The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-10
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

@. O. Putnam & Son, lumber
dealers of Putnamsville, are having a
complete set of lath machinery in
stalled in their mill The machinery
is of the best Phoenix Manufacturing
Company make.
Oscar Silver has opened grocery
store in the basement of the red brick
house on Barre street owned by A
@. Blanchard, the place where his
father, O. E. Silver, at one time ran
a similar business.
Peter Shepard, Jr., the twenty year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shep-
ard of this city, was operated on at the
Heaton hospital on Monday for APP
pendicitis. He is resting comfortably
and the indications are that the oper-
alton was successful.
The trial of Croto, who has been
at the State asylum for the insane at
Waterbury for observation for several
weeks, will be held at this term of
county court for the murder Of Peter
Vorron inEast Montpelier. The case
will probably come up about April IL.
Rev. j. A. Ward and family lett
Monday for Maiden, Mass. Mr. Ward
is pastor of the Peoples church,
and is to attend the New England an
nual conference of the Evangelical as
sociation which meets at Everett,
Mass, Thursday, March 10, and con-
tinues over the following Sunday.
He expects to return the first of next
week
The Howland Pulp and Paper Com
pany of Bellows Falls filed papers Of
association with the secretary of State
on Tuesday. The capital stock is
500, 600, divided into 1000 shares OF
800 each. The subscribers are:
George H. Barritt, Frederick H, Bar
ritt, Jonathan Il. Babbitt, E. W.
Kelley of Bellows Falls and A. f.
Schwenk OF Brattleboro.
Ex-Alderman W. f. Waterman and
Mrs. l.. A. Newcomb went to Castle
ton this morning to attend the funer-
al of Mrs. Bestey Bradshaw. Mr..
Waterman is son-in-law and Mrs.
Newcomb is a granddaughter of the
deceased. Mrs. Bradshaw was the
wife of James Bradshaw who formerly
resided in Montpelier. She was about
o.; n wars old
The officers of Brooks Post, W. r.
@. 1908 and 1904, invite all the mem
bers of the organization with their
families to be present at the G. A r.
hall on Thursday evening of this week
for social visit. The occasion is the
celebration of the 18th anniversary OF
the order, although March A of this
year was the actual date, it being
impossible to hold the gathering on
that day.
Mrs. Harlie Oritchett entertained
the lady members of the 1899" club
at her home on Cliff street on Tues
day evening. The evening was pleas
anoly spent in playing whist, enough
being present to fill three tables. Mrs.
K. T. Plaisted made the highest score
OF the evening. Refreshments were
served, and all the members of the four
q fine time.
| In bankruptcy court Saturday dis
charge meetings were held in the
cases of Wallace Adams, and Glenn
/ Coffin, of the town Of Barre, and
Stephen Avery of this city of Barre
No objections to discharge was made
in any case. The first meeting OF
creditors of Waldo Farrsr was held
and V. W. Rand of Hardwiok, elected
trustee He is an Office who had at
tached some of Farrar's property.
Rev. j. W. Coffin of Berlin, who
WAS badly burned ABBOTT the face and
ciaoked by smoke in the fire on Sun
day morning. is more comfortable.
On Monday he could scsrely speak
out loud, but his voice is gradually re-
turning. Mr.. and Mrs. Coffin wish to
express their thanks for the kindness
they have received at the hands of
their neighbors and the friends who
have so kindly remembers ed them in n
material way.
J. Collins Worcester was Tuesday
taken to Rutland to serve sentence
| ~ NOT laaa than nine mOuths nor more
than one year for furnishing liquor
to Welcome Lsmphere. The case
against Worcester for perjury, alleged
to have been committed in the trial
of the furnishing case, still hangs
over him, and at the expiration Of