The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-10-19
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

| tne city yesterday.
DR. ANa MRS. THOMAS MOUND of Rutland
are in the city for short stay.
Mr.. AND MRS. Alva ALDEN of the Shady
Rill district are the happy parents of twins,
boy and girl, born Monday.
MRS @. II. BALDWIN returned on Satur-
day evening from Nashua, N. H.,
Gov. AND Mrs. SMITH attended Divine
service at Bethany church Sunday MORN
| ing.
HARLOW M. SMITH, George T. Archer and
| Zeb Carbo were at Groton pond over Sun
day.
Mrs. w. H. FARR has sold her boarding
| house on Barre street and has moved to the
| Bacon block.
THE Connecticut General Life Insurance
company has appointed DIR. O. N. Hunt To-
cal examiner.
NAPOLEON LEFEBvRE is taking vacation
OF week from his duties in the bakery OF
@. II. Cross & Son.
THERE were 119 tickets sold at the local
station yesterday for those taking in the
| Boston excursion.
JAMES R. STEWART is clerking in the
store of Fred w. Blanchard while the lat
ter is in Boston.
CAPT. e. N. WRIGHT went to Camp
| Olympia on Monday to look after the prop
erty belonging to the State.
REV. FATHER W. j. O'SULLIvAN went to
| New York on Monday for brief visit to
Hon. T. @. O'Sullivan, his brother.
REV. L. f. FoRTNEY Of Plainfeld will be
the officiating clergyman at the Universalist
church next Sunday at eleven A M
w. B. WALL of West Randolph held the
lucky number 80 that drew the large
bear at Standish's market last evening
FRANCIS HALL, the veteran boot and shoe
maker, is quite seriously i'll. He has taken
little or no nourishment for fifteen days.
Mrs. HENRY o. CARPENTER and daugh-
ter Mabel are with Mr.. Carpenter, the rep
resentative from Rutland, at the Pavilion.
THE annual reunion of the Fourth Ver-
mont volunteer regiment will be held tc .
day in Grand Army ball at eleven o'clock.
THE Garnet Seal circle will meet with
Mrs. A. w. Slocum, No. 10 College street,
next Friday afternoon at two thirty O'Clock.
A. j. S1BLEY left on Monday for Spring
field Mass, on business tIip. He will wis.,
it Troy and Schenectady, n. Y, before his
return.
THE first of series of whist parties was
given last evening by the Catholic Order Of
Foresters at their rooms in the Lawrence
Building.
THE Ladies' reading circle connected
with Trinity church will meet on Tuesday
at two o'clock with Mrs. &. M. Harvey on
College street.
CARL HARBoUaH, who came east with his
mother, accompanying the body OF Mrs.
Wilson to this city, returned to the west
last evening.
THE Woman's Relief Corps Of Brooks
Post. G.. A. R., will provide dinner for the
veterans in their hall, adjoining the G.. A.
r. Post rooms.
ROBERT ROGERS of Swanton, ticket agent
for several months for the Montpelier and
Wells River railroad at Barre, takes the
place of W. e. Nichols as local ticket agent
for that road.
REV. ANDREW GILLIEs delivered the
third of series of Sunday evening lectures
at Trinity church last evening, taking for
his theme "Some Problems and Possible
ties of Our Time"
GEN. SECRETARY MERRILL conducted the
meeting for men held Sunday afternoon in
the rooms of the Young Mems Christian
Association. Satan" was the theme OF Sec
retary Merrills DISCOURSE
THE Catholic fair will be held in Armory
hall during the first two weeks in Novem-
ber Mrs. Raphael Laner, Mrs. Eliza Mil
Ter and Mrs. Nj. l.. Wood are appointed a
committee to solicit contributions.
ALL visiting ladies to the Legislature are
cordially invited to attend the reception
given this evening by the Ladies Auxiliary
OF the Young Mems Christian Association
at the Association rooms from four till six
o'clock.
THE body of Rev. Fl. A. Spencer arrived
in Montpelier from st. Johnsbury Mon
day and was at once taken to Green Mount
cemetery for burial. A large number ol
people followed the remains to their last
, resting place.
LIEUT.. w. II. STERLING was brought from
Fort Ethan Allen to the home of his broth.
. or in this city yesterday noon. He stood
the Journey we'll and bids fair to speedy re-
. covery. He was accompanied by Capt
Jackson OF Barre.
The body of Charles B. Haven, brother
in-law Of Mrs. d. X. Bennett OF this city
arrived here Monday evening from Peabody
Mass. and was buried in Green Mount Gem
etery. The burial service was read by Rev
, j. Edward Wright
The arguments in the celebrated OK case
that has occupied the attention Of county
court 80 long, were concluded and the cast
given to the Jury yesterday afternoon, who
: later rendered verdict for the plaintiff tt
r recover So and costs.
J THE Supreme Court reconvened at tht
State House yesterday forenoon ant
found no cases ready, and adJourne6
until two o'clock when it heard the case o
|, the heirs OF Winifred Brothers OF RUTLAND
VS.. Rutland railroad.
Remember the anniversary of the Yer
, mont Bible society at the State House thii
evening. The business meeting OF tho 30
!, ciety will be held at the rooms of the Young
a Mems Christian Association at three P. NJ
: | Members OF the society ana pAsCOrb o
churches are entitled to vote.
D EDWARD FUNK, who came here recently
from Michigan and has worked at the car
| penter trade and later at the stone cutting
trade in the shop of Harry Bartoli. died yes
Q terday morning at the Heaton hospital at
3 ter severe Illness He has a brother il
I Michigan who will come ON for the remains
; ALEXANDER CARROLL, OF this city, whC
=, drove truck team for Tracy & Robinson
= OF Barre, was struck by train Monday af
: ternoon near the Burnham & Ayers mill IL
y that city, and his left leg was so badl.
= crushed that amputation was necessary
!. He was brought to Montpelier by speca
: train and taken to Heaton hospital, wher
- DIR. c. E. Chandler amputated the leg
,, THE State dental examining committe
8 met yesterday for the examination of candi
3 dates who wish to practice dentistry in tn,
II State. The members Of the board are Drs
,. s. ID. Dodge of Burlington, r. M. Chase o
q Bethel Thomas Mound Of Rutland, A.
Parker of Bellows Falls and G. f. Chene
of st. Johnsbury. The committee also wis
for some amendments to the present law.
~ Ivy LODGE, Daughters OF Rebekah, Is I
l. observe the fifth anniversary OF its institu