The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-13

VOLUNTEER Hose Company will hold
special meeting this evening to elect dele
| gates to the State Fireman's Tournament,
II the company votes to be represented
FREEMAN A. JUDsoN OF Hartford, Conn,
is the newly appointed superintendent OF
the electric batteries at the car house. Mr..
Judson Is an electrician OF several years
| experience.
| PECK BROTHERS have been awarded the
contract for plumbing the new wing to the
Heaton hospital. The name OF this firm is
guarantee that the work will be well and
thoroughly DONE
| II. e. SLAYToN, with Dean and Edward,
| his sons, rode to Greensboro on Tuesday on
their wheels. From there they will take
trip Of q week or more through several por-
| tions Of the state.
CHARLES III. Cross went on Monday to
Portland, Me-, for stay OF several days on
the Maine coast. He was accompanied by
Miss III. Julia Cross and Miss Carrie Cross,
his granddaughters.
PATRICK CALLAHAN had bis right foot
badly jammed last Saturday by getting 1t
caught under huge stone. No bones were
broken, but he will be confined to the
house for several days.
GEORGE w. WING was in Morrisville last
| week as one of the arbitrators in the case of
John E. Hubbard against Daniel W. Ding
wall, a dispute over the ownership OF q
tract Of land In Elmore.
THERON f. COTTON went to Brooklyn, N.
| Y, on Monday, where, on Thursday even
ing his marriage to Miss Eva Clark will
take place. He expects to be in Montpelier
with his bride about July 20.
w. A. LORD left Monday morning for the
southern part Of the State where he is at
teuding to his duties as National bar k ex-
aminer. He will devote large part OF
July and August to this work.
CURTIS Rowland was before Judge Lu-
cia last Thursday, charged with an assault
on Dennis Minnehan. The evidence dis
closed nothing more than family quarrel,
and Rowland was discharged.
MRS. TRUMAN P. GRAVES of st. Paul
Mimi, arrived last Sunday morning for a
visit OF several weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. G.
M. Gillette, her parents. She Is accompa-
MED by Leon G. Graves, her son.
MRS. j. p. HEATwoLE and Miss Alice
Archibald, who have been at the Pavilion
for several weeks, left last Thursday for
Washington to join Congressman Heatwole
on his way to his home in Minnesota.
REPRESENTATIVE from Main and State
streets lined up on the base ball field Tues
day afternoon. In the presence of an in
terested crowd of spectators the former
won, hands down, by score of "a to II.
GEORGE A. MURCH of the Worcester Con-
struction Company, who has had charge OF
the construction OF the electric railroad,
led by Thomas Degnap, his time ket per.
Miss MARY TRoMBLY went to Boston last
Saturday for vacation OF two weeks from
her duties in the dry goods store of George
K. Taplin. She will spend most OF the
time with sister at West Newton, Mass.
The stockholders of the Montpelier Hard
ware Company held their annual meeting
elected president; III. L. Dean, vice-presi-
dent and G. II. Fuller, secretary and treas
urer.
NEARLY all the judges of the Supreme
Court are at the Pavilion. They will meet
at the Supreme Court room in the State
House Thursday morning at ten o'clock to
render decisions on cases heard at the May
term.
JUDGE M. e. SMILE came up from
Gloucester, Mass, last Saturday to be pres
ent when the supreme court reports on
Thursday its decisions in cases heard at the
May term. He will return to Gloucester
the last Of the week.
YOUNG son Of George Lamora, who re.
sides up Worcester branch. was kicked by
horse while in Montpelier on Monday
and it is feared the injuries will prove fatal
His skull was crushed and he has since
been unconscious.
THE work OF macademizing Loomis street
will soon be under way. Street Commis
sioner Roberts has had force Of men or
that thoroughfare during the past week cut
ting and strengthening the turf, RI pairing
sewer chimneys, etc.
L. W. SHEDD, l.. B. Huntington. George
w. McAlister, Clark King, Willis Blan
chard, Mrs. e. d. Hyde and Mrs. W. G
Andrews compose the committee having in
charge the repairs now in progress on the
Church OF the Messiah.
The stamp cancelling machine recently
ordered by Postmaster Sibley arrived and
vIo N pnaitiOu laat Thura6au
has CO pacity for nearly four hundred let
ters minute, and will aid very much the
dispatch Of business in the postoffice.
JOHN EWING was arrested on Monday by
! Special Officer Q. 8. Whittier for malicious
, ly setting fire to quantity Of fire works a
July g. The sum of $40 damages is claim
ed and the case will be heard next Monday
THE Ladies' Auxiliary to the Youn,
, Mems Christian Association will give
lawn party next Friday evening on tn
grounds OF G. FL. More on State street. Th
weekly concert by the Montpelier Militar.
band will be given on the lawn during tn
evening
THE annual meeting Of the stockholder
{ Of the Wetmore & Morse Granite Compan
! will be held in this city next Tuesday
The directors of the company met las
, Thursday and declared an annual dividen,
of five per cent, payable on and after Aug
|
COMMENCING last Monday the Consol
9 dated Lighting Company shuts off its cleo
? trio current on pleasant days between tn
hours of seven in the morning and six II
the evening while the wires are being trans
: ferred from the old to the new poles in thi
Y city and Barre.
AT meeting of the hook and ladde
company, held last Wednesday six men
k bers OF the company We're discharged an
t the vacancies were filed by the ele ction {
r new members. The company voted to pul
chase caps for the use OF members when o
|. duty or parade.
r PAPERS were served on Tuesday by Shel
J. iff Collins on E. I. Seguin in suit brougf
by l.. G. Tewksbury. for damages Of s.
= claimed because Of dispute in regard I
. the sale OF the New York Sunday paper
4 Justice j. III. Lucia will hear the case ne1
Monday morning.
II THE banks Of the North branch are veI
, unsavory these daye, because Of the larg
;, number of dead fish in this sluggish streal
and strewn along the shore. The cause
this epidemic among the fnny tribe is pro-
n lematical, but it is probably due to 10
z water and poisonous sewerage.
u MAJ. SUMNER III. LINCOLN OF the Tent
United States regulars, who Is among tho'
II Woundad al Santiago. WAS formally raH