The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-18
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENING \.

Terrace street to George Mccormick for
500.
Rev. Or. Norman S9aver and Miss Ade-
laide l.. Griswo,d have returned from their
visit in Half TX, S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Pope of New
York City are guests OF Mrs. Hiram Carle-
ton, Mr.. Pope's sister.
George H. Wilder went Wednesday to the
White Mountains to enter upon his summer
engagement at the Franconis 1nn.
Homer Therault, Sr., aud Homer I uer-
iault, Jr., OF S llsm, Mass, are guests Of
Pau Theriault, their brother and uncle.
Supreme court meets in this city next
week Thursday Tor the rendition OF deet-
sions Cherries D0herty will then know his
fate.
A store house is being erected for the use
OF the K. G.. Bowers Granite Company in
the rear of the No. 3 building on LaDgdon
street.
Hon. j. II. Watson returned Wednesday
evening from Manchester where he has
been presiding at the June term OF Ben
nington county court.
The funeral of William O'Neil who died
in MoretOwn Tuesday, was held this morn
ing from ST. Augustue's Church. Burial
was In The Ga holc Cemetery.
Rev. W. A. DAWSON, who has been visit
ing in town for few days, has left for
Rutland 10 resume his work a. State mis-
sonary for the Baptist State convention.
Miss Florence Hill las gone 10 st. Leon,
Canada, for 4 TWO weeks vacation. Her
place as stenog Aphsr In the Office OF Dill
bingham, Huse q How land is taken by Miss
Gertrude Lee Of Middebury.
James Ryan, John Casey and Thomas
Foran, convicted in Barre city court OF in
toxication, were committed to Jail here for
ten days today by officers Gauthier, LavlC
lette and Cayhue.
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contains an excellent cut Ct M. S. Stone,
and a fall aostrsc Of Nj. Stones response
TO the address OF welcome, at the opening OF
the National Institute Of obstruction.
Harry B. Taplin returned Frdav evening
from weeks visj to the New York mar
kets. He was accompanied by his nece,
Miss Doroth a Hewlett OF Philadelphia,
who will be his guest for some wesks.
Invitations have been recsived here to a.
tend the silver celebration of the twenty
fifth anniversary OF the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. I. Dodge, formerly OF mis- city but
now Of Bra ileDoro, to be held at the latter
place July 20.
s. S. Ballard, local agent for the Allan
steamship line, has received notice that The
steamer Lunisian, on which Professor and
Mrs. n. j. Whitehill sailed, arrived at Liv-
erpool Monday morning with all well on
board.
Mrs. Gibson and son of Salem, Mass, who
have been with Mrs. Ashley Hubbard,
mother of the former for two weeks, re
turned Wednesday 10 Salem, accompanied
by Mrs. Hubbard. She is to reside in Salem
in the future.
Five employees OF the Groton Bridge Com
pany are in town aud are engaged in the
preliminary work Of setting up the Charles
street bridge. Consgnmenis of steel and
lumber are constantly arriving and the
work Is TO be pushed 10 completion.
SpnCia1 auapta Fyarett r Norton and
Warren w. Sawyer of Washington, d. c.,
with Postmaster l.. w. Shedd. made trip
through Jones brook region Wednesday in
their investigation as to the needs OF free
rural postal service in this vicinity.
An additional force, comprised OF Philip
Smith, julius Dewey, Mrs George P. Bar
b)r, Mrs. Joseph Vieu. Miss Anna Guern-
sey and Miss Emma Wells began the work
today OF making up the annual assessments
OF the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.
A hearing in the CT re OF Albert Benton of
Cabot W. held Wednesday before Judge
Carleton and States Attorney Hoar Ben
ton was adjudged an insane pauper and
will oe committed to the State hospital for
the insane at Waterbury at the expense Of
the State.
George e. Hill of Berlin had no sooner
settled with the CITY court Wednesday af-
ternoon for his little cider racket than he
p
OF obtaining liquor from the agency under
false rietences He appealed his case and
furnished bail in the sum of $50.
William Miller has returned from his trip
to Boston and brought with him souvenir
OF Admiral Dewey's flagship, Olympia,
which was presented to him by friend in
the naval service. 1t is the shell of six
pound shot fred by one of the Olympia's
rapid fire guns at the battle OF Manila.
Alexander Jangraw, who is employed in
Boston as an electrician, hi 3 notified Alder
man Jangraw, his father, of serious acct
dent which he sustained the other day. He
was engaged in cutting oil the limb OF 9
tree, when the axe slipped and cut into one
knee, severing the arteries. His injuries
may d'sable him for some weeks II not FOL
life.
Some reckless driver in Green Mount
Cemetery drove on water pipe thre
fourths Of an inch in diameter one evening
le7t week and broke it, The pipe was stu
ated on Mount Hope aud the damage was
not discovered until the next morning. The
overflow OF water made deep gullies from
the top OF the hill TO the 10 ntain, and other
wise damaged lots over which it flowed.
Quite a number Of the agents and the
ladies, who have been attending the bi-cen
tennial exc cises Of the National Life lnsur
ance Company left for their homes Friday
AS they were taking the train at the Cent? a
station they made college yell of tn
WORDS n AllOuhl LII, amer winch Tue,
gave three rousiug cheers and tiger TO
Hon. Charles Dewey, the president, VIII
YVES present, and also cheered the othe
officers OF the institution.
Late Wednesday afternoon a six hors
team loaded with about six tons OF rougl
granite stock from Patch & Company
quarry in Sodom drove on the scales O
r. Blanchard & Co. The load was no soon
er on the scales than that portion upol
which the rear wheels rested gave way ant
the load Gre he'd into the pit. The cause o
the smash was the breaking OF lag irol
which supported one portion { the stee
work Of tho scales. Owing TO the f9 1t tina
as the load sank down into the scale pit
was supported by the hubs Of the rea
wheels resting against the outside walls
the iron work OF the scales was not wreck
ed as 1t otherwise would have been. Othe
teams were procured and the granite we
reloaded on them, alter which the WACO
was drawn out from the wrecked scales.
The 400 excursionists from this vicinit
on Lake Champlain Wednesday evenin
saw no moonlight but were treated to
magnificent electrical display. A hundre
or more timOrOuS ones remained behind /