The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-02


tion of that amount, realized from
property already sold.
A new order for evening services
was begun at the church of the Mes
siah on Sunday and large audience
was present. 1t was service of song
and story. The quartet sang several
selections and the congregational
hymns were selected from among the
old favorites. Bernard Marshall gave
two clarinet solos and Rev. DR.. Wright
read selections from that splendid
Scottish classic Rab and his
Friends" "
Advertised letters at the Montpelier
postoffice are as follows: Mrs
Emma Dolson, Miss Esther Holmes,
Mrs. A. M. Heeard. Mrs. H. S.Jacobs,
Miss Hattie Lovely, Mrs. Mamie Wat
kins, H, j, Bonett, @. 1. Blanchard,
VIM. Durfey, Glynn Hay ford, Hirst
e. Heritage, Rev. Thos. W. Keefe,
Joseph Murray, E. F. Morris, W. J.
Rice, W. A. Rice, VIM. H. Scopes,
j. W. Smith, H. S Webb, Ed Vilbin.
Treasurer Merrill has lad excep-
tional success in collecting the special
tax. He has turned over to City Sher-
iff Docherty unpaid taxbills represent
ing a grand list of only $l1S0. 60 which
is considerably smaller than last year.
The exact amount Of tax bills given
to Mr.. Docherty was $295.17. The
total tax collected by Treasurer Mer-
rill was $12, 1858, and the largest
amount for one day was SO, 674. 43, re-
ceived on Monday. Considering that
this was special tax the result is
extraordinary.
@. H. Reagan returned to Montpe
lier on Tuesday evening from Bur-
lington, where he has been stopping
for few days. Mr.. Reagan resumes
his former position as motorman for
the Montpelier & Barre Traction
Company, Thursday morning, taking
what the men call a split" run,
his hours being from 5.45 in the
morning to IL. 10 and from 5. 45 to 10. :
40 in the evening. Mr.. Reagan is an
old hand at the business and was we'll
liked when employed in this capacity
before
At the meeting of the Vermont as
sociation at the Westminster hotel il
Boston. on Saturday, a reception was
rendered the Daughters of Vermont.
Col. Albert Clark, who recently de-
livered an address before the sugar
makers at the convention in this city
and who is to deliver the memorial
address here on May 30th, as a vice
president of the Vermont association
was one of the receiving committee OF
that occasion.
Henry Holmes will soon begin tn,
erection of an addition to the Uniol
House which will add considerably tt
the capacity of the hotel and give room
| for another store of some kind OF
School street. The addition will re
place the smaller structures in tn,
rear of the hotel and will be 10x40 fee
on the ground and three stories high
The upper floors will be finished int,
fifteen sleeping rooms and the entire
ground floor will be devoted to stor
purposes.
William Stevenson of Barre wa
taken to the Waterbury insane asylum
Saturday afternoon by officers e. E
Perry and Gauthier of Barre Mr.
Stevenson was IN the asylum once be
fore about two wears ago and that tim
the officers had to resort to the use o
hand cuffs to take him there. Thi
time Mr.. Perry told him why h
should 90 to the asylum and it wa
found to have much better effec
than force. The hearing in the cas-
was held in probate court Saturda.
noon.
Miss Eta M. Hunt received tele
gram Tuesday morning announcing tn
death at White River Junction of he
mother, Mrs. James r. Gordon, age
thirty-seven years. Mrs. Gordon die
of pneumonia after an illness of onl
one week. She will be remembers
as Miss Maggie McMann. Mrs. Cor
don was three times married and i
survived by a husband, James r. Cor
don, and three children, Daisy L
and Perley W. Beach, and Eta M