The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-29
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


New York on Monday.
d. X. STEVENS is visiting this week in st,
AlbanS and Cambridge.
A DAUGHTER was born on Monday to Mr..
| and Mrs. K. M. Sweeney.
Miss GERTRUDE MEINECKE returned last
Friday from New York markets.
Mr.. AND Mrs. HERMoN d. HOPKINS were
in Burlington over last Sunday.
Mr.. AND MRS. #. A. DwINELL have re-
turned from their trip to Canada.
GEORGE BRAINERD and wife are at st.
Johnsbury for few days this week.
e. j. sPELLMAN of sufield, Conn. is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Bagley.
T. w. WooD left last Wednesday for New
York where he will spend the winter.
NED FIELD has returned from Rutland
where he has been spending his vacation.
w. 8. PRIOR, a civil engineer Of Worces-
ter, Mass, was guest Of W. e. Terrill last
week.
MRS. d. X. STEVENS and daughter Ruth
OF Tacoma, Wash. are visiting James I.
Sabin.
Mr.. AND Mrs. f. X. HASTINGS and Mr..
and Mrs. D. P. Clark have returned from
Boston.
MRS. e. @. WELLS of Cambridge was the
guest OF James 7. Sabin on Monday and
Tuesday.
WALTER J. STERLING of Wells River, is
visiting at the home of his parents on St.
Paul street.
SHERIFF. BANCROFT has been confined to
the house for several days with slight in
disposition.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, who has been at
Heaton Hospital for the past four weeks,
left on Monday.
HARLOW NJ. SMITH is to move this week
into the house Of Mrs. j. S. Robinson on
Fullerton street.
A PETITION has been circulated asking
the city council to extend Guernsey Avenue
to Hubbard street.
MISS ANNA KANE and her mother have
moved from Court street to the John Daley
house on State street.
EMMEL MINARD is taking a vacation this
week from his work in the cigar manufac-
tory Of Arthur Allen.
MRS. LILLIAN JONES of Ashburnham,
Mass, was the guest last week OF George
Megrath, her brother.
REV. FATHER W. j. O'SULL1vAN attended
the retreat for Catholic clergymen, held
last week in Burlington.
Miss JULIA PECK goes to Sioux City, Ia,
the first Of October, to visit Mrs. Fred l..
Eaton for two or three months.
A. G. SPIRo went to New York on Mon
day to look up the latest styles for fine tail
oring in ladies' cloaks and suits.
A CHRISTIAN science meeting will be held
at room No. 80 State street, next Friday
evening at 7:45. All are invited.
The Montpelier Military Band will give a
concert from the Pavilion stand next FRI
day evening, weather permitting.
REV. JAMES WRIGHT Of the Seminary,
will preach at East Montpelier Center next
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
FoRREsTER CLARK and family leave
Mntnf - IL
where they are to make their home.
THE Montpelier greenhouse, of which
Ernest Jacobsen is proprietor, has been
connected with the telephone exchange.
=. FL. DKAvITT, Of the law firm of Ken
dali, Moore & Burbank, Boston, is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Deavitt, his parents.
Miss MARY GILL returns to Boston this
week. She has been the guest OF her sister,
Mrs. f. A. Sherburne, for several weeks.
MISSES MAMIE AND KATE COSTELLO OF
Denver, Col, and John eastman OF Boston
are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs Daniel KERN.
M. s. STONE is the delegate from the
Bethany Christian Endeavor Society to the
State convention now in session in Mont
pelier.
MRS. HOMER @. BRIGHAM of Grand Rap
ids is visiting in town. Miss Florence
Ferrin will accompany Mrs. Brigham on her
return
A REGIMENTAL pin will be awarded to
the member Of Company FL who sells the
largest number OF season tickets for the
coming fair.
THE macadamizing of Elm street from
State to Spring street is now completed,
and 1t is a pleasure to spin over it either by
buggy or bike.
Miss JULIA HoUGHToN has been absent
from her desk at the National Life Insur-
ance Company for nearly two weeks on ac-
count Of illness.
MISS MARIA HILL returned to her home
in Concord, NJ H., yesterday. She has
been the guest Of Miss Harriet Huse for
several weeks.
ATTENTION is called to the two ADVERTISE
ments of the Pike Manufacturing Company
of Pike Station, n. H., to be found in the
business column.
THE ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps
are to give conundrum supper at Grand
Army hall this evening from six to half
past seven o'clock.
THE suit brought by T. III. Lascor against
DIR. G. E. Corbn for malicious injury to
bicycle, will be tried this morning before
Justice j. II. Lucia.
MRS. CHARLES SEGUIN and family went
on Monday to st. Hyacinth, p. O., to re-
side. Her sons Edwin and George will re-
main in Montpelier.
T. II. BROWNE, ex.mayor OF Rutland, was
in town last Saturday, and was an inter-
ested spectator at the Chinese hearing in
the federal building
REV. DIR. NORMAN SEAvER had charge of
the meeting for men, held last Sunday af-
ternoon in the rooms of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
Mr.. AND MRS. K. G. NYE Of st. Johns.
bury, o. @. Taylor of Burlington and Rev.
and Mrs. f. II. LAWN of Hardwick are at
the Montpelier House.
THE grand jury is not in session this week
| because several cases that are set to come
before that body are not fully prepared.
They will meet next Tuesday.
Miss RosALIA 1. BAKER OF Walla Walla,
Washington, is visiting at c. l.. Smiths.
She is to enter the Young Ladies' Seminary
at Pennington, Conn, this fall.
CHRIST church parish has purchased from
G. b. b. Denny the furnace, gas fixtures,
etc, which were put into the parish house
while occupied by him on lease.
THE social and oyster supper given in the
parish house last Thursday evening by the
ladies of Christ church was marked sue
cess, both socially and financially.
Il. j. ENNIS has sold his barber shop on
South Main street to George q. Tabor. Mr.
Tabor took possession on Monday. Mr.. En-.
mis- Is to move to farm in Duxbury.
REV. 1. w. CATE and family arrived al
| Vancouver last Wednesday, and are now