The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-10-22
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Hon. S. b. Griffith of Dandy is
visiting the Legislature.
Deputy Sheriff Il. II. Reed of Hines
burg is spending "A few days in the
city.
Mrs. Fred Stevens has returned from
Mortified and has rooms at 10 Bailey
avenue.
Lyman A. Sprague of Chelsea was
the guest of Mrs. w. n. Shay, his
daughter, Friday.
DIR. Bingham and /. A. Talcott of
Williston are among those visiting the
General Assembly.
james b. Estee of Milwaukee, vice
president of the National Life Insur-
ance Company, is in town.
DR.. and Mrs. p. J. Priest and Mrs.
Rideout of Boston are guests at DR.,
j. r. Grimes for few days.
Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Dawson of
Burlington are guests of Rev. and
Mrs. Guy G. Lamson for few days.
The residents of the city had fore
taste of winter Friday morning when
they awoke and found a crop of young
icicles.
Mt. Zion Commandery worked the
Temple degree upon w. G.. Nye, A. L.
Chaplin and George L. Pray of North
Montpelier.
Miss Margaret Gibson has gone to
Glens Falls, n. y, to reside with
Rev. and Mrs G. O. Judkin, former
ly of this city.
Spencer Robinson, boarder at the
home of d. p. Ring, is seriously i'll
with pneumonia He was taken to the
Heaton hospital on Tuesday.
G. H. Davenport of Brattleboro is in
town, looking after his interests in
the disputed Spencer Davenport sena-
torial election case from Windham
county
Raphael Lanier has rented the en-
tire Willard residence. He will make
no change in the arrangement of ten
ants except that he will occupy apart
ments there.
Bail in the Everett Morse forgery
furnished by Allan Morse and II.
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dent was released from jail.
NJ W. Wheelock has sold a lot of
land on River street near the Standard
Oil Company's tankt to Frank j. and
Albert j. Doncette for $100 In is
understood they will erect a granite
shed upon the site.
A good omen of the settlement of
the coal strike and rare sight in this
city for some time past was the ar
rival today of five carloads of anthra-
cite coal in the Central Vermont rail
road yards
A good testimonial to the honesty of
Montpelicrites is the fact that five
cars of coal, and a load of coal in the
yard Of "A resident on Elm street, were
left ruguarded over night and were
unmc.ested.
Rev Robert De Estein Van Tasse
of Hinsdale, n. H., and Rev. Anna
Belle Aldridge of East Montpelier
were married at the church III No. tn
Montpelier, October 16, by Rev. J.
Edward Wright,
The looked-for change in the game
law came i'll Representative Morrill's
bill in the House Friday morning He
would give the hunter fifteen days
more time each year to seek deer-and
shoot his fellowmen.
The current number of the Yer
monter contains large number of eX-
cellent illustrations of President
Roosevelt's recent visit in the State.
Three of the best are from photo
graphs taken by William B. Stratton
of this city on the occasion of the |
Presidents visit here.
A total eclipse of the moon occurred |
on Thursday night The atmosphere |
was very clear and observers could |
watch the progress Of the phenomenon !
TO great advantage. The shadow was |
first discernible at II II p. IN. and the !
total phase lasted from IL 10 to :4S |
a. IN. At 3 80 the moon again shone |
with its accustomed brilliancy.
A horse driven by Mrs. Frank Law
renee slipped and fell on the crossing
at the head of State street ON Friday |
throwing Mrs. Lawrence head |
long out of the carriage. She landed |
on top of the fallen horse and was res
cued unhurt by bystanders, who, also, |
got the animal ON to its feet again. |
The carriage was slightly damaged.
Hon. G., G.. Benedict of Burlington
is to deliver a lecture under the aus
pieces of the Vermont Society of Cello |
NAL Danes in Representative hall at !
eight O'Clock on next Tuesday evening. !
His subject will be "Some Colonial |
Conflicts, and the lecture is one of |
the features of the annual meeting of |
the society named. The gentlemen
are invited to attend.
Felix Seguin, of the United States
artillery service, stationed at Fort |
Totten on Long Island, is visiting
relatives in town, on a two weeks |
leave of absence. Mr., Seguin has
worked his way up in the service to |
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