The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-09-14

lhe nOube OF hOD6rt Merchant on Smith 9
meadow was raided last week and guam
tity of lwhiskey gin and ale was secured
Justice Scott fined Merchant $40 and COSTS
amounting to SOL 16, which he paid.
Captain Badger was ordered to report to
Camp Olympia for duty last Saturday. He
Is for the present in charge of the detail OF
| troops left there from the First Vermont reg
iment to guard government property.
A reception was given city representa-
tive elect George T. Swasey on Monday
evening at his home on Seminary street.
Several speeches were made and music was
furnished by the Transatlantic band
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Sector died last Friday OF spinal
meningitis. The funeral services were
held at the house ON Division street Sun
day afternoon Rev. I. III. Mitchell officiat-
ing.
The street commissioners held a meeting
at police headquarters last Thursday night
to hear pleas from the abutters on Pleasant
street. None of the interested parties were
present, however, and the hearing was adj
journed two weeks.
Miss Lucy De Ford was discharged for
lack of evidence by Judge Barney last Fri
day afternoon on charge of larceny which
was against her. A. G. Fay appeared for
the State, and William Wishart and S. II.
jackson for the defence.
Peter McDermott was convicted before
OuStice H. w oCouJ MONDAY morning OF a
third offence OF intoxication and was fined,
with costs, S56.61. He took the alternative
sentence of sixty days in the house of COR
rection at Rutland.
Miss Edith Barnes, assistant principal of
the High School, entertained the school
teachers of Barre last Friday evening at her
home on Highland Avenue. Twenty-seven
teachers were present and they represented
nearly every school in the city.
Rev Frank II Gala of the Harvard hi.
vinity school has been visiting at his home
in Barre during the past week. He has
recently received unanimous call from
the Unitarian church in Sudbury, Mass
which he will probably accept.
The hearing in the McElroy against Nc
S. Stanton of Roxbury for several days was
closed last Friday. The master will make
his report to Judge Start at the present
term of Washington county court.
Charles Leeman was arrested last Satur-
day evening by Officer Brown on the COM
plant of several ladies that he had at
tempted to assault them. Justice Scott
fined him $40 and costs, and if he is again
caught at such dastardly business 1t will go
hard with him.
Only one arrest in Barre the day of the
celebration speaks we'll for the good order
of the city. Torrance McKane of Webster
Vile was taken in Wednesday morning by
a disturbance on North Main street. He
was fined with costs $10.61.
Taking effect last Saturday, and until
further notice, passenger trains now leave
Barre for the quarries on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays instead of daily as here
tofore. On the days mentioned through
passenger coach will leave the Wells River
depot at Montpelier at 1: P. M, returning
arriving at Montpelier at 1920 P. M.
A local association of the Clerks Nation
al Protective Association was organized in
Barre last Thursday evening with twenty
charter members. The officers elected are:
Frank Merchant. president; A. 9. More, first
president; W. j. Mclean, corresponding
secretary; b. I. Staples, financial secreta-
ry; Il. j. Owens, treasurer, and Michael
Huntington, guardian.
Representatives from fourteen out OF
nineteen towns in the county met at Barre
last week to organize veterans association.
1t was voted to call the organization the
Washington and Orange County Veterans
Association and to hold a reunion at Dewey
park some date the last week in September.
An organization was effected by the cleo
ton Of George T. Conner OF Barre, presi-
dent; L. M. Hutchinson Of Montpelier, vice.
president; j. II. Lucia Of Montpelier, treas
urer; j. r. Wilson of Worcester, secretary.
An executive committee consisting Of G. M.
Felt .of Berlin, w. e. Bliss Of Calais and
Edward Baker Of Montpelier was also elect
ed. 1t was voted to extend an invitation to
the Veterans OF Orange county to Join the
association.
The funeral of William r. Durham, q
member OF Company e, held last Thursday
afternoon, was very largely attended. Brief
services were held at the home OF Mrs.
William Durkee, his sister, after which the
remains were taken TO the Universalist
church. The floral designs were many and
beautiful and the interior OF the edifice was
draped with flags. Six Of his comrades
from Company acted as bearers and the
remainder of the Company, under command
OF Captain Badger, acted as escort and fred
volley over his grave. Rev. Effie X. M.
Jones delivered an appreciative and touch
ing discourse. Goddard Seminary, of which
Mr.. Durham was member OF the faculty
at the outbreak of the war, was closed
Thursday, and the faculty and students at
tended the funeral in body. The burial
was in Hope cemetery.
| A conservative estimate places the num-
Der OF visitors in Barre last Wednesday as
1900. 1t was by far the largest crowd
Barre has ever seen and probably larger than
will be seen here again for years to come.
When the parade started from North Barre
at eleven o'clock the streets from that point
to the trotting park were solid mass OF hui
manity, while every window and point OF
vantage ground for view of the procession
was crowded with people. Chief Marshal
Alexander Bruce and twenty-five aids led
the procession. The Montpelier Military
Band and Companies e Of Barre, II Of
Northfeld, II Of Montpelier and ID of st.
Johnsbury were at the head. The troops
were under charge of Major Bonnette and
and were loudly cheered along the entire
route. Other organizatins in the parade
were CrandalI Post, the Spaulding High
School cadets, Page Camp, Sons OF Veter-
ans, the Barre Fire Department, the Cath
Ollie Order of Foresters. the Order of Scot
fish CLANS, the Uniformed Rank knights
of Pythas, the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics and the Odd Fellows.
There were a large number of floats repre-
senting the merchants and manufacturing
firms in the city, many OF them being very
attractive. Eight bands and two drum
corps furnished music. The procession was