The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-29

ndb Dobn CURRENT on inc bJre6b during Inc |
past week that the city council would
bring suit this morning against the Electric
Railroad Company to compel that corpora
ton to widen Barre street, as 1t has been in
structed to do by the mayor and board OF
aldermen. The council has never seriously
contemplated bringing such suit
The Office of City Treasurer Merrill has
been busy place every day and evening
during the past week, the closing day of
paying taxes with discount. The city treas
urer took in $5,06479 for taxes last Satur-
day, much OF 1t In small amounts. and on
Monday the receipts were nearly as large.
To-day is the last day Of grace, as the list
unpaid will be placed in the hands Of Sher-
iH Bancroft for collection on Thursday
morning.
FRED BoYLEs, the popular clerk in the
dry goods store Of l.. p. & H. G. Gleason, is
to be married to-day at Cabot to Miss Alice
M. Webster Of that town. The ceremony
will be performed by Rev. A. j. Dixon at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Webster
parents Of the bride. After brief wedding
trip through the western part OF the state,
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyles will return to Mont
pelier and be at home to their friends after
| November 1.
ANDREW j. PHILLIPS has reconsidered his
determination to come to Montpelier to re-
| side, and will remain in Chicago for the
present. 1t was found exceedingly hard to
| raise the amount necessary to secure his
and negotiations for such an arrangement
| are of, much to the regret of q large num-
Der OF people, who had anticipated LISTEN
ing to the superb singing Of Mr.. Phillips.
AT the annual meeting Of the woman's
Home Missionary Society connected with
Trinity church, held last Wednesday after
noon with Miss Martha Bullock, the follow
ing officers were elected President, Mrs.
W. B. Worthing; first vice.president, Mrs.
Laura A. Buswell; second vice-president,
Mrs. Jonathan Perkins, secretary, Mrs. @.
N Hunt; treasurer, Miss Alice Root COM
mittee on local work, Miss Martha Bullock
THE illustrated write-up in the Essex Re-
cord Of the reunion Of the Eight Vermont
Regiment, held last Thursday at Essex
junction showed the practised hand Of
Lynn M Hays. The story is illustrated with
half;tone cuts Of General Stephen Thomas,
president Of the association, Colonel Fred
E. Smith. toastmsster, General 7. s. Peck,
and Mayor III. 9. Peck OF Burlington. 1t
was a very creditable piece Of newspaper
work.
AN injunction was issued last Friday by
Chancellor j. M. Tyler against the Barre
pany forbidding and enjoining it from in
terfering with the electrical lines Of the
Consolidated Lighting Company and from
continuing to maintain its wires and poles
in the cities OF Barre and Montpelier in such
manner as to interfere in any way with
Lighting Company until further orders from
the court. The papers were served Friday
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff futile.
OWING to the large number of new sub.
scribers which have recently been added to
the lines of the Vermont Telephone and
Telegraph Company, it becomes necessary
to publish a new list of subscribers, which
will be done Immediately. Those who
wish their names to appear in the new cata-
logue. II not already connected with the tel
ephone system, should give their orders at
once that their names may be included in
the new publication. With improved lines
and improved instruments the service is
now more perfect than ever before.
THE annual autumnal excursion which
has been run for many years through the
White Mountain notch by the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad has always been
largely patronized as it deserves. The ex-
cursion to be run to Upper Bartlett and re-
turn on Thursday will be at time when the
mountain foliage is at its most brilliant
point and no finer trip at this time OF the
year can be taken. The fare for the round
trip is only $3.50 from all points on the
Montpelier & Wells River road. The train
leaves Montpelier at 8: 10 A. M. and arrives
on the return at 6: 40 P. NJ. Be sure and
take your lunch basket.
MISS IDA A. PUTNAM has resigned her
position as operator in the Montpelier Tele-
phone Exchange to take the place Of book
| h6op6T III Ju6 btOTo VI uudrNlu q ou6TDuT06,
made vacant by the resignation of Fl. K.
Sherburne, her resignation to take effect
October 2. Miss Mertie e. Whitcomb is to
take the place OF Miss Putnam in the tele-
phone Office, and subscribers and patrons
| of the telephone will have to confine their
calls strictly to numbers to ensure prompt
service and exercise patience and forbear-
ance with the new operator. Miss Jean
Mcdonald still retains her position at the
local section OF the switchboard.
The Star Course Committee wish to ex-
press regret that there was any dissatisfac-
ton at the recent sale of seats for the Star
Course. The same system Of giving num-
bers to persons as they come to the rooms
to select seats was used during the past two
| years, with success, to avoid keeping peo-
pie standing in long line until the time Of
beginning sale of tickets. This manner Of
numbering was supposed by the committee
to be generally understood and approved,
and will hereafter be thoroughly explained
previous to sale Of seats. There was no
thought or intention of giving any member
of the association an advantage over the
general public in the sale Of reserved seats.
1t was simply thoughtlessness in not adver-
Using the method more fully.
ALTHOUGH no official record of the meet
ing appears, the members of the city coun-
Gil and the selectmen of Berlin held joint
meeting last Sunday afternoon in the black
smithshop Of Louis Normande on Berlin
| 1t
was voted to change the plans for the abut-
ments to the new bridge at the foot of
South Main street, to fit the bridge that has
been ordered. The original plans for the
abutments and for the superstructure were
all right but because of a mistake, of which
mention is made elsewhere, they are not q
perfect ft 1t was also voted to leave all
matters relating to the bridge in the hands
of Joel Foster, and to sustain him in any
action he may take
The competition shoot by the members Of
Company II came off on Tuesday at the
rifle range near Barre Transfer The day
was very unfavorable for good shooting, as a
stiff wind was blowing and the weather
was uncomfortably cold. Major George o.
Webster, inspector Of rifle practice, had
charge Of the competition. He was as
sisted by Major s. p. Joslin Of the Twenty
first Infantry, Lieutenant III. s. Chapman
of Rutland, Brigade Surgeon w. ID. Hunt
ington of Rochester and Adjutant w. H..
Sterling as statistical officer. Forty-fve
men were present. An average of twelve
out of possible twenty-five was made,
which was considered very good, when the
unfavorable weather was taken into consid-
Grafton. Private Thomas r. Ford made the
highest score, twenty-three out Of a possible
twenty-five. Private Joseph Rogers made
twenty, and the lowest score made was two
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