The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-15
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY


East Hill in Barre, was burned on
| Sunday. The barn was valued at
$500 and was not insured The fire
caught from some children playing
with matches in the barn.
system of physical culture has
been instituted in the high school, for
the girls, and will be in charge of
Mrs. Kate E. Terrill The boys will
have their military company and their
officers will be assisted in the drilling
by Principal Brewnscomb aud Assist
ant Principal Thompson.
The police of Barre were engaged
on Sunday in searching for Mrs.
Jerome Ortelli, who disappeared from
her home on Friday. She had threat
ened suicide and her husband and
relatives felt anxious for her welfare.
| This morning her husband received a
letter from his wife notifying him of
| her whereabouts. Mrs. Ortelli took
away all her belongings from the
house before her departure.
The Boulder" one of the engines
on the Barre railroad, was derailed
on Sunday morning near Circle street
in Barre and went over ten foot en-
bankment. The nose of the engine
was embedded in the dirt about six
feet and the engine was tilted at an
angle of about thirty degrees, the
| only thing preventing its complete
overturn being the fact that the
ground was soft at the place of the
accident. 1t was necessary to send to
Wells River to get derrick and the
wotk of raising it to the rails is pro-
crossing today.
Miss Florence Cory, who returned
on Monday evening from trip across
the water, reports most enjoyable
time. The party of which she was a
member included besides Miss Cora
Pulver of New York city, who was
chaperone, the Misses Minnie Corbin,
New Britain, Conn, Phoebe Cole,
Duluth, Mimi, Mary Terrence, Ar
lington, N. Y. They arrived in
Queenstown, June "a and from that
day until August 30, when they sailed
for Boston, the party was engaged in
sight seeing The most interesting
places in all the more important coun-
tries of Europe, besides those on the
British Isles were visited. At Rome
an audience with the Pope, that was
granted to the young ladies, forms an
incident of the trip that will never be
forgotten.
M. NJ Patterson, one of the men
in Waterbury who "rquealed' over
losing to the fakirs was brought
into court on Monday evening on the
charge of gambling. Through his
attorney, John G. Wing, he waived
the reading of the warrant. He was
bound over in the sum of $2Co for the
grand jury. At his request the Stare's
attorney filed an information against
Patterson and he was fined $40 and
costs, amounting to $29 81 on his ples
of guilty. The men who were con.
victed of running the game were il
court, on subpoenas issued by the
States attorney, but they did moi
have to testify. After the trial wal
over the States attorney gave Mr.
Patterson thorough talking to ant
further said that the others wht
played the machine will be prosecuted
if he can secure evidence.
The station agent at East Montpe
lier, H J. L. Cheniere, was fined 81
and costs by Justice CLARK Sibley, Oh
Tuesday, for first offense of intoxica
tion. George Young, who went t,
the station on business Monday even
ing, found the agent crszed by drink
loading his goods on TO car will
the intention, it is supposed, of leav
ing on an early freight in the morn
ing Mr.. Young reported the matte
and when the news reached head
quarters in this city, officers of th
road, accompanied by the deputy sher
i'll. went by special train to the sta
tion. Cheniere was quiet when the,
reached there and he was not dis
turbed. His accounts were examines
and found all correct but he WAS dis
missed from the Office and with hi
wife and child left for Canada O.
Tuesday afternoon. Reports of har
drinking and abuse of his wife ar
heard regarding Oheniere in Eas
Montpelier and, it is claimed. h
threatened his wife on this last oc
casion. He assumed charge of th
Office last April coming from Canads
John Lawrence of this city, 10 at tn
station temporarily.
The new ten-inoh steam whistl
which is connected with the fire alarl
has been placed at the Montpelier an
Wells River shops, and was blown O
Tuesday noon &C trial for the first time
The eight.inch whistle which ws
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