The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-09
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

MI. ana MIS-. Mlll9In NtIeeIle Oh lNltn-
mond are visiting friends in this city.
Claude Fisher of Vergennes, has secured
employment in this city.
The nomination of G. G. Bancroft for
postmaster in this city has been confirmed
by the Senate.
Whitman and Winnie Ferrin of this city
have been guests of MI. and Mrs. r. G..
Cheney of Morrisville for few days.
An auctioneer's license was issued to A.
G. Slayton of Barre at the county clerks
Office Wednesday
Walter IL. Russell, Dartmouth stu
dent, has taken up his law studies for the
summer in the Office of Dillingham;. Huse
4 Rowland,
Mccormick granite works, having strain
ed the muscles of his left arm so he is UNI
able TO use it.
A small amount of business was trans
acted in the marriage license line by the
city clerk during the month of June, only
eleven permits being granted to parties
wishing to embark in matrimony.
L. p Slack of the law firm of Dunnett &
Slack of st Johnsbury and Mr. and Mrs
E. II. Edgerton of Rochester are visitors
in town. Messrs Slack and Edgerton
were former law students in this city
One of the first official acts of the new
commissioner of pensions, Eugene f.
Ware, was to remove the disbarment as
pension attorney that stood against 7. j.
Dewitt of this city and restore him to
practice.
The liverymen furnished horses as usual
on Wednesday evening for Transporting
the apparatus of the fire department to
the fire on Summer street but claim this
was no concession from their ultimatum
to the city, rather, done as an accom-
mediation
Mrs. Abbie George is in a critical condi-
ton ut the home of Mrs. II. r. Merrill, her
daughter. Mrs. George suffered a stroke
of paralysis two years ago last April and
has since been confined to her bed On
Tuesday her condition became alarming
and she has since been in a semi-conscious
state.
The board of railroad commissioners as
yet have not decided upon IA date for the
investigation of the washout and wreck
at MddleseX. They do not expect to be
able to take up the matter TINS week as
they have several others that require inn
mediate attention, but intend to hold
their inquiry al an early date.
This town teelned with attractions on
Wednesday evening and all received their
quota of attendance A vaudeville enter
tainment was at Dewey park. a hypnotic
exhibition at Arlnory hall and an open
air concert by the band at the Pavilion
stand. The number present at the latter
was the largest of the season
Miss Ethel Ladd of Philadelphia, who is
spending the summer at the home of Mrs.
J. w. Leland, her aunt, celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary Of her birth on
Monday evening by giving most enjoy
able party to fifteen of her girl friends. A
novel feature of the refreshments served
were dalntles arranged III the form fire
crackers and so true was the representa-
ton that the guests were startled until the
deception was explained.
w. A. Shaw, observer of the weather at
Northield, furnishes the following mete-
geological summary for the month OF
June Just closed Mean temperature, IS
degrees; highest temperature, 81 degrees,
June & lowest temperature, "a degrees,
June IL; total precipitation, 3.s4 inches;
total movement of wind, 6357 miles; max
imum velocity of wind "a miles an hour,
June 8; thunder storms, June 2, B. 10. l6
and "a; total number of clear days, 3;
partly cloudy days, 10; cloudy days, 10
A quarterly meeting of the directors of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany was held Wednesday at the home
office in this city. The directors from out
of town, who were present, We're: Gov.
W. W. Sticliney of Ludlow, j. r. Judson
of Arlington, 7. c Cheney of Morrisville,
E. T. Ide of St Johnsbury, j. s. Hickok of
Burlington, George briggs of Brandon.
G. 5. Robinson of Island Pond, j. S. Web
ster of Barton and II. W Marvin of Al
burgh
A new sort of noise generator for Fourth
of July purposes was introduced in the
city and kept the police guessing on " ed
nesday evening for time 1t is in the
form of Il cane with an IRON tip so arrang-
ed that when a cartridge is placed there
in and the cane is struck sharply on the
sidewalk a report like a common cracker
is the result. On Wednesday evening sew
eral of these We're in use about town and
kept the police hustling, for when an Off
Ger would start to investigate one report
another would occur near the spot he had
Just left. There was no smoke or fire as
with an ordinary cracker and the parties
using them wore that far away express
sion on their faces which did not invite
suspicion, but did confuse the officer, who
was on a still hunt for the offender.
The New England Historical and Genoa
logical Register, published in Burlington
and issued by the society of the same
name in Boston, includes list of mar
riages from Christ church, this city, from
1S43 to the present day and covering nine
pastorates The list was compiled by w.
T. Dewey who has also drawn off from
the Montpelier town records another list
for the same purpose, covering the years,
from 1871 to 1858 He has arranged this
list numerically. Mr.. Dewey found on
the records of Bethany and Chris
churches liz marriages, which do not ap-
pear OH the town records. His list now
obtained includes 952 marriage records
and his work would be very valuable and
greatly appreciated in case these local
records should become destroyed by fire
or any other cause.
A horse, driven by Edward Sawtelle of
" est Berlin created a sensation Wednes-
day by indulging in a runaway. The
horse was standing IN front of Norman
din's blacksmith shop, when it reached
out and tried to eat an excelsior mai i'm
the bottom of carriage just in front
During the process the mat fell to the
ground and scared the horse As the am
NAL started to run across the Red Arch
bridge to Main street, Mr.. Sawtelle made
an attempt to restrain it but after being
dragged a short distance he was being so
bruised about the face and body that he
had to let 20 of the reins. The animal
rushed up Main street and in trying to
urn on to Haymarket Square broke down