The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-02-11
MO NTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPP ENINGS.

A man who lives on the Mortified
road had occasion to dig up a water
pipe on Thursday. He found the
ground frozen to a depth of over three
feet.
The span farthestfrom the station,
in the old bridge, has been removed
and the work of putting in the steel
span has been begun. The last ship
ment of steel for the bridge arrived Oh
Thursday afternoon.
Louis A., the two-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank A. Enos, died IN Thurs
day at the home of his parents in Coopers-
town, N. Y. His body was buried in
Middlebury, VT, on Friday. Mrs, and
Mrs. Enos formerly resided in Montpelier.
The funeral of Harry Tarbox was
held at his late home in Shady Rill
Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. Efie
X. M. Jones of Barre officiating. The
bearers were his former schOolmates
at Goddard Seminary: Carl Carpenter,
Dean Seaver, William Berry and Ar
thur Brown.
Upon an order from Mayor Cory on
Thursday John Peck and Clarence
Whittier made an inspection of pub
lie buildings including blocks, school
houses, churches etc., with a view
toward finding the exact conditions
which exist in respect to safety of the
public in case of fire.
The contracts for carving the tablets
etc, for the displays of the Barre
granite at the ST. Louis exposition
have been awarded to the following
Rizzi Bros, Mortimer &
Campbell, Stevens & Girard, Dewey
Column Cutting Works and |. ".
Bates q Company.
Rev. W.. r. Davenport finished
moving his goods to his new home in
Barre today. Mrs, Thomas Marvin is
moving into those formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Davenport and the
house vacated by her is being put in
readiness for occupancy by Paul Dill
lingham, who has purchased it and
will return there with his bride the
middle of this month.
1t is thought that the headquarters
for the Italian paper "Il PIoletario''
will be moved from New York to
Barre. A committee of eight or ten
from New York are in the Granite
City to look the ground over. This
paper is the Socialist organ Of which
M. Serratti was editor. He is the
IAN who was to speak in the Socialist
in Barre on the evening of the
If Eli Corti.
y Prescott, auditor and
Montpelier & Wells
announced himself
Nrman in ward
to Montpelier
I'd, N. H., and is
manic experience,
he board in that city
y d both in the finance
ees. Mr.. Prescott has
no will be strong sup
met with Mrs. ii. M.
.rsday evening-lts men,
ID by their husbands. The
ws a celebration of the an.
n; versarv NJ II. j. M. Jones' birth.
avs ming was spent at cards with
,nnsic and in general j%ollIty, the
.'niece de ,resis lance" at the delightful
lnncb b.iop Mr. Jones' birthday cake.
1t was beautiful ny lrosIeu' decorated
and iunm,ned W ith candles; through
the frosting tn, hhlle encountered
'resistance,7 in "A he shape of a block
nj oranita Winch vas accounted a lit
tie heavy for good q iges'lou'
The Barre and Nc H'peileT DIVISIONS
NJ the A. O. H. met i II Montpelier on
eveninp and Elected the fol-
county Office. IS PRESIDENT,
Roach, Barre; vice president
j. j. Eagan, Montpelit VI; rec Sec,
Patrick McNulty, Barre, hhan' Sec,
Crowley. Montue lier; treas,
J. E. Murphy, Barre; bd 'ard OF arbl-
Patrick Rogers. chairman,
Leahey Francis Juffey, all
of Barre. and Patrick McI 'ride and
Philip Hornbrook of Mo ntpelier.
After the business was over a social
hour was eployed. The socie ty is in
a flourishing condition and is q owing
rapidly here and in Barre.
Nat Whittier, "A we'll known ac-
oountant of Barre, is congratula ting
himself upon the results of a Ii, tile
procrastination on his part, viii Oh
has proved to be worth a good deal to