The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-07
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

Clark Sanders has returned from
Windsor and is visiting relatives i'll
town.
George Mccormick beganTuesday to sell
out the stock III his store at auction, NJ. A
Kent officiating as auctioneer.
A Christian Science meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. &. II Shpman
at 1880. o'clock on Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Buss, Mrs. O.
7. Haskell and Miss NJ E. McKenna
of Boston are at the Pavilion.
G. G. Smith has moved his barber
shop from the Dudley block to the
rooms over Edward McGill's store.
John c. Lemay and wife have pur-
chased of H. f.. lawrence and wife a
! house and lot at 10 NOrthheld street for
| 81 zoo.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Montpelier Council, knights of Co
lumbus, will be held on Wednesday
evening.
The Methodist ladies will hold a
rummage sale in the church vestry on
Friday and Saturday of this week, af-
ternoon and evening.
J. w. Brock and III. A. Huse, com.
missioners on the estate of the late
george S. wilkins, went to Stowe
Monday morning for first meeting
The Montpelier high school base
ball team defeated Montpelier Semin-
ary second team on Monday afternoon
by score of nineteen to eight
F. Hall went to Waterbury Tuesday
to prepare the body of a patient, who
died at the asylum on Monday night,
for transportation to New York
The Garnet Seal Circle will meet
Friday afternoon at % % o clock in the
| tustees room in the Kellogg Hubbard
library. A full attendance is desired.
Mrs. Hattie M. Seaver, widow of
the late L. r. Seaver of this city,
died from tuberculosis at Saranac
Lake, N. Y. on Sunday Burial will
be at Saranac Lake.
The reception to Rev. and Mrs. L. X
Willman at Trinity church ve>try on
! Wednesday evening will be informal in
| character Every one is invited to meet
the pastor and his wife.
A special meeting of Mount Zion Com
mandery, Knights Templar, will be held
in Masonic hall on Friday evening. A
| delegation from st. Aldemar Commadery,
| Barre, will be present.
The State board of railroad COM
missioners will meet at the city hall,
u.
gate the recent collision between two
passenger trains at East Swanton.
At meeting of the local branch of
the typographical union last evening
certain concessions were asked of the
employing printers, but the consider
alton of the matter was postponed till
| the first of next week
1t was made very plain on Saturday
night that the trout season was open
| because of the extensive exodus of To-
! cal fishermen from the city on the
midnight train for one place or an
! other.
Martin Mansfield, aged eighteen
years and son of John Mansfield of
Plainfield, died from blood poisoning
on Saturday The funeral was held
from St. Augustine's church Monday.
Burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
Charles Jackson of this city was arrested
| for intoXication III Barre on unday. In
| Barre city court Monday, he pleaded gull
| ty to third offence but was not sentenced
as Judge Fay will wait until Jackson
makes a disclosure which is less haZy.
| Howard Holman is employed by e. T.
| Segun as newsboy on the Montpelier and
| Wells River railway train between this
city and Wells River He began his trips
| tOiuN anu 10 W tOitluut tiic SUM
| mer months.
The civil case of Fred Dodge against
| James Randall, which was to nave been
tried before Justice j. II. Lucia in G w.
Wings office Monday, was continued until
| Wednesday evening. j G.. Wing for the
plaintiff and Z r. Gordon for the de-
| fendant
Edmund Dubuc, who has been en-
ployed as time keeper at the new st.
Augustine's church left Saturday
night, for Nashua, N H.. where he is
to enter into partnership with A. r.
Dubuc, his brother, in the meat and
fish business.
The executors of the Dieter estate
contemplate improving the building
occupied by Edward McGill if it can
get permit from the city council
1t is planned to remove the veranda
in front and repair and repaint the ex-
terror and interior.
Only one bankruptcy case was heard
before Referee E. H, Deavitt on Sat
urday. a first meeting of the credi-
tors of Henry James Leonard of Barre
town was held. No claims were prov
ed and the matter of appointing a
trustee was held open.
A's.The Ministers Monday Club met in
Bethany chapel, tins city, on Mon
day About ten clergymen were
present. Rev. j. Edward Wright
read paper entitled "Art and Moral
ity'' and Rev. l.. +. Reed one on
"A Study in the'Work of the Spirit -
Whitcomb Brothers have granted
their employees at the Montpelier
Steam laundry a tifty-five hour week
with pay for sixty hours beginning
with today. Instead of working fewer
hours during the week the employees
will take half holiday on Satur-
days,
gSThe ladies of Trinity church will
tender reception to Rev. and Mrs.
l.. X, Wilman in the yestry on Wednes-
day evening at half past seven. To
this reception every member of the
church and congregation and members
of other denominations are cordially
invited.
The Lane manufacturing Company
has just cast bronze gun of the old
fiintlock type which is five feet and
four inches long and weighs forty