The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-20

park. A pavilion has been erected at the
| park, the grounds have been supplied with
running water and put in frst-class shape.
The case of Miss Mary Cadger against @
M. Douglass and wife for balance due fol
| wages was heard in city court last Satur
found for the plaintiff to recover with costs
e96S.
Harvey l.. Gallison of Montpelier and Ro
bert Phillips we're arrested last Sunday fol
intoxication by Officer Brown. They bott
paid Justice III. W. Scott $11.6 on Monday
although Gallison was obliged to go &c
Montpelier with the officer and get the
money OF his wife.
No trace has been found Of the body Of
James e. McAuley, who was drowned re-
| Gently in the harbor at Portland, Me, The
search has been abandoned. The tide was
| running out at the time the accident oc.
Cured and 1t is very probable that the body
| was carried out to sea.
| While Mrs. Judge w. Z. Barney of Barre
was on visit to Cabot week ago she called
on Miss Hannah s Morse, maiden lady
eighty-two years old, and found her spin.
| ming rolls into fine stocking yarn for neigh.
| boring farmers. She is now visiting her
brother, James Morse, in Barre.
| Among those from Barre in camp al
| Thompsons Point, Mallets Bay for two
| weeks are Misses Mabel Gale Carrie, Eliza.
| beth and Priscilla White, Minnie Dens-
| more, Earl Batchelder, Clark Densmore,
| Charles Hoyt, Frank Densmore and Fred
| White. Mrs. @. e. White chaperones the
party.
James Starr and William Timmins were
both bound over last week to await the &C
ton OF the grand jury on charge OF steal
ing tray Of jewelry from j. j. Smith.
Judge Barney fixed the bail in each case at
$500. Alexander Bruce entered as surety
for Timmins, and Starr was taken to the
county jail.
At a special meeting Of the city council,
held last Saturday afternoon the following
damages to mill owners on account of water
directed from Martin brook were awarded:
Mari & Gordon, S1,725 49,; j. S. Robinson
S1,725.23; Tilden estate, $1,411, GO; McDon-
aid & Buchanan, S2,11750; George McFar-
land, S470.55.
Joseph Relation was arrested at West
Chazy, N. Y, last Saturday by Constable
II. j. Slayton of South Barre. He is
wanted for felonious assault upon Cora
Terrier, a girl eleven years old, at South
Barre. May 30 last. He was given hear
ing on Monday and was bound over for the
grand jury.
The contract for erecting the new city
building was let last Wednesday for $50 900
to W. NJ. and o. r. Mason Of Concord, N.
II. The contract price is more than $4,000
lower than any bid submitted by local bid
ders. The contract calls for the completion
Of the post-office quarters and city clerk s
Office on or before January l, next, and the
entire building by June /, 1899. The mason
work is to be completed by November Is,
next.
Mrs. Elmira Merrill died of consumption
last Friday evening at her home on Brook
Ign street, aged seven-three years. De-
ceased formerly lived in Orange but has
been a resident of Barre for the past six
years. She leaves three daughters-Mrs.
1a1s Nj A
Mrs. M. +. Jackson. Funeral services
were held at the house Sunday afternoon,
Rev. DR.. S. n. Jackson officiating, and
the body was taken to Orange Center for
burial.
The new hotel project has been abandon
ed. The attempt to raise money by sub
scription to furnish the same was given up
when it was found that but very few Of the
business men were willing to take hold of
it, The proposition was, in fact to raise
about $4,000 and present it outright to e. j.
Gale for the purpose of purchasing furnish
ings. This was not considered good bust.
ness policy, and the men who were able to
help along such scheme gave it the cold
shoulder.
AT the regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil, held last week, Allen & Richardson
we're given permission to build a store
house near the Central Vermont turn table,
provided metallic substance is put on the
roof. The committee on supplies was au-
thorized to arrange for place to hitch
horses at the rear Of the Church street
school house. The committee on streets
was authorized to purchase granite for the
new city building. The parades Of the Sal
walton Army on Sunday were declared a
nuisance and were ordered discontinued.
This does not prohibit holding meetings on
Sunday in the public park.
Sick headache, biliousness, constipation
and all liver and stomach troubles can be
quickly cured by using those famous little
pills known as DeWitts Little Early Ris-
ers. They are pleasant to take and never
ripe. W. e. Terrill & Co.
BrookfeId.
Mrs. All Cram has sister with her son
and daughter spending few weeks with
her.
The. Ladies' Aid Society of the Second
church held very pleasant social with
Mrs. Marcus Peck last Wednesday after
noon. About sixty were present.
Among the arrivals in town last week
were Mrs. e. @. Whestley with her two
sons, Harold and Eddie, and daughter Bes-
sic, of Meriden, Conn, at William G.
Clark's, and Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Coleman
Of Providence, R. l., at Fred Durkee's.
Rev. s. L. Bates Of Burlington preached
again at the Second church last Sunday
morning and at the First church in the az
S'SAAA6 VIZ SotA.A oe
each OF these places. Rev. Mr.. Abercrom-
bic OF West Newbury is expected to supply
these churches next Sunday.
Rev. P. P. Womer of Williamstown will
deliver lecture at the Second church next
Friday evening under the auspices OF the
Ladies' Aid Society. The subject OF his
lecture will be "Mines, Miners and Min
ing" Cake and ice cream will be served
after the lecture Admittance to the lee
ture fifteen cents; to the lecture and supper
twenty-five cents.
East BrookfieId.
A frost in the early part OF last week
damaged corn and beans in some places
here. - A deer was seen near George
Merrill's last week. - Seth McNorton
visited in Hartford last week. Eddie
CLARK, twelve years old, who is stopping a
few weeks at ID. B. Bucks, caught q trout
last week that weighed two pounds and two
ounces - John Todd and Miss Alice
Edwards OF Lowell, Mass, are guests at V.
b. Carpenters. - John Huntley visited
in Barre and Mortified a few days last
week.
Win your battles against disease by act.
| ing promptly. One Minute Cough Cure
produces immediate results. When taken
| early it prevents consumption. And in la.
ter stages II furnishes prompt relief. W. r
Terrill & Co.