The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-02-10
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Barre.
Harry Paterson ct al have gone to Orange
TO cut wood.
NJ. B. Bowman has bought the restaurant
The stone.cutters now labor from seven
4 NJ. to five P. NJ,
Frank Gum of Rutland has entered the
employ of Eugene Prindle.
The marriage of Paul Rivers and Miss
Annie McCoud is reported.
Alex Robertson returned last Friday from
attending college at Toronto
knights of Pythias is the latest secret or
canzation that Barre yearns.
The board of civil authority meets at the
town clerks office next Saturday.
Marshall w. Jones, of Jones Brothers,
was in town from Boston last week.
The latest freak of the Free Press was to
locate Postmaster Wells at Brattleboro.
j. Dunlop Smith, Jr., of the Empire Gran
ito company, went to Boston last Friday.
III. T. Ballard OF Burlington visited his
son, Station Agent S. s. Ballard last Thurs
day.
John w. Gordon is now comfortably To-
Gated in his law offices in the new Gordon
block.
About sixty couples attended the Odd
Fellows ball in Bolster's hall last Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory l.. Smith are ex-
pected to arrive home from the West on
the 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Cutler last week
presented to Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Cutler two
fine easy-chairs.
The ladies' union of the Universalst
church are to have card party and dance
in Music hall this evening.
The Young Peoples Social Club met at
the house OF ii. j. Smith last Thursday
evening and decided to die.
William Barclay of Lttejohn & Barclay
rad his left foot crushed while loading a
granite block last Wednesday.
The banquet of the Granite Manufac.
turers association will be held in Miles
hall next week Friday evening,
Will Page, of Page Brothers, returned
asst Thursday from Boston, bringing with
MIN new hack for use in the village.
The Boston Rivals" under the auspices
of the Barre Entertainment association,
gave fine concert last Wednesday evening
The Retail Merchants association holds
IS annual banquet February p, at the Az
enue house. George w. Tilden is to be the
postmaster.
Rev. j. S. Dodge of Stamford, Conn,
preached at the Unversalist church last
Sunday Rev. Charles S. Nickerson of
Norwood, Mass, has accepted a call to be-
come the regular pastor.
The road case of j. Warren Paine V. The
Town ol Daire was hearu pelole Vne colinis-
soners on Tuesday of last week After the
plaintiffs side had been heard, the case was
continued until next May.
The republicans of Barre are to meet at
the town clerks Office this evening for the
purpose of reorganizing the league, and to
elect delegates to the state league meeting
at Burlington, held on the 18th.
Charles Clark of BrattIeboro, who en-
gagged as clerk for Frank McWhorter about
week ago, has got through abruptly; ditto
Ed. Bishop. Their places have been filed
by Henry Holt and Charles Kingsbury.
II. A. Rugg was arrested last week Tues
Gay, charged by Mrs. Robert Kelly with
malicious prosecution. The trial is set for
county court. Lord Boynton of Nontpe-
ler and Barney Hoar appear for Mrs.
Kelly.
George and William Redman were fined
asst Wednesday, for intoxication by JUS
tice Boyce.. The next day William Spooner
and John Marshall were hned Tor several Of
lenses. They were sent to Montpelier to
mediate on plausible disclosure.
The Barre band gave its first concert this
season last Saturday evening, in the opera
house, assisted by Miss Helen Stafford CON
Tralto, Miss Jennie Templeton, reader, John
Ross trombone soloist, and l.. p. Austin
accompanist The attendance was rather
slim.
The Enterprise and Leader last week pub.
ished elaborate screeds on the manipu-
tlOnS OF the green goods man in New
Rochelle, n. Y, devoted principally TO
reprint of the swindler's circular. What
their readers want to know is, in what par
ticular manner did Deputy Sheriff Camp
distinguish himself?
The raniditv with which freiobt ia trans
norted il instanced nv the TACT that a shin
inant If forks from the Stafford & Holdar
factory IN Nav Work. for GIasoow scotland
eft Rarre Jannarv % over the Montneiie,
e. Walls River railroad was tranfarrad Of
Nav York On the 9oth -
Barre branch OF the Merchants Retail
commercial agency OF chicago was organ
lzed last Thursday with the following OIL
GERS: fresldent, George w. ridden; vice
Smith; treasurer, Frank McWhorter; ex
9Gutlve colnlnitt9e' NJ ". D. Nlchois, N ID
fheips anu Dr' D. w. braiey'
About year ago, Loren Streeter wa,
charged with furnishing liquor to Franz
Hardy OF marsAhelu' Az the trial Hardy