The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-02-09
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The Cox brook war has again broken
out. States Attorney Rowland was busy
on Tuesday Investigating the facts in an
assault committed in that neighbOrhood on
Monday by Thomas Cocoran on Jack
Kelley. Both these individuals have fgur-
ed in Justice and county courts for offences
of similar nature, the result Of long
standing feud between the families of that
name.
THE descriptive song, "Shes Somebody's
this city wrote the music, published by
Bates q Bendix, BoGtop, and Charles
Sheard q Co., London, has already reached
large sale This song was recently pub
lished in the Boston Sunday Globe, and the
composer OF the music deserves all the
good things there said OF him by musical
critics.
THE Young Peoples Independent Club Of
East Montpelier has brought suit against
Lewis Coburn of that town to recover SIT, o
portion OF the proceeds of recent enter.
tainment in East Montpelier and which
was applied on the PASTORS salary without
authority from the club having the affair in
charge. II the matter is not settled out of
court, 1t will be heard this morning before
Judge Smile.
DONALD RoBERTsoN's adaptation Of Du-
mas romantic drama, 1.-THE Man in the
Iron Mask" will be seen at Blanchard
opera house next Friday evening, with Mr.
hODtTbbOu III bD6 uudl TOl6 OF Louis AIN
and his brother CASTOR. The supporting
company is said to be first class, the piece is
deliberately staged, and the incidental music
written for this production, adds a finish to
the performance.
MAIN street chickens will be served in
chicken pies by the ladies of Trinity church
In the vestry, on this Wednesday evening.
State street chickens will be served at the
parish house, by the ladies of Christ Church
Guild, on Thursday evening next Febru-
airy 10. 1t would indeed seem needless that
any one should 60 hungry while such sup
pers are being served-and all for Sweet
charity's sake" too.
AT an adjourned meeting of the creditors
OF the insolvent Montpelier Hardware Com
pany, held last Saturday at the probate Of
flee the following claims were approved:
i. X. Gordon, attorneys fee, SIT 50;
Charles A. Austin & Co., Boston, S18 SO;
e. ii. Mansfield & Co., Boston, S36.51;
Lead Company. New York, $85; II. p.
WEIGH, livery, 1888.
JUDGE SMILE rendered a decision last
Thursday in favor OF the defendant in the
pauper case of the City of Montpelier
against the Town of Elmore, heard by him
ten days ago. The city has appealed the
case to county court The support of an
imbecile son of Charles Batchelder is in
volved, and the main question is whether
this child's residence is with its father or
mother, who are divorced.
Hon. o. M. BARBER of Arlington was in
this city and Barre last Saturday 1t is re-
ported that Mr.. Barber is at present labor
ing in Washington county to secure sup
port for Gen. Mccullough in the next CUB
ernational campaign 1t is possible the
genial ex-senator found some consolation in
the office OF the Barre Daily Times but out
side that office he must have struck kill
ing frost in the twin cities of Washington
county
In observance of "Union Defenders
Day." the birthday of Abraham Lincoln,
the members OF Brooks Post, G. A. r., and
Gen. Stephen Thomas Camp, Sons OF Veter-