The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-07
Montpelier and VInICity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


meeting of the Lamoille county asso
citation of teachers on May 10 and 16.
A recent Washington county petit
tion in bankruptcy is that filed by L.
S BloDdin, a granite cutter of Water
bury. He has Liabilities of 81, 400 and
assets of $402, of which Sl71 are
claimed exempt
The participants for the prize de-
bate at the Seminary, to be held Fri
day, May 30, have been chosen from
the two societies as follows: Adelphi
Wing, Tebbitts and Morse. Band
Bruce, Fox and Mower.
A second base ball team has been
organized at the Seminary Harry
Bruce has been elected captain and
Earl j. Rogers manager. Mr.. Rogers
expects to have eight games in the
schedule when completed.
Joseph Bianchi, the East Barre
granite manufactur 9r, died at his
home there Wednesday afternoon at
clock. He was forty five years old
and leaves wife and two sons. The
funeral will be held on Saturday.
The Montpelier Old Home Week
association, which met Saturday eve-
ming at the Capital Savings Bank in
this city, adjourned without doing
any business and will meet again this
week Saturday at the same place.
Harry Tarbox of Goddard.
member of the orchestra connected
with that institution, has been engaged
as secor violinist in Wllder's orches-
ira for this summer, to take theFplace
of Fred Whittier who is to play at
Franconia Inn.
Letters are advertised in the Mont
pelier post offic, Monday as follows:
Mrs. Florence Booth, Miss Nellie Col
burn, Mrs. j. M. Clark Mrs. H.
Davenport, Mrs. Herbert Gould, Miss
Rita Morse, Mrs. Amelia Wilson,
David Poland, E. E. Perry & Co.,
Francesca Trappasso.
M. L. Beardsley read the report of
the finances of Trinity church Sunday
morning for the past year and an
nounced the bugget for the following
year, which commenced Sunday.
Cards were pa ;sed among the embers
of the church for plegdes on the 81 800
to be raised for the coming year.
A man from Enosburgh Falls who
was in the city Monday, reported that
there had been 250 cases of typhoid
fever and twenty-four deaths in that
town this year. They are obliged TO
boil all the water they use for drink
ing purposes. The water is taken
from the river, the only source of
supply to the town.
Manager Bruce of the Seminary
base ball team is contemplating build
ing grand stand near first base, for
the benefit of the ladies who patronize
the base ball games. This is some
thing that has been needed for long
time and would add materially to the
enjoyment and attendance at the
games this spring.
Norwich University defeated God
dard Seminary in close game of base
ball in Barre Saturday afternoon, the
final score being II to 10. The score
at the end of the eighth inning was
10 to in favor of Goddard, the Uni
versity winning out in the ninth by
making two runs. 1t was the first
game of the season in Barre.
At an adjourned conference of the |
selectmen and listers of Barre town
and the aldermen of Barre city held |
on Saturday evening, it was agreed to |
fix the appraisal of the city water
works property in the town at 50, 500 !
Tor the purpose of taxation. This has !
been the subject of considerable lie dis
cussion and some litigation in the |
past.
According to la the pass books is
sued by all Swings banks in Vermonq !
are to be verified with the individual
accounts at the banks once in five |
years, and this being the year for the
work Inspector of Finance f. S. Platt
Of Poultney has. designated May as the
month in which it shall be done.
The two local savings institutions are
now busy with the work. A. j.
Sibley has been chosen to do it at the
Capital bank and j. W. Brock at the
bank.
The arrests for drunkenness in this