The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-10-16
MONTPELIER And VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENINGR.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Morse left Saturday for
Ashville N. c., where Mr.. Morse will at
tend a meeting of general passenger agents.
The Barre Hustlers defeated the Montpe-
lier Tigers in the game of foot ball on sem.
mary campus this morning by score OF
10 to 8.
Richard, the year and a half old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. AlmoD st. John OF Berlin,
died on Sunday morning. Burial was in
the Catholic cemetery, this city, Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. j. s. Spaulding CT Chicago is the
guest OF Mrs. Caroline s. Hopkins and Mrs.
II. w. Drew, her sisters. This is Mrs.
Spalding's first visit to Vermont in sixteen
years.
Brooks Relief Corps will resume its So
ciables and suppers for the season on the
afternoon before each regular meeting as
usual beginning on Tuesday afternoon at
three o'clock.
b. M. Harvey, clerk OF the State board of
railroad commissioners, went Monday
to Bellows Falls. The board is engaged
this week in its annual inspection of the
Rutland railroad system.
The leaves on the track on lower State
street are source OF inconvenience in run
ming the cars as they cause the wheels TO
slip rs though the track were creased.
The October Yermonter contains in its
FblT w Ombu' Hn
excellent portrait of Miss III. Julia Gross,
instructor in vocal music at Montpelier
Seminary.
Mrs. Morehouse will be at the Pavilion
next week, beginning Tuesday, with mate
risls for lace work and embroidery and
handsome finished novelties. Ladies inter
ested are invited to call.
Henry d. Hopkins returned on Sunday
morning from Lowell, Mass, where he has
been under medical treatment. He was
accompanied by DR.. Hopkins, his brother.
MIR. Hopkins condition is slightly i'm
proved
Sarah Z. P. Heath has sold to Patrick
and Julia Kane the property and right Of
way they occupy on Barre street. ID. A.
Guptil has sold to @. II. Ferrin the lot of
land in the rear OF the city lot on Hay
market Square foI $500.
The funeral of Dennison Dewey was held
Monday at two O'Clock from the resi-
dence oi II. ID. Dewey ON school street, Rev.
j. Edward Wright officiating. The bearers
we're o. ID. CLARK, W. L. Dewey, U. z. Pit
kin and q. 8. Whittier. Burial was in
Green Mount cemetery.
Robert Rogers has finished work as ticket
agent at the local Montpelier and Wells
River railroad station and gone TO his home
in Swanton. f. N. Psrrott Of Woodsville
N. H., takes Mr.. Rogers place.
Andrew Pereau OF Providence, X. l., is
visiting Frank j. Pereau, his nephew. MIR.
Pereau formerly resided in Montpelier, but
has not visited this city in the past thirty
years. He recognizes but litties q pecially
on the streets, Of the village AS IL was in
1870.
j. Edward Bsiley's horses won prizes at
the Nashua, N. H., races this week. K. K.
Knott took first money in the free for all,
The Governess second in the 2:20 pacing
Mac appOnd ma D.DO
race The purse in each race WAS $500.
Patrick Gleason Of Barre, who recently
married Miss Eva Fisher OF this city, Is Sc
r ously i'll from typhoid fever. Seven new
cases OF typhoid are reported TO be confined
III the Iomasi block in Barre and the physl-
clans are unable to Say now just how many
cases there are at present in Rarre.
There are indications that the sport OF
| wrestling will be revived in this city this
winter. Ed Desc Of Swanton, who cleaned
! out all the local wrestlers here few years
ago, was in town on Sunday and an effort
which promises to DO successful, is being
made to arrange a match between him anu
| Ernest Tanner Of this city 10 be pulled off
here in the near future.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. q. A.
| will present at the opera house on Wednes-
day evening, Oct %, the comedy drama,
| Cameron Pride, iu which local talent Will
same name. The players are being drilled
in their parts by Miss Alice Eudora Chap
man, and an interesting entertainment is
assured. DeIails and particulars of inter-
est will be given later
There is large demand this fall for cider
apples in this section. l. L. Sparrow be-
gins on Wednesday afternoon TO load cider
apples at the Central Vermont station for q
vinegar factory in New York State and will
load q car each afternoon following during
the week. MIR. Sparrow is to pay as high
as thirty cents per hundred pounds for ap-
Piles.
The hearing In the case of Dr. j. A. Dow
charged with arson WAS held at West Tops
ham on Monday afternoon before Justice
Horace White. DIR. Dow was bound over tC
await the action OF the Orange county grand
jury, which does not meet again until mex
June. DIR. Dow's bail was fixed at $1,000
which he will furnish and thus avoid goin(
to jail. rhe defence put in no evidence bu
, Attorney 3. II, jackson OF Barre was pres
ented in behalf OF the accused.
The October term OF Supreme Court will
convene at Montpelier on Tuesday, Ocl ODE
%. Tho annual meeting OF the Vernon
Bar Association will occur on Tuesday an(
: Wednesday If next week, with the ba
banquet on Tuesday evening. Examins
tions for admission to the bar will also b.
J held at Montpelier next week. The exam
; of Burlington, Willard Harrington OF 81
Albsns, +. II. Button Of Middlebury. A. e
Cudworth of South Londonderry, j. w
, Redmond OF Newport and H. X. Darling o
, Chelsea
AT the meeting OF the Montpelier Educa
! tionsl and Benevolent Association, held ol
, Friday evening, the following officers wer
' elected President, j. n. Lucia vice-presI
: dent, Mrs. G. b. b. Denny; secretary, j. K
: Wright; treasurer, MIS- O. w. Guernsey
executive committee, Mrs. o. l.. Watson
3 Mrs. #. NJ. CORY, Mrs. s. l.. Howe, Mrs
. Hiram Carleton. Mrs. q. III Fuller an
4 Mrs. joel Foster; finance committee, A. w
. Ferrin, Mrs. o II. Richardson and Mis-
r ANY b. Fisk. The pastors of the sewers
= churches are e1 o0tciO members OF the ad
{ visory board. Inc treasurer reported
I balance on hand of $500, and that nearl
all the clothing contributed by friends ha
|. been given TO the needy.
1t was with surprise that Daniel r. M,
: Govern recently learned that II. l.. Lair
and j. W. Gordon, his attorneys In hi
dgit for damages against the Central Ve
mont railway, had filed an attorneys lei