The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-11-07
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOGAN HAPPENINGS.

Miss Eula Booth is steadily recovering
from three weeks illness, caused by tonsil-
tits.
Nineteen tickets were sold from the local
Central Vermont station today for the New
York excursion.
a daughter was born on Thursday to Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Palmer OF Jonesville
Mrs. Palmer will be remembered as Miss
Lors Seaver OF this city.
The funeral OF Mrs. Benjamin Coburn
was held from the house Friday noon,
Rev j. Edward Wright officiating. The
remains were taken to Gouldsville for
burial.
Miss Grace Moulton, who sustained an
injury to one eye Thursday by bottle
bursting in her hsnd', was taken Friday to
the Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington, for
treatment,
Conductors S. r. Colby and William Hoey
are taking two weeks vacation from their
duties on the Cent al Vermont branch line
and their places ars being filed by John
Sweeney and Joseph Young Of st. Adams.
The marriage OF Osman Richard Collins
and Miss Kate Leona Guptill of this city is
announced to occur at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert II. Beedle in Randolph at
O'Clock Thursday evening, November 10.
A reception will Immediately follow the
ceremony.
Mayor Brown entertained the members OF
the city council, the city attorney, city clerk
and street commissioner at his home Thurs
day evening. The evening was most pleas.
ently spent, q banquet being served. All
unite in proclsiming Mayor Brown the
prince OF entertainers,
During the first fifteen days (trom Oct.
10 TO 81 Of the rural free delivery mail
service 2309 pieces of NJ all matter were de-
livered and 497 pieces collected The de-
partment agent thought that If 1000 pieces
were delivered during the first month, the
service would be success. These figures
far exceed all previous expectations.
The funeral of Mrs. Charles d, Mather
was held from the house at two o'clock on
Thursday and was largely attended. Rev.
A. N. Lewis assisted by Rev. j Edward
Wright officiating. The bearers we're l.,
w. Shedd, j. S Viles, Q. III. Heaton, A, ID.
Farwell, e d Hyde and e. Ii. Holmes.
Burial was in Green Mount cemetery.
Miss Grace Mouton. employed at the
city cafe, met with serious accident on
Thursday. She was attempting to open q
bottle of tonic with a screw driver when
the bottle burst. A window in the rear of
the store near which she was standing was
broken by the flying glass and three
corner cash was inflicted upon her left
eye. Physicians were quickly summoned
and the injured member was dressed and
she is now as comfortable as possible. In
the opinion OF the physicians her sight will
not be lost
Mrs. BENJAMIN Coburn, aged fifty-six
years, died Wednesday afternoon at her
home at 26 East State street. Seven weeks
ago she was taken i'll with pneumonia and
two weeks later, while slowly recovering,
she sustained partial stroke of paralysis
and on Monday a second shock followed
fro N which sh9 never rallied. She leaves a
husband, three sons and three daughters.
The funeral will be held from the house at
noon Thursday, Rev. j. Edward Wright Of
floating. The remains will be taken to
Gouldsville for burial.
hoe cd oIt
meeting for Wednesday evening. Novem-
Der IA for the purpose OF rstifying the &C.
ton OF the special city meeting held July
81, 1899. when it was voted to issue bonds
to cover the expense of building the Char les
street bridge and the new school building,
which action was later found to be illegal.
This meeting is to be held at the city
clerks Office to save expense in renting a
hall for the purpose and because the busi-
ness to be transacted is merely concerning
techncality.
"Henry o. Cushmsn, Esq, OF the Suffolk
Bar, has been appointed Instructor in the
courses on Real Property at the Bos on
University Law School and has begun his
Mr.. Cushmsn was born in Lisbon, N. H D.,
and after attending the public schools OF
that town he entered St. Johnsbury Acsd-
envy in 1879, from which he graduated with
class honors in 1883 In the same year he
entered Dartmouth College, where he was
prominent student, being editor of the
Dartmouth, president OF bis class, and a
member Of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
He studied law under private tutoring
for two years, and entered the Law School
OF Boston University in 1889, from which he
was graduated in 1890 Soon he became an
instructor at the Columbian University,
Washington, d c., where he remained five
years. His name has been connected during
the past five years with many noteworthy
cases, the most prominent one being the
well-known case sg ainst the Suffolk Trust
and Loan Company, where he represented
the creditors"
The Vermont Press Association is dead
1t Is as much more dead than hay as hay is
more defunct than live wire 1t has been
dead for some years, but for an hour once q
year 1t arises and manifests, even as ghosts
walk on Halloween. The anniversary
was Thursday, and the wrath materiaized
into partial visibility for a few moments