The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-02
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

| Ton, are visiting relatives in town.
William A. Kneeland OF Boston is CUES
for a few weeks OF W. A. Lord, his uncle.
Judge M. e. Smile returned Monds,
| evening from few weeks outing IL
Gloucester, Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. e. j. Ennis today sold theil
farm in Duxbnry to b. f. Atherton OF ths
place for $1,000.
Rev. j. Harry Holden OF Attleboro
Mass, Is to preach in Middlesex August
and 20 at two P. NJ.
Fritz Metzler was convicted in city court
Monday afternoon Of assaulting Conductor
Simmons and was fined, with costs, S14. 30
Miss Josephine Collier of Stoneham,
Mass, daughter Of Harvey w. Collier, for.
merly Of Worcester, is visiting Miss Ellen
Grout.
"Chin" Davis, who was arrested Monday
afternoon for cruelty to animals, was con-
victed of the charge that evening in city
court and fined, with costs, S11.W.
M. S. Stone and j. V. Brooks left on
Monday for their annual trip to the head
waters OF the st. Johns river. They ex-
pect to be absent about three weeks.
M. s. Stone, State superintendent of ed
ucation, returned Friday evening from Wis
iting summer schools in Essex Junction,
Hardwick, Chester and other places
An excursion to Providence Island is to
be run on Tuesday, August 8, under the au-
spices of the Sunday schools and Epworth
Leagues in Williamstown, Barre and Mont
pelier.
Col. Robert j. Coffey, superintendent of
the Soldiers Home at Bennington, was in
the city over Sunday. He was called here
by the serious illness of Mrs. Mary Coffey,
his mother.
Commencing August the barber shops
will close Monday nights at six O'Clock,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day nights at eight, and Saturday nights at
eleven o'clock.
In the case against "Heenan" Bowers,
who was convicted Monday in city court OF
intoxication, sentence is suspended and he
has been given his liberty upon paying the
costs of prosecution.
Edwin s. Parmalee of Enosburg, Falls, a
member of Company FL, with the First Ver-
mont regiment at Chickamauga, has enlist
ed in the Twenty-sixth regiment now mo.
bilizing at Plattsburg, N. Y.
Charles Erickson, who is employed on
Paul Terrio's quarry in Sodom, had the
little finger on his right hand badly mutil-
ated Monday afternoon by getting caught
between an iron bar and heavy piece of
granite he was moving.
d. j. Foster, chairman OF the State board
of railroad commissioners, was in Water
bury Monday making preliminary examin-
alton into the cause OF the death OF @. X.
Clough, and to ascertain whether public
hearing will be necessary.
j. r. Scott superintendent of the reform
atory at Concord, Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Il. Paddock and daughter Of Chicago,
are guests at the home of W. G. Andrews
Accompanied by Mrs. Andrews, they spent
today on Mount Mansfield.
w. b. Turney OF this city and G. b.
Evans of Waterbury have bought two hum
dred yearlings and calves which they will
ship to Grinnell, Ia August 8. The aver
age price paid for the yearlings was from
$40 to $13, aud for the calves from $5 to 81.
Out door basket ball promises to become
popular game at the Young Mems Chris
ton Association athletic field A playing
sp ace of 90x75 feet has been marked off and
trial game was played Friday night. A
public exhibition game will be played soon.
The Washington County Veterans Asso-
citation will hold its second annual reunion
at Dewey Park, Montpelier, on Thursday
and Friday, August 10 and IL. 1t is the in
tention OF the committee to make this re-
union the best thing of the kind ever held
in the State.
The open air song service held on Berlin
side Sunday afternoon by the Young Mems
Christian Association was very we'll at
tended. Services will be held there every
Sunday for the present when the weather
is fair. 1t is expected that seats will be
provided for ladies for next Sunday.
Rev. 9. o. Judkins will take his vaca-
tion during the month of August Trinity
church will not be closed Mr.. Judkins hav-
ing arranged for supplies. Mr.. Judkins
will spend part of his vacation on the
shores of Berlin pond, and part at Bris-
tol, N. III. He can be addressed at Mont
pelier until August 10.
9. M. Skinner, a former we'll known jew
eler in Montpelier, is at the Montpelier
House. Mr.. Skinner and his son, Charles,
are now connected with the banking house
OF Lewis G. Tewksbury & Co. This firm
has branch houses at Chicago and Boston.
MI. Skinner is renewing old acquantances
in town for few days.
Deputy Sheriffs Slsyton and Tracy search
ed the premises Of Urban Beaudette at PIT
River street Sunday morning for intoxicat-
ing liquor. They found barrel of beer
and a barrel of ale. Beaudette was arrest
ed on the charge of keeping, selling and
maintaining nuisance and placed under
bonds amounting to S225
Mrs. Frank Abair, aged thirty-six years,
died Saturday evening after long and
painful illness from consumption. A hus-
band, two children and mother and father
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Castro, survive her.
The funeral was held from st. IAugus-
tines church at nine o'clock Tuesday morn
ing and the burial was in the Catholic
cemetery.
Mrs. John Brown, alias Maude Van Dyke
and Mrs. Mamie Gotta OF Barre, were ar
rested Monday evening by Deputy Sheriff
French as a sequel to the row at Mrs. Cota's
house on Sunday. The former woman was
arrested in this city and lodged in Jail.
They were both taken to Barre this morn
ing where hearing in the affair was held
in city court.
By agreement, the preliminary hearing in
the case OF Charlie Terrio OF this city, who
was recently arrested on the charge of
stealinga a Shetland pony. which was to
have been held in Barre Saturday after
noon, was waived and the boy was re-
leased from custody on his own recogni.
zance to await the action of the grand Jury
in September.
X Ray parties are the la est novelty Sc
great Is the popular interest in the new
electrical machine recently purchased by
DIR. III. S. Boardman, that he is giving exhi.
bitions OF the working Of the same almost
every evening. Only a small number can
be comfortably accommodated at once, but
the doctor will in time, give all his friends
an opportunity TO see this wonderful iuven
tion, by inviting them in groups of six.
Thomas Buck, for the past forty
years an engineer on the Central Vermont
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