The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-31
(, VT. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 81, 1898.

WILL l.. SCovILLE, formerly of Montpe-
lier, now a member Of Company A, First
Vermont regiment from Rutland, was In
town last Saturday.
stone sheds with new steam power and
heating plant. The boiler is one hundred
and fifty horse power.
MRS. LIZZIE McGILL OF Washington, d.
O., has been the guest of Mrs. o. =. For
bush and Mr.. and Mrs George w. Wing
during the past week.
MISS MATTE KELLEY, formerly OF this
city, died last week in Winooski of spinal
meningitis. The burial was in Lake view
cemetery, Burlington.
THE state railroad commissioners were in
town on Tuesday. On invitation Of Super
intendent 7. K. Smith they rode to Barre
and return on the electrics.
A DELEGATION from Montpelier lodge,
Knights of Pythias attended the funeral Of
Corporal Harry d. LamsoD, held last We'd
nesday afternoon at Barre.
GEORGE d. COVE, native Of East Mont
pelier Center, and member OF the Third
Vermont Artillery in the civil war. died re-
Gently at Roseburg, Oregon
g. A. G.. JACKSON was nominated for city
representative at the Democratic caucus,
held last Wednesday evening in the grand
jury room at the court house.
THE town of West Fairlee has contracted
with Charles A. Smith to erect handsome
marble tablet over the entrance to Dean
Memorial hall at West Fairlee.
THE dates Of holding the State Christian
Endeavor convention at Bellows Falls have
been changed to Tue esday, Wednesday and
Thursday, October IL, IL and 13.
Miss LILA THRALL returned from Rut-
land ON Tuesday, where she has been dur
ing the summer vacation. She will open
her kindergarten next Monday.
WILLIS PORTER of Waterbury was
brought to Montpelier and lodged in Jail
yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Graves to
serve ten days for intoxication.
THE ball game between the Montpelier
and Marshfeld teams, that was to have
been played at Plainfeld last Wednesday,
has been postponed to next Saturday.
DIR. w. w. BROCK has purchased of Les
ter ii. Greene his residence on State street.
which he is to use for an Office and mfr
mary. The purchase price was $4,000
CHARLES WHEELER returned on Monday
to his duties in osteopathy at Kirksville,
Mo, after summer vacation spent at the
home OF Luther s. Wheeler. his father.
ONE OF the last official acts of retiring
postmaster Sibley was to procure Bundy
time clock for registering the arrivals and
departures from the Office OF the carriers
The Cecilia and Arion quartetes and
several others from this city attended corn
roast last Friday evening at the home of
Chauncey Poor on the shore of Berlin Pond.
SURGEON GENERAL Sternberg has prom
sed to deliver an address before the Yer
mont Sanitary Association, at meeting to
be held at Montpelier, Tuesday, October %.
THE attendance at the opening of the fall
term at the Mont pelier Seminary on Tues
day was very gratifying, and the prospects
for an unusually successful term are bright.
A SPECIAL session OF United States court
for naturalization purposes was held last
evening in the federal building, Judge II.
II. Wheeler presiding. Quite a company
came down from Barre to take out their
papers.
REV. GEORGE w. PERRY OF Rutland,
State Geologist, and an assistant, have been
at the State House for several days, putting
the cabinet in order for the coming legisla-
tive season.
ROBERT E. HENDERSON, conductor on the
Montpelier and Wells River railroad, won
the wrestling match and purse OF $40, with
Henry Welch of this city at the East Cor
inth fair last week.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT, the pastor, is
expecte d to preach at the Church of the
Messiah next Sunday morning and also to
conduct the communion service at four in
the afternoon.
EDWARD FELT, conductor on an electric
car, was struck in the forehead by the han
die of semaphore last Wednesday even
ing and bad cash was cut. Dr. l. H. Fisk
dressed his injuries.
REV. N NEWTON GLAzIER of Greenfield,
Mass, was unable to keep his appointment
to preach at the Baptist church last Sunday,
because of the funeral Of relative which
occurred on that day.
OF the 125 patients treated at Heaton
Hospital during the two years that institu-
tion has been.open, only eighteen have died,
and twelve OF these were in hopeless con-
dition when admitted.
MISS JULIA PECK gave party to twenty
| FIVE Of her young friends last Thursday
evening, at her home on Elm street King
pedro and dancing were enjoyed, and light
refreshments were served
MRS. L. Il. WILLIS, the optician, has
opened an Office with Dr. L. III. Fisk. She
! is at her office on Mondays and Thursdays
and at other times can be found at her
rooms at the Willard house.
THE school directors met Monday even
ing and elected Miss Alice NJ. Baird OF
Watsield to succeed Mrs. Della Thompson
| Waterman as teacher in the primary de-
partment of the Union school,
III. G. GLEASON has been in New York and
Boston markets during the past week pre-
pairing for the fall and winter trade. Mrs
Gleason and Miss Louise, his sister, spent
last Sunday with him in Boston.
mKSES Lizzie AND MARY OTIMsON arrived
home last Thursday evening Miss Lizzie
has been abroad for about six months, and
her sister has been visiting for severa
weeks in Massachusetts and Connecticut
MISS FLORENCE KELSEY, a former popular
teacher in the Montpelier public school, wai
a member of the chorus choir which sang al
the ceremony connected with the raising o.
the American flag at Honolulu, ON Angus
II, last.
ADJUTANT WALTER STERLING, who ha.
been dangerously i'll with typhoid fever a
Fort Ethan Ellen since the regiment arriv
ed there. is reported little better, and hi
friends have strong hopes of his ultmat,
recovery.
II. e. FREER, substitute mail carrier lef
on Tuesday with his family for Kingston
n. Y, where he has an engagement for sew
eral weeks to play with the band of tha
city. A. e. White takes Mr., Freer's place
as carrier.
PHILIP, son of f. E. Buck of Worcester
was killed last Sunday afternoon by beint
thrown from his bicycle while crossing tn
bridge at Worcester Corner to the stream
fifteen feet below, He lived only a few
hours after the accident.
WE are indebted to Rev. A. N. Lewis 70
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translation into English of the poem, "For