The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-08-13
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

vertisement on page hve.
A. Il. True and wife, OF Vera, Kan, are
in this city for a few days
f. w Bailey and Charles A. Reed of
Chicago are visiting in ttwu,
Frank j. Drscoll of St. Albans vas
visitor i'm the city on Sunday.
Miss Nellie Hobart of Concord, n H., is
the guest of Miss Catherine Kelleher
w A. Ellis and fumily left on Saturday
for weeks visit at Queen City park.
Mrs. b. B. Dwinell of Marshfed is stop
ping at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Caustic.
Rome G.. Brown of Minneapolis is the
guest of Col. and Mrs A. G.. Brown, his
parents.
Walter Paine has resumed his duties in
the office of the Ryle \ cCormck gram
ite company.
A. j. Gaubreau, the tailor. is absent
from the city on a fishing trip. He will
return Thursday.
Quite a number from this city visited
Camp Gov. Stckney on Sunday, going on
the paper train.
The Calais and Worcester band ac-
companied the eXcursionists to st. AL
bans Bay Saturday
F. \. Carr, manager of the Morrisville
telephone exchange, visited relatives in
town over Sunday.
Excursion TO Ausable Chasm. see adj
vertisement on page five.
"Chin" Davis raised the amount of Mrs.
Annie Kings fine and she hus been re-
leased from custody.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward FalIon of this city
left Friday for few days of camp life at
Queen CITY Park, Burlington.
Arthur E. Savles of Uxbridge, Mass =,
is the guest of Walter Russell, a classmate
at Dartmouth, for few days.
j. Edward Baileys horses did not start
at Dover, n H., Friday, all races there
being postponed on account of rain.
Miss Edith Chandler has finished work
as stenographtr in the general Office of
the Montpelier and Wells River railroad.
The residence of the late Capt. H.C.
Lull on Ridge street was sold on Satur-
day to Mrs. Julia NJ. Blair. Considera-
ton about S15O0.
&. f. Soule, superintendent, and j. F..
Dalrymple, general freight agent. OF the
Central Vermont railroad, were in this
city Friday afternoon.
Misses Jessie and Kate Mcdonald left
on saturday to join Mr.. and Mrs. John
McDOIulu, l1eH pdTeDtS, VINO recently
removed to Quincy, Mass.
A. W. Keepe, the voice specialist of
Boston, has decided to extend his sum-
mer soiourn in this city. During the past
four days five new pupils have registered
for lessons
Chief of Police Reagan starts today
upon his vacation of two weeks which he
will pass i'll Burlington and vicinity
Patrolman Durkee takes his place at
headquarters.
The SEVENTEEN birthday of Mrs. Sarah
NJ. Davis, mother of Mrs. I. A. Lang of
this city, was quietly celebrated Friday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lang in the
Langdon block,
Arthur Murray and David Charbonneau
who were mixed up in the fray at Plain
field about a month ago, have been fined
So and :costs each FOR simple assault, by
Justice II. p, Martin.
Berman 4 Morris, proprietors of the
new Union store at "a Main street, have
gone to Portland, Boston and New York
to purchase their stock before opening
the store next week.
Among the officers for Saturdays duties
at must er ground of the militia in Bur-
| ]ington appears the name of Lieut. +. b
Thomas, of Montpelier who was detailed
as commander of the guard.
There will be no band concert this week
as the band will be engaged at the Re
| publican rally on Wednesday and has
| several other engagements. Two con-
certs will be given next week.
Charles A. Reed of Chicago arrived at
| the Riverside on Sunday morning. Mr..
| Reed had been on a cruise off the coast of
Nova Scotia. His old friends in this city
are pleased to see him again and give him
the glad hand.
The date of the eighth annual clam
bake given by the II. G.. Bowers Granite
Company TO the polishers and their bosst,
ison saturday afternoon, Augu.t %. The
bake this year will be held at Fountain
park on the Marvin farm.
Rugg 4 Campbell of Barre received to.
day from H, A. Suuderln eight entries fol
the racing events to be held at the Granite
City park August 20, ~. These entries in.
cluded the string OF horses owned by J
Edward Bailey of this city
Several sets of timely stereoscopic view,
have been placed on the tables of the
Kellogg ubbard library recently They
represent events in the lives of MCKINLEY
aud Roosevelt,a and scenes in South Africa
the Philippines, Martinique, etc.
A. Bailey, who has been on a shor
speaking tour III favor OF the local option
ticket, returned here on Saturday liz
|
remain the coming week in Vermont h,
} would probably speak in Montpelier
TIE city foot bridge from lower Stat
street to the Langdcn meadow has beer
LETT standing sine e the c,rcus was here 4
save putting it up oi. Labor Day. The re
cent rise of water in the river .washcC
, away section in the center of the bridge
The Capital City Gas Company is push
ing the work of laying its street main
} rapidly yet no action has been take
, relative to putting telephone wires under
ground 1t has been suggested that tn
proper time to do this was while tn
streets were torn up.
For some time past there has been
9 popular movement in local Democrat
? circles in favor of running John III. Sci
ter for city representative this year an
J il was stated on good authority today thf
= Mr.. Senter will be the nominee of I'll
g caucus on Tuesday evening.
The Young Mems Republican club
this city is meeting with success in enrol
ing new members and the plans are maj
ped out for the campaign are of the mos
aggressive nature. Ward committees ~
i busily at work and repol that a health