The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-07
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| Barre.
Lewis Duchsrme /, in Newport vbere n.
will spend The holidays.
| H. B. Ha ,son has gone to New Ham..
| shire for months' business trip.
| The Consolidated Lighting Compauv's
| wires on Main street have been resirunR
| Postmaster McWhorter has fx.d ths
bonds OF the local mail carriers at 81. 900.
The house recently vac .ted by Rev. n.
| w. Cummings has been occupied by M chssl
Brown.
The school-house at the corner OF Brook
and Seminary streets has been newly
painted.
Mrs.. E'vira Cook has gone to North
Adams, Mass, to spend some time with her
daughter.
The Emerald Club met Friday evening
with Mrs George Bond when they dis
cussed "Hawthorne."
Richard Vail and Henry Knight are 70
| opel store ahont february next in a looa-
ton Yet To be selected.
Albert Mudgett has moved his family
fr' IN Belfast, Me-. TO this CITY, having occa-
pieu the FoIs!t the place.
The Cleaners held q meeting at the home
OF MISS Hattie Chandler on South Main
strset Tuesday evening.
| Marshall Hopkins Of Mortified, father
OF Frank HnpkiDs Of this city, died az his
home IN NUrtbfeld Thursday.
Work on the new school. house is pro
grrs-ing huely and the plaster masons be-
gun work on the interior to-day.
Constable buchanan ia having a does
head monnud whi h va sent him by bia
brother George from YORK s ate.
Peter Alexander, who has been on six
weeks' visi' with fri-Dds in Rockville, CI,
has returned 10 his home in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Barry have returned
trom Clareinont, N H. where they went 70
attend the funeral Of the lstter's brother.
Miss Ethel Carswell, clerk In the ofics of
W =. Townsend & Co, is spending u six
we-ks' vacation III Waterbury and other
| places.
MrIver & Ruxtou have moved their stous
business from the building owned by
| CoInili & Co. to the shed owned by l.. j,
Bolster.
Cinton N. Fields has sold house and
lot on Mil street to FL. j. Sayton for
81 700. which Was the sum it was appraised
~ las spriug.
Henry Hu'chns, formerly a resident OF
this city hut, for The past ten months resi-
dent Of Top-feld, Mass, has returned to
this CITY for the winter.
The l. W. Whitcomb property, at tho
corner OF North NJ ,iu AID silver street., was
sold last week 10 q. q L-ihrop, at public
auction, the price being 81 0C0.
block of grauite weighing forty Eve
tons, WAS taken from the Quarry OF E. L.
Smi & Co., S Saturday, which has b1en
shipped To the HARRISON Granite Company
The annual meeting and roll call of tho
b ptist church WAS held Tuesday evening
aud was largely attended and was one u
the pleasantest events in the history of the
society
Work on the new city building Ia progress.
sing rapidly and IL is expected that 10 " i'll DO
completed on schedule tina. The quality
OF the work being done is Of the most satis-
factory sort.
Professor Phillips OF Montpelier will give
q musical recital at the 5 minary Friday
evening. These recIals are very enjoyable
events aud there will DO large attendance
at the next one.
The new bowling alley in Morse's block Ia
meeting with large patronage and the
women OF the city are considering the mat
ter Of or lizing club for the purpose OF
pbysica development
The Granite Cutters Union has taken
qusr'ers in thu ID. M. Miles new Main
street block. The suite consists OF three
rooms and they are conveniently located
and well furnished.
City Judge W. A. Royce, recently ap-
| poini ed by Governor Smith. had bis ini-
tiatory snljsct before HIM Monday in the
rerso OF James Mcdonald. charged with
Drunkenness. The judge fined the involun-
tary Cal or Sl2 50.
| Captain Philip l. Barber OF Orange,
Nj 49,, who was a member of the Second
Massachusetts regiment. and who saw ser-
vice before .ntisgo during the Spanish
American war last sum mer, is the guest Of
ID. K. Bisbee in this city.
A couple of youngsters, johnson and
Miller, while attempting to cross Jones
Brothers. pond Sunday evening, broke
through the ice and were about 10 go down
the last time, when Winnie Patch, assisted
by others. pulled them from the water.
Constable Buchanan has been about with
the delinquent taxpayers for the past few
days ami there has been scurrying about
10 get in ont OF the wet" 20 TO sp+ ak
There are few OF the trailers and the con-
stable announces that he shall reap and
spare not
The farewell concert given in the Presby-
terrain church by Durward Lely Friday
evening was highly enjoy able affair a d
there was large attendance. MIR Lely ia
YER a ile aud HIS Efforts TO please his audi.
ence at this concert met the fullest approval
of all pr.s,Dt.
The appointment Of K. w. CummIns 10
the flee OF ci y lquor agent, while IL Great
ed something OF rustic a hr-t, has met
with The general approval aud it is conceded
that the spirits that he supplies mo-
decimal 20 any that have come from the
office since 1t was started.
An rnrhusias ic effort is being put forth to
establish b-anch of the Philadelphia
Building Associ ttion in this ctv. Whether
or not The pre- let will baierializa depends
10 n considerable measure as tn whether tho
people can forget the experience they had
with like concern some time ago.
Rev. Efi- X. NJ. Jones gave very strong
and intei =, ting sermon Ia young men in the
Univrrsalist church Sunday EVENT. &, using
for her subj CT "An Aim in Life" Mrs
Jones said II IL not necessary Tor u Young
m 1O hnmat liu afartlinu bnI rat har ~
have clear idea Of what no wants TO do
and do that we'll"
Ths fund heing raised by popu'ar sub
scrlpron for the nsintsining of n local hand
has reached about $3.50 and there Ia much
interest manifested Ia the project. The
only difficulty At the present time 10 locat-