The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-03
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

MONDAY 10 attend the degree work OF the
Knights Of Columbus.
DR. and Mrs. Harry Smith of Lyndon
vile were tie guests Sunday and Monday
of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Minott.
Herbert C. Barber, who represented
Brattlehoro in the last legislature, was
visitor in the city over Sunday and Mon
day.
A pension has been granted Mrs.
Mary Campbell of this city at the
rate of $12 per month from April 90,
1909.
Miss Henrietta Richardson is con-
fined to the house by illness, as is
also Miss Eva Richardson of North
field.
Prof Jobn w. Burgess, vice president
OF Columbia college, is expected to arrive
in the city this week to spena the sum-
mer at Redstone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy M. Chase are the
happy parents of ten pound son, born
Monday morning. Mother and son are
doing splendidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Moulton
and Miss Beatrice Walker we're the
guests of Mrs. Justin NIoulton in
Randolph over Sunday.
Miss Anna Baker and her mother.
Mrs. Tewksbury, who have been liv-
ing in Waterbury for some time, are
soon to move to Hartford, Ct, to
live.
Miss Annie F. Stewart, VINO has been
spending the winter Ia Denver, Colorado,
arrived last evening and is the guest vf
Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Lawrence, Miss
Stewart spent the last we ks of her
western trip in Nevada.
The former pastor, Rev. l.. F.
Reed gave fine sermon at the
Bethany church Sunday. The SER
mon was on social conditions and
Christianity as cure for them. The
sermon was enjoyed by large au-
dience.
William Miller, who has been con-
fined to his room for many weeks as
the result of burns sustained from
spilling the contents of a coffee
tank on his legs was able to be
down stairs at Miller's Inn on Mem
orial Day.
A deed has been filed with the
city clerk conveying a house and lot
at Go East State street from Laura
C. and Willard G. Walker to ver-
non A. Doty, for the sum of $4,000.
The ground floor of the dwelling is
occupied at present by John Ster-
ling. -
Charles Nee of Montpelier was ar
rested by Officer Hamel in Barre on
Memorial Day and in court Tuesday
morning pleaded guilty to first Of
fence Of intoxication, paying a fine
which with costs amounted to s10.S4.
John Campbell was arrested by
Special officer Phelps and paid fine
with costs of s1109. Henry And
rews, whose case on the charge of a
second offence of intoxication was
set for today, pleaded guilty and was
fined SIS and costs of 1854.
Michael Doyle, arrested by the po-
lice department Monday evening for
intoXication, was arraigned in city
court Tuesday morning and pleaded
guilty to a second offence of intoXi-
cation. He was asked to disclose on
the persons furnishing him liquor,
but his story was not sufficiently ac-
curate to convince the court of it's
truth, and he was sent back to Jail
to fix up a better one. His sentence
will be pronounced on the accept
ance of the disclosure.
w. G. Gallagher of the Lowell AS
bestos Co. of Lowell, VT, returned
on Monday with about ten whom he
pany has been running for about a
month. The asbestos mines are To-
Gated on Belvidere Mountain just
across the line from Eden being the
former property of Judge Tucker.
The prospects looked good for a
considerable output of long fibre as
bestos. The only mines in the Unit
ed States are located at Georgia and
Pennsylvania and the fibre is said
not to be of the best.
Under the management of Benja-
min Bolton, two local wrestlers,
Young Martin and Young Lorraine,
made trip to Marshfield Saturday
evening and put on a match, catch
as-catch can style being used. The
names taken by the men were some
what vogue, their correct names be-
ing Martin Christensen and Frank