The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-05
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

Ora f Curtis and Minnie f. Dickenson,
both of Washington. were married recent
| ly by Rev. Edward Wright.
Bert Chase is to locate in Marshfield
soon. He will be the local agent there
for the Wilder music store
Edward s. Gilbert of Boston is visiting
| his wife, who has been the guest of Mrs.
Kate Jangraw, her mother, for several
days.
There are several applicants for the
City Cafe, now bankrupt, but Trustee w.
l.. WhitcOmD says as yet there has been
no definite arrangement made for its sale
The annual banquet of the Granite Man
ufacturers' association of ARE and Mont
pelier will be held at the Pavilion on
Tuesday evening, February H.
The papers in the sale of the Roakes &
| Driscoll undertaking business passedSatur-
| day and George Mccormick took posses-
sion this noon Mr. Roakes is assisting
him.
Harle o. Cummins is home for the
mid year vacation from the Massa-
chusetts school of Technology in Bos-
ton.
E. L. Wallen, who has been en-
loyed at the Molly's Falls electric
light plant at Marshfield has return
ed to the city.
Thwing Brothers of Barre, have pur
| chased the George Young farm in RoX-
bury, consideration $1,000. The sale was
made through the ID A. Perry Real
Estate Agency of harre.
Mr.. and YRS. J. G. Gillette. well known
in Montpelier, and Mrs. Andrews, mother
of the wife of Secretary F. Fl. Merrill
were in the path of the fire at Waterbury
Conn, and are probably burned out.
At the Friday afternoon whist club, held
last Friday with Mrs. w. F. Dewey it was
unanimously voted TO turn over the ac-
| cumulatiOn of dues to HeatOn Hospital
The next meeting will be held with Mrs
j. s. Viles next Friday afternoon.
j. E. Leland has leased in connec-
tion with the Montpelier bookstore,
the room on the second floor of the
same building which he will use for
his picture framing department.
The bail of Frank Morse, who was
arrested for selling last week, was
fixed at 800 Tuesday. H. D. Brown of
Waterbury became surety and Morse
is out of Jail.
w. S. H. Jones of Manchester, vio-
linist, who is to assist in the produc-
tion of Siballa, is in town and assist
ed the orchestra at the opera house on
Monday evening.
Swasey & Marshall of Barre have
rented the rooms in the Lawrence
building formerly occupied by John
l.. Stanyan for their Montpelier law
Office
The New England Granite Manufacture
ers' Association will hold its annual meet
ing at Barre Oh Tuesday, February IL,
and the members will be guests at the an
nual banquet to he given at the Pavilion
that evening by the local manufacturers
association,
William Maloney of Waitsfeld, who
was arrested on Friday by Deputy
Sheriff Tracy, pleaded guilty to sell
$40 and costs of S12 81, which he paid.
j. E. Leland has purchased the
Montpelier bookstore and is to take
possession on March 1. He is to COM
bine his stock at his store i'll tho
French block and will occupy the
State street store.
Invitations have been issued by the
. Themas club for its annual dance,
which will be Valentine party, anc
given at the Pavilion on next Monday
evening, Wilder's orchestra furnish
=, ing the music.
Because of the lecture in Seminary
chapel on Thursday evening by Rev.
S William North Rice of Wesleyan Uni
t versity, the mid-w prayer meeting
at Trinity church will be held OF
Wednesday evening, and the Brown
' ing class will meet Friday evening.
A hearing before the creditors of M
0 H. Farrar, bankrupt, will be held a
= the office of Referee E. H. Deavit
a next Saturday ON the petition of W
o p. Whitcomb, trustee, for authorit,
u to sell the stock of the city cafe a
s private sale.
A knights of Pythias distric
S meeting will be held at Groton OIL
e Wednesday evening, Feb. s. A spe
n cial train will leave Montpelier owe
, the Montpelier and Wells River roa'
at six O'Clock that evening, returning
at the convenience of those who g
over.
q Henry Abbott, of the firm Of Abbot
q & Bailey, who has been i'll Worceste
k for the past three weeks because O
q the illness of his sister, was in tn
ciJy over Sunday. Miss Abbott is re
covering from scarlet fever and MI
Abbott expects to be absent for tw
weeks longer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Smith CAV
n drive whist party of five tables o
Y, Friday evening at their home on Vim
y street. Mrs. e. r. Plaisted and @. +
: Bugbee won first prize, and Mrs 4
h E. Grout and +. N. Cloukie the BOBBY
i Refreshments were served and pleas
" ant evening was enjoyed.
D Mr. and Mrs. Wallace G. Andrews wi
If left at midnight Saturday for New Yorl
ls After visit to Washington and attendn
ID Mardi Gras at New Orleans they will go I
k Pasadena, Cal, for the remainder of tn
<; winter Mr.. Andrews expects to be al
he sent about tw months, but Mrs Andrew
lie will probably be away until June.
he The estate of the late Bether Barthol,
new of Washington involving over S3l
0C0, which has been in litigation for ov'
thirty years, is on the eve oI final settl
" ment. It's adjustment will probably occi
Is sometime this week. This case has bee
rs "A celebrated one before the courts. al
l. the original litigants and their attorne.
rl are now all dead. III, a. Huse is one
w the five or more attorneys now empoyt
II the case.
oot' Dudley Carleton, of ID. and A. A. Carl
81 ton, proprietors of Maple Grove farm
." w Newbury, was in town Tuesday on !
way to attend the annual meeting of Il
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