The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-05-05
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


pneumonia last week.
MISS JESSIE GOODWIN OF Brattleboro Wis.,
tied relatives in the city last week.
Miss LIBBIE HAWKINS was at her home in
Champlain, N. Y, over last Sunday.
g. L. SMITH goes this week to Washing
ington, ID. O., expecting to be absent several
weeks.
j. o. Triton has leased for $500 per year
the James Scoville farm in Berlin for a
period of five years.
A WHIST party will be held at Odd Eel.
lows hall on Thursday evening, to which
the public is invited.
j. 9. HAWKINS of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, was in
town last week and placed several large Or
ders for monuments with local dealers
+. j. DRIscoLL, formerly express mes
seDger between Montpelier Junction and
Williamstown, has been transferred to St.
Albans, where he'll local delivery clerk,
The Fellows" beat the Reds " at bas-
ket ball at the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION gymnasium last Wednesday even
ing, by q score Of eighteen to twelve. u. II.
Clark acted as umpire Perley W. Holden
as referee and Mason s. Stone as time
keeper and scorer. A large and enthusiasts
tic crowd was in attendance.
THE jury in the liquor case OF State against
w. l.. White, tried last Thursday in county
court came near being composed,entirely of
hausted and A. D. Farwell, Oughtney jan
graw, L. B. Brooks, Merrill Russell, S. w.
Corse, Denison Dewey and A. L. Clark
were called by Sheriff Collins as talesmen.
A verdict Of guilty was promptly rendered.
THE Argus was somewhat off its trolly
last week, in stating that Niger Head
Pond in Marshfeld had been closed to
fishermen by an act OF the Legislature OF
1896 The matter was left in the hands OF
the State Fish Commissioners and they de.
cided not to close the pond. A large delega-
ton from Montpelier was on the waters OF
that pond at day-break last Saturday morn
ing.
f. e. BROWN of Concord, N. H., repre-
senting the Boston & Maine railroad; j.
w. Hanley, st. Adams, of the Central Yer
mont; W, A, Stowell and f. W. Morse of the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad, and
Captain Rushow of the Champlain Trans
portation Company met at the Pavilion last
Wednesday evening to make arrangements
for putting on the Green Mountain Express
between Burlington and Fay ban's, during
the coming summer. The exact date when
this train will be put on was not fixed, but
it will run the same as last summer, leaving
Burlington daily, Sundays excepted, at
TO- IS A. M, carrying passengers to Fabayn's
without change. The return train will
leave Montpelier at 3: SO p. M, and arrive at
Burlington at 81 10, in time to connect with
the boats of the Champlain Transportation
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the Delaware and Hudson railroad.
a. s. STANTON and Frank Kenfield of the
state board of railroad commissioners gave
public hearing at the State House last
Thursday afternoon, on the case of Philip
Desrochers, who was killed recently near
Barre Transfer. DIN Merrill, chairman of
the board, was not present. States Attor-
court, and Hon. H. A. Huse represented
the State, also the heirs of Desrochers. The
Montpelier & Wells River railroad by s. g.
Shurtleff, attorney for that corporation. e.
f. Rand, conductor, and j. G. Rowell en-
gneer OF the suburban train from which
Desrochers alighted, Charles g. Field, en-
gineer, and George A. Bagley, fireman of
the express train, j. G. Brown, B. M.
Shepard and DR.. II. A Fisk, passengers on
the suburban train, George w. Bonnette,
who was in company with Desrochers, and
W. A. Stowell, General Manager of the
road, were examined Their testimony
tended TO show that Desrochers left the
suburban train at the Sam Smith place,
which is now an ill-reputed resort, and had
crossed the main line track before he was
struck by the engine OF the express train
that was running thirty miles an hour.
The commission reserved its decision, and
it is possible further evidence will be intro
duced.
AT the regular meeting of the City Coun-
Gil, held last Wednesday evening a large
amount of business was transacted. Several
amendments to the city ordinances were
adopted, which will be published in the
local newspapers. George Wheeler, over
seer OF the poor, was instructed to make
any needed changes or repairs on the house
at the city farm Mr.. Wheeler was also in
structed to secure as good an offer as posi-
BILE for the poor farm in Berlin and to report
at the next meeting of the Council. The
special committee on street sprinkler, ap.
pointed at the last meeting, reported in
favor of purchasing the sprinklers owned
by g. B. Roberts for $780, and the board
voted 80 to do. 1t was voted to put in a
water stand on lower State street, and the
street commissioner was instructed to
sprinkle the same streets as last year. A
petition for an electric light on College
street was referred to the committee on
lights. Bills were ordered paid as follows:
Watchman Publishing Company, printing
1925; county tax, due May l, S1SS.S7; II.
A. Dubec, coal, 81; T. r. Merrill, clerk,
1925 H.. A. Blanchard & Co. liquors,
$10S.93; Crosby & Currier, surveying,
$685.. Montpelier pays three-fifths OF the
bill OF these engineers and Berlin two-ffths.
A petition for plank sidewalk on College
street was referred to the committe on
streets: The following permits were granted:
j: l.. Shorey, to put up an awning in front
Of his store; j. r. Lee to connect with
sewer; Fred X. Hastings to build bay
window on his house; William Rivers, to
change window in front OF his store; e. l..
Putney, to build house on Nelson street;
Josiah Gillander, to build house on Sibley
Avenue; j. l.. Poor, to build hen-house;
Harvey Burnham, to build a bicycle house
at the rear Of the National Life Insurance
building; Joseph Perkins, to build a barn
on Kent street; Professor M. Maxim, to run
sign across East State street, on days
when baseball games are played on the
Seminary campus Rama CURE to build
barn on Fuller street; Rufus Jennings to
conduct boot-blacking stand at the head
OF State street; @. II. Cross & Son, to repair
engine house in connection with their
bakery; Q. e. Moulton, to erect dwelling.
house OF Bailey Avenue; A. L. Clark, to
shingle his house. Licenses were granted
as follows; Fred II. Adams, to sell meat,
produce and wood, and teamng; Leon
Gadree, to do teaming and trucking; Moses
Shuttle, same. The superintendent OF
streets was instructed to lay a sewer up
Clay Hill as far as necessary. A petition
for matchmaking Main street as far as the
residence OF DR.. A. B. Bisbee, Elm street as
far as the residence Of Sumner Kimball and
State street to the Pavilion was laid on the
table. The expense of this work would be
about $4,000, and special city meeting
will be called to consider it. There is no
money in the city treasury that is available,
and it will be necessary for the city to vote
to bond, or borrow money to do it. The