The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

bury Thursday, whore he delivered the adj
dress at the Addison county fair.
Miss Susie Moulton of Randolph, for
some months stenographer in the office OF
the u MON Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, has accepted similar position in the
Office of Mayor Senter.
The young ladies, who have been at the
Pavilion during the summer, very pleasant
1y entertained party OF their Montpelier
friends and acqdaintances in the Pavilion
parlors Tuesday evening.
! Miss Elizabeth Kelly, who recently COM
pleted full course aud graduated from
Hsa'on hospital Is now away on vacation
She will return in a few weeks to take the
position Of heal nurse at the hospital.
George e. Smith, for some time past clerk
for Fred w. Blanchard, has resigned his
position and starts Saturday for South
FrAmiugham, NJ ASS, where he will enlist
in the Forty.sixth United States Infantry.
The Orison Fits farm at West Berlin has
been sold through the real estate agency Of
M. W. Wheelock, to Henry N and Barney
Allen OF Northfeld. The price, including
livs stock and other personal property, was
81, 800.
memorial service for the late c. It.
Clough of Waterbury, will bs held at the
county court room early in the present
term The date of the evening on which 1t
will be held will be announced as soon as
1t is fixed.
Ten new lat cars of 10000 pounds capac-
ity have recently been added to the equip
ment OF the Montpelier and Wells River
railroad. These cars are equipped with air
brakes and automatic couplings, and are as
cool Hat cars as are made.
y j. W. f. Washburn is to take the position
OF ticket agent at the Central Vermont sta
ton vacated by f. r. Pitkin. He will as
sumo his duties there as soon as he can be
relieved at the general Office of the Mont
pslier and Wells River railroad.
The guy supporting, the boom of the der
rick used by Mason & Co. in constructing
the annex to the State House broke Thurs
day morning. 1t crashed into the staging
around the chimney, but no one was in
jured, and the damage done was the only
loss caused by the accident.
The new safe from the firm Of j. M. Moss
man of New York for the State treasurer's
Off 70 at the State House is a novelty in its
way. 1t is not large affair, being only
about twenty-eight inches square and about
three feet above the trucks, and weighing
1850 pounds. But what it lacks in size it
makes up in the efficiency OF its safeguards
against fire and burglars.
The chimney of the engine house at the
State capitol, having crumpled at the top,
has been taken down considerable dis
lance. When rebuilt it will be ten feet
higher than originally. The main part OF
the chimney is also being reprinted, and
the soft bricks replaced with hard ones.
Mason & Co., OF Burlington, constructors
for the annex, are doing this work.
e A railroad official stated ON Thursday
that should 900 people come to this city
on the day Of the Dewey celebration, it
would require about 900 passenger coaches
to transport them and require about seven
miles of side tracks on which to set off the
cars. While this celebration has from the
first been looked upon as big thing, the
figures in this computation bring the fact
home more wildly.
A witness named Teddy in the case OF
State v. DJherty before the grand jury, be-
came so intoxicated Thursday afternoon
that States Attorney Hoar ordered his ar
rest. Deputy W. #. Shepard lodged the
man in Jail where he remained until this
morning. In city court he pleaded guilty
aud was fined, with costs, S1l 81 which he
pnd. Teddy disclosed on a stra ger ex-
planning that he got the liquor to battle
HI, back, but fiually applied it internally.
a meteor was observed in this city at ten
o'clock Thursday evening travelling through
til, heavens from west to east. It was
Aarger in appearance than the globe OF one
% tina street lights and had a stubbed fun.
mel shaped tail about eight feet in length.
i emitted brilliant white light and in its
Il 5ht resembled the head of a girl, with her
hair streaming out behind in the breeze. 1t
Is said to have been the largest and most
remarkable meteor ever seen in this vicin-
ity.
w. A. Shaw. observer at the Mortified
station, furnishes the following meteoro.
logical summary for the month of August
just closed: Mean temperature, $40; high
est temperature, go. August 81; lowest
ton, II inches; total movement of wind,
5,469 miles; maximum velocity OF wind 81
miles an hour. August s; number OF clear
days, ID; partly cloudy days, II; cloudy
days, 8; thunder storms, August and 8.
W. A. Beeman of Athol, Mass is prepar-
ing an index Of all users of telephones in
this city and Barre. This he furnishes to
users without cost to them. The index is a
patent affair. The names are printed on
card board, hinged 30 as to make reference
quick and easy, and attached to narrow
strip OF wood. This is readily secured by
the side OF the instrument. Any name in
the exchange indexed is almost instantan-
eonsly found. Telephone users will find
the index q convenient and time saving af'
fair.
Jacob Holtz OF Copenhagen, Denmark
representing Oscar A. Nissen of that city
cOnsignee OF American manufacturers' prod
ucts, with his assistant, Edward Christen
sen, are guests OF Manager Luther New.
comb OF the United States Clothes Pin
Company, for whose goods they are genera
agents in Europe. Mr.. Holtz makes it 6
practice each year to visit the people In
the United States with whom his firm doe.
business He expressed himself as much
pleased with Vermont and his reception
here.
A meeting OF the Ladies Library League
was held Tuesday afternoon in the hall O
Kellogg Hubbard library, Mrs. G. II Full
Ter, the president, presiding. Although tn,
necessity for active work by the members
OF the league in raising money for the sup
port OF the library no longer exists 1t wa
voted to continue the organic alton, and t,
hold quarterly, instead OF monthly, meet
ings. When they have sufficient funds 1t il
the intention OF the ladies OF the league u
procure portraits OF John e. Hubbard an,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ M. Kellogg to hang In tn
library hall, adding to these other picture
as they have opportunity.
Edward Taylor, convicted Thursday il
city court OF being tramp, was sentences
to the house OF correction for sixty days
He was taken there on Friday by deput
sheriff Kidder. as were Frank Martel an
Henry Kelley, convicted Of similar OF
fence. The two latter were arrested Thurs
dag in Dodge's woods, by officer Kiddel
Complaint had been made by people Twin
in that vicinity, and when the officer vii
itad the nlaca he fnund a raUnlarlv a.al