The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-18

burne and d. L. Sanders, all grand officers.
| HORACE w. BAILEY, state fish commits
sioner, passed through Montpelier last
| Thursday with 10000 lingering trout from
| the state hatchery at Roxbury, which he
| placed in streams at Plainh I'D and South
Ryegate
| RESIDENTS in that neighborhood have
protested so strongly against the coal pocket
which II, A. Dubuc has asked permission
OF the city council to put in near his coal of
fee, the council has refused Mr.. Dubuc's
petition.
Col. X. j. CoFFEY, superintendent of the
Soldiers Home at Bennington, is in town.
Col. Coffey has been on crutches for sew
eral weeks from the reopening OF an old
wound in his heel, but is now able to navi-
gate with cane.
COLONEL o. ID. CLARK and Adjutant
A. q. Eaton were in Montpelier last Satur-
day night, returning to camp on the excur-
sion train Sunday morning. They were the
| recipients OF many congratulations during
their brief stay in the city.
THE forty-eighth annual meeting of the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical Society will
be held in the Pavilion parlors to-day and
| Thursday. A long and Interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared, and full at
tendance is already assured.
A TEAM from Vermont Lodge of Odd Fell
! lows assisted the members OF Mentor lodge
of Waterbury in working the four degrees
upon six candidates from Richmond last
Thursday evening. This was preparatory
to organizing lodge at Richmond.
INTELLIGENCE was received here last
week Of the recent death at Evanston, Ill,
of Mrs. Mary j. Wordsworth, a former
resident Of Montpelier. She was eighty
eight years old, and died at the home Of
Mrs. Charles A. Rogers, her daughter.
OLIVER, brother OF Thomas Osborne,
who recently arrived in this country from
England, has joined the First Vermont reg
iment, and has been assigned to Company
III. Thomas Osborne has been appointed
guardian of the young son he leaves behind.
e. E. SARGENT of Newark, N. j.. was in
town last week. Mr.. Sargent is secretary
of the National Saddlery Hardware Manu-
facturer's Association and came here to con-
suit with III. @. Cotton, who is a member of
the executive committee OF that association.
H.J. M. JONES and Dayton Jones have
purchased for $4,000 part of the Morton
Marvin farm and his residence on East
State street The latter:is to build, short
premises, which will be occupied by the
former.
ORDERS have been received for the First
Vermont Regiment to leave Camp Olympia
for Chicamaugua on Thursday. The people
of Burlington are preparing lunches for the
boys, and will give them rousing send off
when they pass through that city Thursday
afternoon.
THE bicycle offered by W. E. Adams last
November to be awarded to the person sell.
ing the greatest number of gentlemen's col.
lars and cuffs was won by e. A. Colby OF
Waterbury who presented the largest num-
Der of coupons. There was large number
of contestant.
+. III. ANDREWS OF Burlington has been
appointed superintendent of the Montpelier
and Barre electric railroad. Mr. Andrews
has been at the Pavilion during the past
week, selecting conductors and motor men,
and will be in Montpelier until the road is
in running order.
MR.. ANR MES. PETER MITCHELL, parents
OF Mrs. III. A. Bowers, arrived in town on
Monday from Aberdeen, Scotland, for a
visit of several weeks with their daughter.
This is the first time Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell
have visited America, and they naturally
find much to interest them.
REV. DR.. w. G.. PUDDEFooT of South
birmingham, Mass, spoke at Bethany
church last Sunday morning. His theme
Sunlight upon the Wheatfields,' was
handled in mastery manner. In the
evening Rev. DIR. Norman Seaver spoke on
"The Man with the Sword"
JUDGMENT by default was rendered last
Saturday by Justice j. H. Lucia in the case
of Sallies against Gabree, for a milk bill,
which with costs, amounted to $14 go. The
same action was taken by Justice Lucia in
the case of Perkins against Moore in which
tne amount luVOlVeu WAS SlU.lO.
SEVERAL Montpelier Odd Fellows are at
tending the meetings of the Grand Lodge
and Grand Encampment, now in session al
J st. Albans. S. w. Corse and w. r. Water
man are delegates to the Grand Lodge, Ed
ward Baker to the Grand Encampment and
Mrs. Edward Baker to the Rebekah Grand
Lodge.
, L. G. ANDREWS was arrested last Thurs
day by Officer Wood and taken before
Judge Smile charged with perjury May 2
in his disclosure in a case OF intoxicatioI
then brought against him. The charge O
perjury was not proved to the satisfaction
OF the court and Andrews was released
from custody.
DR. W. A. BRMIs, who flourished IL
Montpelier three years ago as an "ey,
specialist" was arrested last Saturday IL
, Hartford Conn.,, for assaulting a constabl,
q who went to his house TO serve writ Of at
tachment Since living at Hartford Bemi
has posed las "divine healer" under tn
name Of Francis FL. Truth.
!, ALEXANDER wAYooTr died of consump
ton last Friday at Heaton hospital, age,
thirty-two years. He was a native OF 81
. George, N. B., stone cutter by trade, ant
leaves widow and one child. His funera
= was held Sunday afternoon from the Baptis
'' church, Rev. w. A. Dawson officiating, an
# the body was taken to Barre for burial.
;. THE convention for the second congres
L sional district to nominate candidate 70
|. Congressman will be held in Armory hal
Q on Tuesday afternoon, June 81, the day be
Q fore the State Republican Convention
l. The only candidates now in the field ar
!. Gen. W. W. Grout, the present Congress
n man, and Judge Levant NJ. Read OF Be
q lows Falls.
8 THE st. Albans High School base bal
II team defeated the Montpelier Seminar
nine on the home ground last Friday after
U noon. The score was IL to 10 In favor 9
= St. Albans. The visitors were especial
n strong in the box, and their fielding wa
3 almost faultless. Inexcusabe errors an
= indifferent fielding characterized the play
ing OF the home team.
Z JACOB GALANsKI, the accommodating 81
=. cent man" received bad wound in hi
! left hand last Sunday evening by the az
- cidental discharge OF revolver he wa
handling. The ball passed completed
y through his hand and lodged in q wallis
's near by. DIR. c. e. Chandler dressed th
% wound, which will not be dangerous unles
'r blood poisoning occurs.
HENRY PEsNIMAN was called to Worce
ter, Mass, on Monday by the sudden an
n violent death of his brother Chester. tt
is latter was a stationary engineer for j. v
is Bishop & Co. His clothing caught in III