The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-07

E, e, Ormsbee has secured the con-
tract for repairing the slate roof of
the Central Vermont station in Mout-
pelier.
The Granite Construction Company
of this city has been awarded the con-
tract for building the new Catholic
church in Woodstock. The building
is to be of stone and will be valued at
about $4,000 The church must be
completed by November /.
David G. Bartlett, deputy chief of
police of Lynn, Mass, has written to
Montpelier to get information in re-
gard to the location of jails and houses
of correction in Vermont in order that
photographs of murderers wanted in
Lynn may be sent to the various in
stitutions.
An orange picked from tree"
gIown here in Montpelier is the
novelty that a Journal reporter saw
this week. W. II. Wakefield, who
lives on the Branch road, has an
orange tree that is about three feet
high. There are some few ripe and
some green oranges, besides number
of blossoms.
The Rev. Asa M. Bradley, the new
pastor of the Barre Universalist
church, opened his pastorate on Sun
day. Mr.. Bradley comes to the Barre
church from the Sangerville and
Clifford, Maine, parishes He has been
engaged in preaching only about six
years, but has been notably successful
in that time. His wife, talented
woman, also breaches, although not
ordained.
Miss Mabel l., Granger, a music
student in Montpelier Seminary,
who has been seriously i'll in Burling-
ton for the past two months, was able
to come to Montpelier ON Monday
evening for few days visit. She
will not be able to resume her work
in the Seminary before next fall, but
hopes to be sufficiently recovered by
that time. She will spend the sum-
mer with her grandfather, Rev. p
N. Granger, in Peacham.
The license commissioners of Barre
held a hearing on Monday and two
objections were heard to granting
licenses, one by the Montpelier and
Wells River Railroad which objected
to granting Licenses for saloons on
Depot Square and on Granite street
between the Montpelier and Wells
River tracks and the Central Yer
mont. The other was filed by O. F.
Andrews. shoe dealer, against grant
ing license to Giaichimo near his
shoe store
Word has been received in this city
of the death of Peter Murray in Ia.
coma, Wash. Mr.. Murray formerly
ived in Middlesex and about three
years ago left for the west to become
foreman of a building job He was
a brother of the late James Murray
who built tine Montpelier & Wells
River station building and the Selma
block on Elm street. He is survived
by wife and son, Frank, who are il
Washington and one son, John, who il
employed in Callahan q Averv's gro
Gerry store.
A great deal of interest is being
shown by the men of Montpelier il
the new "Orient Blackboard" on ex
hibition in front of j. e. Leland 4
store. The machine lis small auto
mobile that will just carry two per
sons. 1t is built on the buck board styl,
and sets very low. The motive powel
is furnished by the gasolene explosion
system. j. H. Stewart of ST Johns
bury, agent for northern Vel nout, il
here with the machine and is KEEP
busy most of the time in cy}lainiD,
it's workings j. e. Leland has takel
the agency for Montpelier and Barre,
After waiting week for those in
terested in bringing the State poultr.
show to Montpelier next winter tt
\ come TO the meeting that was called
for last Monday evening, the few
fanoiers who have moved in til,
matter, decided that there IS no
enough enthusiasm over it to mak'
any further plans. The instigatorl
of the plan say that il the show is t,
be held here the date must be fixet
upon and announced very soon ant
the necessary mmittees, etc organ
lied.
George Robbins, who has been con
nected with the Ieportorisl staff o
the Evening Argus for the past fiv,
years, finished work Tor that com
pany on Wednesday. He has accepted
fiattering offer as State agent 70
Bradstreet's Credit House. He will
have his headquarters in Burlington
eventually but will not move to tha
city for a time. Mr. Robbins ha
made n great many friends in Mont