The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-03
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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Mrs w. e. Terrll went to Gouldsville.
Wednesday for few days visit.
The fire department was out for prac-
tice on the Union school grounds on Wed
nesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. c. G.. King of Brockton,
Mass, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark !
King.
George w. Wing has returned from a |
several weeks vacation spent at the sea-
shore near Boston.
F.W. Morse said Wednesday that hard |
coal was quoted at $l5 per ton and il
could not be obtained here, even at that
price.
The members of the Montpelier Militia
nv band provided themselves with rubber
boots on Tuesday evening, before leaving
to take part in the Clement rally at Barre
Dr. w. r. Hardness was called to at
end Rev Sam Small on his arrival in this
city on Tuesday afternoon He attended
him also at Barre III the evening
We have imported, so far this year,
over $l6,OO0,000 worth of precious stones.
This is the record year for aldermen who
are barkeepers Brooklyn Eagle.
Some are so unkind as TO intimate that
Clement hired the men working on the
new gas system III this city, to 90 to
Barre on Tuesday evening and become
torchbearers in his parade. tut this is
not credited.
Montpelier has no rake off" in this
deal, not yet. But there is a lovely city
agency and the aldermen appear satisfied
with that, even though il lacks the pre-
cous stones attachment.
w NJ. Mcdonald. the teamster has Sc
cured the agency for the Roches ter Nur
sery Co., of Rochester. n. Y, and will
oil to1i of t.Nf.ly
time in the fall
NJ. j. Glass of this!city assumed his duties
Thursday as superintendent for the BESSIE
Granite Company of Barre. Mr.. Glass
will resign his position rs secretary of the
Montpelier branch of the Granite Cut
ters Union
Mayor Melcher has vetoed .the bond of
w. w. Lapoint as lessee andlmanager,o
the opera house at Barre for the ensuing
year, and the board of aldermen have
unanimously sustained the veto. Mr.. La
points bond was for $1,000 and was sign
ed by II. ID. Camp of that city.
A double team loaded with,j bags of
rags and driven by Bert Smith. collapsed
at the corner of Barre and Main streets
this morning because of the breaking
down OF a rear wheel. The rags were be-
ing taken to the Montpelier and Wells
River station for earring, The electric cars
street terminus for time but the rags
were finally transferred to another team
and the wreckage cleared away
Cards have been received in this
city announcing the marriage of Burt
Preston Carr and Miss Lena Belle
Mayo, both of Rutland, to occur in
Trinity church of that city at noon on
September 9. The groom is we'll
known in this city, being the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Carr.
Clement has captured the Chinese
vote. One of the minor features of
the great Barre rally Tuesday was
the spectacle of big burly Celestial
carrying torch in the procession
and later, sitting on the edge of the
platform from which the speakers ad-
dressed the crowd.
Manuel Costa Silva. the Portuguese
who left his team at Putney's livery on
July 3, and then disappeared, has return
ed, having been visiting III Buffalo, n. Y,
III the meantime Deputy Sheriffs Tracy
and Templeton have been on Silva's trail
for some time and had decided to drag
the Winooski, but Silva turned up
on Wednesday. He may have returned
so as to vote at the coming election, for
naturalization papers were found in his
trunk.
Charles j. Hoffman, who fer the
past five years has been employed at
the National Life Insurance Office as
policy writer, has resigned his po-
sition and left on Friday for Wilkes
barre, Pa. where he will study osteo-
pathy. Mr.. Hoffman has a large
number of friends in the city, who
will regret his departure but will
wish him the best of success in his
new profession.
A session of United States district
court for naturalization purposes was
held in this city Thursday and as re-
suit eighty new citizens were added to
the country. Judge Wheeler of Brattle-
boro, Clerk johnson of Burlington
and United States Marshal Field of
Rutland were in attendance. Those
to become citizens hailed from Bethel,
Marshfield, Hardwick, Danville, Ber-
lin, Granville, Northfield and this
city. Montpelier furnished about
half of the number naturalized.
The Central Lab"r Union of Mont
pelier will this year celebrate Labor
Day by grand street parade of labor
organizations at 10 a. IN. to be follow
ed Immediately after by games on
Langdon meadow. Among the latter
will be base ball contest between
the National Life and Clerks team,
theTwinning team to receive SIS in
cash the losing one, box of cigars.
In the afternoon at 2 O'Clock, Mayor
Boutwell,, Rev. W. j. O'Sullivan,
Rev. J. +. Wright and Hon. John.H.
Senter will address the assemblage,
The committee offers prizes for the
best floats and requests all manufac-
turing concerns in the city to be re-
who intend to do so must notify Sec
rotary John Ryan, Montpelier House,
of their intentions, on or before August
80, The admission to the grounds
will be only ton cents-ladies FREQ