The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Sc Miss Anna e. Gordon is at her
home inI this city during the spring
vacation in the schools at Hartford,
where she is teacher.
Miss Carrie Livingston, who has
been working in the Braman family
for the past seven years, will leave on
Monday for Quincy, Mass, to make
her home.
Stephen Colby, one of the conduct
ors on the branch trains, is ill with
the grip. Joseph Young of st, AL
bans has been sent to take his place
during his illness.
George W, Leslie, who resigned his
position as night operator and ticket
agent at the Central Vermont station
to enter the freight office of the Mont
pelier & Wells River Railroad, will
begin his new duties April /.
Joseph Viau has sold out his inter
est in the barber shop to his partner,
George Kenney. Mr.. Viau finished
work in the shop on Tuesday and will
make preparations to go to Boston to
sing in the Herbert johnson quintette
in the near future.
1t was decided at the investigation
in Barre on Tuesday evening that the
report that one of the Barre men
whose place was raided on Sunday lad
been put wise to the raid beforehand
was rumor and that no charges
would be made.
Several friends of L. l.. Salter gave
him quite surprise on Saturday
evening. The evening was pleasantly
passed with cards, and lunch was
served at LIS. While at lunch
several nice gifts were left on the table
by his friends, as it was his birthday.
President Huntington of Boston
University will give the address on
Wednesday evening of the Methodist
conference week. on an educational
subject. The lecture of Bishop Fow-
Ter on General Grant will be held on
Thursday evening in the opera house.
P. S. Smith, superintendent OF the
water department, reports that there
has been less trouble with the city
water system for the past week than
at any time before during the last two
months. Mr.. Smith has sent out
nearly all the water bills that are due
April l.
The first thunder storm of the sea-
son occurred about O'Clock on Tues
day afternoon. The rain came down
in torrents for several minutes swell
ing the streams in the road to minia-
ture rivulets. Only two flashes of
| lightning were noticeable in che storm
one of which was very faint.
Articles of association have been
! filed at the secretary of States office
for the jackson Creamery Company of
Morrisvile with capital stock of
"a, 900 divided into forty shares of 500
each. The subscribers are j. j. Jack
son, Ophir G. Jackson of Montpelier;
f. E. jackson of Waitsfield; John
H. Hodgkins of Gloucester, Mass.
and p. Newell Lane of Boston.
The March number of The Yer
monter" contains an excellent picture
of Senator W. P. Dillingham;, in con-
nection with long and interesting
abstract of the report of the commit
tee, OF which the Senator was chair
man, that made such thorough in
vestigation of the resources and condi-
tions in Alaska. This same number
of the magazine contains picture of
the Federal building here In Mont
| pelier.
| Nine Barre policeman in three squads
made simultaneous raids on five places
suspected of selling liquor illegally,
Sunday forenoon. They found liquor
at only one place, George Milainis on
Granite street, where they secured a
case of beer and a half barrel of ale.
One other unsuccessful raid was made
Saturday night at the house of Will
liam Trouph. The other houses raid
ed were those of Italians. This is the
second successive Sunday raid.
The schedule for the Seminary base
ball team has not been wholly made
up yet but games with the following
schools are in the process of arrange
ment or have already been arranged
University of Vermont second team,
St Albans high school, Plattsburg,
Kimball Union Academy, Vermont
Academy and Goddard. About thirty
candidates will try tor the team this
spring. The first game will be played
ON May Q with u V. M. second team.
About twenty five young people of
the Baptist church gave q surprise
party to Mrs. William Hooper ON
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