The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-03-29
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Tor the Cakewak and entertainment to be
given in Armory hall under the auspices of
the Apollo club,
A letter was received Thursday morning by
Miss Carrie Allard from Mrs II L. e.
Smith, saying that Mr.. Smith is steadily
improving. He Is able now to sit up por-
ton OF each day.
Hon. N. W. Fisk of Isle la Motto was the
guest of l.. Bart Cross Wednesday night,
while on his way from Boston to his home.
Mr.. Cross went to Burlington with Gov.
Fiske, this morning.
No date has, as yet been set for a hear
ing before Judge Thompson Of the electric
railroad injunction cases. 1t Ia not prob
able they will be heard until the arson case
now on trial in county court is completed.
Three dogs while at play Friday on
the electric railway tracks In front Of the
Montpelier House were struck and run
over by trolley car. One Of the dogs be-
longing TO Thomas Moriarty was killed
while the other two suffered broken legs.
z Albert Gray, aged fifty-one years, died
from pneumonia at midnight Tuesday at
his home on the Knapp farm in Middlesex.
He leaves wife and two children The
funeral will be held from the house on Fri
day afternoon at one o'clock.
Sarah, wife OF II. @, Amadon OF Elmore,
died Tuesday at her home in that place
from consumption. She was thirty-nine
years of agr land was a sister of Joel Elmer
son OF this city. The funeral will be held
at Elmore Thursday afternoon.
George W. Morse, representing States
Attorney Hoar, appeared before Justice j.
A. Burleigh at Waterbury on Thursday,
ana at his request the preliminary hearing
in the case OF Charles Doherty, charged
with shooting Fred Murphy at Bolton Falls,
was posOponou until Thursday, April 8.
Frank e. Dodge roadmaster Of the Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad, arrived in
the city Friday from trip over the main
line with the snow plow. He reports the
recent snow fall the heaviest encountered
by the trains this winter and that at the
summit the snow averaged over eighteen
inches in depth being wet and heavy and
hard to iemove from the tracks. 81, ~, A4sea
Rev. DR.. A. L. Cooper Of Piainfieid, for
mer Methodist pastor at Montpelier, will
retire from active work at the coming $685.
sion OF the Vermont Conference at New
port. DR.. Cooper has been In the effective
ranks for ffty-one consecutive years. He
has purchased for 81 200 the Grover place
ON Highland Avenue, Randolph, and will
move there after Conference. 4 81. Is ~
Charles r. Tyler, who for about seven.
teen years has been employed as platter in
the Colton Manufacturing company's shops,
- TO move with his family next week to
Burlington where he has purchased of
Thomas Wade his silver plating business
w stEb6t' lVler mas ALSO pur-
chased residence on Colchester avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler have made for them
selves wide circle Of friends in the city
who will regret their departure. 81 " - 49,
AT a meeting OF the board OF directors OF
the Young Mems Christian Association,
held Tuesday evening, it was voted to re-
duce the price for full membership from SO
TO S6 per year. 1t has bsen believed by
many that the former rate was too high
when the privileges accorded members in
this city are compared with those given in
the larger cities. This reduction has been
made in the hopes that many new members
may avail themselves of the inducements
and attractions offered at the Association.
MOrrin w. circuit, aged eighty years, died
after few days illness from pneumonia.
Deceased was well known :among the older
residents OF Washington county, he having
been deputy sheriff and sheriff in the
county for forty years, continuously hold
ing tn, Office OF sheriff in the years 1866 and
1866. Roxbury was his native place and here
he resided all his lifetime with the excep-
ton OF one year spent in Massachusetts.
For twenty four years he was post master
OF Roxburv, being appointed in 1861 by
President Lincoln and relieved in 1885 by
President Cleveland. He is survived by
an adopted daughter, who resides in
Lowell, Mass, but who during his last i'll.
ness has been caring for him. The arrange
ments for the funeral have not as vet been
made.
A French Canadian had close call,
Tuesday evening" from violent death at
Montpelier Junction. G. He was aboard the
northbound train en- route for Montreal,
and when it arrived at the Junction, where
1t meets the south bound train at Elk M,
he became confused in regard to whether
or not he should change cars and got off
his train to get information OF the conduc-
Ia. 40 his Ciain moved out of the station,
The Canadian in attempting to board it
slipped and fell under the cars. But for
thei prompt and effective action OF some
bystanders, who caught hold Of him and
drew him back to the platform, he would
have been crushed. AS 1t was, he suffered
severe cash in the back OF his head caused
by it's striking on the edge OF the platform.
The train was stopped and the man was
taken aboard and continued his journey.
A meeting Of the board of school commits
sioners was held in the Office of Chairman
j. III. Lucia Tuesday evening with the full
board present except G. o. Stratton. The
following standing committees were ap-
nointed: Teachers and grades j. A. De-
Boer, j. II. Lucia and Fl. g. Shurtleff; WIS.,
iting schools, Thomas Marvin, G. O. STRAIT
ton, 4. j. Sibley and III. b. Wedge build
ings, grounds and repairs, T. G. Phinney,
Fred Blanchard, j. III. Lucia and A, j. Sib-
ley; audit and finance, T. G. Phinney,
lnOna5 MdrVlu anu FREQ blanchard; IL
brary, Ii. G. Shurtleff, j. A. DeBoer, Fred
Blanchard and G. o. Stratton; purchasing
and supplies, j. II. Lucia. c.. g. Whittier,
George w. McAllister and f. r. Dawley
we're appointed truant officers. The time
for holding the regular meetings Of the
board has been changed from the first Mon
day to the first Wednesday evening OF each
month at half-past seven o'clock at the Of
flee Of the chairman. Three additional
teachers were elected but will not be as
signed until. later. They are Mrs. Jessie
Booth OF Bellows Falls, Miss Nellie A.
Grandy OF Middlesex and Miss Catherine
Brennan OF Castleton. Necessarily the in
hux OF new scholars from ward six would
congest the grades to which they would be
assigned in the Union School so these addi-
tional teachers have been provided to meet
the emergency, two OF whom are to be
given departments in the Union School,
while the third will be assigned to the
school in ward six which will be maintain