The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-06
Montpelier and Vlnicity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

City Clerk Z. h. Merrill took in
50, 961 70 on Thursday in tax collec-
tions.
Miss Bertha Raymond of Somerville,
Mass, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
w. A. Briggs.
Thomas Dowd of Boston was in city
court on Thursday and pleaded guilty
to intoxication. Unable to raise his
fine he took ten days in Jail
George Davis of Chelsea and father,
Timothy Davis of East Montpelier
were in the city on Thursday, visiting
Charles Hathaway on Winter street.
The Plumbers Union of Barre held
day afternoon, at which all sorts of
games and athletic feats were INDUCED
in.
Chief Mcmahon. of the police force,
took the two boys, Winslow Provost
and Henry Butterfly, to the State In
dustrial School at Vergennes on
Friday.
w. IT, Dewey, treasurer of the Yer
mont Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
had been at work in the office of that
company score and thirteen years
on Friday last,
Miss June Selma, who has been
taking two weeks vacation, has re-
turned from ST. Johnsbury and will
resume her duties as bookkeeper in
Edward Gill's store,
Smith & Walker, architects, have just
closed a deal with W. E. Jackson for
making plans and specifications for
a cottage house on Mather Place, to
be built for @. d. Mather.
Frank Tague was arrested by
Officer Nicholson in Barre on Wednes-
day night In city court Thursday
morning he pleaded guilty to intoxica-
ton and will take ten days in Jail.
Charles j. Davis and wife of New
York city are visiting in the city.
Mr.. Davis is well known in this vicin-
ity, having formerly been connected
with the Empire Granite Company at
Barre.
W. c. Lamphier had a tumor re-
moved from his left leg at the Heaton
hospital on Wednesday. The opera
tion was successful and Mr.. Lamphier
hopes to be able to return to his
work soon.
Miss Knapp, a deaconess from Bos-
ton, has arrived in the city and will
have charge of the weekly prayer
meeting and Sunday evening services
at Trinity church during the absence
of the pastor.
Charles Townsend and family of
Rochester are spending the latter part
OF a two weeks vacation in the city.
Mr.. Townsend is the veteran travel
ing drug salesman for the Burlington
Drug Company.
George Watson Of Reading, Pa,
was welcomed on Wednesday by some
Of the older residents Of the city. He
was at one time engaged in the dry
goods business in tho store now occu-
pied by Harry Taplin.
Miss Blanche Bemis, former stu
dent at Montpelier Seminary and resi-.
dent OF Montpelier, passed through the
city this noon on her way to her home
in Plaintield She is now a setno-
grapher in Rutland.
Orders for work have been coming
in so rapidly that the Ryle g. Nc
Oormack Granite Company has been
obliged to put on extra men in the
shed, making four gangs that are work
in at the present time.
o. l.. Hazelton and wife of Man
chester, N H., visited friends in the
city on Thursday. They have been
taking carriage trip to Lake George,
Lake Champlain and the Thousand
Islands and were ON their way to
Lake Winnepesaukee
Eight of Harry Wheelers horses
and four of Paul Terrio's were
shipped t he first of the week to
Sheldon to move the Chester A. Ar
thur monument from Sheldon to Fair
field. E. j. Rollins and Louis Girard
went as teamsters
f. A. Rowland, E. D. Field and H.
M. Cutler took part in the weekly
handicap golf contest at the Barre
Golf Club grounds on Thursday last
week. About twenty-five of the club
members played. Frank Nichols of
Barre won, having a net score of 50.
The marriage of Miss Myrta Whit
comb and George A. Mosher of Boston
is announced to occur in this city on