The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-09
Montpelier and Vlniclty.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Mabel Jackson of Orange we're married
in this city on Wednesday evening by
Rev. l., +, Reed.
Miss Carrie e. Wiley has resigned
her position as teacher in the Wash
ington County Grammar School, and
will attend normal school in Salem,
Mass, for year.
Miss Ethel Ainsworth, for a long
time one of the operators in the New
England Telephone exchange, has
been appointed to succeed Miss Ber-
nice Hunt, resigned.
The funeral of James Young, for
merly Of this city, who died at Barre
ON Tuesday, was held in the Oongre-
gational church in that city on Thurs
day afternoon, Rev. f. A. Poole Off
ciating, There was large attend
ance and a great many floral offer.
ings. The bearers were four cousins.
Mrs. Jenet A. Macdonald of North
Wednesday and will spend some time
at the home of her daughter, Mrs, d.
w. Hyde. Her son, George A. Mac
Donald, accompanied her and was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde for a
few days.
Edward D. Field, who went to San
Francisco recently, as deputy United
States marshall in charge of a lot of
Cinnamon under sentence of deporta-
tion, is to have the delightful expert
ence Of giving them his personal alton
ton until July 7,wheD they sailed for
home. This will delay his return be-
You'd expectation.
There was a hearing at the probate
office Thursday in the case Of Blaccl Q
Whittier, aged eighteen, an alleged
insane pauper of Mortified. Physi-
cian, certificates were introduced to
prove her insanity, and Judge Garlic
ton made an order directing that she
be sent to the hospital for the insane
at Waterbury at the States expense.
The county court room is to be reno
waited by having a new steel ceiling
put up and new paper on the wall.
The contract for the work has been
let to Alfred Lane of Barre and work
will be commnced as soon as the
material for the same arrives. The
room is greatly in need of repairs and
the above mentioned finishings will
add materially to it's appearance.
1.-THE local city court had eighteen
cases for intoxication during the
month of June, as against six one year
ago. says the Barre Times. 'The
number is considerable falling off
over the month of May. Some people
account for the difference in the fact
that warrants are now issued for plain
intoxication and that many of the in
toxicated people had chance to get
away before the warrants could be is
sued.'
W. A. Shaw, weather observer at
Mortified, furnishes the following
meteorological summary for the month
of June just closed: Mean tempera-
ture, 5S degrees, highest temperature,
SO degrees, June 6; lowest tempera-
'ture 81 degrees, June total precip-
itation, 4.75 inches; prevailing direc-
ton of wind, south; maximum veloc-
ity of wind, 80 miles an hour, June
10; total number of clear days, 7;
partly cloudy days, 3; cloudy days,
30.
7 The blowing new articles of in
corporation have been filed at the
secretary of State Office. The @. S..
Backus Co. of Brandon, for manufac-
turing and selling gas, gas machinery
and fixtures. The capital stock is
$3.50, ZOO divided into 1850 shares.
The incorporators are, @. A. Backus,
A. G.. Woods, E. S. Marsh and F. e.
Backus of Brandon and John o. Bow
man of Philadelphia. The Bellows
Falls Pulp Plaster Co., for manufac
turing pulp plaster. Capital stock
$25, 900 divided into $50 shares
The Granite Manufacturers Associ.
alton of Quincy, Mass, has invited
the Barre and Montpelier associations
to visit the quarries and works at that
place, and it is expected that MANY
will accept the invitation. The dates,
fixed for the excursion are: Goinl
Thursday, July 23, returning on the
following Sunday. A special rate Of
$3.50 for the round trip has been Sc
cured and if 100 or more go the party
will have a special train. The timer
airy includes trip to Crescent Beach
and clam bake there.