The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-27
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LoCALlHAPPENINCS.


gan recital at Bethany church on Wednes-
day evening.
Druggists and other dispensers of soda
water claim that the season will be the
lightest for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. II. Eddy of St. Johns
bur- are guests of Mrs. Eddy's sister, Mrs
j. ". Caustic, i'll the city for few days
Oliver Dobey has moved from his farm
in AIddleseX to tenement on Main
street
Il V. Benz. Wellington Paxton, rector of
st Michae's colored Episcopal school of
Cal q, ILL.,, is i'll this city for few days.
Henry Coy, the alleged Mortified thief
was placed in Jail and will be taken to
No .niield Saturday for hearing.
M and Mrs. G. NJ. Gillette of Washing
tor, y. T. are guests of Mrs. j Edward
Baney, their daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Allen and family
are spending two weeks with friends IN
Brandon.
VIII Randall of Proctor is visiting his
sister, Mrs Benjamin Sumner on School
street.
Shambo & Buck have begun the work
of putting in the foundation for ID. +.
Masons new house on Summer street eX-
tension.
Tue band concert given at tie School
leet stand on Wednesday evening was
lar. ely attended, three car loads of people
COMING from Barre.
The interior of the Central Vermont
station is being thoroughly cleaned pre-
patatory to being repainted just before
the opening of the Legislature.
Frank w. Agan of Ludlow, License Lo-
cal-OptiOn candidate for leutenant-gov-
in hA tlux
FOL conference purposes.
james f. McNally of this city aud Mrs
En- Ia Bowen OF New York was married
on thursday evening at their apartments
at Is Charles street, Rev. Guy c. Lamson
per. Jrning the ceremony.
All advertised letter addressed to Al
phOnse and CASTOR, New York Journal
rem ans at the post-offce in this city pre-
suitably written by some person who
wishes to join the club of that title
The work of constructing a foot bridge
across the Winooski river near the car
barn for the accommodation of those Wis
itng the Country Club house is well under
way and the structure will be completed
within few days
A representative of Metzger Brothers,
the decorating firm of Rutland is at the
Montpelier House where he can be seen
by any who wish to decorate their resi-
dences along the route of the presidential
parade.
BY recent order of the Post-office De-
paTtment all post-otliCes shall redeem, III
postage stamps or other stamped paper
only and from the original purchasers, un-
cancelled and unserviceable postal cards
at 10 per cent of their face value.
City Sheriff Bancroft reports that about
80 names have been taken off the check
list a ~ I1sp1 "a fhp March nity meeting (lf
this number about 200 are ineligible to
vote at a freeman's meeting until they
have taken the oath, while the remainder
have either died or moved away.
A horse left standing in front of the
store of G. A. Cross & Son, on Wednesday
afternoon, became frightened and ran
away turning on to East State street,
ner, the horse narrowly missed smashing
the wagon on an electric light pole.
Hon. j. H. Senter of this city when
asked what he had to say regarding
p w. Clements statement and estimate
that the local option ticket would receive
seventy-five per cent of the Democratic
vote of the State, looked at the inter-
viewer with smile and said That is
big bluff
At the meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Young Mems Republican
club, held on Wednesday evening it was
voted to keep the clubs headquarters at
the Exchange open day and evening and
Philip Smith is to be i'll charge. 1t was
also voted to hold meetings of the club at
the headquarters every week day evening
until election.
Mrs. Alma George Mckay di d last
week Tuesday at her home III Northamp-
ton, Mass. She was sister of the late
Rufus l.. George of this city, father of
Mrs II. r. Merrill. She is survived by
husband and daughter and two brothers.
Albert and Arthur George of Calais The
remains were brought to this city on Fri
day for burial in Lewis cemetery on the
North Branch road
On Wednesday of last week fire occur
red in the apartments of Mrs. Ellen noore
in the Miles block in Barre A gasoline
stove was the cause Prompt action upon
the part of the fire department prevented
bad blaze. Three rooms were badly
scorched and smoked. The loss to the
building will be $1,000 and to the furnish
ings, which were owned by Mrs. Moore
$500.
Nearly 200 gathered at $3.50 o'clock
Thursday evening on Mortified street to
witness the laying of the corner stone of
the new Evangelical church The cere-
mony was held in the evening that many
who were in this city to attend the camp
meeting at East Montpelier might be
present The Rev. g f. Dotey of Stone
ham, Mass, performed the ceremony, as
sisted by other pastors in the conference
The bar docket of Washington county
court was issued for distribution today
and contains 5S3 cases. The jury calen-
dar contains eighty-seven cases and the
court calendar ninety-four cases. The
case of Capital City Gas Co. V. Chicago
House Wrecking Company in which suit
is bro ught for $4,000 to recover on a
brok IN contract is set for trial Tuesday,
Sept ember 8.
AT the regular meeting of Montpelier
Branch Granite Cutters National Union
Wednesday evening the following officers
were elected for the ensuing six months:
President, Fred Connors vice-president.
Severino Caslani; financial secretary,
John Mowers corresponding secretary,
n, j. Glass; treasurer, John OMalley; au.
ditors, John j. Eagan, Fred Kerr, Daniel
Sweeney.