The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-10-12
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

The bicycle races arranged for Thursday
afternoon were Cancelled.
The Young Republicans " have organ
lied a fife and drum corps.
Charles Hunton is recovering from his
severe attack of typhoid fever.
A highway bridge is to be built from Har-
rington avenue to Brook street.
.seventy-fve citizens enjoyed the White
Mountain excursion, Saturday
Miss Beulah Bass and w. A. Perry as
sisted the Universalst choir Sunday.
The Granite City Band is to have benefit
concert at the opera house, October 20.
John Trow and II. o. Worthen have sold
their granite quarry to James Gazeley.
Professor George Elmore is to have a
dancing-school in town the coming winter.
The American Protection League has
ceased to hold meetings at Grand Army
hall.
The legislature will be asked to incorpor-
ate Crandall Grand Army Post of this
place.
c. II. Hunton g. Co., are erecting shed
for sculpture purposes at their granite
works.
Rev. j. Brelivet is to deliver an address at
the opera-house on the evening of Column
bus day.
The Congregational Sunday-school OBJ
serves Harvest Sunday, October 16, with
a concert.
E. j. Walsh has won prizes to the
amount of S163 in bicycle races during the
past summer.
Will o. Martin of Boston, formerly a clerk
in p. Chandlers jewelry store, is visiting
friends here.
Ralph Arey is at his old position in the
Barre fish market, after spending the sum-
mer in Maine. II
Charles Hunton. of the granite firm Of
G.. H. Hunton & Co.. is seriously i'll with
typhoid fever
H. A. Duffy has added new steam
boiler and other machinery to his granite
quarry business
Weather permitting, the Barre bicycle
club will have races at Green Mountain
park tomorrow.
The board of civil authority will revise
the checklist at the town clerks Office next
! Saturday evening
William S Martin is manager of the Tufts
! College football eleven, and captain of the
college ball team
The Odd Fellows of Laconia and Woods
vile will have an excursion to Barre to-
morrow (Thursday.)
Rev. j. Smith Dodge of Stamford, Conn.
is to deliver an address at Goddard Semin-
ary on Columbus day.
I. Mills has rented the old Union House
on South Main street, and has renamed it
tne - cascade House..
Walter Morse has purchased large build
| ing lot of w. A. Perry, near the residence
of Rev. c. w Longren.
John G. Foster of Derby, one of Governor
Fuller's newly-appointed staff, graduated
at Goddard Seminary in 1873.
g. p. Lund has closed his work for Cur
tis ~ Keith, and opened shoe shop over
Hecker's cigar mandatory.
The Barre Entertainment Association
open their season November 3, with the
Boston Rivals as the attraction.
Costly granite monuments have been
erected at the graves of Mrs. A. Packard
and Ira Trow in the Barre cemetery.
A circular is to be issued to the alumni of
Goddard Seminary, asking for contrbu-
tiOns toward the Thompson memorial cot
tage.
The funeral of Mrs Percy Barnes was
held at her residence, Saturday, and the
remains were taken to Braintree for inter.
ment.
The fire department was called out early
Tuesday morning, TO put out blaze at the
blacksmith shop of William Walsh at North
Barre.
Alfred Browning, aged eighty-fve,
prominent farmer and lifelong resident.
died at his home in East Barre, Saturday
afternoon.
A. NJ Rice, dealer in all American gran
lueSj WHO DdS nlu an OIlC6 dJ ule INlNtTSlue
the past summer, is to spend the winter in
California.
The incandescent lights in the stores went
out very suddenly, early Monday evening,
and there wus "hurrying to and fro" for
kerosene lamps.
d. n. Richardson and wife of Davenport,
Iowa, are visiting their mother, Mrs. A.
Richardson Mr.. Richardson is editor Of
the Davenport Democrat.
Manv of IA nil and tbair am,
ployers appear to be opposed to a weekly
payment law, and are hoping 1t will not be
adopted by the legislature.
The Unversalist church was crowded
Sunday evening, to hear harvest concert
under the direction of Professor o. X Hol-
lister of Goddard minary
The bailffs have finished naming the
streets, and a post-office inspector is ex-
pected here soon to decide whether the
town is entitled to the free delivery system.
The Goddard Seminary and Vermont
Methodist Seminary foot ball elevens are
arranging series of games. The first one
is booked for the Goddard campus, Octo-
Der II.
T. L. Swan, graduate of the Kelley In
stitute at Montpelier, is TO speak on the
work of that institution at Good Templars
hall in the near future. The public will be
invited.
Wayland Strong, former resident, at
one tlIne commander Oh Orduudll NTTduu
Army post, has returned from the water
bury insane asylum, where he has been
confined for several months, and is to enter
the Vermont Soldiers Home at Bennington.
w. II. Maumman, a granite dealer of
Marshall, Mich, was arrested here, Thurs
day, by officer Bemis, for a debt Of S54,
which was due the defunct granite firm OF
Mcleod & Simpson. The arrested man
settled the claim and was released from
custody.
Alexander Graham and Peter MacMa-
mana, residents of Grauitevile. were ar
rested by Officer Buchanan on Saturday for
intoxication, brought before Justice jack
man, and each lined Sl0.5l. John Murray,
who is wanted for violating the liquor law,
eluded the authorities and avoided arrest.
Giles b. Durkee prominent real estate
owner and hardware merchant was kicked
by young colt Sunday afternoon, and
seriously injured one side Of his face being
cut open, his jawbone and shoulder blade
broken. He was unconscious for long
time Doctors Packer and Braley dressed
the wounds, and it is expected that lie VIII
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