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

M. s. STONE, State Superintendent Of
Education, attended the annual banquet of
the Sons and Daughters of Vermont held
last Thursday evening at Hotel Vendome,
Boston.
THE children of E. X. Butler were nearly
suffocated with coal gas last Saturday
morning at Mr.. Buffers house on Elm
street. An open door Of a coal stove was
the cause
GEORGE b. WILLIAMS gave another en-
joyable Shakesperian recital on Monday
evening in the Wood Art Gallery. Because
OF the unfavorable weather his audience
was small.
dinner given last Thursday evening at the
Quincy House, Boston, by Mrs. o. g. Bar
ron in honor Of Mrs. q. II Osgood Of Nor
wich, Conn.
G. w. GUERNSEY had the misfortune to
get his foot under heavy casting at the
shops Of the Lane Manufacturing Company
last Saturday, and is confined to his home
in consequence.
BECAUSE of the illness OF Selectman Dan
iel Worcester, the joint meeting that was to
have been held last Thursday in the office
OF City Clerk Merrill to consider bridge mat
ters, was postponed.
Mr.. AND Mrs. l.. BART Cross start to-day
for st. Louis. From that city they will
take an extended trip through Florida,
pect to be absent several weeks.
The meetings which are being conducted
In Moretown by Rev. N. M. Shaw and Rev.
Mr.. Thompson are well attended The in
terest is good and the services of these men
have been secured for another week.
MISSES KATHERINE BENHAM and Margaret
Chestnut of Burlington, official court re-
porters, were at the Pavilion on Monday,
on their way to Newport and st. Johnsbury
where & N
THE assault case of Mrs. Hartwell Edger-
lly against Joseph Darling, that was to have
been tried last Friday before Justice j. III.
Lucia was postponed indefinitely because
of the absence from the state OF the plain
tiff.
AT the third meeting of the creditors of
the insolvent Montpelier Hardware Com
pany, held on Tuesday, @. H. Fuller filed a
bill of more than $1,S00 against the COM
pany for services performed while he was
manager.
If negotiations now in progress go through
all the Roman Catholic church property in
the diocese Of Vermont will soon be in
sured under a single policy OF 100000 or
more by the Vermont Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company.
The sum of S490.72 has been paid the city
for interest on deposits during the fiscal
year just closed, by the Capital Savings
Bank and Trust Company, one of the few
banks in the state that pays interest on de-
posits subject to check.
MRS. LENA HARTwELL of Portland. Me,
who is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Lane, denies the published report Of her en-
gagement to G.. W. Stewart of this city.
The report originated with Mr.. Stewart and
not with Mrs. Hartwell
Hon. B. f. FIFIELD went to Brattleboro
in the "St. Lawrence" on Monday, accom-
panied by President e. @. Smith, and At
torney Writers, where case of interest to
the Central Vermont railroad was heard on
Tuesday before Judge FL. II. Wheeler.
MANAGER ALLARD and the Company II
basket ball team gave the Burlington boys
a supper at the Montpelier House after the
game last Friday evening. The courtesy
was thoroughly appreciated and the best of
feeling existed between victors and van
quished.
THE newly.elec ed officers of the Topic
Club, connected with Bethany Christian
Endeavor Society are: f. M. Bryan. presi-
dent; W. S. Smith, presidents Miss
Lucy Hutchins, secretary; G. f. Ward, Miss
Alice Taft, Miss Fannie Osgood, nominating
committee.
Col. o. d. CLARK has established his
headquarters at the Armory of Company
II He has appointed past Captain A. G.
Eaton as acting adiutant. The equipment
for regimental headquarters were sent up
from Rrattleboro last Saturday by retiring
Col. Bond.
THE celebration of the seventeenth ami
versary of the founding of Christian En-
deavor societies in America will be observed
by Bethany society on Sunday, February
13. The exact date is January 80, but the
local society observed conservation Sunday
on that date.
s. G. WooLsoN was in Springfield last
Thursday to assist in celebrating the ninety
hirth ant1tu nf 40 har
1t was indeed a happy family gathering,
held at the home Of Mrs. Adna Brown, a
daughter-an occasion never to be forgotten
by those present.
EDWIN BROWN, granite polsher, was ar
rested on Tuesday by Sheriff Bancroft for
intoxication. Before Justice j. II. Lucia
he pleaded guilty and paid fine and costs
of $97. The offerse was committed sew
eral days ago, but the sheriff was unable to
| locate his man until yesterday.
AT the conclusion of the Mildred Brew
| ster hearing at Heaton Hospital last Thurs
day morning the supreme court judges were
shown through the building by George f
! Taplin, president of the board of trustees
| They expressed their approval of what
they saw III earnest and appreciative words
THE drug store of w. e. Terrill & Co
has been designated by Dr. j. II. Lindsey
of the State Board of Health as a station
where physicians can secure material for
making tests in suspected cases of typhoid
fever and diphtheria. These tests are to be
sent to DR.. Lindsey's laboratory at Bur
lington.
THE judges of the Supreme Court were
photographed on the bench last Friday af
ternoon by Artist Wilkinson. The sitting
was at the request of Editor Forbes OF the
Vermonter who wishes to use the picture in
the March number of his periodical This
was the first time the full bench was photo
graphed together.
RUSSELL G. COLLINS of East Montpelier
has Jersey heifer three years and nine
months old that recently gave thirty y-eight
and one half pounds OF milk in one day
from which three and one-fourth pounds ol
butter were made Can any one beat thii
record? Mr. Collirs is soon to make a
seven days. test OF this valuable animal.
THE annual banquet OF the Granite Man
ufacturers' Association and the Grant,
Cutters Union of Barre and Montpele
will be held at the Pavilion Wednesda,
evening, February 16. The committee hav
ing the matter in charge is made up OF III
j. M. Jones, Il. @. Bowers, William Alex
ander, Charles Mcmillan and John Cross.
SUFFER- will be served in the Church o
the Messiah from half past five to sever
o'clock next Friday evening. 1t is prom
ised that the supper will be extra nice, bu