The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-07


store OF Arthur Allen, Jr., on Sta street.
THE Heraii and NeDs of Randolph says :
The appointment Oi Edward II Dravitt Oi
| Montpelier, as referee in bankruptcy for
Wa hiDgton cnut ty, IL distinct cOmpli-
M nt 20 one Of the States brightest young
Lawyers"
FORFEIT ID PARKER who recently WEI
from ihis CITY 10 bangor, Me TO take the
position Of bookkeeper ior the Swift Beef
| Conn a ~, writes to friends in this CITY that
he likes the place frsLrate. Winter has
not rel in there yer.
The local mere ants who have been deal
/ ing iu trading stamps have arranged to
abandon ihem January and sll Of the
holders OF staup books will, on the presenta
tion Of ull books, bs awarded their prem
ums AZ per agreement.
CHARLIE, the young son OF Dr.. c. K
CbaUuler, met with painful sccd-n
while sliding down hill one day last week,
| coming in contact with s'one hicbing
post, striking IT, with his head with such
force as to lender him unconscious.
MADAM BEAR, who with her two young
! cubs, las been wandering about in the vi.
| ctnity of Moretown. was run down by
| huut>man last week who was evidently
| posse sed of more curiosity than grit. At
any rate he returned without any game.
f. X. DAwLEY. the expert safe opener
WAS called to Fairlee one day last W -k
uhere he opened saf- in the town office
hat had DE- led the ffi,ials for more than a
year, in ltss Than all hour, and the husi-
ness men in that town want 10 give him u
| medal.
EDWARD RoLEAU, who cut his foot quite
seriously Sunday morning, while pruning
an apple tree in his dOor-I Hrd--adv-rse TO
his wifr's " wishes-i- 10 to br about again
He think that he is more fam lar with the
Geo ge Washington "hatchet" story than
he ever was before.
Hon ID. j. FOSTER. chairman, Hon. AL
fred Watson aud j. ID. Miller, the new
hoard If railroad com IN -siouers, met at the
STATE House Tuesday afternoon TO map on
The work II the hoard for the mouth uf De-
C, n.b-r. r. g Smith, clerk of the retiring
| ht a Il was present sud turned over the
books OF The Office to / is successor.
A CONTEMPORARY enlarges enormously
on a buck story Of CORY hue whcn purpurts
| to e me- from a Bel lin man. II the 7. % .rt-d
budde Of deer in Berlin is to be believed it
would seem that the law enacted by the
present Legislature is about ~ only thing
That would prevent tue entire inhabitants
of he State from living on venison.
IF the trading stamp business is all right
why is 1t ltgislatd out of every s ate
where IL has established itself 10 do bus-
ness? This has no reference or brarirg on
| the local dealers nor was the law aimed II
The III sp cltioally. The onlv paper that ha Is
got on er ,neous on the subj CT il the "com-
plete newspaprr"-complt tely egoristical.
E l.. WRIGHT of An ierbpru, Mlnn. ma
tive OF this S,aIe and AT one time emp oy ed
| in this city, IL on from hit western home to
visit The people in and the place If his IA
tiviiy. Mr.. Wright arrived in This city Sat-
urday aud after taking dinner AZ one OF The
| hotels, spent some lime in looking over the
city before starting for Worcesre or, his birth
place, and where he is to spend some time
THE State board Of railroad commission
| "a ill hold hliC hearing a l.
| Ter next week f. id iy in the rooms OF the
| C mmiss onrr4 at the ale House on the
death Of the Russian jew at Montpelier
| Junction, wbicu occurred several mon bs
| ago. L. is probable that The death OF Geo
K. Morse at Barre will be investigated at
the same time.
In confo nifty with the recommendations
made by the Inspector of Flual Co in his
ast report TO the Legislature, the Mont
p-lier Savii g. Bank aud Trust Co. has de-
cidrd to rtd"ce the rate of interest on de-
| pusitS to three per Cent. md the rate 1T iu-
terest 10 five per C on all loans due
| The bank cured by mo- cages III Vermont
to take effect January /. 1889.
THE residence of E. NJ. Nichols near
Camps Mills," with the barns aud ou'-
building were burned on Tuesday fore
noon. The fire. was due to a def, civ.
chimney. Mr. Nichols succetded in taviug
his no ses and cattle, but nearly all his
household goods, hay grain and far ming
Io"ls were otHl loss rhe property WAS
insured for 1900 in the v. V.rmont Mutual,
aud the total loss will probably exceed
$1,000.
The Worcester special town meeting held
Monday afternoon, which has been NJ 4ted
for bre zy affair lasted bnt one hour and
WAS so placid Ihst it WAS more like ~ cial
event han what it was proph-sied TO br.
The purpose of the meeting was to -lrc CT ).
school direc or TO succeed II T. kellogg.
/ There 100 VOTE and II A lI.u
received 73 1T the number nnd WAS ell, cfed
on the first ball"tt III. L. X ,llogg receive d
The remaining 27 votes.
T c. PHINNEY, sergrant-a'- -arms, received d
on Monday The bill for lighurg The Sta =
House during the recent session and Was
suTpri 'ed as well az grstifi-d To find il SIS
le-s than WAS the charge Tor lighting th-
Capitol with gas duri, the session of 1866
When the addi ional and improved hghl
aud he longer session of this year are taken
into account the wisdom of changing III.
lighting system from gas to electricity il
cl sarly apparent.
w. A. SHAW. observer at the Norihfi I'D
station. furnishes the following meteor, log
ical summary for the month of Novemh-
Mean r-mperature, 32o; highest tempera
nrr, 6lo, November II; lowest temperature
| 10, NOvrmbtr 20; total prtcipltatiol l. I ~
inches; Prevailing direction of wind, south
tptal movement OF wind, 69i4 miles; max
imum velocity Uf wind, AZ miles an hour
NJvruhe g; number ot cI-ar days, Z; partly
cloudy days, 8; cloudy days, II.
REv GEORGE w MORROW for the past
eight years pastor OF the Christian chui Oh
at Randolph, has resigned, to accept the
Suprrinleudencv OF the anti saloon league
in this State, wi headquarters at Bul.
lnglon, aud will enter upon the duties OF
his 1 flee as soon AZ a successor in his p AZ
torate Can be installed Mr., Morrow i-fr
Monday afternoon for Ohio, where he will
speud a couple Of weeks. The pulpit will
Ia occupied. next SUNDAY, by Rev. W. III.
Chidey Of N-wm irkei, Out.
K. ID BLACKWELL OF this city is authority
TO the staGem-ut hat bids will prob a 1ly he
received about December IL for turulshiny ?
tue materials aud for construciing the pro,
posed wateI-poweT nlant ut Brandon which
is to cost about S75 0n0 The plant will
have 3I5 feet h-AI. l 200 horse power
There will be 100 horse power impul "a
wheel, 600 X w alternating generator OOO
feet O' steel penstock. transformers, TO IT. %.
up to Is 600 VOLS and back To 2 600 volis; 66
00O pounds OF coppsr wire, erc. IL viii oe
QUE OF the most extensive plants in this
a'e.
DR.. w. E LAWRENCE OF Worcester aud
MiSs E iith, daugnter OF Perley Bidwel Of
MOukLOn Ridge. were married at IhA rpai-