The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-02
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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REDFIELD PHILLIPS is to coach the High
| school foot ball eleven.
Miss MARY b. LEWIS left on Monday to
visit friends in Massachusetts.
THE infant child Of Mr. and Mrs. Ouiette
died at an early hour on Sunday morning.
CLARENCE WHITTIER has purchased an
| interest in the Patch q Cos quarries at
| Calais.
M1Lo SILLowAY of Berlin has been sent to
| the Rutland House of Correction for seventy
five days for insobriety.
| In response to many requests "Kipling's
Recessonal" will be repeated next Sunday
morning at Christ's church.
WILLARD HOLDEN, mail clerk on the
Montpelier and Wells River railroad is con-
| fined to his home by sickness.
TIE GARNET SEAL CIRCLE will meet with
Mrs. A. ID. Farwell, 10 Liberty street, Fri.
day afternoon at 230 o'clock.
Miss ELIZA GEORGE who has been at her
home in Bradford caring for her mother
who is i'll, has returned to this city.
Miss ELIsEE B. RUBLEE will entertain the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union at
| half past two o'clock on Wednesday Of next
week.
The Ladies' Aid association OF Heaton
| hospital will meet this afternoon at two
o'clock with Mrs. G. III. Heaton at her home
on State street.
Mrs. ELvIRA M. JOHNSON of this city has
brought suit against Albert Killam of Bur-
lington in the sum Of $4,000 for alleged
breach of contract
SARGEANT K. s. MEIGs who has been con
fined to his house by illness since his re-
turn from Chickanauga, is able to take
| out door exercise.
THE subject for discussion at the meeting
| of Young Peoples Fraternity of the Church
of the Messiah Monday evening was
Thoughts About the Harvest"
II is alleged that w. P. Hill, former
newspaper man OF this city, familiarly
| known as "Squibs," has lately been heard
from in Denver and that he is we'll and
hearty
THE question, "Shall the State Give
Responsibility to the Dram. Shop?" will be
considered by Rev. j. e. Wright, at next
Sunday evenings services at the Church Of
| the Messiah.
w. o LOWE lost his valuable gold watch
Friday night while on the street, or a. least
he thinks he lost it there and the person
who returns it to him will confer an inesti-
mable favor.
CAMPBELL, who started in to play right
end for Goddard in the foot ball game in
this city Monday, and who was 80 seriously
injured by being hit over his left eye, was
taken home yesterday.
EDGAR W. EMERSON of Manchester, N.
ium) Will speak in the G. A. r. hall, Nov.
9th at P. M, also at in the evening. The
public are cordially invited.
THE foot ball game on Seminary campus
Monday afternoon between the Seminary
eleven and the Goddards resulted in score
of 10 to 0 for the latter. The game was
stubbornly fought throughout.
RESPONSES to 125 invitations, to attend
the banquet to be given at the Pavilion to-
morrow, in honor of the Sons of American
Revolution, have been received by l.. Bart
Cross, chairman of the executive com.
mittee.
On Tuesday morning the Supreme Court
took up the case of Susan B., Margaret B.,
and X. A. Sowles v. Guy X. Barber. The
case in the afternoon was that of e. Henry
Powell, special administrator v. j. Noble
Haynes and A. o. Brainard, exec gators.
G. f. RANNEY of Newport, a member OF
the General Assembly and very fluent
speaker, addressed the Young Mems Chris
tian Association meeting on Sunday after.
noon, using for his subject, "Plain Talk to
Men by Business Man" Arthur Nevers
of Concord gave several selections on his
cornet that were skilfully rendered. The
meeting as whole was profitable one.
JOHN NEsTER, formerly resident of this
city, died in Nashua, N. H., Friday, and his
remains were brought to this city on the
midnight train Saturday. The funeral was
held from st. Augustne's church on Sunday
morning at 8 O'clock Rev. w. j. O'Sulli
van officiating. Burial was in the Catholic
cemetery where his father and mother are
buried. Deceased leaves two sisters who
are residents of Burlington.
BURNING feathers in the Blanchard opera
house block gave the inmates the impres
sion, Sunday morning, that a Il )ck of wild
geese had passed through the fry furnace
and had fallen into that building. Inves
: tigation revealed the fact that the night op
erator's bed in the central telephone Office
had taken fire frCm cigar stub and wal
: trying to burn up. There was no damage
= done.
: The ladies of the Church of the Messiah
will hold their annual sale Thursday ant
Friday December IA and 10 in the vestry o
the church These annual fairs given b,
this society have come to be very pleasur
able affairs and some splendid article
are always found on sale. Efforts are max
, ing to have the fair this year surpass al
, predecessors and what the ladies Of tn
Church of the Messiah undertake the,
/, usually accomplish.
MANAGER GEORGE VI. WILDER has tn
Kinder Symphony, which is to be given TO
+ the benefit of the Young Mems Christian
i. Association, November 16, well under wa
and it looks now as II the performauc
would be as interesting as it will be novel
i The next thing to be done is for the publ
to take a hand in the affair in the way Q
| | patronage. Too often meritorious local per
formances are lost sight of for some of tn
travelling jmcracks. 1t would be far bette
for the community if it could loose sigh
J of the itinerant's welfare more and forge
our own less. Those who are to take par
! in the performance are Misses Julia Ada ns
= Nellie Dewey, Helen Brock, Sallie Oviatt
', Ruth Roleau, Florence Whittier, Edit
u Brooks, Cora Johonnott and Ethel Rozellt
: These will be assisted by as many more.
. L.C. TEwKsBURY of this city, who ha
s been ill for long period at his fathers HON
d in Worcester, was in this city on Monday aftel
= noon when he sold his book store to Nj. II
8 Rice of Northfeld. The terms of sale al
private. A cash deposit was made by til
:, purchasing party and the work of taking a
1t inventory will begin at once. Mr. Rice, til
y new proprietor, is young man, having tn
Vt requisite capital for the business, is a hustle
e and possessed of business ability. He wi
o take possession at once. Mr. Tewksbury ha
;. been in business at the stand which he hf
# sold for some five yeaIs. Ill health induce
n him to sell He has under consideration a
}. offer to travel for a mercantile concern. II
g. is also thinking of engaging again in bushes
J. in this city. He has in part recovered h
IT health but not sufficiently to be confined i