The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-11
Montpelier and VlnlCity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

during the next fiscal year has been
awarded to II. A. Dubuc.
Senator Dillingham; left on Thurs
day evening for a few days stay in
Washington. He expects to leave for
his Alaskan trip about June 20.
Miss Bertha Slatyon, who has been
seriously i'll for the past few weeks,
is able to be out again and went Friday
noon to visit her father, H. e. Stay
ton. in Hardwick.
Miss Sybil Wright returned Thurs
day evening from the Rogers Hall
school in Lowell, Mass, to spend the
summer vacation with her parents,
Rev and Mrs. J. E. Wright
The engagement has been announced
of Arthur W. Pierce, former priuci-
pal of Goddard Seminary, to Miss
Lydia Paine Ray of Franklin, Mass.
The wedding will take place about
commencement time.
AT the meeting of the Thos. Wildey
Encampment l, o. o. f. Thursday
evening the Golden Rule degree was
worked on Elmer Clark, George W.
Bard, Edwin O. Lewis, Clarence Bug
bee, Thomas b. Edwards and William
Dillon
Fl. W. Drew resumed his place as
manager in the local American Ex-
press office on Friday morning, He
hoc RI hnncn nd
unable to attend to his business since
the last of January. His friends
will be glad to see him again in his
accustomed place.
f. S. Morrison, secretary of the
railroad department of the Y. M. @.
A. at Concord, N. H., has been elect
ed Vermont State secretary Of the Y.
M. @. A. by the State committee, and
has accepted Mr.. Morrison was in
this city short time ago in the in
terests of the recent convention in
Burlington.
Mrs. Abbie L. Call of Lancaster,
N. H., has issued invitations to the
marriage of her daughter, Inez Mil
licent Stuart, to Frank M. Bryan of
this city on Wednesday, evening,
June II, at the Congregational church
in Lancaster. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
will be at home in Montpelier after
September /.
Wilder's orchestra gave the North
field high school graduation concert
in Mort hfield Friday evening. Among
the features of the program were the
flute solo Ballard Suite by G. H.
Wilder, the cornet duet Birds of the
Forest by Messrs Forsell and Stew
ems and the song Happy Days" by
Maud f. Stone.
At the meeting of the directors OF
the Montpelier and Wells River Rail
road held in the general offices on
Saturday at IL 80 O'Clock dividend
was declared of 21a per cent Of the par
value of the capital stock, payable July
1, according to the records of June 22.
Those present were A. f. Sortwell of
Boston, Alexander Cochran of Groton,
j. W. Brock, W. A. Stowell and F.
W. Stanyan.
The first golf tournament of the sea-
son on the links of the Barre Golf
Club occurred on Thursday afternoon.
ItIwas one of the most successful ever
held there, nineteen finishing the play.
The tournament was informal, being
eighteen holes medal play. George n
Tilden was the winner with net
f. Perry 90, @. Dodge 90, Lynde "a,
d. Perry SO.
HI. f. Graham, State auditor, au-
dited the accounts of the city courts of
Barre and Montpelier Thursday after
noon and last evening He has made
ruling that under the new law ill.,
toxication cases are city cases and not
State so that the bills of costs must
be presented to the respective cities
for auditing and not to the State aud
itor. This will make heavy bill for
the city to pay, though on the other
hand the fines will 60 to the city.
The Washington County Telephone
Co., in annual meeting at Barre, voted
to remain independent from the Or
ange County Telephone Co., and ex-
pressed as the sentiment of the meet
ing that independent companies desir-
ing to come into the city should deal
with the city council in the matter
of franchises The fnlIOwinu hoard of
directors was elected for the ensuing
year; e. W. Bisbee, Donald Smith.
B. W. Hooker, Homer Fits, D. M.
Miles, S. D. Allen and Frank Nc