The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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SMITH A. BROOKS and E. A, Brooks of
St. Albaus are guests of S. s. Ballard and
family.
FIFTEEN persons have expressed their in
tention of joining g. II. Elmore's dancing
class this winter.
Miss NELLIE WHELAN of this city has
taken the position Of organist in st. Moni-
cas- church at Barre.
THE Olympia Orchestral club will furnish
q concert for the Waitsfied Lecture course
some time in February.
LIEUT.. WALTER j. STERLING who has been
i'll in This city for some time, has been taken
to his home in Wells River.
j, G. BROWN and g. e. White have gone
to ST. Johns river in Maine, on two
weeks hunting and fishing trip.
FRANK e. McGoRRIE is confined to the
house th a severe bowel trouble that re-
sembles peritonitis and his friends are So
licitous regarding the result.
ST PETERS court of Foresters has added
10 new members to its order this week.
The court has booth in st. Augustine's
fair which opened last evening"
EDITOR f. e. HOWE of the Record, who
has been considerably indisposed for sew
eral months, at times, is contemplating
trip to the South the coming winter.
GEORGE HILL of Middlesex, who figured
in runaway on Main street Thursday
evening, was be ore the city court yesterday
and was fined $1151 for drunkenness.
THE funeral of the late George d, Cutler of
East Montpelier, who committed suicide
Monday, was held from his late home
on Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock.
THE special meeting of the city council,
for the purpose of settling the Jay street
matter, as pertaining to land damages asked
for by A, Galaise, was postponed from
Wednesday to Friday evening.
MRS. SAMUEL MANN of Troy, N " a sis
ter of the late Mrs. Arthur Allen, and
Thomas Allen and his wife and their son of
Springfield were here on Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of the late Arthur Allen.
ALLAN EATON, who has been stopping in
this city for the past seven weeks, returned
on Wednesday from week 8 trip to Boston,
Manchester and Laconia. Mr.. Eaton will
remain in this city four weeks longer.
The local Olympia Guitar and Mandolin
club is pressed with dates for furnishing
music for entertainments. They have
played for Mrs. e. @. Smith at her recep-
lions, and their music is pronounced as
excellent.
MRS. Polly d. ScRIBNER, who has been
engaged in the millinery business in this
city for many years, is to dispose OF her
business and retire to private life. At
present she is the only octogenarian in the
city in business.
THE Seminary foot ball eleven is playing
some excellent games this season and it is
disheartening that they cannot pull off a
victory occasionally. The U. V. M. team
of Burlington defeated them by the score
of Ito, Wednesday.
NED G. HAINEs, who is regarded as be-
ing clever in minstrelsy and particularly
efficient as an end man, will go to West
field, Mass, Thanksgiving week, to take
part in a performance to be given in that
place by local talenA
Work on the large dam at Bolton Falls is
progressing very we'll in spite of the deal Of
rainy weather which we have had of late.
The structure is already over eight feet
above the water and each days work
makes noticeable advancement. The
work is being well done in every particu-
lar.
G. b. MARTIN of this city formerly in the
First National bank here has been manager
of Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain dur
lug the past season. Mr.. Martin, who has
been the guest of friends in this city, re-
turned on Friday to his home lin Chatta-
noogo, Tenn.
Quietly and unobtrusively the name OF
Miss Nellie P Hubbard of Willimantc,
Conn, appears on the register at the
Pavilion. Nothing except that she has a
$4,000 ticket in the railroad lottery as all
unsecured creditor, and is here to look
after her interests.
THE Epworth League Reading circle OF
the Methodist church, met for the first time
this season Friday evening with Mrs j. 4.
Waterman and there was good attendance.
The circle will read United States history
this season and it is sure to be pleasant
and profitable one.
EDWARD ENRIGHT, employed in one OF
the stone sheds in this city, met with a
very serious accident yesterday morning
and one that will retire him from business
for some time. Enright was engaged in a
frian61v wraatlipD match whpn ba fall
breaking his left arm.
BARREL of kerosene oil sprung leak
in front of Marvin & Sherburne's store
on Friday afternoon, and some rollicking
youth touched the saturated spot with q
lighted match. For a few minutes il
looked as If there was full hedged con.
f1agration in progress.
this city who stands ready, with the con-
sent OF the city council, to remove the
truckmen's house from Haymarket square
or paint it, The former offer, il carried
out, would result in pleasing the entire
public and the latter would be an improve
ment.
ARTHUR STONE, native of this city, who
enlisted into the United States regular
army from Worcester, Mass, at the out
break of the Spanish. American war, and
Tough here, will go on the fifteenth to For,
Jackson, Mo-, where his regiment will bt
quartered for the winter.
THE following real estate transfers have
been recorded with the city clerk: D. d
Nelson and wife to Emma @. Ryle, LAND
and building on Barre street, for SO 800
Emma G. Ryle to d. ID. Nelson, house anC
lot on Barre street, for $1,000, and Eller
w. Hinckley and husband TO Ira d. Har
ran, lot on Seminary hill, for $500.
THE work of setting the poles for tn,
twenty-five trial incandescent lights, as or
dered by the city council some weeks ago
does not start 1t was thought that they
would be set at once but as the present con
tract for street lighting does not expire un
til March /, the poles may not be set unit
next spring. These lights will be used at
ter twelve o'clock at night only.
DR.. /. H. FIsKE, who has just returned
from Saranac Lake, N. Y, where he wen
to visit his son, Harold A. Fiske, who ha
been spending the summer there for hi
health has returned. DIR. Fiske says tina
he has improved much in health the pas
season, but he will not come to this city a
he had thought of doing. The visit will
probably be deferred until next spring
AT the special meeting of the city council
Friday evening AldeIml Al Blanchard occu
nie1 tba chair in tha almanac nf MANOR Gap