The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-05-25
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

on MONDAY.
Mrs. @. II. BALDWIN is visiting in Charles
town, Mass.
Mr.. AND MRS. j. W. BROCK visited in
Barnet last week.
@. w. BRowNELL, secretary Of State, was
in town on Tuesday.
MRS. JAMEsS. PRICK returned from Bur-
lintgon on Tuesday.
G. H. DEM1No went to Boston on Monday
for brief business trip.
MISS HANNAH PATTERSON is very i'll at
the home of P. j. Ledden.
9. N, AND A. j. PHILLIPS went to Green's
boro on Monday on fishing trip.
Mr.. AND Mrs. GEORGE L. BLANCHARD
are visiting in New York and Boston.
GEORGE L. FRIEND of Northfeld is work.
ing for the Flanders & Pierce Company.
MISS BERTHA MAE DEw1Na of Duxbury is
visiting Prof. and Mrs. George Elmore.
MILES STANDIsH went to Lisbon, N. H.,
last Saturday to pitch for base ball game.
CHITTENDEN and Caledonia county bars are
largely represented in supreme court this
week.
MISS M. e. TRoMBLEE went on Monday
for short visit to her sister in West New
ton, Mass.
L. b. JOHNSON OF Randolph and Hon. b.
b. Smalley OF Burlington were in town on
Tuesday.
MRS. d. A. GUPTIL was called to Fellows
Falls on Tuesday by the serious illness of
her mother.
DANIEL BIssELL of Lowell, Mass was the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Stowel over
last Sunday.
CHARLES F. RowELL has purchased of
Thomas Winters his house and lot on Up
per Main street.
REV. FATHER w. j. O'SULLIvAN has been
at Burlington this week assisting in forty
hours devotion.
MRS. V. A. GRADY OF Ipswich, Mass, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. John Voodry,
who is critically i'll.
II. R. KENNEDY of Warren has been en-
ployed by Charles A. Smith, the marble
dealer, as salesman.
The Epworth League Reading Circle will
meet this evening with Mrs. Merrill Russell,
ON lower State street.
OUGHTNEY JANoRAw has opened branch
barber shop on lower Maine street. Charles
B, Pratt is in charge.
LUCIAN HOWE, operator at the Western
Union office, was with his family in Bur-
lington over last Sunday.
Hon. j. II. HASTINGS and wife of Waits
field were the guests of Mrs. j. V. Babcock
last Thursday and Friday.
MRS. FRANK w. BROWN returned last
Friday from Concord, and is at the home
of j. G. Farwell, her father.
REV. AND MRS. ANDREW GILLIKs are re-
ceiving congratulations on every hand on
the birth OF daughter Monday evening.
GEORGE d. BUTLER and daughter, Ethel,
attended the golden wedding Of sister OF
Mrs. Butler held on Monday at Pelham,
N. H.
j. W. PECK drove to Camp Olympia last
Wednesday, taking with him the horse that
had been purchased for the use of Colonel
Clark.
MR.. AND MRS. c. N. ARMS have taken
rooms at the Blanpied house on Baldwin
street and are boarding at the Montpelier
house.
THE Woman's auxiliary to the Young
Mems Christian Association will hold its
monthly business meeting today at three
o'clock.
GEORGE A. MURCH, superintendent OF the
Worcester Construction Company, was at
his home in Worcester, Mass, over last
Sunday
TYLER A. THOMPSON and Miss Clara L.
Riley, both OF Barre were married at Christ
church last Wednesday morning by Rev. A.
N. Lewis.
NEWELL NELSON, the well-known driver
of the Barre express team, has been i'll with
diphtheria at his home in Barre during the
past week.
GEORGE III. WILDER goes to Franconia
Inn, White Mountains about July /, where
he has an engagement with an orchestra for
the season.
MRS. A. o. CUMMINs and Mrs. Fannie M.
Pitkin returned last Saturday from Pierre,
s. d., where they have been visiting for
several weeks.
SEVERAL cases Of loaded shells were ship
ped last week from the State arsenal in this
city to Watervliet, N. Y, to be sent from
there to Florida.
REV. DIR. E. M. SMITH preached at Trim
ity church last Sunday morning in the abb
| sence of Rev. Andrew Gillies. The even
| ing service was omitted
DEPUTY SHERIFT @. q. Graves OF Water
bury was in town last Saturday for the first
| time since he received a severe injury to his
right leg two months ago.
MRS. CHARLES HOLLIS, who was called to
Montpelier by the illness and death Of Mrs.
Charles e. Perrin returned on Monday to
her home in Braintree, Mass.
WILDER street is now open for travel.
Considerable work remains to be done to
complete this highway but it was thrown
open to the public on Monday,
Mr.. AND MRS. FL. A. BOWERS and Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Mitchell, parents OF the latter,
went last Saturday to Montreal. From
there they go to Quebec for brief visit.
FRED ADAMS, a former manager Of the
Pavilion, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. @.
| Adams, his parents. Mr.. Adams Is con-
ductor on buffet car on the New York
| Central railroad.
MRS. E. B. DwINELL of Marshfeld is Wis
iting Mrs. j. w. Caustic, her daughter, and
will attend the County Woman's Christian
Temperance Union that opens on Thurs
day in Trinity Church.
NAPOLEON DUBEc, the contractor was in
town last week from Manchester, N. H., in
consultation with George II. Guernsey re-
garding the completion Of the Catholic
| church ON Barre street.
THE Montpelier Military Band has an en-
gagement at Berlin Corner next Monday
forenoon. The band will return in time to
take part in the parade and exercises at the
opera house in the afternoon.
MRS. ANNIE W. BROWN of Brattleboro Is
reporting proceedings in federal court. She
is accompanied by Miss Jennie 4. Rankin
OF Burlington, stenographer for George e.
johnson, clerk OF United States court.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT is to preach in
Middlesex, next Sunday, at two P. N. Sub
ject: "In the Nations Direst Need" Vet
Grams OF the War OF the Rebellion, and
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