The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-19

| CiOSbu lhbJ FTludy dIbtTDOOu lTOm TWO 10
four o'clock, out OF respect for the late Rev.
Q. Smith, whose funeral was held at that
time.
ID. X STEVENS, who spent several weeks
| In Montpelier last summer at the home of
| j I Sahin, his brotner-in-law, has form, d
a law partnership in Bostsn with Ii. L.
Ware.
A MEETING of the hackers OF Desc and
| Hend derson is to be held in this city on
| Thursda to make arrangements for another
contest for a purse Of $500 and the box-uffice
receipts.
Hon. JAMES L. MARTIN was sworn In as
United States disiric attorney for Vermont
last Friday evening by j. III. Sent"r, notary
public. His commission arrived Thursday
| evening.
| @ ADAMS took twenty-six High School
pupils to Waterbury last Friday evening
| for sleigh ride, supper and Dance Music
for the latter was furnished by Master Fred
| Whittier.
THB meetings at West Berlin, conducted
by Rev. j. X. Thompson and Rev N. M.
| Shaw will be continued each evening this
week until Friday. Much interest has been
| awakened.
AT the adjourned meeting OF Bethany
society held on Monday evening, the reports
Of officers we're read and accepted. II. ].
M. Jones was elected a member of the pru-
| DENTAL committee.
SARAH M. CAMP OF Elliott, Ia who for
merly worked in the family OF w. T.
Dewey, has been granted p nsion through
the agency Of 7. j. Deavitt, of So Per month
| with $675 arrearages.
EBEN X. BUTLER was kicked in the face
| by a vicious horse last Saturday afternoon.
His jaw bone was broken and he received
| other injuries that will confine him to the
house for several weeks.
Mrs. ALMoN SWIFT is seriously i'll with
pneumonia at the home OF Mrs. John w.
Peck, her daughter. Mrs. Swift is over
ninety years old, and the chances for re-
covery are somewhat against her.
MEMBsR OF the Young Mems Republican
| Club OF Montp ,lier and vicinity are urged
| to bear in mind the annual meeting of the
club next Tuesday evening. The call is
published in the business column.
MISS JULIA PECK is on her way home
from Sioux City, Ia, where she has been
visiting several weeks. She is now the
guest of Miss Florence Ferrin at the home
of DR.. II. G. Brigham, Grand Rapids Mich
TIE decision OF Justice j. II. Lucia in the
case of Mrs. M j. Dunwoodie against A. g.
Spro for damage done to a seal skin sacque
~as in favor of the defendant. The costs of
the suit are assessed against Mrs Dun
woodie.
A GAS stove exploded last Friday morn
ing in the tt ttnement of W. E Nichols in
| Lawrence building. The inmates of the
tenement and surrounding rooms were
pretty thoroughly frightened, but no one
was injured.
H. M. MCFARLAND Of Hyde Park, grand
| master OF the Odd Fellows of Vermont,
made an official visit to Vermont Lodge
last Wednesday evening. He was received
with the grand honors and made an intei
esting address.
ARTHUR j. DARLING and II. A. Edgerly
were arrested on tuesday for iDtoxication
| on a complaint made by the wife OF the
| lnffpr Darling will ha triad in Citv
this afternoon. The case against Edgerly
has been mol pressed.
RECAUsE of the failure to secure a speake er
| of natiJual fame and other causes, the meet
ing and banquet OF the State Republican
League that was to have been held at
Montpelier on Lincoln's birthday, has been
inde etinitely pos poned.
BILL in chancery to foreclose a mort.
gage for 81 200 on real estate, in Mlddlesex,
occupied by Josiah Hasbrook, has been
brought by Gen. Stephen Thomas. In ad-
dition to the face of the mortgage is several
years unpaid interest.
7. j. DKAvTTT, assignee of the Montpelier
Hardware Company, expects to declare a
dividend to creditors Of thirty three and
one-third per cent about February /. Mr..
D-avitt has already disposed of about $l4,-
900 worth Of the property.
REVIVAL meetings will be held every
evening his week at the Baptist church.
Au ltCbuIo 10 klNcn bNoIy dibcE-
noon. These special meetings have been
productive of much good, and the attend
ance is constantly increasing.
The quarterly meeting Of the Union Mu-
tual FIRE Insurance Company was held at
the home Office in this city last Wednesday
Every county in the state except Orleans
was n represented by one or more directors
Only routine business was transacted.
THE report of @. B. Roberts, street com.
missioner, of the work done by the city for
the Worcester Construction Company, in
laying the electric railroad, shows a total
bill Of $403 55. The city also paid $40 80 for
crushed stone in connection with this
work.
THE sale of seats for Bibi" for tonight
and Thursday evening is large, and the
success OF the venture is assured. Rehears-
ais have been in progress day and nights
during the past week, and every thing Is In
readiness for the initial performance this
evening.
THE welcome face OF Honest John u
Merrifeld Of Newfane was seen on the
streets last Wednesday. Senator Merrifeld
was in town TO attend the quarterly meet
ing Of the Union Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, Of which he is a Windham coun.
ty director.
JUDGE TYLER will give hearing at the
: county court house on Monday, January
"a, on the petition for the release from
county jail of Arthur Willis, on his taking
the poor debtors oath. He has been in j4i
for several weeks for refusing to pay his
house rent.
The newly elected officers OF Bethany
Sunday school are: Superintendent. G. Fl
More; assistant superintendent, Miss Mary
K Macomber; secretary and treasurer, d
8. Wheatley; librarian. @. II Shipman; as
. sistant librarians, Misses Alice Taft ant
Gertrude Drew.
3 THE fourth Interstate Young Men,
Christian Association convention for Yer
3 mont and New Hampshire. comprising
T eighteen associations, will be held at Mont
8 ptlier, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb
ruary IL, ~ and 13. A long list Of eminen
b. speakers IL already secured.
I CURTIS WING died last Sunday at tn,
2 residence OF his brother in Berlin OF quicl
consumption. aged forty-two years. HI
q leaves an aged mother, one brother, ant
: ). one sister who reside In Providence, r.
) His funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon
Rev. j. Edward Wright officiating.
h A COMMUNICATION from lawyer at Flag
= staff. Arlz., was received last Friday b.
!. George W. Wing making inquiries for tn
heirs of Hugo Warren, who was kille'
4 about year ago at Flagstaff. He was