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

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Shriner returned to Boston Monday even
ing
POLICEMAN WooD was called to st. Pau
street last Sunday afternoon by the report
| that Frank Butterfly was beating his wife
| When the officer arrived the storm had sub
| sided and everything was quiet, No arrests
| were made.
GEoRGE e. HOLDEN was called to Waits.
held on Monday by the death OF Russell
Drew, his grandfather, whose funeral will
be held at Waitsfeld to-day. Mr.. and Mrs
Drew recently celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary.
The Kings Daughters met on Monday
afternoon with Miss Harriet Huse. The
committee appointed on flowers for Easter
decorations are Miss Olive b. Stout, Mrs
Robert Wilkinson, Miss Lucy Jacobs and
Mrs. Pearl Blodgett.
REV. DIR. NORMAN SEAvER will speak on
Young Men " at Bethany church next
Sunday morning. The evening service at
this church is referred to in the Young
Mems Christian Association programme
published elsewhere.
The Baptist Baraca Union will render q
musical programme in the church next
Friday evening. An adjournment will be
made In time to attend the Young Mems
Christian Association meeting at Trinity
Church at eight o'clock.
FRANKIE, son of w. M. Root, died last
Sunday. morning. About two weeks ago
he was hit behind the ear with a snow ball
and since that time he has been unconscious
most of the time. His funeral was held on
Tuesday, Rev. A. H. Webb officiating.
G: b. b. DENNY, the merchant tailor, has
MED an involuntary petition in bankruptcy.
meeting of his creditors will be held at
the Probate office Saturday, April II, whe n
an assignee will be appointed. Mr.. Denny's
creditors are mostly Boston and New York
parties.
MAJOR o. d. CLARK presided at the meet
ing held in Armory Hall last Saturday
evening to elect captain Of Company H,
vice @. A. Smith resigned. W. A. Pattee
was elected captain, o. d. Osborne First
Lieutenant, and Sergeant p. FL. Ryan Sec
ond Lieutenant.
JoHH +. LOTUS returned from Rutland
on Monday evening. He has been in that
city since he left Montpelier, and is at loss
to known why the Boston Globe should be
Interested in his whereabouts. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY case of mistaken identity on the
part Of the Globe.
DAVID WEIGH got into an alteration
with some Italians at the Pioneer Mills on
Monday evening, and had his left hand
badly slashed by knife in the hands of
one OF the sons OF Italy. No arrests have
been made, and it is intimated that both
parties are satisfied.
A TEAM from the Montpelier Gun Club,
composed of Captain G. o. Barrett, c. H.
Ferrin, @. e. Town, Fred A. Standish, j.
G. Brown and DR., Fl. A. Fisk will go to
Burlington next Friday to compete in the
pionship Of the state.
AT the annual meeting of Aurora Lodge
OF Masons, held last Monday evening the
following officers were elected for the year
ensuing: s. r. Colby, W. NJ; G. X. Put
nam, s. W.; w. G. Berry, j. W.; E. E.
Blakely, treasurer; f. D. Dewey secretary;
A. W. Prescott, 8. d. d. e. Mason, j. d.
GEORGE G. PRATT has purchased the re-
tail store OF the Montpelier Hardware Com
pany, and is now busy invoicing the stock.
The many friends OF Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt are
very glad to know that they have decided
to remain in Montpelier instead OF locating
in Saratoga, N. Y, as they were intending
to do.
GEORGE E. JOHNSON Of Burlington, clerk
Of United States Circuit Court, and e. S.
Harris OF Bennington marshal, met at the
federal building in this city on Monday and
adjourned court without date. j. n. Sem
ter, United States district attorney, is trav-
cling in the South, and no cases were ready
for trial.
81. M, HARRINGTON af Bridgeport, Conn,
has been visiting Mrs. T. j. Deavitt, his
sister, during the past week. Professor
Harrington has been at the head of the
public schools in Bridgeport for the past
fourteen years, and is an applicant for the
position Of Principal of the Montpelier
High School.
G. B. ROBERTS, road commissioner, has
temporarily closed Heaton Avenue, lead
ing from East Liberty street to Heaton Hos
frost is coming out OF the ground. Entrance
to the hospital can be made through Col
lege street, or by the old brick yard, lead
ing from Loomis street,
CKLEsTE, wife OF Francis Labouchere,
died last Saturday from pneumonia, at her
home on Elm street, aged sixty eight years
She leaves four sons and four daughters
from st. Augustine's church, Rev. Father
W. j. O'Sullivan officiating, and the burial
was in the Catholic cemetery.
A GAME Of basket ball will be played in
Armory Hall on Thursday evening be-
tween teams from Company II and the
Young Mems Christian Association of Bur-
lington. 8. Campbell of Burlington will
will act as referee. The game is sure to be
exciting and will be called at sharp 8: 10.
MARTIN 8. Villas of Winooski, graduate
of the University Of Vermont in 1894, has
been selected by the school commissioners
to temporarily fill the position Of principal
Of the High School in place of Prof. 8. j.
Blanpied, deceased. Mr.. Villas entered up
on his duties at the opening Of the Spring
term on Monday.
THE kindergarten taught by Miss Amy
Fisk opened on Monday with a good at
tendance. The training classes met for the
first time on Tuesday, and the physical cul-
ture classes will be held to-day for the first
time. The interest in the recent exhibit OF
kindergarten work was so marked as to
warrant Miss Fisk in an intention to hold
another at the close Of the year.
SINCE the recent raids at the State street
| hotels, it has been rumored on the stree,
| that complaints have been signed asking
that all drug stores and places where liquor
was supposed to be kept, should be searched
AS a consequence Montpelier was unusually
dry over Saturday and Sunday and the
business done at the city liquor agency was
the largest of any two days in its history.
A man named Albert Forbes living OF
| the Bailey firm in Berlin attempted suicid,
last Friday by taking an ounce and a half o
beladonna. DR.. 1. II. Fisk was called ant
succeeded in making the patient throw of
the poison. Forbes was recovering from al
attack of typhoid fever and was derangeC
at times. The fact that he took an over
dose and the prompt action of the physician
saved his life.
B. FALLoN of Beckett, Mass, was in towl
| last SATURDAY. in consultation with Georg,