The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-12-20
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

William Loomis, who resides on the East
hill IN Nor hheld, near Berlin line, died
Friday night. His funeral will be held
from his late home Sunday afternoon.
The Emery & Company Collection Agen-
cy is contemplating opening a branch Office
at Brattleboro. The manager, w. Nj. Ord
way, OF the Montpelier Office will, with AN
assistant, also manage the branch Office at
BrattlehorO.
Charles Il. Perrin has sold and shipped
this week to parties In Bottom and Law
renee, Mass, over 20 0J0 pounds Of wool.
This has ali been bought 10y Mr.. Perrin this
season, and he is snll taking all that is Of
fered at good prices.
Deputy Sheriff Slayton took James
Doheny OF Northfeld, who was recently
convicted in county court Of breaking jail,
and E hanan Andrews OF this city, convict
ed of Keeping aud selling, to the house of
correction in Rutland Saturday.
George II. Davis, a native OF Montpelier
died recently at his home in Minneapolis,
Mimi, aged seventy-two years. Mr.. Davis
served in the Mexican and civil wars. He
left Montpelier about 1865 He leaves sew
eral relatives in Washington county. Ha
was a corporal in Company l. Thirteenth
Vermont, under Captain Thatcher.
Thomas Wildey encampment of Odd
Fellows has elected the following officers
for the year ensuing: Frank E Grout,
chief patriarch; V, l.. Slayton, senior war
den; Edward Baker, high priest; Frank e,
Smith, scribe; II, A Bowman, treasure
l.. II. Lvlngs on, junior warden. These,
with the officers of Vermont lodge of Odd
Fellows, Will be jointly installed on We'd
nesday evening, January
The Montpelier friends of Prof Frederick
Il. Lawrence, who as formerly AT the head
of the music department of the Montpelier
Seminary, Will be Interested to learn that
he has recently conducted a very successful
performance of Hdndel's great oratoTio,
Tine Messiab," at Mortified, Mimi,
where he is located. The organist and So
losts, who assisted Mr. Lawrence, were st.
Paul and Minneapolis stars.
p operations are completed for the dis
trlct meeting Of subordinate lodges OF Odd
Fellows TO be held with Vermont lodge at
Montpelier, Wednesday evening. The
iniuatory degree will be worked by Yer
mont lodge and the second degree by Gill
lodge OF East Rarre. j. w GOodell Of
Burlington, past grand representative, win
cIiticse the secret work of the initittory
degree, aud II. NJ. Mcfarland Of Hyde
Park, grand representative, that OF he
second degree. A bang ,et in Grand a my
ball will follow the work, after which grand
ofiicers and prominent Odd Fellows present
will speak
"Henan" Bowers was found Saturday,
by City Sheriff Bancroft in an intoxicated
condition and taken before Grand Juror
Carleton. Bowers case is an unfortunate
one and sentencing him to Rutland, az has
been done many times, does not appear to
effect any change for the better in his case
On this occasion new me'hod will be
tried hoping that Bowers Will be benefited
thereby. By process obtained through
the probate court he will be com nitted to
the State Hospital for the Insane at Water
bury as conf med inebriate where he
wi receive treatment in the hope that ulti-