The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-02-15
MONTPELIER and VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

| doOTBe n, huhpp W6nJ tO NOW IOTk Ell
day noon for stay OF week or more.
The Ladies' Reading Club Of Trinity
church met this afternoon with Mrs. G. II
Fuller.
o. ID. Scribner and wife went to-day tc
Boston. Thence they go by steamer tc
Florida.
Because OF the extreme cold on Sunday
evening the service at Bethany church WAS
omitted.
e. s. Sswy or and wife have purchased oi
Don II. Dodge house and lot on Downing
street. Price $500.
Rev. W. r. Davenport presiding elder OF
the montpelier DISTRICT preached at Trinity
church Sunday morning.
The Garnet Seal Circle will meet on Fri.
| day afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, with Mrs.
Clark King, 10 Loonis street.
| Mortimer d. Sturtevant and wife have
sold to George d. Butler house and lot
on Berlin street. Price 81, 200.
Mrs. e. B. Pike and daughter Catherine
| OF Pike Station, N. H., were the guests over
Sunday of Miss Mary e. Tromblee.
| Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver is to lecture in
the Congregational church at Newbury
this evening on Popular Insanity"
A water pipe over d. s. wheatley's store
burst Sunday night flooding the store and
doing considerable damage to goods.
The commencement of Lent next Wednes-
day, will be on the first anniversary OF the
destruction of the battleship Maine Ia Ha-
vana harbor.
#. Fl. Thompson made a trip to Granite
Vile on Monday. The latest report said he
was In hopes TO get back to Montpelier III
time for March meeting
Miss Alice O'Connor and Fred Collins
were married at st. Augustine's church
on Tuesday morning, Rev. W. j. O'Sulli-
van performing the ceremony.
The first OF a series of mid-week services
will be held in the vestry OF the Church OF
the Messiah Wednesday evening at 1880
O'Clock. Subject, IA Child of God"
The Montpelier orchestra were out from
two o'clock Friday afternoon until half-past
seven in the evening in vain attempt TO
meet their engagement at North Calais.
There will be bean porridge sociabe
at j. g. Scribner's, Prospect street, ward
six on February 10, afternoon and even
ing. Supper from $50 tot. All invited.
H. G. Averill of Roxbury has purchased
the +. l.. Curtis house, No. Barre street,
and has taken possession. Mr.. Averill in
tends to conduct first-cass boarding
house.
A large force of men was employed Monday
morning to shovel the snow from the cleo
trc car tracks on Seminary hill. Ia many
places the snow was drifted to depth of
three feet.
H.C. Cotton returned Thursday evening
from Springfield, Mass, where he has been
to attend meeting OF ftheSaddlery Hardware
Manufacturers Association, of which he is
a member.
Mrs. Fred Blanchard gave an enjoyable
whist party Thursday evening at her home,
corner of School and Loomis streets. Five
tables were filed. Mrs. George IL. Blanch-
ard won the first prize
o1n1. ta1 nj
eth birthday Tuesday evening at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Henry Rowell, on 81.
Paul street. A very enjoyable time is re.
ported by all who attended.
e. L. Segel of the Boston Clothing store
started Monday for New York by the way
OF Burlington, where he is to be married on
Sunday He will return next week and
take up his residence in this city.
Maria Kane, widow of the late Patrick
Kane, died Monday morning at her home on
State street after long and painful illness.
Her age was sixty.seven years. Funeral
services will be held Thursday morning.
George L. Lane has recently opened an
Office in Boston to practice as spec alist.
His card reads: sc. Lester Lane, physic
healer and speci ,list in all diseases arising
from Obession, Is Berkeley street, Boston"
Thomas Dewey and Harry Oviatt have
been elected delegates to the Interstate con-
vention of the Young Mems Christian As
sociations of Vermont and New Hampshire
TO no held at Laconia, N. H., February
1926.
In city court Tuesday morning Patrick Ma
lone and Ned Blanche pleaded guilty OF a
simple assault on Officer Brown at the time
| they were arrested last week for intoxica
tion. Sentence has not yet been imposed
by Judge Smile.
The third and last of the concerts and
dances given by the band and orchestra
was held on Saturday night. In spite of
the extreme cold 1t was well attended and
much enjoyed. The receipts of the even
| ing were about S37.
Rev. Andrew Gillies preached in Trinity
church Sunday evening the first of series
OF sermons on "Sin and its Remedy" The
theme Sunday evening was "A Spiritual
| Suicide" These Sunday evening lectures
are prefaced by fifteen minute praise ser
vice.
Horace, a five year old son of Albert
johnson OF Berlin, while standing in chair
his arm. DR.. G. e. Chandler was called to
dress the injured member About two
months ago the same young man was kick
ed by a COW and had his leg broken.
M. W. Wheelock made the deeds on Sat
urday, conveying the house and lot OF Bet
sey A. and Mortimer ID. Sturtevant, No. 10!
Berlin street. to George ID. Butler. Con
sideration, $1,000. This will probably bt
the first deed from the new ward, or thai
City Clerk Merrill will have for record.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Pratt and son, wht
have been visiting in town for the pas
week, returned on Monday to their home a
Parry Sound, Ont. Mr.. Pratt left Montpe
lier thirty years ago and this was his frs
visit to his native town. He is a son o
Sylvester j. Pratt who lived on Barre stree
during the sixties.
The Montpelier orchestra was unable Il
get to North Calais Friday evening because
OF drifted highways. Attempts were mad
by the Clay Hill and by the East Montpe
lier village routes. About two miles be
yond the latter place impossible drifts wer
encountered, and they were obliged to re
turn to Montpelier.
, A special meeting OF the Board OF Trad
, was held Friday evening in the Office O
Mayor Senter, for the purpose Of discussing
! and encouraging our granite industries
: The attendance was small. A committee
, composed OF II. W. Kemp, A. ID. Farwel
,, aud Fred Blanchard was appointed to fur
ther investigate the matter and report at
future meeting.
t The Lenten services at Christ church vii
. be as follows: Ash Wednesday, Februar