Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-07-29

The guests Of the Inn enioyed n
progressive cuchre party Thursday
evening. Today they will be enter.
tanned at the Country clubs new
club house.
l.. Is. Wilson, mayor of Newton,
Mass, Miss Grace Woodward and
Miss Josephine Wilson arrived at F.
y. Wilson's Tuesday.
Frank II. Chapman with party
OF seven spent Sunday in town,
coming over from Rutland ON their
wheels.
MIR. and Mrs. J. NJ. Preston of
Chicago are the guests of Mrs. !. r.
Murdoch for a week or ten DAYS.
They 60 from here to Boston and
New York.
Amorg the weeks arrivals at the
Inn are S II Downcr, Falmouth,
Mass; Katharine Page, Rutland:
VIM A Pierce and wife, Portsmouth,
\ II; Col. d II Larned, L S \.
Washington, ID G; Mr.. and Mrs. 5
y Goldschmidt, Mrs. Robt & Rath-
bone, MIR. and Mrs. & Williams.
New York; Mr.. and Mrs. III &
Mckrc, Miss Mabel Mckee, larry.
town, y Y; Miss Bertha Quick.
Ionkcrs, n y; Gilman S Moulton,
y E Carlton. Randolph; Mrs. &
King, East Orange, n J.
Misses Lillian and Florence Nit
chel of Maiden, Mass, are at b. F.
S,anlIsh's.
Miss Bessie Scmple of st. Louis
arrived at the Richmond homestead
Monday.
Thunder, lightning and wind
made bad work with wires around
town last week Friday evening.
During the heavy storm Il limb fell
from the elm Tree in front of the
Congregational church, striking and
cutting the electric light wires be-
meath. The transformer in front Of
Dana Brothers store burned on t
affecting a large number of street
lights and also many store and house
lights. The first of the week the
lights were IN working order again.
Electricity played around in ii lively
way Friday evening. Ayoung man
who put his hand ON water spout
to stop the flow II moment got Il
small charge up his sleeve, land Elec-
tritian Talleton received Il shock
while plugging out Il lightning
arrestcr ut the Electric company's
stock room.
Hereafter the bank which, attaches
II revenue stamp to Il check Will be
subject to prosecution, and the man
who forgets to stamp the check will
find 1t returned to him instead of
having it stamped for him and the
two cents charged by the bank. a
circular to that effect has been issued
to revenue collectors. This action
was taken upon information that
certain banks had adopted the prac-
,ice of not requiring stamps, as an
advertisement to secure patronage
against rival banks.
{. II. Davis, who lived in Wood
stock for several months the past
year, going from here to SPRING
field, was arrested Wednesday of
last week in Montreal for forgery to
the amount of $40 on the First
National bank OF Springfield. The
check was cashed by the National
bank of Clarcmont, and Davis left
for Montreal, where he was Joined
later BY his wife, whom he expect
ed, and by Officer Hart of Spring.
field, whom he did not expect. The
wife, upon her arrival IN the CITY,
was closely Swallowed by the officer,
who communicated with the dctec-
tive force of Montreal, and the arrest
was made at the very house which
the woman entered. Hart appeared
before the extradition commissioner
and the case was rcmanded, await
ing the papers from Washington.
The county has closed contract
with the Pauly JAIL Building Manu-
featuring company for I6 steel cells
for the Jail now being remodeled.
The Jail part of the county building
is to be 5ox3s feet, this enlarge
ment Of the PRISON quarters includ-
ing about II feet of the jaller's resi-.
dcnce and Il new brick wall will be
built between the house and Jail.
The west end OF the building form.
eriy occupied bv the clerks and pro-
bate offices are to be finished off for
the use of the Jail keeper. In addi-
ton Il piazza will be built along the
west side of the building.
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