The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-17
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

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The East Barre branch railroad will be
finished this week,
The Empire Granite Company has opened
a granite shed at Harrisburg, Penn.
George 1. Beckley has resigned as junior
vice-commander of the Grand Army post.
Rev w. S. Smithers is to address the
union temperance meeting on the 2Sth inst.
Griswold e. Kendall are to cater for the
Spencer Rifles during the state muster at
Montpelier
w. G. and c. NJ. Halves have sold build
ing lot on the Smith farm to G. III. Camp
bell for $3.50.
The democrats raised a flag, Monday
evening, and Hon. j. G. Monaghan of Prov
idence, r.. l., made speech.
r.. A. Hoar, Esq, spoke at the republican
fiag-raising at East Montpelier last night.
A number of Barre republicans went over
at excursion rates.
The little son of Fred Bailey got hold of
some loose powder from keg, one day last
week, and touched a match to it. He was
badly burned about the face and head
Six apprentices stopped work for Milne
q Littlejohn on Monday, because nom
union man was employed 1t is reported
that seven union cutters went to work for
association firms on the same day.
The tent fair opened on Wednesday even
ing, and there were good crowds present
each evening" despite the weather. The
independent tag-raising occurred Saturday
evening, when there were 1000 people in
the tent.
The house of Andrew Lavolette on Har-
rison avenue, was burned early last week
Friday morning, with all its contents. The
fire had practically consumed the building
when the fire department arrived Mr..
Lavolette had recently purchased the house,
which was insured.
Rev. p. G. Abbey preached at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning. and
w. A. Wheaton of st. Paul, MINI, who
has been visiting his father, Deacon Charles
Wheaton, presided at the organ. This was
the first Sunday the instrument has been
used since the work of repairing it began.
The Harrison and Reid fag-raising, last
week Tuesday evening, was rouser
Hon, H. A. Huse of Montpelier was de-
tanned at home by illness, but speeches
Northfeld and Captain j. H. Mimms of St.
Adams. Both speeches were listened to
with marked attention.
II. Skees received sharp electric shock
in his meat-market on last week Wednes-
day, during heavy thunder shower. The
lightning entered the store over the electric
light wire, The same night large barn in
Graniteville, owned by S. w. Flint, was
struck and entirely consumed. There were
twenty tons of hay and 5000 worth of furni.
ture in it, There was small insurance.
Edward Wilkinson, a well-known granite
dealer, died last week Tuesday afternoon,
of typhoid fever. He was superintendent
of the Capital Granite Company of Mont
pelier. He was prominent in the fraternal
organizations of Barre, being a member of
the Masons in several of the higher degrees,
the United Friends and several insurance
organizations. For a number of years he
had been chief engineer of the Barre fire
department. A wife, one son and daugh-
ter survive.
The crowd on the first day of the races of
last week was small, but on Saturday some
1,oOO persons were present. The track was
in fine condition on Saturday. and some
very good races were witnessed. The FIVE
mile bicycle race was won by E. A. Nc
Duffee of West Everett, Mass, who made
the distance in fifteen minutes and twenty
one seconds, j. E. Walsh was second; P.
j. McDuffee of Maiden Mass, third; W.
6. Schofeld of Morrisvile fourth, and w.
c. French fifth. The one-mile novice BIZ
cycle race was won by j. S. Meaker, with
j. j. Williams of Montpelier second, and
H. G. White third. This race was two out
of three heats, and the order of the confess
tants was the same in the first and second.
The time was 1887 and 3:51. The results of
the horse races of the two days were as fol-
lows: