The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19

ed and was coming down stream. II
proved, however, false alarm.
T. &. Morarty has relic of the recent
flood, a cake of ice in his front yard on
Lower State street, which is fifty-four
inches III thickness. There is another
cake in the same neighborhood which is
fifty-seven inches thick. All previous
records made by ice grinding against the
trees and thus leaving high water marks
were outdone during this flood, the new
marks on the trees being about two feet
higher than the old.
Chief Reagan feels much gratifed over
the fact that the city council sustained his
appointment. He plans to do all in his
power to improve thepolice service of the
city and to arrange it so that police will
be patroling the streets, and also be OBJ
tainable mt the station at all times. He
says while he has no desire to be aggres-
sive yet he intends to put stop to hood
lumiSm in public places and on the streets
and feels that the mayor and council will
sustain him in this.
A certain local bank made a ship
ment to Boston bank Wednesday of
$22, 600 in bills by express. The mon
ey was in four packages, two contain
ing $40, 600 each, and two 81, 900 each,
and in appearance resembled dry
goods bundle. The express charges
are fifty cents per $1,000, and the ex-
press company assumes the rsponsibil-
ity for the safe delivery of the money.
The Cotton Manufacturing Company has
already felt the effect of the Boston strk-
ing teamsters. The company has Just re
ceived a bundle of leather by express,
which, under ordinary circumstances,
would have been shipped by freight If,
as is threatened, the Boston expressmen
strike, Montpelier merchants and the pub
lie in general will feel the effects, espe-
cially as navigation on Lake Champlain is
closed and that reasonable source of
freight communication with New York is
at present cut off.
The engine est Lawrence" and pri-
vate car Mansfield" with General
Manager Fitzhugh of the Central Yer
mont road and Roadmaster Elrod on
board were in the city Saturday to in
spect the branch line to Barre. The
street committee inspected the city
bridges today to determine the best
manner in which to make the repairs.
The iron railing at the west end of
the Red Arch bridge was replaced to-
day.
The Burlington Clipper last week
says: 1.-The st. Adams Messenger is
not often the victim of those little
annoying errors that typesetters and
proof readers make in some newspa-
per offices. Last week, however it
said: The Rev. @. o. Judkins has
decided to accept the call to 20 to
Glens Falls, N. Y, subject to the APP
prevail of the bishops. The change
will give Mrs. Judkins a larger field
and better salary 1t is no doubt Just
as true of Mrs. Judkins as of the rev.
erend gentleman himself, and Mrs.
Judkins' Easter bonnets next year will
doubtless correspond with her increas-
ed allowance-if Mr.. Judkins is the
generous man we took him for when
we had the pleasure of meeting him
not long ago."
A young man from Mortified play
ed the easy game upon City Sheriff
Bancroft, Sheriff Graves and Chief
Reagan on Thursday afternoon. He
went to the city sheriff and told him
that he was broke and desired thirty
five cents with which to pay his fare
to Northfield. The city sheriff got
Chief Reagan to 60 to the station
about the time the evening train left
to purchase a ticket for the young
man. On the way to the station Chief
Reagan met Sheriff Graves and learn
ed that he had been touched for thir-
ty-five cents for the same purpose
During the evening the chief was
amazed to see the young man appear
at the station house with that wealthy
feeling. He tried to touch the chief
for another thirty-five but got a heart
to heart talk instead, which resulted
in his promising to straighten out. 1t
is hard to tell who is the wilder, the
chief or the two sheriffs.