The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-09

night for Pre- scott, Arizona, where
she will visit her brother, Lieut.. Rob-
ert Phinney at Fort Whipple.
William Dale of Barre was arrested
by Officer Nicholson on Monday eve
ming for intoxication. He pleaded
guilty to the charge in Barre city
court and was fined So with costs of
$500.
DR.. Knauss has returned from New
York in company with his mother
Mrs. P. r. Evans, and children who
went from Wilkesbarre, Pa, to meet
him. They will reside with DIR.
Knauss in this city.
Arthur Lewis of Rochester, who is
to enter Goddard Seminary, arrived
in Barre Monday evening. He has
good reputation as base ball pit
cher and will be candidate for that
position on the Goddard team.
George A. Reed of Barre has been
engaged by Architect Walker of this
city as a civil engineer. Mr., Reed
is graduate of Dartmouth college
and has attended the Thayer School
of Engineering at Hanover, N H.
w. S. Spencer, an alumni; of Mont
pelier Seminary and former instruct
or in that institution, who has been
a missionary to Mexico and who was
recently appointed principal of Bakers
field Academy, was in the city Satur-
day visiting friends for few hours.
Word comes from States attorney
| f. A. Bailey, who is now in Will
Jamestown, that he is not as we'll as
when he went there He has been
| forced to give up all solid food again
and his fever is occasionally with
| him.
K. w Morse, the Barre hotel pro-
| prietor. lost valuable horse Satur-
day in rather singular way. AS
the horse turned his head in the stall
to look around, in some way it was
caught and not being able to turn
again, the horse fell and it's neck wa;
| broken.
| Word was received on Tuesday of
the death on Sunday of DR.. William
Hollis at his he me in Cambridgeport,
Mass, from peritonitis. DR.. Hollis
was formerly resident of Montpel-
ier, and he had good many friends
in the city. He leaves mother, wife
and child, who lived with him at
Cambridgeport. The funeral was
held Tuesday at Littleton, Mass.
The report that the body of Max
| Severance was to be sent to Montpe-
lier through the agency of the New
York Sun" was q mistake, for
through the influence of Senator Dill
lingham and Quarter Master General
Ludington of the United States Army
the body is to be sent from Manila on
the transport, leaving June 10, un-
der tine direction of the army and the
Associated Press.
Alice, the daughter of George o.
Boyce residing at the Montpelier stock
farm on the branch road, is in very
critical condition. She has been suf-
ering from dIopsy for several weeks
and for the last two days has been in
an unconscious condition. Miss Ida
Boyce of New York, her sister, was
informed of her condition by wire and
arrived in the city on Monday night
Not much hope of her recovery is en-
tertained.
At the annual meeting of Aurora
lodge of Masons Tuesday evening the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: d. E. Mason, W. NJ.
D, W. Edison, S. W. II. B. Taplin, j.
s.; l.. H. Greene, treas. F. d..
Dewey. sec f. NJ. Bryan, S. D.. f.
X. Goss, J, D.; E. d. Field, S. S. ;
K. II. Walbridge, J. s.. J. H. Edison,
chaplain; j. w. F. Washburn, organ
ist; @. A. Lang, marshall and A, A.
Brown, tyler.
Some very unique programs are
out for the Shriner's initiation and
banquet jambouree" at Mt. Sinai
Temple, Oasis of Brattleboro. Desert
of Vermont. April 16, 1908. On the
outside cover is picture of poten-
tate, G. G. Steele, adorned by his
shriner's cap and riding camel over
prairie, an oasis appearing at a
distance near the horizon. A few
adjectives qualify the event on the
inside page among which are: An
tediluvian. antelucan. ossoifragous,
novatian, meteorismic and succubusic.
A suit for $l2, 600 against the Stat
ford and holden Manufacturing Com.
pany of Barre has just been entered il
county court by the plaintiff, the Firs'
National bank of Barre. The plant
iff sues on joint and several note