The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-20
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Police Officer s. b. Bems has sold his
horse George M. to a Norwich man.
The quarry of Ward & Cole at Granite
/ willie now has telephone connection.
The annual meeting of the Barre railroad
stockholders will be held next week Thurs
day morning at the company's Office.
The listers are to meet at ten o'clock next
Monday morning, in the town clerks office,
to hear appeals from tax assessments.
e. f. Smith has been elected ensign of
Canton Vinton, to take the place of G. w.
Barnard, who has gone to Parishville, N. Y.
The marriage of b. w. Hooker and Miss
Nellie, daughter of b. p. White of East
Calais, took place on Tuesday evening of
last week.
Wilbur G. Dade of the lay college at
Revere, Mass, is to do mission work at
East Barre this summer, beginning the lat
ter part of this month.
The ball game between the village nine
and the Goddard Seminary team, on Thurs
day of last week, resulted in victory for
tho former by score of eleven to nine.
Three drunken fellows were arrested
Saturday night, and another trio was put in
limbo on Sunday. They were all fined on
Monday. Three Of the six were Italians.
Torrent engine and hose company No
will participate in the fireman tournament
at Rutland. They will take their engine
and hose cart and may enter running
team.
Reynolds & Townshend are laying pipe
from a spring on the hill to the northwest
of the village to several private houses in
the village. The distance is about two
miles.
The young people of the village had
| dance at Armory hall last week Friday
evening. Two travelling musicians, who
played harp and violin. furnished the
music.
The firm Of Scott & Co., both members of
| which come from Claremont, n. H., is TAX
! ing possession of the north store in the
Worthen block. A variety store will be
/ opened.
The Granite City Trottng club announces
| that it will not continue the management
/ of the park this year. The club claims that
| it's lease was taken on condition that neces-
sary improvements be made each year. 1t
| says the owners have not made these i'm
| provements and that it therefore does not
care to continue in charge of the park
Patrick Desmond, one of the striking
quarrymen, on last week Friday assaulted
| another striker who said he was going to
work this week Desmond made things
pretty lively with his muscle and tongue,
and it was found necessary to put him
under arrest. AT his trial he was fined 1926,
and he is now probably sorry he was so
belligerent.
The strike at the quarries is over, the
union having voted to return to work. On
Monday some Of the union men went to
work, and it was then evident that the
strike could not live much longer. Later
the vote was taken on resuming work, and
now as many of the union men as can find
| jobs are working as usual. The places of
many have been taken, however. During
the progress of the strike several small acts
Of rowdyism were committed.
Angus NJ. Mcdonald was the victim of a
fatal accident last Saturday afternoon. He
was polisher in the shed of Cutler Burn
ham. The belt of a pulley had come off,
and he was engaged in putting it in place
again when, it is supposed, his clothing
caught in the shafting. He was drawn into
the machinery in an instant, and death re-
| suited at once. His right leg was taken off
at the knee, and his right arm at the Shout
| der, while his head was terribly mangled
and the flesh of the right leg above the
knee was stripped almost entirely off.
Hardly stitch of clothing was left on his
body when he was taken from the clutches
of the machinery. The accident is pecu-
| liarly sad on account of the fact that he had
large family, consisting of wife and six
children. He was at the top of ladder
when the accident occurred, and it is said
that he had been warned not to attempt the
| job OF replacing the belt alone. Another
man in another shed was also similarly
| caught the same afternoon, but he escaped
without serious injury. The body was taken
to Canada for burial, funeral service, at
tended by large number of stone-workers,
| having been held Monday morning.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
f. II. Chessmore was at home a few days
| last week
Emma Foster of East Montpelier visited
| us last week.
Mrs. Smith of Palmer, Mass, has been
visiting Mabel Smith, her daughter.
A second " base ball nine has been or
gsnized with Henry Whitaker as manager
and A. S. Martin as captain.
The Norwich University ball team was al
| Goddard last Saturday, but because of the
rain returned home without playing.
The catalogues for 1S9O-9l have just beer
| issued They contain some new features
and show marked increase in number Of
students.
The Montpelier Union school baseball
| nine was expected to play the Goddard
second nine on the campus last Tuesday
afternoon.
The examination for the prize offered by
| Mr.. Maulsby for the best knowledge of the
current events of the past few months wa!
| held in the chapel last Monday morning.
The time of holding the weekly Christian
Endeavor meeting has been changed from
| Sunday afternoon to evening. The meeting
last Sunday evening was led by Miss Adj
| Sargent. Individual Responsibility wa
| the subject, which was earnestly discussed
The Goddard baseball nine crossed bat
with the Barre village team last Thursda
afternoon. A Closely-Contested game wa
played, distinguished principally by muc
dissatisfaction and trouble In the sevent
inning, with a score of II to 9 in favor of tn
village team, they refused to comply wit
the decisions of their own umpire and rt
tired from the field, thus FORGETTING the gam
with score of 10 0 in favor of the Goo
| dards.
| The twice-postponed baseball game bt
tween the Norwich University nine and tn
Goddards was played on the campus las
Monday afternoon. 1t was close and e1
citing game throughout, but, owing to tn
cold wind and dust, several errors wer
made on both sides At the beginging
the ninth inning the score tied, but i
the first half the Norwich University me
scored two runs, and in the last half, by
few timely hits and one error on the part
the Norwich University men, the Goddard
succeeded in making three runs, thus viii
ming the game by score of fifteen to fou
teen. Harlow and Mosely were the batter
for the University and George and Edga
ton for the Goddards.