The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-27
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The first days racing in the Yer
mont half mile track circuit at the
Granite City Trotting Park brought
on some of the best racing ever seen
there. 1t was attended by q fair sized
crowd There were five entrees in
each race. The best race was the
, :27 class between Al Ray and Ain
tree.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Hendricks were
called to Barre last week Tuesday
evening by the serious and sudden i'll
less of Crawford II . jackson, Mrs. Ken
bricks father. Mr.. Jackson was seventy
one years of age and on that evening
went down town apparently as well as
usual, but upon his return home he was
taken ill and died from apopleXy before
his daughter arrived He is survived 10y
one sou and three daught ers.
Hon. Z. s. >tanton II A. Hoar, j. G.
Wing and +. b. Thomas spoke to large
and enthusiastic audience at the RepuDl!-
can rally at Worcester. Every pew i'll
the church, where the rally was held, was
filled and extra seats had to be placed in
the aisles. The Worcester cornet band
furnished music. MesSrs Stanton, Wing
and Thomas are to be the speakers at the
Republican rally to he held at Woodbury.
on Saturday evening.
The fifth annual reunion Of the Wash
ington County Veterans Association
opened at Dewey Park on Wednesday,
The association numbers $50 members
About 100 had registered at O'Clock
that afternoon. The Association has
three veterans of the Mexican war, Rich
ard Dodge of this city, James S. Temple
ton of Worcester and Gallon Maxim Of
Mortified.
The local Clement men have gathered
about in disconsolate little groups upon
the streets, discussing the assertion made
by /. w. Moloney in his speech at the
Democratic rally on Tuesday evening. to
the effect that the referendum fad, which
they have been chasing for several
mouths, was unconstitutional One of
the phazed ones said that his party now
appeared to be in the position of the man
who attempted to define an alibi by
stating, I'm neither here nor there;
where the h am 2"
An evening paper Wednesday stated
that Manoli Costa silva, an Italian, has
been missing from East Montpelier since
July IA, the day of the Pawnee Bill show
in Barre MIR Silva drove to this city on
the morning OF July 81, with MS ON m
stead of III. l.. Templetons team of Mont
pelier. The man, a Portuguese, had re-
Gently come into possession of a legacy
amounting to several thousand dollars
and had bank account beside. The last
seen of Silva was at the grounds of the
Walter Main circus in this city.
The examination for admittance as mid
shipman to the United States Naval Aca-
deny at Annapolis was hel last week at
the county court house before Senator w.
p. Dillingham; of this city, President A. ID.
| Brown of Norwich University, Northtield
County Examiner o. ID Matthewson of
Barre and State Superintendent of Educa-
ton w +. Ranger. Four candidates took
the examination. The candidates were
Tennison Caustic of Montpelier, Leigh
Noyes of St Johnsbury, r. r. Chase of
Lyndon and Paul w. Fowler of Manches-
ter.
Soft coal and wood appear now to be
the only material obtainable in this sec
ton to ward off the wintry blasts of this
severe climate F. w. Morse said today
that anthracite coal is practically unob-
tainablc at any price and conditions are
growing hourly worse. People had begun
to accustom themselves to the notion of
burning coke. But il seems likely that
even this luxury is to be denied them, for
Mr. Morse said today that he recently
placed an order for five carloads of coke
and has Just been notified that the coke
companies cannot make it fast enough to
meet the demand. They have refused to
take any more orders for the present