The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-11-27
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kind are coming much in vogue III
the larger cities, throughout this coun-
try, and are found to be very popular
with the people.
While nearly every one of the forty-hve
postof1ices in Vermont of the presidential
class showed a falling off in gross receipts
for the hsca year ending une 30 last the
gross receipts of the pOstoffice at Mont
pelier were S2l ,612 20, against S2O,5l0 vi
and $4,000 50 the two previous fiscal
yeats The net revenue of the Montpel-
Ter office last year was $l0,SO2.96; the two
previous fiscal years it was $l0,3SS 10 and
SI1, 31g.l respectively. The gross re-
ceipts of the Burlington postoilice fell OFF
nearly $4,000 during the last fiscal year.
A meeting of Court Montpelier, lnde-
pendent Order of Foresters, was held ON
Thursday evening l. c davidson ID. ;.
G. r., OF the order was present, also dele
cations from the courts at Barre and
MiddlpseX The Subordinate degree was
worked on two candidates, VINO were III
troduced to the Moose" in proper form
The next meeting will be on Wednesday,
November 2G when there will be other
limitations Members here have been i'll
vitpd by Court Mount Hunger to an oyster
supper at MiddleseX on November 30
Through misunderstanding Berlin
water held sway in the cellar of the F.. ID
Blackwell house on Main street all Thurs
day II ght 1t appears that orders had
been left with the water department to
cut off the water and with Il plumber to
disconnect the pipe. The plumber got
there first and did both On Thursday
afternoon one of the employees OF the
water department went to the hOus and,
surprising he was shutting off the main,
turned il on 1t seethed and swished in
the cellar all night undiscovered until
this morning when it was shut off. For
unately no serious damage resulted
Between twelve and one o'clock
Friday morning Sheriff Graves and
Deputy Sheriff Tracy arrested Clar
ence Sloan at his home i'll Moretown
on the charge of stealing coat and
pair of gloves from the team of Glib
son Doten the night it was taken from
Haymarket Square some two weeks
/ ago. Sloan was brought to Montpe
/ lier and lodged III Jail. 1t is expected
another information will be filed
against him by States Attorney Hoar,
and interesting developments are ex-
pected to grow out of his arrest in
connection with the Jack Powers
/ case.
Benjamin Daley and Harry Wheeler
have heavy teams at Eden to assist in
moving $50, 900 worth of machinery which
is being installed at the asbestos mines
there The machinery is very cumber-
some and as il has to be drawn from Hyde
Park, distance of fourteen miles loads
of only about ten tons day can be
drawn, so the work will require about
two weeks time. For instance, the rolls
of one of the quartz crushers weigh ten
tons each The opening of this asbestos
mine promises to be boom for Eden AS
there are now already ninety-ive men
employed in and around the mines The
asbestos is found in large quantities and
if il averages to yield on the basis of the
samples taken out, it is estimated the ore
will yield $500 to the ton.
Judge Munson, at the request of
City Attorney Carleton, has granted
an injunction restraining those cred
itOrs of the bankrupt contractors,
Geo. w. Hopkins q Son, who hold or
ders against the city from pressing
their claims against the city and also
restraining E. H. Deavitt, who re-
Gently brought suit against the city as
attorney for the Norwalk Lock Com
pany, from proceeding further with
the suit There are six beside the
Norwalk Lock Company who hold or
ders against the city which were is
sued by Geo. w. Hopkins & Son
when the firm was constructing the
new school building.
AS an aftermath to the burning of
James Pierce's barns at Warren comes
the resignation of Nathaniel Thayer as
town liquor agent there There has been
more trouble over this agency than all the
others in Washington county, and the last
straw fell when there were accusations
made to the effect that Curtis Daniels,
who has been arrested on the charge of
firing the Pierce buildings, was furnished
the liquor upon which he became intoXi-
Gated at the town agency County Com
missioner Worcester has the greatest conf
dence in the agent at Warren and in the
manner in which he has conducted the
agency and feels that the agents strict
ness in conducting the affairs there has
aroused an opposition against him. Mr.
Worcester contemplates wiping out this
agency feud by closing the Warren
agency.
In chancery court at Burlington on
Wednesday, Hon. j. II. Watson presid-
ing the question whether Uno beer is or
is not intoxicating was decided by the bill
in the case of the State VS.. Charles F..
Skeels, John Mulvihill and Clara L.
Rodgers being dismissed. The defence
in this case was that Uno beer is non
intoxicating. The respondents operate a
hotel in Milton and the complaint
against them was for violation of an in
junction by the sale Of Uno beer. Fred