The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-02

| ter at that place He was a member of Wi
nooski lodge Of Masons and Mentor lodge
Odd Fellows OF waterbury. Kidney dis
ease was the cause of his death He leaves
a widow and one daughter, Mrs. K. M.
| Tobn.
At the regular meeting OF the city council,
| held last week, the committee on streets re-
ported against any change in the location OF
Dewey street and the prayer Of the petit
| TONERS was refused. This committee re-
| ported favorsbly for sewer on Jefferson
street and the same will be laid. The petit
| tion OF w. w. Lapoint to put an electric
tbeater sign on the end of the city building
was referred to the lighting committee. A
sewer permit was granted to g. l.. Bugbee
| for three houses on Orange street. Angelo
Scampini appeared before the board in re-
| gard to the report that he hired Italians in
| Boston on commission to work in Barre,
| but no action was taken. The supply COM
mittee was authorized to advertise for bids
for coal for the city's use. The council
| then went into executive session.
South Barre.
Fred Martin is convalescent. - w.
| A. Lane spent Sunday in Hardwick. -
A, B. Lane is visiting in East Cabot. -
| George III. Adams and family are visiting
in Fayston. - Mrs. A. w. Lane has
been in Montpelier caring for Mrs. Orleska
Lane. - Mrs. j. ID. Cummings Of Wor.
cester, Mass, who has been visiting in
town has gone to Berlin.
Waterbury.
s. G. Wheeler was confined to the house
last week because OF illness.
Mrs. G. N. Selleck of Chicago is a guest
OF Mrs. K. A. Dumas at Colbyville.
Dan Richardson of Chicago, ILL.,, is visit
ing friends in town for few days
The Christian Endesvorers will hold q
missionary social on Friday evening.
Of r;a
iting at the home OF Mrs. K. L. Seabury.
Sixty. eight tickets were sold from here to
the moonlight excursion Saturday evening.
The asylum base ball team will play the
Stowe team at Stowe on Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. j. j. Colby .snd sons Edwin and
Jesse, are spending few days at Cedar
Beach.
E. e. Tracy and wife and f. G. Luce and
wife are spending week at Thompson's
Point.
Bert Ryford and wife OF Boston are spend
| ing few days with Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Boyce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darwin Cooley are rejoicing
over the birth OF a son, which occurred last
| Friday.
Mrs. Coburn and son of Sea Cliff, L. L.,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. @. H.
Haines.
E. R. Stevens and wife OF Montpelier
were guests of Mrs. Julia Seabury over
Sunday.
A. III. Smith and son and W. b. Clark
and son are spending this week at Queen
City Park.
instead of Waterbury Center as was report
ed last week.
Miss Nellie Fullerton of Minneapolis and
Mrs. Henry Fallerton of Montpelier, visited
| relatives in town last Saturday
Edwin Rhoades has moved from Middle
! sex to a tenement OF Luke TOwne's on
Perry hill he being employed by Mr..
| Towne.
Travel on the electric railroad is booming
this season. hardly day passes without
several passengers for Mt. Mansfield beside
the regular travel.
Rev. L. H. Elliot was in Derby and West
Derby last Sunday and will represent the
! Vermont Bible society at Williamstown
and East Brookfeld next Sunday August 6.
1t is expected that one hundred men will
| be at work on the Bolton Falls dam by Sat
rday. Mr. Ward, the contractor, will re-
main here and direct the work personally.
The social given by the Epworth League
last Friday evening was very enjoyable
affair The rooms were beautifully deco
rated with ferns and flowers and the at
tendance large
Miss Humphrey passed away at her home
Saturday afternoon at the age OF twenty
nine years. She had many friends who
will mourn her loss The funeral services
were held at her home yesterday afternoon.
Rev. L. X. Whitman officiating.
Mrs. George e. Ladd and son are visiting
in Massachusetts. They went Monday to
Andover, will next go to Lexington where
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Hamlin, parents OF Mrs
Ladd, reside, then to Boston for few days.
The Epworth League State cabinet will
meet at Waterbury today. This evening
there will be an open session when there
will be several speeches made by promin-
| emit members in the State. Quite delega-
ton is expected from surrounding towns
d.. Foster, commissioner OF railroads,
came to town Monday to investigate the
cause of the accident on the Mount Mans
field electric road last week in which q. r.
| lost lost his life. 1t Is probable, however,
that no blame will be laid on the road as it
is claimed that the bell was rung before
reaching the crossing in compliance with
the rules Of the road.
recatalogued at the library and will be
ready for distribution on Saturday. The
Juvenile books have been divided into four
classes: Travel, history, nature studies and
stories. The miscellaneous department
has been divided into the following classes
|
art, pedagogics and political writings.
There are now eighteen hundred books in
the library.
At the village meeting last Friday even.
by unanimous vote the trustees were au'
thorized to complete all unfinished work
and construct new walks OF concrete or
gravel, wherever in their judgment it was
thought best, and to draw their orders on
the village treasurer in payment for the
same motion to raise money by tax
on the grand list to pay for sidewalks
repaired and constructed this year was de-
feated.
Harry Gabree, who was suspected OF rob-
bing Austin Coffrin at Waterbury, was ar
rested Monday by Sheriff Graves and Dep
uty Sheriff Cooley, Coffrin was waylaid a
week ago last Friday night while going
from Waterbury village to Waterbury Gem
ter and relieved OF his watch and money af-
ter being considerably knocked out. He
finally made his way to q farm house and
after recovering his faculties somewhat told
his story. The matter was kept quiet unit
sufficient evidence had been fonnd on
which to identify the highwsymsn. Gabree
was to have been given hearing this
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