The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-31
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


day.
G. II. Wilder furnishes music for the
High School graduating exercises at North
field June l.
j. Henry Libben, formerly clerk at the
Union house, has rented the Commercial
house at Barre, and will take possession
June 1.
Miss Jean Cochran gave dinner to
party OF young ladies at the Pavilion Thurs.
day evening in honor OF her eighteenth
birthday.
L. L. Leonard has been engaged by
George Sherman to play solo cornet in the
Sherman Military Band at Burlington on
Memorial day.
Charles A. Barnard OF Chicago, who for:
merly conducted drug store at the stand
now occupied by W. Il. Terrill & Co., was
q guest at the Pavilion Thursday night.
The new Barre opera house is to be for
mally opened on Wednesday evening, Aug
ust 49, when Mildred Holland will appear
in her celebrated play, "rhe Two Little Va
grants"
The fixtures for the new store OF Collins
Blakely have arrived and will soon be put
in place. When completed, Mr.. Blakely
will have one OF the handsomest stores in
the state.
Rev. w. A. Dawson arrived from Sar-
anac Lake, N Y, Friday. Mrs. Dawson
accompanied him as the physicians there
have decided that she cannot be benefited
by remaining longer.
Miss Flora M. Terrill, for many years pre-
ceptress in the public schools of this city
and recently teacher in st. Johnsbury
Academy, has been appointed preceptress Of
the Peoples Academy at Worthwhile.
Secretary Merrill has secured for the Mai
Fete souvenir table an assortment OF hat
pins, watch charms and cuff buttons, each
with the facsimile OF Dewey's face stamped
fbn hat lnu h In
Maine.
The reporter for local contemporary who
called at a house in the city few days
since to enquire If 1.-THE little stranger who
was expected had arrived" is evidently
possessed of more enterprise-of certain
kind-than decency.
Harry Wheeler arrived in. the.city Thurs
day evening with the heaviest load of gram
tie yet drawn into the city by team. He
drove six-horse team loaded with 81, 100
pounds of granite from the quarry OF
Charles Lawrence in Sodom.
Charles johnson, formerly proprietor Of
the Commercial House in Barre, whose
cases were disposed Of in Supreme court to-
day, as noted in the raport OF court pro.
ceedings, was taken to Rutland Satur.
day morning to serve his sentence OF four
months.
An infant child of Otto johnson died of
commissions Wednesday evening at the
home OF e. A. Smith on Foster street. Mr..
johnson Is a stone cutter and his wife and
child came to Montpelier ten days ago.
They had rooms at Mr.. Smiths. Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon.
The city council has granted to o. @.
Clogston a probationary and conditional IL
cense for three months to run saloon and
billiard hall at No. School street. He is
enjoined to keep his premises and vicinity
clear of disreputable characters calling up
on the police for aid, If the occasion re-
quires.
The funeral of the late Putnam w. Da-
ley was held at one o'clock Friday
from his late home in Middlesex. Rev. j.
Edward Wright was the officiating clergy.
man, and the burial was in the Lewis GEM
etery. Deceased was brother Of Benja.
min Daley of this city, and was universally
respected.
There appears no prospect OF an early
settlement Of the case of Thomas W. Wood
against the Montpelier Public Library as
ISOLATION. This case was left with the court
on the adjournment Of Supreme court Friday
afternoon, and decision will probably not
be rendered until the October term OF Su-
preme court.
City Attorney Carleton has prepared a
list OF the thirty-seven property owners on
the borders Of Berlin street he is to notify
in order that the city may legally assess
them for the expense of laying concrete
walk on that street and also that they may
have opportunity to make claims If any, for
land damages.
The st. Johnsbury Caledonidn Of this
week says Of the singing OF Miss FL. Julia
Cross at the St. Johnsbury musical festival,
held last week: miss III. Julia Cross Of
Montpelier sang Gounod's Repentance
with much expression. Her voice shows a
wide range, and besides favoring the audi
ence with song she was great help in all
the choruses."
Louis N. Jerue was seriously injured Friday
noon while driving down Berlin street.
When opposite the residence of A. e.
Blake, some boys jumped on the rear of
his wagon which raised up the forward end,
throwing Jerue to the ground and fractur-
ing one OF his left ribs. DR.. Duquoy at.
tended the injured man who was conveyed
to his home.
Thursday was the SEVENTEEN anniversary
OF the birth of George Tromblee, and his
shopmates at the foundry OF the Lane Man
ufacturing company surprised him in most
agreeable manner by presenting him through
j. j. Bergen, their foreman, with beau
tful gold headed ebony cane as token of
their esteem. Mr.. Tromblee when given
the cane was vsibly affected and could
only return his thanks in a broken voice.
Arthur Willis, a polsher employed in the
granite sheds OF Robert Fraser at the Pion-
eer, was taken with commissions while at
work on Wednesday, and dropped uucon-
sciOus beside his machine. Medical aid
was summoned but 1t was some time before
Mr.. Willis revived. While the physician
was attending Mr.. Willis, Patrick Tally, q
workman 10 the same shed, seriously injur-
ed the fourth finger OF his left hand by get
ting it crushed by block of granite, taking
the nail off entirely.
Victor Bosquet, messenger in the West
ern Union Telegraph Office. left his bicycle
outside the Office for few minutes between
half past eight and nine o'clock Tuesday
evening. On his return he found that some
miscreant had ruined his wheel by slashing
the tires with sharp instrument. The
young man has not an enemy in town so far
as known and the damage was evidently
done out OF pure cussedness. The Capital
Electric Company offers reward of ten
dollars for the detection OF the criminal
Robert B. Lille was called to Bethel
Lympus Thursday to attend the funeral Of
Miss Nancy Lille, his sister, who met a
horrible death on Tuesday. Miss Lille was
sixty years old. She was burning worms
on the trees at the Lille farm In Bethel
Lympus when her clothing caught fire and
she was burned to death before the neigh
bors who were attracted by her cries could
reach her. Her clothing was almost en-