The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18

ing, ne carelesSly le1J IN MS trousers pocket,
in his room, purse containing $50. When
he returned at noon the money was missing
and he has not been able to find it. Sus-
plcion points very strongly to certain par
ties for whom the officers are searching.
The entertainment at the gymnasium OF
the Young Mems Christian Association,
last Friday evening, furnished amusement
Tor large audience. The costumes OF the
keubens and Rachels were grotesque but
the exhibition of basket ball playing was
decidedly tame. Previous to the game a
graphaphone entertainment was given by
w. A. Shay.
THE Central Vermont railroad will sell
round trip tickets to St. Albans at greatly
reduced rates, from all points between
White River junction and Williston, for
the grand opening Of the st. Albans Driv-
ing Park Association, to be held there to-
day, Thursday and Friday. The fare for
the round trip from Montpelier is S1.70;
from Barre S1.90; from Middlesex 81 55
and from Waterbury 81 40.
PROF FREDERICK l.. LAWRENCE of Spring.
field has been engaged to take charge of the
musical department of the Montpelier Sem
mary during the coming year. Professor
Lawrence is graduate of the conservatory
OF music of the Northwestern University at
Evanston, Ill, and taught in that institution
Tor three years. During the past year he
has been studying music in Leipsic, Ger
many.
WHERE the electric railway shall cross
the Winooski river is still undecided and
matters stand very much az they did one
week ago 1t is thought probable that the
State Railroad Commission will be appealed
TO to settle The matter, as the law gives
to that board the power TO take the matter
out OF the hands Of the city council and the
selectmen of Berlin and to settle it as seems
to them best for all concerned.
ISRAEL CRAPo, JR was thrown from a
buggy on South Main street on Tuesday
forenoon, receiving serious injuries about
the head and shoulders. The lad was driv-
ing the delivery wagon of w. o. Standsh
and first collided with DR.. G. e. Chandler's
team. The horse he was driving then be-
came unmanageable and ran into heavily
loaded stone team, throwing the boy vic.
lently to the ground. DIR. Chandler's bug
gy was considerably injured by the first col
lision.
ENTRIES for the Interstate Shooting Tour
nament to be held at Montpelier next week
are coming in rapidly and the success of the
affair is already assured. There are thir.
teen entries from New York city alone, and
nearly every large city in New England
will be represented. The WATcHMAN was
in error last week in stating that this will
be the first Interstate Tournament ever held
in the state. The first was held last wear at
Burlington and is a well remembered sue.
cess.
The Montpelier correspondent of the Bur-
lington Daily NelCS writes that paper that
intoxicants could not have been procured
in Montpelier any easier for a number of
years than at the present time" The
writer of this knows, il he knows anything,
that such statement is as false as it is un.
called for. II he is satisfied that the liquor
traffic in Montpelier has not been driven in
very large measure to the pockets of the
bootleg" pedlers, why not make some
specific charges, and not hide behind such a
false and general assertion.
"HI, therel" called the Straw Stack
tauntingly to the Wheat, after the harvest ;
What beggarly show you make by the
side of my majestic bulkp eyes, an.
swered the Wheat, amused at the conceit Of
the Straw Stack; "Straw makes a big show
and is useful for padding, but a bushel of
Wheat is worth more than CARLOAD Of the
stuff you are made Of, as everybody y
knows" This fable is commended to the
attention of the upstreet contemporary that
is Dragging about the number of alleged
local news items it is printing.
A PARTY of young men left Montpelier
early Tuesday morning for Burlington,
where they embarked on the steam yacht
Mariquita " for cruise of two days or
more, on Lake Champlain. They go as far
north as Montreal. Those from Montpelier
are e. L. Towner, f. A. Sherburne, G. f.
Buswell. w. A. Shay, Carroll Marvin, j. B.
Morse, E. S. Sawyer, w. A. Ellis, w. NJ.
Ordway, George G. Alber, Bruce Mcdonald,
ID. s. Wheatley, j. II. Voldholm, o. G.. Har-
ris, A. A. Whitcomb, E, e. Blakely, Earl
Hunt, DR.. G. N Hunt H. o. Kent, Robert
III. Whitney, T. NJ. Bryan and George Par
meuter.
THE Central Vermont Railroad Company
will run Saturday. August 81 its annual
popular excursion to Montreal for the dia
mond Jubilee exposition and industrial ag.
ria aY1t fair ba for fOr ha Il ~,
from all stations between Wiliiamstown n
and Williston will be 81 90 Tickets will BE-
good going on all regular and special trains
August 81 and good to return on all trains
to and including August %, A special
train will be run August 21, leaving Will
A. NJ, arriving at Montreal at IL: 50 A. NJ.
returning, special train will leave Mon
treal at 6: 30 P. M, running through to Will
Jamestown.
Two men, evidently amateurs at the bust
ness, attempted early on Tuesday morning
to gain entrance to the buildings of the Ma.
tional Life Insurance Company and the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company
An attempt was made to get in through the
cellar windows, but the would-be burglars
were frightened away before they had sue.
ceeded in getting inside either building.
Constable @. s. Whittier and Policeman
Wood were soon on the ground and have a
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succeeded in gaining an entrance to either
building there was nothing Of value thai
they could have secured, and this, coupled
with the bungling manner in which they
attempted the job, is evidence that they
were not professionals.
The Montpelier and Wells River Railroad
will run a special train from Wells River tC
Montpelier and return, Thursday, Angus
26 TO accommodate those who wish to at
tend the circus The train will leave Well
J River at 1880 A. NJ. and arrive at Mont
| pelier at 8: 10 A. M; returning, will leav,
| Montpelier for Wells River and way sta
tions at 800 p. NJ The fare for tn,
round trip including admission to the show
from Wells River, Boltonville and Soutl
Ryegate is S1.50; from Groton and Kicker s
S140; Lanesboro, 81 20; Marshfeld 81 90
Plainfeld, ninety cents; East Montpelier
seventy-tve cents; Barre, sixty cents. Oh
that day special round-trip tickets will b.
sold from Barre to Montpelier and return
for ten cents.
A HEARING was given at Randolph las
| Wednesday before Judge j. w. Rowell ol
the question as TO whether #. A. Dwinell o
T. j. Deavitt should be assignee OF tn
Montpelier Hardware Company. The ques
ton was informally discussed by both side
and Judge Rowell rendered no decision
The legal Interpretation Of the assignment
and insolvency laws now on the statut
books was in question and further time wa
! fn M ha H,