The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-18
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Barre.
d. III. Clark has sold his news and variety
store to Frank Jackson
A. E. Batchelder sent carload OF maple
sugar to Fair Haven, Wash, on Monday.
George II. Bishop has bought of L.. Bart
Gross house in Gospel Village" Price,
S1.750.
Frank McWhorter has moved from Mer-
chant street to the A. B. Averill house at
Currier park.
DIR. B. w. Braley and wife returned on
Saturday from Florida. They were away
about month
Mr. and Mrs Kendrick went to Lebanon,
n. H.. last week to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Kendrick' s father.
The next union temperance meeting will
be held at the opera house on the evening
of April 8. Rev. Walter Dole is to speak.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgin Gale gave very
pleasant whist party at their home in
South Barre on last week Thursday even
ing.
THE New England agent of the Edison
phonograph will give free exhibition Of
the wonderful instrument at Goddard Sem
mary next Friday morning.
The second annual reunion of the Presby-
terian church will be held on the evening Of
April l, when supper will be served and in
teresting exercises presented
Rev. w. S. Smithers gave an address at
Wiliamstown Sunday evening on the work
of the Epworth League. Rev. j. A. Sher-
burn preached here in the evening.
John Taft, while saving wood with
circular saw at Wallace Parker's on last
week Friday, cut his left hand so badly
that it became necessary to amputate it.
A large number of Italians accompanied
the remains OF deceased cOuntryman to
Montpelier on last week Thursday The
body was placed in the tomb at the Catholic
cemetery.
The double tenement house of G.. L. Bug
bee was sold at auction on Thursday to AL
exander Bruce for 81 300. The one-story
house and the barn were sold to NJ. w.
Keith for $500.
The school-house bids will be opened to-
day wednesday,, instead of last Saturday
The change of time was made because some
of the contractors were unable to complete
their estimates by Saturday.
Miss Haley, teacher of music in the pub
lie schools, has arranged to give the exhibi-
ton of the primary grade on Friday evening
at the Congregational church. The higher
grade will give an exhibition later.
1t is estimated that there is over half
million paving stones at the quarries ready
for shipment. Last year about two millions
were shipped during the season, and the
year before some eight hundred thousand. =.
PROFESSOR PIERCE has been elected prn-
cipal of the seminary. in place of Professor
Maulsby, resigned. He will act in that ca
pacity during the spring term, which be-
gins this week, but he has not decided yet
whether to accept the position permanently
or not. A. A. Hubbard of Montpelier, a
graduate of Harvard in the last class, will
teach Greek and the sciences this term.
Eugene Palmer. George Latin and
Thomas Golden were arrested at Granite
Vile on last week Wednesday, charged
with sailing inuOr ThaV wara triad
before Justice o. B. Boyce and Grand
Juror A. M. Jackman, and Palmer and
Golden pleaded guilty to two offences and
Latin TO one. Palmer and Golden were
fneu $40 and costs each and Lafiin So and
costs.
The Barre railroad company announces a
change in some OF its freight rates, to begin
May l. The rate on paving blocks will be
increased to thirty cents per net ton, and on
shipments OF small stone to fifty cents per
net ton, from the quarries to Barre. The
rate on refuse stone will remain at forty
cents per ton, as heretofore. On paving
blocks the increase is five cents per ton, and
on small stone 1t is ten cents per ton.
Berlin.
Clarence Roberts of Chicago has been in
town for few days.
Miss Freda Andrews went to Philadelphia
ON Thursday of last week, where she has
situation with II. A. Davis & Co.
The remains Of Mrs. Joshua Bailey OF
Chicago, formerly of this town, we're brought
here for interment last week. The funeral
services were held at the house of Merrill
Bailey, son of the deceased, Rev. John j,
Hall officiating.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union sociable, held on Tuesday evening OF
last week, was well attended and thoroughly
enjoyed. The programme presented by the
young ladies was very good, the Seven
old Maids being the hit OF the evening.
The ladies' OF the Union heartily thank Mr.
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