The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-29
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

| sawyer OF Barre.
Col. and Mrs. A. @. Brown have returned
| from several weeks sojOurn at North Rye
Beach, N. II,
Miss Francis Sutherland, the nurse, has
taken rooms at Mrs. s. q. Shurtleff's, No.
| 172 Main street.
Miss Minnie Clark of Worcester, Mass, a
| teacher Ia china painting, Is visiting Mrs.
A. o. Cummins
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Darlington and little
son went Saturday to Worcester to remain
| with relatives for week.
Frank Mckee, former Montpelier boy,
| now successful miner in Los Angeles,
Cal, Is visiting in town.
Mr., and Mrs. A. w FerIin and son and
DR.. and Mrs. III. c. Brigham are visiting in
Morrisvile and st. Johnsbury.
| Miss Katherine Flood is taking two
weeks vacation from her duties In the Rae
| quet store and is visiting relatives in North
| field.
The Central Vermont line is to run an
excursion from New York points on Lake
Champlain to this city next Friday, arriv-
| ing here ut noon
Joseph Seabury of Boston, a prominent
contributor to Forest and Stream, visited
Montpelier on Monday while on his way
from the Adirondacks TO the Maine woods.
Capt. L. M. Hutchinson and Willard M,
his sou, left Saturday to attend the nation
al Grand Army encampment at Chicago.
They will visit the Pacific coast before their
return.
| Mrs. Charles A.. williams OF Hudson,
Mass formerly Miss Harvey, u teacher in
the Montpelier public schools, has been the
guest OF Mrs. Joseph Poland during the
past week.
Some twenty. live tickets were sold at the
Central Vermont Station Saturday to those
going to Chicago to attend the national en-.
| n q m nf1lA NJ nj hn arol
more are to leave tonight.
d. 7. Donnelly left Saturday for Man
chester, n. H., where he will join party
in an ocean trip to Halifax, N. S. b. @.
Alexander will have charge of Mr.. Don
nelly's store during his absence.
II. s. Baketel, exchange editor of the Bos-
ton Journal, was in town today He is in
the State for the purpose OF obtaining in
terviews for his paper from the several can
didates for the United States Senate.
| At the meeting of the board of civil au-
thority, held Friday evening, thirty-eight
names were added to the check list, thirty
OF whom took the freeman's oath. The
next meeting Of the board will be on Mon
day evening.
The roam mare owned by the Grand
Union Tea Company, which has been driv
en- for the past two years by f. Ii. Thomp-
| son was shot at Downng's stable this u. orn-
ing. The animal had lockjaw, caused ny
stepping on wire nail.
There will be a meeting OF the board of
managers of the Young Mems Christian
| Association auxiliary at two o'clock We'd
nesday. The regular monthly meeting will
be held at three o'clock at the Young Mems
| Christian Association rooms.
The itinerary of Hon. w. P. Dillingham's
campaign tour this week is as follows:
Monday, Brandon; Tuesday, Underhill
Wednesday, Franklin; Thursd y, after
T.fA
Bennington; Saturday, Vergennes.
At the offertory at Christ church Sunday
morning Miss Cora Mann sang "Fear Not
Ye o Israel" by Buck. Miss Mann has a
voice OF rare purity and sweetness, with fine
timbre, and had her solo been outside the
sacred edifice it would have been heartily
applauded
The Massachusetts delegation to the ma
tional encampment at Chicago, which was
to arrive in this city at $40 Saturday even
ing, came in on a special train Of ten parlor
cars two hours late. Those on board spent
abou an hour visiting the points of interest
in town.
City Clerk Merrill has issued a warning
for the special city meeting which is to be
held in Armory hall at nine A. M, Saturday,
September 8, to instruct the city's repre-
sentative to the next General Assembly as
to whether he shall vote for license or pro-
hibition.
Because of the inclemency of the weather
the outdoor meeting Of the Democrats
which was to have been addressed by Gen
i. j. Boynton of Boston Monday evening
was declared off. 1t is possible Gen. Boyn-
tsn will address the Montpelier Democrats
next Monday evening
Miss Emily Carrow was called to Quebec
Sunday night on receiving the sad news
that her sister was dying. Following upon
this message came another announcing that
her brother, who is deputy sheriff in Da
kota, was shot and killed Saturday by al
escaping prisoner whom he was pursuing.
The interior of the Montpelier book store
Is being materially improved by repaintina
and also by removing the brick work which
destroyed the usefulness of the two win
dows in the rear Of the store. M III. Rice
the proprietor, is bound to make his store
one OF the most attractive in the CITY.
Henry Mcmahon of Boston, district or
ganizer for the National Typographical
I Union, Is expected to arrive in this city thi
) evening to assist the union printers in We
: mont In making campaign for the purpose
a OF rebuking the commissioners for letting
a the contracts for STATE printing go OUTSIDE
} the State
B. O. Alexander has at his hennery on th
, Jones brook road a tame crow by the nam
OF Jim" which is marvel in the way O
: intelligence. The bird apparently under
a | stands almost everyth ng said to him an(
q will follow his master about the premise
\ like pet dog, and upon his approach will
q fly to meet him with loud caws OF delight.
, Helen NJ, the ten.years.old daughter c
n Mr.. and Mrs e. M. Nichols, died Sunda
i night at their home on Terrace street. Sh
l. had only been i'll for few days. Spina
IT meningitis WAS the cause OF her death. Th
k funeral was held from the house at tw
a o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. j. Edwar
k Wright officiating. Burial was in Gree
Mount cemetery.
a, The Cotton Manufacturing Company an
IL Thomas Osborne have shut down the
J, works for about ten days in order that g,
10 tensive repairs may be made on the mil
ls dam. A large force OF men was engaged i
d this work today, the water having bee
10 drawn off early this morning. e. W. Bs
y ley Co., will use a gasoline engine fC
Al power in the meantime.
y The one O'Clock north bound express tn
afternoon was an hour late because OF a
accident on a crossing some two miles Tia
side Of Waterbury. The engine struck
"a wagon loaded with long stick Of timbe
eo smashing the timber and breaking some
ar the parts OF the forward end of the engn
Nv The engineer and fireman Jumped after r