The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-18
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

The interruption of the mails
through damage to the roads by the
storm of Sunday explains the absence
of the usual amount of town corre-
spondence.
George o. Boyles is ill at his home
in Cabot.
Charles w. Guernsey is confined to
his home by an attack of pleurisy.
J. H. Senter is attending Orange
County court at Chelsea for few days.
William r. Granfield has returned
from few months visit in Pasadena,
Gal.
No trains reached this city from
Burlington and points beyond Mon
day.
The band viii give an open-ar concert
at the Pavilion STAND Oh Wednesday even
ing
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs w.
S. Snow is critically i'll with stomach
trouble.
DR.. H. H. Lewis, formerly of this
city but now of Brattleboro, is visiting
in town
The tin roof of the awning to the Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad station is
being repaiut ed.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. E. T. Seguin at the Heaton hos
pital on Monday.
F. S. Cary of GAINESVILLE, o., is in
town on business and is the guest of
John Gary, his brother.
Photographers from this city we're
on the scene of the washout at Mid
dleseX in good season.
Hundreds from this city and neigh
boring towns visited the scene of the
washouts in Middlesex yesterday.
The engagement is announced of Paul
S. Dillingham;, son of Senator Dillingham;,
to Miss lorence Huff of Brooklyn, n. Y.
James w. Carberry, staff repesen-
tative of the Boston Globe is to cover
the convention Thursday for that
paper
The Senior High school class had a
very enjoyable hop at the Pavilion on
Monday evening, Wilders orchestra
furnishing music.
The Clement men have arranged with
the ladies of the Baptist church to serve
dinners to b. tween l. } and 700 visitors it
their vestry on Thursday.
Louis Barney, Sr., and two sons,
Frank and Louis, Jr., left Monday for
a two weeks carriage drive and a
fishing trip i'll Canada.
The Shriners admitted fourteen can
didates at their meeting at. Burlington
on Friday evening. This brings the
total membership of the Shrine up
to 997
F. J. Libbey of Richmond, Me. :,
rbn tad 1ac CT
Seminary is visiting his former class
mate at Bowdoin, Rev. L. F. Reed OF
this city.
j. NJ. Fitzgerald has sleeping ac.
com modations for 100 people which
can be had by applying at the Elk.
change Hotel by letter, in person OF
otherwise.
Charles Wallen of Seminary Hill
who recently returned from Califor.
MIA, where he had been for some
months on account of his health, il
dangerously i'll.
Between fifty andlsiXty of the delegates
to the Republican STATE convention to be
held in this citv this week are agents fol
the Vermont Mutual fire Insurance Com
pany of this city.
Three newly married couples left on th,
noon for bridal tips to Boston. I wo wer,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Il. Sabin aud Mr. au6
Mrs James CautillioI of this city aud the
| third was from Barre.
Aldermen j. j. Burgen went to Bos
| ton on Monday evening to remain uu
til Saturday He will attend the an
nual convention of the American
| Foundrymen' Association.
Col O. d. Clark, the local mem
Der of the Republican State commit
tee, has had applications from ovel
| 1Cc0 people for tickets to the conven-
tion, aud his quota is only about 100.
The ;55 p m, passenger train owe
| the Central Vermont line arrived IL
this city from the South as usual OIL
Monday evening and returned to Whit,
River Junction to connect with Bos
ton trains.
Mayor Boutwell,, in speaking of the
loss to the city because of the deWag'
done by the recent cloudburst, said i
was his opinion it would cost at leas
$1,000 to put the Wrightsville roaC
back in good condition.
1t was feared by some that no
enough rooms could be secured i'll TIN
city to accom- nodate the visitors ant
| delegates to the State convention bu
the fears were groundless for NOR
than enough are now in readiness
The members of Company H acquit
ted themselves most creditably il
rifle practice at their range on Satur
day afternoon. Sergeant Frank Jar.
led his comrades by making "a out o
possible 20 points. Sergt. Jary LEI
in last years shoot with the sam
record
1t is expected that o. NJ. Barber
the State auditor, will audit the &C
counts of Washington county cour
ON Wednesday. If so, county Ger
Smile and j. L. Tuttle will leave o
Thursday for few weeks outing a
Gloucester, Mass,