The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-06

| Meunebuhy AFTERNOON az TWO O'CLOCK
| Work.
The Woman's Home Missionary society
| OF Trinity church will meet with Mrs. l.. A
Buswell at 25 East State street Wednesday
afternoon,
The September term of Washington
county court, will convene at two O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon. 1t is grand jury
term and promises to last until nearly
Thanksgiving.
L. 4. Doten threshed three hundred and
ten bushels OF oats in seven and one-hali
hours for Henry S. Town, on Monday.
The grain was raised on four acres OF land.
The yield and the threshing record are
open for competition,
Mrs. A. j. Phillips and son Redfeld and
Miss Olive b. Stout arrived at Boston this
morning, in good health and spirits. Red
field will reach Montpelier early Wednes-
day morning. Mrs. Phillips and Miss Stout
will arrive Wednesday evening.
Lieut.. w. j. Moore of Company II said
today that Gen. T. S. Peck had intimated
there was now more than an even chance
for the Vermont regiment to be taken to
Washington to participate in the parade
to be made there upon Admiral Dewey g
arrival.
One of the leading features of the Wi
nooski Valley Agricultural Fair to be held
next week in Waterbury is wrestling
match for purse Of $50 between David E.
Spicer of Barre and Jerry Donahue of this
city. Both men are well-known athletes
and a hot contest is expected.
j. s. Viles has received a thirty horse
power Westinghouse electric motor to
place in the Cotton & More granite sheds,
to take the place Of Berlin water power.
He has a motor OF twenty-horse power on
the road to place in the sheds OF Lynch
Brothers. He is confident that he will now
have water enough at his plant to furnish
in the future twenty-four hour service
without interruption.
Harry Gabree OF Waterbury, who was ar
rested several weeks ago on the charge of
being implicated in a highway robbery and
who escaped from the lookup in that place
the same night, was arrested again In Mil
ton Friday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
John Mears. Gabree was delivered to Sher-
iff Graves who brought him to Waterbury,
and delivered him to Jailor Tracy who
brought his man manacled to Montpelier.
Flags flying on Tuesday from the Union
school building and from the Montpelier
Seminary announced that the vacation sea-
son is over, and that the work of another
school year has commenced. At both these
institutions gratifyingly large attendance
is reported, with prospects of substantial
additions to the numbers already enrolled
before the week closes. The names of the
teachers and assistants have been pub
llou6u III Uueb6 Columns.
The two big guns from the Spanish crui-
ser, Reina de Castella, sunk by Admiral
Dewey's feet in Manila Bay, which have
been loaned by the government to the State
OF Vermont, were shipped on Monday from
Mare Island navy yard at San Francisco to
Governor Smith at Montpelier. The usual
time for transportation of freightacross the
continent is about three weeks, 80 it can
safely be said that these guns will be in
position in Montpelier before Dewey day.
The Jail commissioners have refused to
accept the three furnaces which the con-
tractorlhas purchased for the new Jail. The
specifications provide that the furnaces
shall be selected by the commissioners and
the contractor purchased those which have
arrived without consulting them in the
matter. They reject them for the reason
they claim they are inefficient in quality
and capacity. The furnaces were pur-
chased of one Of the best makers but are of
the cheapest grade of that style made by
them.
E. S. Meigs is to finish work the last of
this week as clerk in Greene's pharmacy,
and leaves next week to enlist with the
Forty-sixth United States infantry, now
recruiting at South Framingham, Mass
He will go with the regiment to the Phil
ippines. Being practical pharmacist and
having previously been in the United
States volunteer service as orderly for Col.
be given non-commissioned officers posi-
tion with the hospital corps He has made
for himself a wide circle of friends during
his stay in this city who will wish him the
best of success in his soldierly career.
The young men Of the city who are full of
fire on the subject of Dewey's reception are
considering scheme to let the blaze out to
mount to the skies. A mammoth bonfire
on one OF the surrounding hills is suggest
ed. 1t is proposed to enlist in this illumi-
nation every person who has boxes or bar
rels or any other refuse material that will
blaze. Pile them high, the higher the bet
ter, and the higher the more fuel will be
needed, and add few barrels OF tar or
kerosene IL needed to project the flames to
the proper height and extend the light far
out into the surrounding darkness. This is
a project that peculiarly cOmmends itself to
young America, and America quite advanc-
ed in years as well. The project is good
one. Boom 1t.
Governor Smith, chairman of the State
transportation committee for the Dewey
celebration, received last Saturday the rates
agents of the Central Vermont, Rutland,
Boston and Maine and Montpelier and
Wells River roads at their recent meeting
in Burlington but has delayed giving them
out for publication for certain reasons. The
Governor and his committee have arranged
the roads named to be held at the Pavilion
next Thursday afternoon when it is ex-
pected the matter will be definitely ar
ranged and the rates for transportation
made public.
Fred L. Adams who was for several
years in the Pavilion, has bought the Ex-
change hotel Of A. j. Sibley paying $4,000
for this hotel property. He will open the
hotel soon. Mr.. Adams has for some
time been in the employ of the Wagner
Car company. running dining car between
New York and Buffalo. 1t is understood
thai Mr.. Adams is one Of the Oldest and
most efficient men in the Wagner service
and that he leaves solely because he is
tired OF riding on trains 80 much and de-
sres permanent home at Montpelier
where he and his wife will be made well
come. The price paid by Mr.. Adams is
considered cheap as the location is central
for any kind Of business. 1t is said the Ex-
change will be kept strictly temperance
house and Mr.. Adams experience as a ca
terer gives assurance that the house will be
we'll kept. 1t will be repaired and refur
nished. Mr.. Sibley bought the property a.
auction few weeks ago for 81, 800, and has
thus realized the handsome sum OF S2,7O0
on his Investment.
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