The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-01
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

guest at the Pavilion.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs Ell
lis ID. Rollins Saturday afternoon.
II. q. Campbell is to move his family and
household effects this week to Montgomery.
w. II, Weston is in Marshfield and Plain
field today setting monumental work.
G. L. Smith and George b. Peck are
spending few days in camp at Groton
pond.
The Garnet Seal Circle will meet on Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. A.
w. Slocum, 10 College street.
Rev. j. e. Wright has an appointment to
preach in the Morse school house, East
Montpelier, next Sunday, at 2:15 P. NJ.
Harry Hart, who was 30 terribly crushed
in the quarry accident at Barre Monday
forenoon, died at FIVE o'clock that after
noon.
Mrs II. A Spencer and Miss Maria, her
daughter, are to spend the winter in Della
ware leaving the city about the middle of
| Novmeber.
Wheelock Alfred o. Chase. admr., has sold
to willard w. Wilson the Emily NJ. Chase
house on Prospect street, ward q.
Levi Blanchard OF Berlin, section hand
on the Central Vermont, who worked at
North Barre, dropped dead on Tuesday.
Mr.. Blanchard was sixty'five years old and
! leaves widow.
dow of 9. III. Ferrin's store a wooden mina-
ture OF the cruiser Olympia fully equipped.
1t was made by prisoner in the Massachu-
setts State prison.
Benjamin Gates succeeds #. b. Thomas,
resigned, as deputy county clerk. He be-
gan his duties at the county clerks office
Tuesday. Mr.. Gates is apopular young man
in the city and is to take up the study of
law.
Rev. W illiam j. Cloues the new pastor
OF the Baptist church, with his family ar
Teton, Mass. He was welcomed at the
rived in the city on Tuesday from Lit
station by delegation Of members Of his
new pastorate.
A social gathering, with varied enter
tanment, will be enjoyed by the Young
Peoples Religious fraternity and their in
vited friends in the vestry Of the Church Of
the Messiah on Thursday evening, Novem-
ber 2, at 1880 o'clock.
Fred Brasaw OF Barre, who has been con-
fined in Jail in default Of bail on the charge
of selling intoxicants and maintaining a
nuisance, was brought into court Tuesday,
furnished bail in the sums of 5000 in the
selling, and 1900 in the nuisance case.
Frank Williams OF Newport, who was ad-
mitted to the bar on Friday, did not lose
any time in getting down to business. Be
fore departing for his home, he deposited
with Deputy Sheriff Wedge two warrants
to be served upon Montpelier parties.
w. N. Theriault, one Of the newly-made
attorneys from this city. is to remain with
Dillingham;, HUse & Rowland. E. M. Har-
yey will associate himself with r. NJ. Har-
vey, his father, and f. b. Thomas contem.
plates opening a law Office in this city in
the near future.
Washington county court reconvened
Tuesday afternoon with Judges Mark Mears
and G. ID. Edgerton in attendance. Sever
al uncontested divorce cases were set for
hearing, among them Kidder against Kid
der, and Lulu M. Prentiss against Walter
M Prentiss.
Tuesday afternoon Depaty Kidder arrested
Henry Town, Jr., the twelve-year-old son
1t is alleged that the boy stole a S35 watch
from Henry Town, Sr., his grandfather,
which he sold to Roland the young of A.
G. Blanchard, for thirty-fve cents.
Mrs Mark L. Beardsley received intel.
! lgence Sunday evening, OF the death of
John W. Snow, her father, at Andover,
Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Beardsley left this
morning for that city. Because of this the
meeting of Trinity church reading club that
was to have been held Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Beardsley has been postponed.
; Eli Carter, who is serving time in all for
!, a drunk, was brought into city court today
to answer to the charge of obtaining liquor
at the city agency under false pretences
, He pleaded guilty. His fine and costs
, , amounted to $2l. II he does not pay
before his term in Jail expires he will be
committed to the house OF correction for
!, 80 days.
: Charles Jack was arrested Friday even
} ing by Officer Demerritt while intoxicated
/ and try ing to get into Jail, He has been
employed by Ward & Douglass as water
' boy In city court today he pleaded guilty
to second offense and was fined with
: costs S16 81. He disclosed on obtaining a
+ half pint bottle Of Jamaica ginger at p. G
4 Dewey's store. II he cannot raise his fine
Y he gets fifteen days in Jail.
t The abutments, which Ward & Douglass
a have been constructing for the Wheeloch
bridge, are practically completed the worl
t of pointing up the masonry being now II
progress 1t Is not thought now that the
i iron superstructure will be put In place
n until next spring. Considerable work or
u grading to the approaches has been accom-
a plished The abutments are we'll built an(
Q present an appearance OF solidity.
" Montpelier is so much troubled will
l. runaways," writes correspondent, "th
a city might ask its people to adopt the Rus
sian method of prevention. Incosed is
, clipping from the Utica Globe; 'Runaws.
/, horses are unknown in Russia. No on'
drives there without having thin corr
~ with a running moose around the neck o
"a the animal. When an animal bolts thu
n cord is pulled and the horse stops as 500
N az he feels the pressure on the windppe.'
1T f. II. Foster, late OF the United State
ss engineers in the Philippines, whose inter
Il esting letters have appeared from time t
10 time in the JOURNAL was caller at thi
ID office today. MIR. Foster appears to hav
g. successfully endured the hardships OF eau
paigning in the tropics. but he finds tn
10 Vermont temperature rather chilly. He |
O. undergoing the process OF getting used t
D. the climate OF his native regions. Mr. Fo:
o. ter arrived from Japan some two weeks agC
80 80 The breach OF the peace case of Stat
IN wa fria
10 city court Monday before Judge Smile and
M jury composed OF G. j, Berry, s. w. BENZ,
~. ~ min, q. r, Kingsbury, l.. P. Lawrence
10 George Richardson and q. III. Ferril
~ Grand Juror Carleton appeared for ii
90 State and #. A. Bailey for the responder
90 Cayhue was charged with assauting Rol
% ert Devine near the Union House durin
" the first week in August. The jury return
ed verdict OF guilty. The court impose
a sentence of $50 and costs. An appej
was taken TO county court,
The Ladies' Military Band scored a SUI