The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-20

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on Smith street having caught fire.
All three companies responded and the
fire was quickly extinguished But
one room was damaged to any extent
by the blaze.
George w, Alexander of Berlin was
in city court Monday and pleaded
guilty to intoxication. He was fined
So and costs and hopes to raise the
same today. He was arrested on Sat-
urday night by Sheriff Fitzgerald on
a warrant issued by Burton Bailey,
acting as States attorney.
Charles Wing returned on Monday
night from Hartford, Conn, with a
limp and pair of crutches, having
been hit by base ball just above the
knee, in game. He has been en-
Dloyed by the A. L, Foster Company
during the summer and will enter
Dartmouth College next fall.
Charles West was released on Tues
day afternoon from the house of cor
rection in Rutland where he has been
serving a sentence for assaulting Fred
Ohatfield last winter. West has Sc
cured employment in Rutland to work
at his trade as a barber and will re-
main in that city for the present.
Superintendent Roberts, with his
gang of men is busy commenc-
ing the work OF macadamizing East
State street. The cars of crushed
stone have arrived from Boutwell's
carted to the street. The street will
be about forty-four feet wide and the
work will extend to Hubbard street
A meeting of the members of the
Montpelier Gun Club, with invited
guests, will be held on the shooting
grounds on Friday afternoon, Sides
will be chosen and a competitive shoot
for supper in the near future will
| be the program. Considerable inter
est is already becoming manifest
among the shooting enthusiasts.
The law students throughout the
county who are planning to take the
bar examinations are settling down
for hard grinding until October
Those who expect to take the ex-
aminations this fall are John Harvey,
Benjamin Gates, and L. Redfeld
Phillips of Montpelier, Elwin L.
Scott and Frank d. Burgess of Barre
and Charles A. Plumley and Claude
l.. Morse Of Northfield,.
At low mass at ST. Augustines S
church on Sunday morning Father
O'Sullivan announced that Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Alexander would donate a
stained glass window for the new
church. He also announced that a
Catholic residing out of town, and not
a mem Der of the parish, has offered
to present to the church one of the
larger windows. At high mass he
stated that since the early service
another window had been presented.
Among the cases recently entered in
county court are the following: Ella
M. Bailey VS.. Vermont Savings Bank,
general assumpsit; Harriet Bailey VS..
Vermont Savings Bank, general as
sumpst: Clara B. Lowe VS.. Vermont
Savings Bank, general assupmsit; r.
W. Newton VS.. Henry Matthews apt.
W. +. Gilman VS.. Henry Matthews,
apt, general assumpsit; Laura @.
Blay vs. Lewis Gordon, assumpsit
Mr.. and Mrs John Docherty and
Mrs. Dewey left Wednesday for Mid
dlesex to be present at the family
reunion at the home of George P.
Miles. Among the guests from out
of town who are members Of the fam
lily and who will be present are Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Taplin and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Taplin of Chicago and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taplin of Peoria,
ILL., j. E. Leland goes this afternoon
to take picture of the family group.
The State superintendent of educa-
tion has completed the compilation OF
the returns from the different towns
of the State of the amount raised foI
school purposes, and the amount fol
each from the $15, 900 appropriate
ed by an enactment of 1902 will be
paid to the towns and cities that have
raised the necessary school tax by
Treasurer John L. Bacon. to whom
the returns have been sent.
George f. Parsons was brought tc
this city from Northfield on Monday
afternoon and placed in the county
Jail to serve a term of thirty days.
He was arrested in that town by Off
Ger J. M. Fitzgerald for second