The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-02-27
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

r Carlo L Smith is in Washington, ID. G.
for months visit and Incidentally to take
in the inau guratio1 proceedings
The commissioners of the e. Blskely
estate are invoicing the stock al the store OF
the Citizens Drug and Supply Company,
, Miss Alice Callahan has jn5t inished sue
cessfully her fifth term as teacher at west
Berlin aud plans to return + the spring
term
The relatives of A ton Bsdell, who
died Tuesday, are unable to como to this
city, and his emsins were placed Fri
day in the tomb at Green Mount cemetery
Fcank Jackson, aged nineteen years, who
has been i'll on Court rect from Assesses,
was taken to the Heaton hospi al In Roakes
g. D.iscoll's ambulance, Tuesday afternoon,
for treatment.
The members OF Vermont lodge OF Odd
Fellows, at the regular meeting held We'd
nesday evening, presented v, L.. Slayton,
the retiring Noble Grand, with handsome
Past Grand's regala The presentation was
happily made by Rev. w. B. Worthing,
The funeral of Fred Lawrence was
held Thursday afternoon at two O'Clock
from the home Of Edward Lawrence, his
father, near the top of Clay Hill. Rev. j.
Edward Wright oficiated; Burial was
in the Cutler burying ground
The Vermont Association at Washington,
OF which Senator Dillingham; Is president, |
will keep open house at 419 Tenth street, on
March 8, 4 aud 8. Vermonters who visit
Washington are cordially invited to make
that place their headquarters during tnelr
stay In the city.
j. M, Donahue has arranged ten-round
sparring match, Qdeensbury rules, between
Frank Gauthier Of this city and Kid Phelan
OF Portland, Me-, to occur at Berlin, n. II.
March 20. The men are to weigh in at l3O
pounds and the winner to receive sixty-hve
per cent OF the net gate receipts.
The many Montpelier friends OF Mrs. l.
r. Kicker Of Barre regret that she missed
being winner In the Boston Globe voting
contest by the narrow margin OF htty-four
votes. Miss Gertrude Harris OF windsor
had only that number OF votes more than
Mrs. Rickert in q total OF almost 3OOOO.
A chancery hearing was held Thursday
before +. L Laird as master in the Water
bury case OF George w. Randall against
Horace White. The silt arises over dis.
pute regarding lumber contract. G. W
Wing and Geo. W. Morse appeared for the
orator and r. M. Harvey for the defendant
Alton j. Bedell, aged thirty-two years,
died Tuesday afternoon after weeks ILL
ness from pneumonia. Deceased was
brdgeman in the employ OF the Central
Vermont railroad and had resided in town
about two years. At the time OF his death
he boarded with Mrs. Gilmont near the car
barn.
Wesley Brewster, father OF Mildred
Brewster, died last week at his home In
Huntington. THIS kindly old gentleman
made many friends during his enforced
stay at Montpelier during the trial OF his
daughter for murder, who deeply sympa-
thzed with him in the sorrow that clouded
the last years Of his life.
Fifteen tables were filled at the whist
party given last evening in Odd Fellows hall
by theimembers OF Ivy lodge, Daughters of
Rebekah. Frank E Smith and Mrs. Emily
Roberts won the first prizes. W. K. Lawson
and Mrs. Frank Carr made the poorest rec
ord. Refreshments were served before the
visitors from Barre were obliged TO leave.
Mr.. and Mrs John A. Good win and son OF
Providence, r. l., arrived in the city We'd
nesday evening and sre guests OF Mrs.
George w. Colby, mother OF Mr.. Good sin.
Mr.. Goodwin is to open shoe store IN the
new Colby block at the corner OF Barre
and Hubbard streets He is m wing his
household goods to the fat on the second
floor Of the same building.
There was large attendance at the
meeting OF the Philharmonic society We'd
nesday, although many were detained at
home by illness. 1t was the best rehearsal
yet held. The work taken up was from the
Redemption, Hymn of Praise, and Festi-
val Chorus book. Great enthusiasm was
manifest, and it is the intention of the
management to give concert soon after
Easter the colo work to be performed by
members Of the chorus.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. Ring gave a very
pleasant whist party at their home on East
State street Tuesday evening in honor of
Mrs. George @. ALDER, who is soon to leave
this city to join her husband in Philadel-
phja. Five tables were filed with players,
and refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served. The Grst priz9 was won by
Mrs George O. Brown and S. r Colby and
the second b. Mrs. f. L. Peck and Henry
A. Abbott.
A girl named Iua Money, about seven
years OF age, who resides with her mother
in the Jackson block on Elm street, sus
tanned serious and perhaps fatal in
jury while playing Tuesday evening in
room on the second fl lor OF the house Of
Albert Blanchard, The little girl fell
through an open register to the kitchen be-
low, striking her head against an iron sink
and crushing her skull. Everything in the
way OF medical treatment is being done for
the injured child.
The North franklin street road case
which under the title OF the George Willett
road case, has been a puzzlor for the est
council Tor about five years, is now prac'i
cally settled. The road will be laid out ss
soon as the snow Is off the ground. L. Il.
Gordon has accepted service and payment
from the city OF the $50 awarded him as
land damages The damages will be paid
to Miss Ellen Gordon Of Starksboro, the
mortgage. The court commissioners ap.
poi lted in this case will probably file their
report today.
AS several articles which were intended
to have been embodied in the warning for
the annual city meeting, printed on the an
nual city report, were not filed with the
city clerk until too late, Mayor Brown, to
get around the technicallty, has called g
special CITY meeting to be held at 3 P. M.
Tuesday, March 8, the day the March meet
ing Ia held. The time limit for filing articles
for the warning expires today. There are
four additional articles to be added to the
warning which are embodi sd in the follow
ing: To see II the city will vote to ex-
empt from taxation for a term OF years the
granite concerns OF the g. r. Bianchi Com
pany, Brown, Nelson & Calvin, Doucette
Brothers. and the American Granite Com
pany.
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