The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

one of the most handy locations in this CITY
and very reasonable rates. Call on or ad
| dress him at once.
A special train left this city at :35 Monday
afternoon to convey the New York excur.
| sionists over the Central Vermont railroad
to New London, Conn, whore they take
the steamer for New York city. Ffty.two
| tickets were sold from this station and
ninety-six from Barre.
Charles A. Rice, the actor, who on sew.
eral occasions has visited this city with
| Rice's Comedians and who became moat
! popular with theater goers, was in town to.
day briefly. He Is now with the Lions
Heart" Company which appeared Friday
| evening at the Barre opera house. Mr..
Rice has severed his connection with the
Rice Comedy Company having sold his in
terest in that company.
I. j. Kelleher & Company have Just com
pleted ana set up on the family lot in
Green Mount Cemetery, fine granite mon
| ument for artist Z. W. Wood. On one side.
enclosed In heavy raised moulding, are
bronze medallion likenesses of Mr. Wood
and his wife and just beneath is carved a
palette and brushes. The whole is most
tasty in design and finish.
The general committee appointed by the
Montpelier Council, knights OF Columbus
TO make arrangements for the Catholic fair
which is to open October 9 in Armory hall
held meeting Friday evening. A COM
g'1o @ Vn ". unIee, u. o. hal6yi NJ Il. heating
and ID. Il. Donnelly, was appointed to So
licit contributions from the local merchants
for the fair. The council has also raised
500 to be used in furnishing and equippine
knights of Columbus booth.
No postal notices to tax payers will be
sent out this year by the city treasurer,
but notices will be given instead throuph
the local papers. The city clerks office
will be kept open each evening next week
for the convenience of those who desire to
pay their taxes, next Saturday evening
being the last opportunity to take advant-
age OF the four per cent discount.
Jsmes W. Brock, member of the National
Republican committee from Vermont re-
cceived Saturday morning from the German
Manufacturing Company of New York,
campaign token that carries with it an un
answerable answer against free silver
This token is made of coin silver and is Of
the exact size and weight of a silver dollar
On II ls incribed it3 market value, forty
eight cents, and the query as to its coinage
value under the 16to l ratio.
The Central Vermont is running two
gravel trains of twenty cars each between
the Northfield gravel pit and Richmond.
Ihe road bed has been graded from Essex
junction to Richmond. This work will be
continued through to Montpelier Junction
this fall and possibly father south. About
hve miles week is graded. After the
grading is done new cross ties are laid to
replace those that have been down more
than thirty years.
Doubts as to the safety of Mr.. and Mrs,
E. N. Sanctuary have been removed by the
receipt OF letter Saturday by Patrick M
Cory from Mr.. Sanctuary The letter was
written September Is from Sabine Pass Tex
as Mr.. Sanctuary writes that his office, in
struments and field notes were washed
away by the flood. He and Mrs. Sanctuary
took refuge in hotel the only building on
the street that sod the flood.
Officer Demerritt was summoned Satur-
day evening to the corner of Elm and Pearl
streets and found man in drunken stu
por near the watering trough. The officer
procured team and carted the man to Jail.
In city court today he gave his name as
John Connolly Of Quincy, Mass, and plead
to produce the S13 SO required to Grace his
offence from the law tablets, he was re-
manded to jail for ten days.
A new electric self winding clock, double
the size OF the former one, is being placed
in the local Western Union Telegraph Of
hce. This clock sets all the others of the
sort in town every hour during the day ex-
cept at noon, when all are set by the father
clock in the United States observatory at
Washington, ID @. 1t might be practicable q |
to connect the clock in the tower of the
central Vermont station with the comb.
nation and thus give it new start in life.
ters Ia A. NJ. or p. NJ
The engagement of Robert Oushmap,
Esq, of Boston and Miss Mary Poland.
daughter of Mrs. Josephine Reed Poland,
Is announced. The young people are we'll
known in Montpelier and their friends and
parents friends congratulate the parties in
interest: MIR. Cushman is lawyer in Bos-
ton and the son OF Rev. Fl. Cushman OF
Providence. X. 1. His mother was a we'll. |
rememb bered daughter OF the late Marcus D.
Gilman, and Mrs. Poland is a highly
esteemed daughter Of Montpelier Ito the |
manner born," In the worthy line Of |
Thomas Reed. Through their mothers
affair of the children.
Clark Sibley Of East Montpelier was mix
ed p in smashup on State street Satur-
day afternoon and narrowly escaped death. |
Walter Smith was holding one of W. II. |
Hunts teams in front of Taplin Company's
store waiting for Jack Holmes, who had |
hired it, The Seminary Hill car came up |
t,ii Ine street and the horse became fractions. |
The car stopped and Smith attempted to |
drive by it but the horse became unmanage-
able and dashed first against an electric |
light pole and then plunged into Mr.. Sib- |
ley's team, overturning 1t and throwing him |
out backward. Mr.. Sibley fortunately es-
caped unhurt but his wagon was badly |
wrecked.
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died on Mondry at his home in Granville,
N T., aged twenty-nine years. He served |
in the United Sta es navy five years, three |
OF which were passed ON the Raleigh which |
participated in the battle in Manila bay. |
He wss twice promoted and in that memor. |
able fight was one OF the crew OF the gun |
that fired the first shot in that action. He |
returned with the cruiser and received an |
honorable discharge last June. Upon his |
return to Granville he was given great re. |
cepu n. He had been in poor health since |
leaving the service. He leaves widow,
one child and one brother, Michael, who |
besides in Northdeld.
G. l.. Thomas, travelling man from Bur.
lington, was mixed up in lively runaway on
lower State street Monday morning The !
horse he was driving was frightened at an
electric car and became unmAnageable. La |
his plungngs the ar wheel of the carriage |
came in contact with the car. The carriage |
was badly wrecked and cleared from the |
horse Mr Thomas was thrown from the
wagon and was dragged on his back 70 the
rear OF the residence OF Hon, Charles Dew
ey by the horse before he was stopped. Mr.
Thomas escaped with a sprained ankle.
A double railroad post-ofice service was
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