O. Berry, Mont
Keller; musical director, j. w. f. Wash
burn, Mon p-lier; medical direc or, III. A
Hildretn. M D, Bethlehem, N. H I; pur-
veyor, james W. Gabrielle Randol ph
chief of Arab patrol, K. B. Gam nell, e 49,
Barnet; first assistant, George f Randall
WoudsvilI-, N a. second assistant, j. Nj.
Ferri-, Des RIvierts, p. @; third ass stant.
Henry S. r 10, Newport.
MARBLE and granite polishers were very
much Interested in the monument placed
last week in Green NJ ,unt Cemetery over
the grave of the late Bartholomew Scrib-
ner, by Dr.. G. d Scribner and NJ w. Scrlh-
ner of Barre, his sons. This monument il
cut from a block taken from hs quarrirs OF
the Warner Granite Cumnany o, Washing.
ton, and is the first stone of this kind to br
set in Green Mount cemetery. The supt-
riority over other stone for engraving puI'
poses and the legibility OF the inscr p ions
are very noticeable in this monument The
highly polished surface takes a lettering
read able at greater distance than any
stone q larried in Barre, Quincy or Hard
wick. The peculiar formation of the rock
makes IL stoutly resist decomposition aud
alteration by the acrlon Of the atmosphere
rendering it pre- eminently fitted for monu
mental purposes. SO much ha been writ
ten OF late OF the granite q 1arries at Wash
| ington that this monument has bt en in
sp -cted by very many people and only ia
vUrable C, mments on it are heard.
A WARRANT against Jack Powers, grow
| ing out of the lsclosure of Cly de Densmort
OF Moretowp, on Frank Alexander ant
Clarence Campbell, employees OF Mr.. Pow
ers as noted where, was issued last Fri
| day and when Mr. Powers returned I,
Montpelier on the midnight train thar nigh
was arrested by Officer D-meritt. H. twic,
gave the offic r the slip and was clnbbe,
into subBis, ion before he was fiualy lodgr(
in Jail. Powers was trieG Saturday after
noon before Judge Smile and jury on tn,
charge OF ke, p ng intoxicating liquor, sell
ing the same, and maintaining a nuisance
II. A. Bowman. II. A Slade, j. V. Brooks
A ID. Farwell ID. W. Temple and Morton
Marvin composed the jury. Grand Juro
+, p. Carleton represented the state ant
John Il wing the respondent. The Jury
disagreed, standing three for acquittal ant
three for conviction. The case was agair
tried on Tuesday before Judge Smile aud
jury composed Of II. ID Hopkins, III. o
K.nt, f. A SneTburne, e. K. To o~n, T
George q. Pratt and o. j. Vail. Practical,
the same evidence MAS introduced and tn,
jury returned verdict OF not guilty
Powers WAS released Tuesday evening II
the SUN of $500 for his appearance in tn,
other tw o Cases against him which will b.
tried January q.
The report of the NJ ain street fire pub
lish-d in local evening pager convey Z,
the impression that the hydrants in the vi
cinity Of the fire were fruz-n solid. render
ing them practically useless. Had sucl
been the fact r, II ction would have beei
cast pJn Joel Foster, the Efficient super
inrendent of wafer works. Mr. Foster ha
put much time and thought into the prob
lem how TO prevent the caps o the by ydrAnt
from working improperly in severe coli
weather, following a season OF unusua
moi-tlre. These caps are packed will
hemp and tall0w. which in very cold wealh
er harlens to such degree a TO proven
the hydrant from working. A tea kettle o
bot water will remedy his in a half min
ute, and Mr.. Foster has r, qnesi ed all hotels
boarding houses, etc, to at once send To tn
nearest hyd ant little hot W Ater, VIII Al
alarm IL sounded in cold veal her. II tn
people will remember this thrr will be n
trouble with the h, drants. In only two in
stances since the water works we're put II