The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-05

Noh1lnueu from rage One,
County Court convenes Wednesday morn
Ing at nine O'Clock, Judge j. W. RoweI
presiding The court house las for several
days past be en- the scene Of great ACTIVITY
The interior has been rejuvenated. The car
penters and painters having removed all
evidences Of the damage done by ERE last
winter. Everything appears IA stick and
span new hat
w. A, Shaw, observer at the Mortified
signal station, furnishes the following met
geological su mary for the month of Ano-
ust just closed: Mean Temperature GO.
highest temperature 90, Aug. 20; lowest
temperature, 40, Aug. 3; total precipitation
q II inches; total movement Of wind, 4g79
miles; maximum velocity Of wind, 36 miles
an hour, Aug. 6; number Of clear days, a.
partly cloudy days, 10, cloudy dave, o:
20. N
Howard f. Hammond, the efficient fore
man OF the W ATcHMAN ompaDy for many
years, Is now foreman of the printing de-
partment OF the Waterbury, (Conn. y Blank
BOOK manufacturing Company. Mr.. Ham
mond has been with the company about
three years Soon after entering its SER
vice he was promoted to the foremangbip
OF the establishment. The company has a
large plant, Is equipped with the best ma
chlnery ana does general printing bust.
ness. Mr.. Hammond's old friends here
are pie ased to learn Of his prosperity,
The regular monthly meeting of the
Montpelier Typographical Union was held
Friday evening and four new members
were admitted. The scale of prices which
has been submitted by the Union to the en-
ploying printers of the town were reported
IA having met with favor though Init ono
firm has yet adopted them. Matters politi-
cal and otherwise respecting the action to
be taken in regard to the letting of the State
printing outside the State were discussed AZ
some length, but the nature OF this discus
sion was not given out for publication.
Apropos Of the closing of the fishing sea-
son, it Is interesting to note that more than
ton OF trout-or TO be exact ., $40 pounds
| have been taken this season from Darlinp's
| pond at GrotoD, now owned by Hon. S. II.
Griffith OF Dandy. On Friday, the last day
| OF the open season, Senator Griffith and @,
E. Soule, his business partner caught TWEEN
| ty-nine unds In two hours. In three days
last week Senator Proctor, Gen. Ripley and
Mr.. Griffith caught ninety-two pounds of
trout there, fishing only few hours at
morning and evening 1t is estimated that
this pond now contains thirty tons of trout
and the increase goes on at rapid rate.
Harry Bertolli, who has been surety for
the bail OF Michael Broggi in liquor case,
feared that Brogg intended to leave these
! regions and in consequence surrendered
| him 10 the court. Officer Tracy went to
| Broggps home Monday evening for the pur.
| pose OF making service against him but "a
| he came away without Broggi a rumor
gained ground that Mike had jumped his
bail. Such was not the case as the matter
had been adjusted by Angelo Scampini of
! Barre becoming surety for Broggi's bail and
! the incident closed. The respondent has
been suffering from a serious bronchial
trouble Tor some months and has talked of
visiting Italy for the benefit of his health.
The funeral OF George G. Nve. whose
death was noted in Saturdays JOURNAL.
occurred Monday afternoon at three o'clock
| from the home OF w G. Nye, his son, at
North Montpelier. Rev. Anna B. Aldridge
was the officiating Clergyman. George f.
Sibley and Frank H. Hall had charge, and
the bearers were relatives of the deceased.
! Miss Aldridges funeral discourse was
based on music and harmony, which she
! applied to the life and character of Mr..
Nye., detrimental music only was pro-
vided by Mrs. Ellen Nye Gray and Miss
Gray, on the piano and cello. Burial was
in the family lot in North Montpelier.
Sheriff Graves brought George DeForge
and Charles Gabree of Waterbury TO this
city today and lodged them in Jail. The
! former WAS convicted at Waterbury of four
hrst otfenses of pocket peddling and SEN
fenced to 135 days at hard labor at the
house of correction and will be taken to
Rutland on Thursday This is his second
trip for the same offense Gabree was con-
victed of one first offense on the same
charge. He appealed his case to county
court Not being able to procure the $50
bail required he was committed to Jail.
| Charles Il. Tyler died Tuesday night
! from peritonitis at his home in Burlington
For many years Mr.. Tyler was employed
as nickle platter at the Cotton Manufactur-
ing Company's works in this city but for
the past few years he has been engaged in
the plating business in Burlington. For
several months he has been in failing
health and obliged to retire from bust
ness. A wife and child survive him. The
remains will be brought to this city Thurs
day noon for burial in Green Mount GENE.
terry. The burial will be under the aus
pices OF Vermont Lodge of Odd Fellows, of
which deceased was a member.
The following data for the month of Sep
TENDER for the past thirteen years is fur
| nished by W. A. Shaw, observer at the
Mortified signal station: Mean or normal
temperature, 56o; wsrmest month"; in 1891,
1893, with an average of $40; highest EN-
perature, 800, September %, 1895: lowest
temperature, 25o, September &C. 1894; aver
age date on which first "killing" frost &C.
CURED in autumn, September IS; average
date on which last "killng" frost occurred
in spring, May IS; average precipitation for
the month, 2S5 inches; greatest monthly
precipitation, 9.27 inches, in 1888; least
monthly precipitation 81 inches, in 1891;
greatest amount of precipitation in any "A
consecutive hours, 237 inches, September
q, 1885, average number Of clear days, 8,
partly cloudy days, IL, cloudy days, IL;
highest velocity of wind, AZ miles an hour,
September A. 1885,