The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-10-29
MONTPELIER And VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Johonnott have
gone to Washington d. c., to attend
the Universalist convention in that
city.
Joseph Gregory, quarryman OF
Barre, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy, his assets being $153 and his
liabilities 1928.
Montpelier added a game to her
winning column on Friday afternoon
by defeating St. Johnsbury Academy,
by score of % to o,
At the business meeting of the The
mas Club Friday evening the resigna-
tions of Mrs. X. l.. Cleaves and Mrs.
E. II. Deavitt were accepted.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude A.
Stoddard of Waitsfeld and Melville
L. Martin of Williamstown occurred
on Tuesday afternoon at the home of
the brides sister, Mrs. Clarence Wells,
on Seminary Hill.
Senator William 2. Dillingham; re-
turned from Washington Thursday
evening, and Friday afternoon went to
Burlington to be the guest of honor
at a reception given at the Ethan
Allen Club by Congressman and Mrs.
d j. Foster.
The regular Seminary Hill car is
out of commission for this winter and
in it's place car No 20 will be run on
that line. The usual placard will dis
tinguish the car in the day time, and
red light will be displayed in the top
for guidance in the evening.
City Sheriff Docherty has sold at
tax sale, as advertised, a piece of
land en- Hillside street, between the
residence of John Docherty and Free
man Gauthier, for unpaid taxes of
Truman h. Gordon. 1t was pur-
chased by Mrs. Norris for S13.
Charles Evans, who recently re-
turned from Rutland after serving a
sentence for second offense of intoxi-
cation upon conviction in Montpelier
city court, was arrested again in Barre
on Friday, convicted of third offense
and taken to Rutland this morning by
Officer Hamel.
Rev. Roger Forbes of Brooklyn
arrived in the city, Friday to consult
with Rev. DR.. J. Edward Wright and
the people of the Church of the
Messiah with regard to becoming Dr.
Wrights assistant in the work. He
attended the meeting of the Unity
Club on Friday evening
The first meeting of creditors in the
case of Charles johnson, bankrupt, of
Barre, was held Saturday in bankruptcy
court. Trustee will be appointed lat
er. Final meeting of creditors of Fred
A. Leonard, of Barre town, was held
and final accounts of A A. Sargent,
trustee, allowed and trustee dis
charged
i. Bart Cross is in receipt of a
handsome cane sent by O. H. Fuller
from Macon, Ga. The cane is made
from curly pine wood and is very
prettily marked. Mr.. Fuller is in
the employ of the immense lumber
firm of Massee & FELTON, in Macon,
and the curly pine is a specimen of
the wood largely used by that firm.
At the meeting of the Vermont Press
Association at Burlington on Friday
evening E. A. Mutt of this city was
elected vice. president for Washington
county. The ASSOCIATION was Ieorgan-
lied by adopting new constitution,
Col. Harry E. Parker of Bradford was
elected president and l.. H. Lewis of
Morrisville secretary and treasurer.
Another slate company has filed as
ISOLATION papers at the State House. 1t
is Rutland company to be known as
the Morris Slate Company with a capt.
tai stock of 800, 600 divided into 1 900
shares of 800 each. The subscribers
are j. E. Thomson, James A. Merrill,
Joseph O. Jones, George W. Gill
more of Rutland and Charles Morris
of Poultney.
1T is expected that the last North
field burglary will not go before the
grand jury, as the States attorney is
to file information against Eugene
Davis and Neil Knapp, the boys now
in Jail charged with the commission
of the crime. They were both bound
over the other day for burglary of the
clothing of Colburn & Co., ana Davis
also for burglary of the creamery.
Association papers have been filed
at the secretary of States office for a
wholesale grocery concern to be known
as the Montpelier GROCERY Company.