The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-12
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.


Mr.. and Mrs A. E. Niles.
Mrs. George H. Almon and child
went to New York on Monday for a
short visit.
Mrs. IL. Il. Morse and Mrs b. f. Bailey,
the milliner, are visiting the New York
and Boston markets
James ONeil in Monte Christie" will
appear at the Barre opera house on FRI
day evening, April A.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. l. Staples and Miss
Carrie Drew of st. Johnsbury were
in town on Saturday.
The Browning class will meet on
Wednesday evening, in the committee
room of the Kellogg Hubbard library
The Garnet cal Circle will meet on
Friday afternoon ut 2.30 o'clock in the
trustees room of the Kellogg Hubbard
library.
Norman Sawyer is to finisth work
for j. E. Leland April 10. He has
not decided in what business he will
engage.
w. Il. Dewey has recovered from his re
cent illness and has resumed his duties as
treasurer at the Vermont Mutual Fire In
surance company's office.
The Ladies of Rob Morris chapter, Or
der of the Eastern star. will hold the fifth
in their series of whist parties in Masonic
banquet hall next Friday evening
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Miss Eliza Rub,ee
Wednesday afternoon at2:30. Subject for
| the reading; Narcotics and Franchise
Henry c. Stoughton. accountant at the
| local Central Vermont freight office, is to
| take the place of J. j Goodwin as book
keeper in the office of L. w. Bailey &
Compan
| A. o. Humphrey of Burlington, di-
rector of the local electric road, was
in town Tuesday. He said he could not
say when the cars would resume run
ming to the State street terminus.
John Dillon of the granite firm of
| Dillon q Haley, left with two men
for Hinesburgh Tuesday to set a hand
somely carved sarcophagus valued at
$4,000, just completed by that firm.
| M; L Beardsey, who for about ear
| has been in charge of the Barre office of
the Connecticut Loan and Building Asso-
cation, has returned to this city to make
his headquarters as general agent for the
| company. F. b Cate is now i'll charge of
the Barre office
| Webster Haskins, aged fifty years, died
from blood poison at his home in Marsh
held on Sunday He was farmer and
was cousin of Mrs. so Standlsh and
G. L Smith of this city A wife and four
children survive. The funeral was held
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Alice Whitney arrived home
Saturday afternoon from Mary Fletch-
er hospital, Burlington, where she
underwent severe but successful
surgical operation, from which she is
rapidly recovering.
John Anderson and d. p KERN
have returned from Portsmouth, N.
H., where they have been for ten
days setting up a large saw mill built
by the Lane Manufacturing Company
for use III the navy yard there.
| ID. f. Clark, assistant postmaster, will
| give all necessary information regarding
examinations for several federal posi-
tons. Among them are Il pomological
| clerk, salary Sl,20O, medical clerk and
| translator, salary $40; inspector of bills,
salary $l,SO0; Inspector of boilers, salary,
| 81 500.
| Every member of Vermont lodge of
Odd Fellows is urged to be present at
the regular meeting on Wednesday
evening. The initiatory dergee will
! be worked. Grand Master Waite of
Hyde Park is expected to make an Off
cial visit to the lodge, and eXemplify
! the secret work.
o. M. Lawrence of Barre, one of
the workmen employed in removing the
Central Vermont railroad bridge from
the Winooski was severely hurt on Sat
urday afternoon. A timber fell upon
an iron bar, throwing it so it struck
Lawrence in the face, badly bruising
him and breaking several teeth
The damage done TO j. S. Viles'
electric plant by ice punching holes
through the plank covering to the
dam at Middlesex is being repaired.
The plant has also for some days past
been inconvenienced by anchor ice
getting into the water wheels and
clogging them for time so that the
machinery had to be shut down.
Superintendent of Streets Roberts
completed on Saturday afternoon the
work of clearing and making passa-
BILE all the streets which were blockad-
ed by. ice during the recent flood. He
has also lacked up the easterly end Of