The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-19
Montpelier and VniCiity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

S. Nj. Raymond of Orange was in
the city, Thursday
A petition in bankruptcy has been
fled by Joseph s. Rock, of this city,
who has liabilities of $35S. 60 and as
sets of $S5, of which $75 are claimed
exempt.
About ten couples from Montpelier
attended the dance in East Montpelier,
Thursday evening. Fully sixty couples
danced to the music of Wilder's or
chestra and the affair was reported a
decided success
A meeting of Vermont automobiles
has been called to convene at the Pa
vilion in this city on Thursday, March
26, to dicuss matters of mutual inter
est to owners of machines. There is
some dissatisfaction over act 45 of the
last Legislature which regulates the
speed of motor vehicles in this State.
Business was quiet in bankruptcy
court on Saturday. The only court
action taken was the granting to O.
O. Graves, trustee of the estates of
Dillingham; Bros. and /. M. Dilling-
ham. leave to sell the property in the
estate, both real and personal, at pri-
vate sale: Some proofs of claims in
other case were made by creditors.
Col Albert Clark, secretary of the
Home Market club of Boston, has been
engaged to deliver the memorial adj
dress before Brooks Post, G. A. r. in
this city, May 80 Mr.. Clark was a
speaker at the Sugar Makers conven
tion held in this city short time ago,
and his address before that assembly
was greatly enjoyed.
Forty one companions were in at
tendance at the regular conyocation of
King Solomon Royal Arch Chapter,
held Thursday The Royal Arch de-
gree was conferred upon Capt. II. W.
Hovey of Norwich University, Rev.
Walter Dole and George H. Cross, all
of Northfeld. An excellent lunch
was served by Field in the banquet
hall.
A. G. Blanchard has purchased the
D. d. Nelson property on Barre street
formerly owned by @. A. Smith. The
property consists of two dwelling
houses and one large storehouse with
side track, built on lot of 100 feet
front and $50 feet deep extending
from the street to the railroad. Mr..
Blanchard is as vet undecided as to
what he will do with the property.
Efforts are being made to form Com
panion, or Ladies', Courts OF the 'Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters in this city
and in Barre. Companion Court Girls
sic was organized at Island Pond on
Tuesday evening by George w. Allen,
D. S. @. r., of West Stewartstown,
N. H., with charter list of fifty
members. J. H. Campbell of this
city has charge of the work here and
there is every promise of success.
Chief of Police Martin Mcmahon
took Charles West to Rutland Thursday
to serve his sentence of not less
than four months nor more than six
months in the house of correction.
West will pay his fine of $50 and costs
SO he will have only the main time to
serve. On Wednesday afternoon he
withdrew his appeal from the judg-
ment of city court and accepted the
sentence as given there, rather than
wait for county court
The Seminary girls basket ball
team will play several more games
before closing the season. The out of
town games will be with Lyndon In
stitute at Lyndonville, Spaulding
high school at Barre, and probably
one with Goddard Seminary at Barre.
The local games arranged for are re-
turn games with ST. Johnsbury Acad-
envy and Lyndon Institute The
dates are not fixed but they will occur
early next term.
G. A. Lafrana of West Berlin, and
Fred Dumas and Clarence Case of
Mortified, were before city court on
Friday charged with breaking into
the summer cottage of w. p. Haskell
near West Berlin and stealing about
sixty cheap books. Lafrana turned
States evidence and was let off on the
charge of larceny and fined $50 with
costs of $12. The other boys were
charged with burglary and pleaded
not guilty. They were bound over to
the grand jury in the sum of $500.
The Case boy IS father, Alfred l.. Case,
and 7. J. Deavitt furnished bail for
him.
Twenty eight years ago, March ~,
occurred the great fire which swept
along South Main and State streets
from point near the present site of
the Bacon block to the west end of the
Rialto bridge, completely destroying
almost every building in its path.
William T. Dewey has vivid recol-
lection of the event, for on that occa-
sion he was pinned under falling tim
bers from the Rialto building and his