The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-04-11
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Frederick Robar and Miss Ada Hutchins
are to be married April H.
Mrs. j. II. Watson went Wednesday to st.
Johnsbury to visit for time.
A daughter was born Wednesday to Mr..
and Mrs. Frank e. Smith Of Prospect street.
e. e. Blakely left Heaton hospital on
Thursday, after a stay of nearly seven
months. He has taken a room at the Mont
pelier house.
A daughter was born Wednesday to Mr..
and Mrs. Perley 1. Robbins of Keene, N.
I'll. Mrs Robbins is now in this city at the
home of j. II. Senter, her father.
Alexander Herbert has purchased for
$1,000, through the real estate agency of A.
j. Howe, the house owned by Mrs. Ella j.
Bagley at No. 203 River street.
At the monthly business meeting OF the
Apollo club held Thursday evening, Harry
@. Jones was admitted as a member, and
three application for membership were re-
ceived.
An enterprising local dealer announces in
his window, dewey for President, Dewey
badges for sale inside" Thus far no great
rush of purchasers Of these badges has been
seen.
j. A. Goodwin of Providence, R. l., son
of Mrs. George w. Colby of this city, has
recently painted portrait OF bandmaster
d. w. Reeves which Is pronounced a very
seen 1t.
George w. Finn of Bristol, Conn.,, an
other wide awake horse buyer from the
Wooden Nutmeg State, is at the Montpelier
House. In company with j. q. Gillette
Mr.. Finn is visiting neighboring towns, pur-
chasing extra fine horses that strike his
fancy.
The Duplicate Whist club was royalty
entertained Wednesday evening by Mr..
and Mrs. e. ID. Hyde at their home on
LOOMS street. An elabora g supper was
served at six o'clock and the evening was
pleasantly passed with whist and six hand
euchre.
Charles Pike accidentally fell upon a saw
Wednesday afternoon in the saw mill of
right arm some three inches below the ell
bow. He is reported today as being in
comfortable condition.
The third OF series of socials for the
benefit of the piano fund, given Wednesday
evening in the vestry of Trinity church,
was we'll attended and much enjoyed A
musical and literary programme of eleven
numbers was rendered. Among those TAX
ing part were Misses Nay, Hersey, Rand,
Lyons, Celley, Joslyn and Blodgett, Charles
A. Wing and Mr.. Gambell.
Philip Smith and City Engineer G. S.
Currier Of Barre have formed a partner.
ship and are to open branch civil engi-
block at the corner of State and Elm streets.
Mr.. Smith will have charge Of the local Of
flee and has moved his family here where
they occupy one of II. +. Freeman's tene-
ments on Hubbard street.
Batiste Tomasi died Tuesday afternoon
at his home in Barre from pneumonia. He
was born in Piedmont, Italy, June "a, 1867
and came to Barre ten years ago where he
accumulated about $40 0C0 in the fruit and
grocery business. A wife and four children
survive him; also three brothers, G.. To-
mast OF Barre, A. Tomasi of St. Adams and
Dominica Tomesi of this city. The funeral
was held Thursday afternoon with burial
in the Catholic cemetery at Barre.
Business has never been better than at
the present time with the Lane Manufac-
turing Company. Orders for six saw-mills
received today are only samples of similar
orders received. The company now en-
ploys 104 men. AS the stock of extra ma
has been exhausted some time since, the
shops are run evenings as we'll as days to
catch up with the orders now in hand.
Six ice dealers from Rutland, Burlington,
st. Adams and Barre, members of the
State association Of icemen, were in the
city Thursday evening in conference with
G. W. Parmenter. The various methods
OF harvesting, storing and transporting ice
was the chief subject under consideration.
The matter OF rates charged for ice was not
considered as each member regulates the
price to be charged in his own locality.
The south and north bound passenger
trains over the Central Vermont road due
to arrive here about $50 P. NJ, were delayed
Wednesday evening by an accident to a
freight train near the water house about a
mile this side of Middlesex station. The
freight train broke apart, pulling out the
draw bars 10 several cars and four cars
were derailed. The passengers of the
haH to
by.
The quarterly meeting of the directors of
the Vermont Mutual Fire insurance Com.
pany was held today at the home office.
Among those present were j. r. Judson of
Arlington, George 8. Robinson of Island
Lynde OF Williamstown, II. w. Marvin of
Alburgh, ii. M. Noyes of Hyde Park, III. A.
Hodges Of Richmond and r. II. Preble of
Shoreham. Only routine business was
transacted.
Denison /. Dewey, eldest son OF Orville
Dewey, died on Wednesday at Manchester,
N. FL. The body was brought to Mont
pelier for burial. Funeral private. De-
ceased was thirty-one years of age and was
native of Montpelier, where he learned
the trade Of jeweler in the store of A. G..
Stone. He later learned the art of engrav-
ing in Boston and from there went to Man
chester, where he engaged in the business
Spanish-American war he enlisted in the
engineering corps and for some months was
stationed at Governors Island. He is sur
vived by widow and one child.
G. II. Wilder has been engaged by so.
ciety club in New Bedford Mass to give a
minstrel entertainment on the evening OF
May /. The affair will be a complimentary
one, given as sort of ladies' night feature
by and at the expense OF the club. The en-
tertainment will be replete with new and
catchy features arranged by Mr.. Wilder,
who will be assisted by the best singers OF
the boy choirs of New Bedford and also his
orchestral club. He left for that city
on Monday where he will remain several
days organizing and drilling his company.
Upon his return to this city he will leave
an assistant to carry on the preparations at
ter his direction.
The community was startled about seven
O'Clock Thursday morning by irregular and
intermittent changing of the fire alarm,
Boz ~, which is located near the residence
OF j. Q. Houghton, registered at the quar-
ters OF the hook and ladder company in the
Capital hall building and the combination
hook and ladder and hose wagon was
rushed to that section. The appearance OF
the fremen in that neighborhood was a sur