The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-11
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENI NGS.

day afternoon from Chicago and st.
Louis. In the former city Mr.. Farm
ham purchased twenty horses.
L. Bart Gross of the board of com
missioners OF Green Mount Cemetery,
has just sold the old city hearse to
the town of Middlesex for $l25.00.
The funeral of Ralph r. Warren,
who was drowned at Lake Placid, N.
Y, last Friday, was held at Stowe on
Sunday afternoon, Rev. William
Excel officiating.
Harry M. Smith, who graduated at
Tufts college dental school last June
and who took the State examinations
inA Montpelier five weeks ago, has
been notified that he was successful
in passing.
The Evangelical camp meeting
meets this year from Aug. 10 to 80.
Among the speakers will be Rev. W..
F. Albrecht of North Scituate, r. l.
Miss Antoniette Roberdt of Mooers,
n. Y, will lead the singing.
Mather 81 Temple treated their
customers and the general public to
another delightful concert, e5 their
store on Saturday evening. Wilder s
orchestra furnished the music. The
cornet solo by Mr. Forsell was es-
pecially pleasing.
The Hon. Mason S. Stone, a former
State uperintendent of education ard
later engaged in educational work in
the Philippines, has been elected sup
erinSenden5 OF schools in Norwood,
Mass Because OF the active part Mr..
Stone took in the osmraign with
Hon. O. }. Bell for Governor, Mr..
stones friends had slated him for TIE
position Of secretary OF civil and mill
tary affairs under Governor Bell.
The members of Trinity church
were given an opportunity, by the
closing OF the church, oD Sunday, 10
visit the other churches of the city.
The church will be closed again next
Sunday, as the pastor, Rev. W. B.
Dukeshire, is taking his vacation.
The Barre city council voted, on
Monday night, $500 for fire station
site. IL possible, deal will be made
or the Richardson property ON South
Main street, near the Universalist
church, and in that case the house will
be moved away and work commenced
on stasio1 &C once.
Three cases have been entered 1e-
Gently in county court A. @ Ser.
ling VS.. Uilman & Co., general as
sumpsit, appeal from city court of
Barre, j. W. Gordon for plaintiff.
James Lafayette VS.. Eli Dru1y, re-
plevin, H. W. Scott For plaintiff.
Mo5sman, Davis & Co., apt, VS.. Bar
beri and Pologhini. general assumpsit,
appeal from city court OF Bare, E. l..
Scott for plaintiff, VIM. Wishart and
r. A. Hoar for defendants.
The two committees of the fusion
convention met in this city on Satur-
day Afternoon and substituted the
name Of Hiram S. Sparrow, of East
Montpelier, for that of g. E. Moody
OF Waterbury, as nominee for State
Senator, from Washington county, on
the fusion ticket Mr.. Moody. it will
be remembered, positively refused to
have his name used in any way in
connection with the ticket.
Mrs. M. A. Nelson, who lives on
the road from Montpelier to Middlesex,
suffered painful accident on Tues
day evening by slipping on fiat stone
near the house. She fell to the gronud
and was unable to use one of her ank-
les. A physician was summoned and
it was found that both bones in the
ankle were broken. 1t will be some
time before she will be able to be
out again.
Letters advertised at the Montpelier
post Office Aug 8: Mrs. Arnold. Mrs.
Mertie Holmes, Maggie Mitchell, Miss
A. A. Prescott, Miss Amy Phelps,
Miss B, f. Scoville, Mrs. Geo. Smith.
Miss Fl. M. Stockwell, Mrs. Sarah
Turner. Mrs. A. M. Whitten, Miss
Mabel Williams, f. j. Carroll, VIM.
Ooash, W. H. Davis, Edw. Gillette,
E. B. Haplin, Sec., Harry Pattee,
John J. Sheehan, A. e. Webb
The frame work OF the body OF the
new station at the Junction is COM
pleted and the men are at work board
ing up the outside OF it. The build
ing is being rebuilt on the old founda-
tions, although the cellar is being
thoroughly overhauled. A new ce-
ment lining is being put in and the
walls fixed up. Unless something un-
fortunate arises the building will be
completed, easily, within the two
months limit that was placed ON the
work.
Farnk Coburn has been surrendered
by Probation Officer Zed s. Stanton as