The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-01-26

Granite Company held their annual meet
ing last Friday ut the Office OF George W.
Wing. Officers elected for the ensuing
| year are: President, Charles III. More Of
Montpelier; vioe-presdent, o. W. Norcross
| OF Worcester, Mass. treasurer, W. Bige-
low OF Boston; secretary, George W. Wing
OF Montpelier.
DULL times are unknown at the United
| States Clothes Pin mandatory in this city
Over 1000 gross of pins have been shipped
| durRg the past two nths, some OF them
| to foreign countries. Tue firm received an
order on Monday from Copenhagen. The
letter accompanying the order showed that
| type writers and the English language are
in use in that far away city.
REPREsENTATIvEs of r. e. Henderson
and Edward Desc, with the principals, met
| at the Exchange hotel last Thursday to ar
| range another wrestling match between
Desc and Henderson. They were unable to
| agree upon the size of the purse that should
| go to the winner or to unite on a referee,
consequently all negotia ions for a return
match are off for the present.
The members Of Mount Sinai Temple,
Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine, will go on a
| pilgrimage to ST. Johnsbury on Tuesday,
February 8 Delegations from Lancaster
Ltconia, Plymouth and Woodsvile will
| join the party at Wells River. The order
will be conferred upon class Of twenty or
more, after which banquet will be served
at the the new Avenue house.
ABOUT twenty members Of "The Wheel"
| held the first meeting for two years last
| Wednesday with Col. and Mrs. A. G.
Brown. Tea was served after which pro-
gressive whist was played for two hours or
| more. SO pleasant and successful was this
gathering IL is probable that weekly meet
ings OF this club will again be held.
MARY, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius
G. Stone, died last Thursday OF spinal men-
ingitis, sup 9rinduced by the grip. She was
bright, lovable girl, and the parents have
the profound sympathy of large circle OF
friends. The funeral was held Saturday af-
| ternoon from ST. Augustine's church, Rev.
Father w. j. OSulivan officiating, and the
burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
THE bills for building the abutments and
have nearly all been paid The share the
| city of Montpelier had to meet for the
bridge and abutments, is, in round numbers,
! $4,000. III an asphalt roadway is laid, as
contemplated, this will cost the city at
least $1,000 more, making it on the whole
some hing OF an expensive structure.
Fl M DUFUR of Waterbury has left at
this Office a copy Of The Daily Citizen, pub
| lished at Vicksburg, Miss, July 4, 1858 1t
is printed on common wall paper, and re-
| fers in detail TO Grants first dinner in
| Vicksburg aft its surrender. AS souve-
mir of the war this paper is OF rare value.
and is of espe cal interest to those who wore
the blue in the Vicksburg camp Aign.
PAPERS were served on Tuesday on Street
Commissioner G. b. Roberts and John
O'Brien, one of his men. in the suit brought
by j. w Caustic for trespAss on freehold,
| in taking away a fence on Cliff street on
land owned by Caustic. This case has been
hanging fire for several months, and grew
out Of the Cook road case. The matter will
doubtless come up before the city council
tonight
DMLINGHAM Huse & Howland, and Lord
& Carleton. COUNSEL for S. L. Howe, g. n.
Arms and Charles Lawrence, orators, have
brought a bill in chancery against @. II.
More, receiver of the Consolidated Granite
Company, to compel Mr.. More to carry out
certain agreements claimed by orators. The
case will be heard at the March term OF
Washington county court.
THE decision of Judge Holmes OF the
Massachusetts supreme court that all poll
cies in the Massachusetts Benefit Associa-
tion maturing before the appointment OF q
receiver must be paid in full is of interest
to Montpelier people, inasmuch az the late
Prot. s. j. Blanpied carried a policy ol
So, 600 in that association, and receiver
was appointed several months after Pro
fessor Blanpied's death.
AS precautionary measure against the
spread Of typhoid fever in This city next
summer Health Officer DR.. 1. H Fiske has
served notice on the ice company that ICE
to be used for any domestic purposes mus
:
pollution OF this stream at East Barre and
Barre and the consequent epidemic of ty'
phoi fever at Barre ia consequence led the
officer to take this step.
In Supreme Court on Tuesday morning
G. 7. Swasey, city attorney Of Barre, ask
ed for a writ of mandamus that should com
pei Mayor Gordon to sign a warrant for sal
ary claimed by Alderman Mcfarland o
that city. 1t is in the form of test cas-,
and the matter will be given a hearing mex
! Friday morning. Mayor Gordon has unit
Thursday to file an answer
, LENA WHITNEY, who claims East Barre a
her home, made a spectacle of herself ol
. the street and at the Union House on Mon
day, while in an intoxicated condition
: She came to town again on Tuesday ant
, , entered complaint with Grand Juro
= Carleton that she was robbed on Monday q
: her watch and money. She may wei
thank her lucky stars that she did no
spend Monday night in Jail.
i T. T. RAsNEY of Springfield, Mass, ha
; purchased of Harry b. Tdplin the stock q
: goods in the Boston Bargain Store, and ha
:. taken possession. Ill health and inabilit
u TO Withstand the rigors OF New Englan
'' winter compelled Mr.. Taplin to retire NJ
Ranney was formerly clerk for George
It TapliD, and both he and his wife have
r. wide circle of friends who will rejoice q
o their return to Montpelier to reside.
q THE Consolidated Lighting Compan
>, laid gas main across the new bridge las
Friday. 1t was encased in wood, and pach
ed in sawdust, to protect it from sever
cold After the work was completed prt
VI emptory orders were received from th
o bridge foreman to remove the same. Th
10 orders we're obeyed and the gas men wi
3. wait till the bridge gang are out of tn
10 way before they make another move.
THE entertainment given last Frida
n evening in the Young Mems Christian Al
y sociation star course by the Kellogg BIZ
Is Carnival and Concert Company, was pre-
d nounced by nearly every one VINO attende
as happily disappoin ing, aud many went E
10 far as to call IL the best thus far in th
course. Each number on the programn
~ was enthusiastically encored, and the srli
30 tic efforts OF the company were thorough
y appreciated. Come again.
.. WHILE at work last Thursday In q chem
c. cal laboratory at the University OF We
10 mont, Carroll Marvin of This city narrowl
a. escaped serious and permanent injury.
bottle of hydro chloric acid b Was usir
is broke and some Of the fiery liquid struC
" his face and eyes. With rare presence
TO mind he ducked his head under a wat,
Il faucet, and escaped lasting injury. Lou
x, Dodd, q student who was working vii
n him, was badly burned in the face and c