The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-22
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY

Gen. W. II. and Mrs. Gilmore, ac-
companied by their daughter, Mrs. II.
b. Chamberlain, and her daughter,
left on Saturday for their home in
Fairlee.
Prof. j. W. and Mrs. Ruth Payne
Burgess have sold to Alfred Sicily
house, barn and acre of land situated
on the road to Middlesex Centre.
Consideration S4OO.
The conveyance of the Smith prop
erty on Barre street from Edward l..
and Rosalina B. Smith to William S.
Smith was recorded at the city clerk 8
office Saturday Consideration $4,000.
According to the returns at the Sec
rotary of States Office from 245 towns
the Socialists have 757 votes, suffi-
cient number to stay in the ring. The
returns from the last few places were
from the strongest Socialist districts.
In connection with the proposal to
place the Foster memorial in the little
park Oh Main street, came the fact, as
reported by o. B. Roberts, that some
people have their eye on that spot as
the site of soldiers monument to be
erected by the city some day.
There are three candidates for the
city judgeship in Barre this fall, AL
land G. Fay, the present incumbent of
the office, H. W. Scott and f. S. Will
liams. The city bar will hold meet
ing later to decide whom they will
Import
Sheldon and Nash, the old Inter-
City battery, put up a great game on
Thursday for the Hinsdale, N. H
base ball team. They held the Spring
fields down II to 0. Only two of the
Springfield boys saw first, none of
them made any hits and seventeen
famed out to Sheldon.
John Girard, who has been spend
ing the past year with his mother,
Mrs. John Giisrd. in this city, left
on Thursday evening for Chicago and
his home in Knox. Ind. He plans to
close out his property in the West
and to make Montpelier his home. He
will return in about two months.
Frank Conway was arrested by City
Sheriff Bancroft and officer Felt on
Thursday evening while creating a
disturbance on Haymarket square dur
ing Salvation Army meeting. He
' was in city court on Saturday,
pleaded guilty and fined $l5 and costs.
He will attempt to raise the money in
lieu of going to Rutland.
Salvatore Raschells, the Italian
who it is alleged shot at James Henry,
a conductor on the electric road last
winter, was before the grand jury
Saturday. Among the witnesses heard
were Messrs, Kiser and Andrus of the
electric road and Officer John Durkee.
who made the arrest. James Henry
has since left the employ of the road
and did not appear at the hearing.
The homing pigeons, that Carl For
sell released at the Mortified fair
grounds, made quick trip home.
The actual flying time was eleven
minutes, but the time from basket to
lott was thirty. one minutes The
birds ciroled around the grounds for
just twenty minutes before they
strucb out for home. Mr.. Forsell is
well satisfied with the showing that
his birds made
Examinations for rural free de-
livery carriers were held at the
post office building Saturday. A
new route will be established in
Graniteville, October /. and it was to
supply this that the examinations
were held today. The applicants,
three in number, are all from Granite
vile, and are as follows: John Nc
Rea, George G. Miller and Thomas
Pradu