The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-11-28
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

A daughter was born Wednesday to Mr.,
and Mrs, A. E. Carr.
A daughter wa born Wednesday to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry G. Gravein.
Edward Roberts OF st. Adams is EN-
ployed as clerk in Fields restaurant.
The Pastimes beat the National Life team
at the Pastime alleys By 100 Plus Wednes-
day evening
Frank Hanson has finished work at the
Union Gard Company's office and gone to
Montreal to work.
The assault and battery case in which
DR. II. A. Fiske sued r. II. S5andlsh for
$1,000 damages, was settled out OF court
Wednesday.
Including the afternoon trains, 1l9 tick
cts were sold at the local Central Vermont
station to those taking in the excursion to
Montreal on Wednesday.
The old hay scales connected with the
store occupied by g. II. Whitney have been
taken out and replaced by building a bulk
head to the cellar OF the store.
IL. A. Skinner is recovering from the in
1uries he recently sustained to his arm and
is able to be about town once more. There
is now no fears of blood poisoning.
A ten round match has been arranged
between Luther Manuel OF this city and
Howard Powers of Berlin, n. H., to come
off at the latter place early in December.
Hon. d. j. Foster OF Burlington, A. E.
Watson Of Hartford and II. ID. Miller of
Wallingford, the State board Of railroad
commissioners were in town Thursday clos
ing up the business OF The year.
Sheriff Spsfford and Deputy Sheriff Peck
OF Windsor county were in town Thursday
and took Frank Shaw the convicted murder
er of Deputy Sheriff Hoffman and lately con-
fined in jail since his appearing in Supreme
Court, back to the Woodstock jail.
Sheriff Graves and Deputy County Clerk
Gates armed with a search warrant issued
by States Attorney Hoar visited the mar
keJ on School street OF II. w. Robinson
Thursday afternoon and raided 1t for CON
traband Intoxicating liquors but none were
found.
The Montpelier Athletic club is defunct.
AT the time of its demise it had a balance
in the treasury OF nineteen cents. Some of
the more reckle ss members have the hardi-
hood TO suggest the resurrection of the club
under the new caption OF the Nineteenth
Century Club.
The wind storm Of Wednesday afternoon
and evening did considerable damage to
electric wires, trees, and in some instances
broke the glass of windows and blew away
blinds. The flag staff on the State House
and the ventilator cap over the Senate
chamber were carried away by the gale.
w. O. Wsshburne, local agent for the
Massachusetts Mutual Accident Insurance
Company, has settled with w. A. Briggs
for 1925. Mr.. Adams OF Boston, adjust T
for the same, has also settled with Thomas
Mundy and John Cutler, who have been in
Heaton Hospital for several weeks, suffer
ing with broken legs.
About forty attended the venison ban
quet served at the City Cafe by w, III. Far
rar, the proprietor, Wednesday evening.
Venison broth, Venison steak roast veuisou
and venson pie, literally interspersed with
other delicacies, formed the bill OF fare
and the banquet was most toothsome and
delicious one for all participants.
Perley Tha er, Victor Brown and Philip
Ellis of Barre were arrested there Wednes-
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Shepard
on information filed by the States attorney
charging them with burglarizing the Mills
store in Barre in connection with the other
boys who were recently arrested in Man
chester, N. III. They were brought before
the county court and furnished bail which
was fixed at $500 in each case.
Elvirus Alden, who resides on the Her.
rick farm at Shady Rill was visited by q
bear Wednesday evening. On Wednesday
Mr.. Alden butchered some hogs and al
night hung them up in shed high enough
from the ground for a wagon to be run un
der them. Thursday morning when the
hogs were loaded for market it was dis
covered that they had been visited by q
bear the night before aud that bruin had
eaten the best part OF a shoulder OF one OF
the hogs, the marks made by the bears
claws, while he Toasted on his porkship
were plainly visible.