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

evening. Perey W. Holden acted AZ
referee, and ID. II. Clark as umpire. The
team captained by Secretary Thorpe won
by score OF 10 to ID
A CHILD, eleven months old OF Mrs
Clayton p. Harroun, whose death and
burial Is noted elsewhere, died the next day
after the death Of its mother. Double
funeral services were held, and both we're
buried in one grave
THE stockholders in Montpelier and vi
cinity OF the defunct Sioux National Bank,
OF Sioux City, Ia, are making the best of
a bad situation, and are paying one-half Of
the seventy-fve per cent assessment recent
ly made on the capital stock.
WILLIAM ID. SMITH suffered shock OF
apoplexy shortly after, noon on Tuesday,
from which he died a few hours later. He
leaves widow and two,daughters, one the
wife OF George II. Whitney. Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
THE bill-boards for Buffalo Bill's Wild
West Show, that exhibits in Montpelier
Wednesday, June IS, have been erected
during the past week, and the small boy
and his elder brother are anxiously await
ing the arrival of the first advertising car
MARTIN GREEN, who is under arrest at
Burlington, charged with attempting to
pick the pockets OF gentleman at Mont
pelier junction, as noted elsewhere, will be
brought to Montpelier for trial, as the Of
fence was committed in Washington county.
A LARGE congregation gathered at Trinity
church last Sunday evening to listen to the
address by Rev. Andrew Gillies on "Some
of the results OF the civil war" A special
musical programme was rendered under the
direction of Miss Anna r. Johnson, leader
of the choir
THE monthly business meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association auxiliary
will be held at the association rooms this
afternoon at three o'clock The ladies will
keep open house from four to six o'clock,
and each member is at liberty to bring
one guest.
THE editor of the Argus and Patriot
breaches at Middlesex tomorrow Ten
years ago this statement would have ere.
ated a sensation. And yet there are those
cruel enough to say that the argus and Pat
riot does not improve with age.-Jack Har-
ris in Hardwick Gazette.
A. r. LEONARD, who lives in the Bear
swamp" neighborhood in Mddlesex, saw
five deer in his meadow lot last Saturday
morning They were contentedly feeding
and did not appear badly frightened when
driven away. What paradise for sports
ment Vermont will be in 1900.
Miss EMILY COOPER clerk in the drug
store of w. III. Gladding at Barre, submitted
to an operation at Heaton Hospital last
Friday for an abscess on the right side 1t
was not considered safe to give her ether,
but she bore the operation bravely, and has
DeeD gaming steadily ever since
PROF. EDWARD w. MoRRELL has resigned
from the faculty of the Montpelier Semina-
ry because of continued i'll health. The
trustees have accepted his resignation with
deep regret and have expressed TO Prof.
Morrell the hope that he will eventually be
able to resume his place in the school.
MRS. CLAYTON p. HARBOUR died last FRI
day night OF consumption at her home on
Berlin side. She was about forty years old,
and leaves four small children. This fam
lily was public charge, supported by the
city Of Barre. Her funeral on Monday was
attended by Rev. w r. Davenport of Barre,
and the burial was at her former home at
West Berlin.
o. d. SHURTLEFF, overseer OF the poor of
Barre, drove a two-seated carriage to Mont
pelier Monday morning to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Clayton p. Harroun. In attempting
to turn around in front of the house on Ber-
lin side, the carriage and horses were backed
over steep embankment. The carriage
was wrecked, and the horses were badly
scratched and cut.
The rumor circulated last week that there
was a case Of leprosy at the Hillside board
ing-house created a mild sensation. The
matter was Investigated by Health Officer
pr. ID A. Fisk, who found a man named
Thompson and his son i'll there, but not
with the disease named. The family left
the city the first of this week.
V. d. NASH of Providence, r. l., civil
engineer. was in town on Tuesday and but
for the inclement weather, was intending
to take the city fathers over the route of the
proposed electric railway Positive assur-
ances are given that the work of surveying
and constructing the line will comm ence at
once, in fact gang of Italian laborers is
already here ready to begin work.
The case of State against Mrs. Dexter W.
Royce for alleged petit larceny from Mrs.
j. w. f. Washburn was tried in city court
last Saturday forenoon. The respondent is
charged with taking sundry small articles
of female wearing apparel from Mrs. Wash
burn while in her employ. F. L. Laird APP
peared for the state and j. G. Wing for the
respondent, who was acquitted.
JOE PELICAN and John Noye were arrest
ed on Monday by Officer Demeritt on
complaint issued by States Attorney How
land charging them with assault and bat
terry on Clarence Boutwell,. They went to
Boutwells house, Knocked him completely
out, and carried away his wife, who was
once known in Montpelier as Bertha Will.
kins. In city court Tuesday afternoon they
were fined 81 and costs each, which requir-
ed lively hustling to raise Did time and
space permit thrilling dime novel might
| be evolved from this case.