The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-04-07
Washington.

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Carpenters.
N. G. Taylor has purchased pianoforte
for his daughter.
Mrs. Lydia Hull, widow OF George Hull,
has been granted pension.
Dr. Godfrey of Chelsea was in town on
Saturday in consultation over the case OF
the Lazelle woman at the poor farm.
Dan Stanley, who has resided the past
few years with his brother, John A. Sta
lev in this town, is about to go into Dusl-
ness in Woonsocket, Il. 1.
The young children OF Horace G. Moody
gave birthday parties on Friday and sat
urday OF last week, which were numerously
attended and highly enjoyed.
Ernest NJ Seaver has been on the sick |
list the past week, unable to attend TO ms
duties in Huntington's store, but ID now
rapidly mending under DIR. Warmers care.
All reports to the contrary notwithstand-
| irg G. H. Johannessen Is in Troy, n. Y,
taking q course OF study at Troy Business
College. He evidently believes 1t Is never
too late to learn. Others might with profit
initiate his example,
Postmaster McAllister's four years term
of Office expires October 10 next. AS there
has been but one petition filed for the
Office, there will be no occasion for eau
Gus to determine who shall be our next Re
publican postmaster.
AS an item OF interest in connection with
the newly-chartered Coppertield railroad
which must go through Washington &C
cording to the terms of the charter-a Gel
ebrated mining expert says of the copper
mines in STAFFORD and Corinth: Since the
glorious time when the Ely mine produced
yearly from 2,500, 900 to 100000 pounds OF
pig copper, this mine never presented as
good an aspect az now. BELIEVED can
bring the Copperfield, Elizabeth and Cor,
NTH mines to equal the Anaconda" Should
the proposed road be built washington
the copper mines, by the development OF
her growing marble industry.
The Washington marble quarries are
opening for business this spring under
more favorable conditions than ever before;
G. L. Slack has secured diamond drill
which he is to use on his quarry TINS week
and has arranged to employ larger mum;
Der OF hands than heretofore. Willard
Clough & Son, a new firm, are to open a
quarry adjoining that Of Mr.. Slack, on the
farm Of M. W. Chamberlain, and are now
building blacksmith shop on the property
DR.. Warner Is going ahead with his quarry
on the Enoch Martin farm, as is also Mr.
Osborne and the Messrs. Coffin on the
same farm r. f. Richardson, in the east
ern part of the town, has a number OF fine
quarries of marble on his farm, and is now
considering an offer from q party in Massa-
chusetts, who wishes to buy one OF the quar-.
ries. Mr.. Richardson has one variety OF
marble which contains seventy-fve per
by experts to be very superior stone. All
| OF which goes to show that business in
Washington is looking up.
The following is a list Of conveyances Of
real estate in this town from April /, 1888,
to April /, 1897. to witt M. G. McLoud to
Edna d. Underhill, forty acres; Emma Nc
Allister and others to d. r. Bradbury and
wife, house and lot; Asa Magoon and wife
to L. Rood, farm; NJ. 9. Medcalf and wife
to Evelyn N. Wason, ten acres; I. K M.
Frank Maple and wife to Willie Magoon,
farm g. r. Pittsley to g. A. Bohonan, house
and lot; Willard Clough and wife to Anna
McAllister, house and lot; j. 7. Walker to
J. a. Ciough, lot; William Massey and
wife to Oscar Tromblee, farm; Charles Tenn
pleton to William Massey, farm; Peter
Gallant to Elizabeth s. Martin, seventy
and others, farm; L. Flint and wife to M.
W. Hyland, ten acres T. R. Tillotson to 9.
L. Slack, quarry land; j. 8. Hall to Carrie
K. Emery, house and lot; 7. X. M. Brough-
ton to j. W. Bacon, sixteen acres; Eliza
Elizabeth 3. Martin to Frank d. Coffin,
quarry land; e. L. Foster and wife to @.
E. Emery, lands and LOTS @. e. Emery to
Lillian A. Foster, forty acres; Q. u. Emery
tbs to d. e. Magoon, farm; II. II. Dwight to
J. w. Braman, lot; Hattie ID. Chamberlain
to G. L. Slack, quarry land; Frank Maple
to Willie Magoon, farm; Willie Magoon to
Abbie L. White, farm; Elizabeth 8. Martin
to John Osborne, quarry land; Samuel
Crafts to Calista Waldo, ninety acres; Ly-
dia Hull to W. III. and Alice Slack, farm
A. l.. Skinner to G. r. Bixby, farm; w. III.
Densmore to III. II. Dwight, farm; William
Robbins to j. II. Edwards, farm; M. w.
Chamberlin to s. w. Flint, farm; w. II.
Clough to Z. L. Densmore, farm; M. A.
Emerson to G. 8. Bohonan, farm; N. b.
Clough to Warren Stearns, farm; Warren
Stearns to NJ. II. Clough, farm; Frank
Lamb to Alma Curtis, farm; Warren Cur
tbs to Frank Lamb, farm Charles Temple
ton to William Massey, lease land Otto
= and others to George Tucker, farm; George
w. Hartwell to Amos p. Hartwell, farm
/ Abbie f. and W. #. Scott to Amos p. Hart
well, farm; o. K. Curtis to William and
Eliza A. Curtis, house and lot; II. ID. Tay-
T lor to Eleazer Smith. farm; Chester Dickey,
administrator, to f. III. Clough, farm; W.
A. Mcdonnell, administrator, to j. ID. Nc
n Connell, farm; Chester Dickey, admins
u traitor, to j. ID. Mcconnell, farm; Stephen
d Thomas to j. j. Dashner, farm; A. @. Ken
yon and wife to d. j. Otto, farm; George
W. and Betsey d. Fox and others to A. W.
Hoyt, farm; j. II. Calef, collectors deed to
w. II. Densmore; j. K. Cushman, admins
traitor deed to Charles e. Campbell