The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-02-02

INSTRUCTIONS from department headquar-
ers at Washington have been received by
POSTMASTER Sibley to the effect that prior to
April next all letter carriers on his roll
must give bonds in the sum.of $1,000 furnish
I'D by an indemnity company designated by |
The postmaster general. Heretofore the in
dividual bonds Of the carriers have been
case of the city OF Montpelier against the
town Of Elmore regarding the support of a
pauper named Batchelder, In which S168 IL |
involved, was heard before Judge Smile. |
George M. Powers OF Worthwhile appeared |
for the town Of Gilmore and City Attorney |
Carelton for the city. The court reserved |
Its dec sion.
Col. G. s. FORBES OF st. Adams was in
town several days last week, getting ma
terial for the March number OF the Yer
n1onter, which Ia to be devoted largely to
Montpelier. The history Of the town. writ
ten by Hon. Hiram A, Huse, Is nearly COM
pleted, and this number Is sure to be ex-
ceptionally strong, and interesting to Mont
pelier people.
The Boston Globe of last Sunday publish
ed new song, the music for which was
written by George II. Wilder. Mr.. Wilder
returned last Sunday morning from Boston
where he was the successful competitor
by the publishing house OF Bates & Bendix
for the music to a new song entitled "She's
Somebody's Mother"
In his annual report Health Officer Fisk
states that there have been 126 births and
88 deaths in the city during the fiscal year
ending February /. The officer recon-
mended building an enclosure about the
reservoir in Berlin, and the brooks flowing
into it, and also that the city provide pub
lie dump where refuse can be burnea and
the ashes covered with dirt.
CHIEF JUSTICE Ross gave hearing at
the Pavilion last Wednesday noon on the
Randolph case of j. W. Gabriel against s.
NJ. Flint, A. g. Bradish and Ruth Bradish
a question involving the right to certain
Mr. Gabriel and M. M. Wilson for the de
PENDANTS. Chancellor Ross found for the
orator, he to recover his costs.
G. #. BAILEY OF Gouldsville returned last
Thursday from Seattle, Wash, where he is
interested In provision and supply com.
pany that carries freight to the Klondike
region. Mr.. Bailey came east for his wife,
pany with which he is connected has con-
| traeted for S14 600 to take in large amount
Of freight in March and April.
THOMAS WILDEY Encampment of Odd
Fellows will work the Golden Rule degree
at the district meeting, to be held Tue shay
evening, February 10, with Eureka encamp-
ment OF Mortified. Excelsior encampment
Minnehaha encampment of Barre the Royal
Purple degree. d. L. Sanders, past grand
patriarch, will criticise the secret work.
MISS GERTRUDE COCHRAN, so well and IA
vorably known in Montpelier, made her
first appearance in Boston on Friday even
ing, January 28th, at a piano recital given
in Chickering Hall by Mr.. A. e. Prescott
Miss Cochran sang groups of English and
German songs, in which her pure soprano
voice, much broadened and improved by
study, was heard to the best advantage.
She was enthusiastically received by large
and cultured audience.
JOINT meeting of the city council and
selectmen of Berlin will be held at the city
clerks Office on Tuesday, February s. to
talk over bridge matters. Representatives
of the Vermont Construction Company will
be present, and it is expected that at this
time the rumors that the new bridge is not
up to the contract in some particulars will
be verified or proved false. The question of
payment for the Golfer dam, used while the
abutments were laid, will also come up for
settlement.
THE annual report of Gen. j. II. Lucia,
chairman of the board of school directors,
show that the income for school purposes
from all sources during the year ending
February has been S13 296.97 The ex-
penses have been S11,209 &C., of which
S500.70 has been paid for transportation
for text books and supplies S53626 for
fuel S6l7 30; expenses Of the board and SUI
perintendent $500; repairs and improve
ments 1921 II, and salaries of teachers and
janitor SO, 1850.
SHERIFF BANCROFT calls our attention to
several interesting facts regarding the new
check list that was posted last Saturday.
1t contains 1,6l4 names, 1903 of which are
women, gain OF 81 names over last year,
40 men and 16 won n. The making up of
the new list necesstated 631 changes from
"a n n
to $57 900 have all been collected except
1929. a remarkably good showing, with
2. 100 tax payers.
REV. THOMAS ELGAR, the prison evange.
list, was greeted with large congregations
At the three services at which he spoke last
Sunday. He dealt largely with his personal
experiences in the penal institutions of New
England during the twelve years that he
has been engaged in evangelistic work, and
clinched his forceful illus rations with
many homely truth. He went from
Montpelier to Newark, n. j., where he is to
labor for several days.
AMONG the cases heard in supreme court
on Tuesday were Catherine A. Atkins
against Alfred Atkins, bill in chancery,
| involving the life insurance policies OF the
late Hiram Atkins. Case given to Judge
Thompson. A. G. Austin and r. NJ Har.
land for defendent. The mandamus case
of George e. Mcfarland against Mayor j.
w. Gordon was also heard. Case assigned
to Judge Taft.
AT the special city meeting held on Mon
day evening it was voted to pay George
| Wheeler, overseer of the poor, salary OF
$500 per year. Street Commissioner Rob-
erts was instructed to insure the city prop
erty in his charge for $500, instead of 81 200
as heretofore. Louis Barney was granted
licence to do trucking, and Henry e.
Rogers to sell meat. The board voted to
to pay Fred e. Smith STE. for rent OF city
stables, and e. W. Holmes $25.05 for care
OF No. 4 hose house.
THE Montpelier district preachers meet
ing will be held at Woodstock next week
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev.
Andrew Gillies will read paper Tuesday
morning on Modern Sermon Building"
and Presiding Elder L. L.. Beeman will
have charge OF the general experience meet
ing to be held on Wednesday morning. DR.,
E. M. Smith will read paper Tuesday af-
ternoon on "What and How Should a Pas
tor Read? Daily, Weekly, Monthly Issues,
Standard Works."
| DR. JANIS HEDLEY of Cleveland, O., was
the attraction at the opera house last Fri
| day evening. 1t was the sixth entertain
ment in the Young Mems Christian Asso-
| citation Star Course, and DR.. Hedley lee
tured entertainly for an hour and half on
"The Sunny Side of Life" The lecture