The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-02-24
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

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The Universalist ladies give concert
Friday evening.
The Spencer Rifles have a shooting match
Friday evening, at the armory.
Rev. Father Brelivet of st. Monica
church has. heann series of lectures on
" The churcfV seen under different as
poets"
Daniel McLs who tried to aunihilate
his wife with ayxer, az reported last week,
j was tried lS,FW EQnesday, found guilty,
Bright ST. Wk a subordinate lodge of
the Order N4ku8Bah, was instituted last
week Tue ing, in Odd Fellows
hall, with q ycih barter members.
Will AdaW has driven the bakery
team for 1ofter, was arrested last
Friday, "a pTh embezzling. Alex
The C&<l manufacturer Association
had the n&FX Kind of a time at their an
| nual banqNstC 4ast Friday night Supper
was served in the restaurant followed by a
dance in Miles hall. Everybody reports a
fat time.
A story obtained circulation, last week,
that w. G. Nye. the well-known overseer of
the poor, was 81, 600 short in his accounts.
An investigation showed his accounts to be
all right to a cent. The reporter could not
trace the story to its starting place.
The republican league holds meeting in
Fireman's hall, this evening, to select a
name to be presented at the coming state
convention for delegate at large or congress
sional district delegate. j. Dunlop Smith,
prominent young business man and an ex-
cellent fellow, Is mentioned as the possible
man.
Warner F. Colby was the victim of
shocking accident, last Monday. AS he
was entering his furniture store he caught
his foot in the IN It, and plunged headlong
through the glass door. His chin was
nearly cut off, while a deep cash, beginning
at the lips and extending up the face along
the left side of his nose and over his eye
made another fearful wound. 1t required
twenty-four stitches to close the gashes
Part of the polishing mill of Mcdonald g.
Euchan, with the engine and boiler, was
destroyed by fire last Wednesday morning
Fhe south end OF the sheds, where the cut
7ng is done, was saved. The loss was
covered by insurance. Mcdonald & Buchan
have, of late. been playing in hard luck"
Not long ago their mill dam was washed
away, and after building an expensive
travelling derrick, they were compelled to
spend couple of thousand dollars getting
ne machine into working order. They
have pluck and energy enough, however,
TO stand few more misfortunes.
A party of leading young married men in
Friday evening, returning about i've o'clock
n the morning. In the village they created
frlghtful din by blowing tin horns, gradu-
ated from shrill soprano to foggy basso,
and many citizens rushed out Of their
houses to see where the fire was Night
Waterman William Buchanan stopped the
team, but, as he alleges, Fred Slayton who
was driving, struck him with the whip and
drove on. Next day Sayton filed COM
PLANT against Buchanan for being drunk
and the officer was suspended. He de-
manded hearing, and one will be given
MIN. The general sentiment around to- n
Is that Buchanan, whether drunk or sober
ald no more than his duty. That he was
drunk remains to be proved.
A rather dramatic situation was witnessed
by small audience, last Monday afternoon
i,ramatls persona; A pretty woman, with
frightened, tear-stained lace, a young man
m pretty rage, and Officer Frank Cooke
standing between the couple, revolver in
one hand and box of cartridges in the
other. The arsenal belonged to the young
man. The couple were Thomas Holloway,
telegraph operator at the Central Vermont
station. and his wife. He is about eighteen
years old, and she about the same age
Ihey came to Barre from Canada not long
ago. The story of the domestic cyclone is a
rather unsavory mess, and involves one or
more correspondents. Station Agent Con-
nell Will have another operator this week
Mrs. Holloway has gone to Derby Line
Holloway was around Montpelier yesterday.
A peculiar lawsuit was tried Iast Mo-.
day-Miss Paolo Aiietto Y. Carlo Fraiini
Carlo is an economical gentleman Of ItaIian
lineage. Thirteen months ago not benn
able to get girl in Barre to work for him
cheap enough. he sent to his sunny foreign
home and imported Paolo, a maiden with
lace like half-past twelve She worked for
him nine months at SO per month At the
expiration of that period her employer dis
covered that she was making an additional
$S month by washing for the boarders in
the house, and cut her monthly stipend
down to one plunker. Paolo sued to re-
cover S12 a month for all the time she had
labored for Carlo-thirteen months. She
won her case, receiving SlO1 and costs,
An appeal was taken. Barney & Hoar for
plaintiff: Martin & Carleton for defendant |
The Retail MERCHANTS, Assoo;a,;or na,,
its annual bapouet Mnndau evenino ~ n tha
PARK house and The faasf o of raao a' on9
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George w. Tilden wss tnsst a.el MARI;
after the chairs had haen nnShad TO- e., anu SUI
following toasts were nr ped oacH r rue
event we celebrate :" Cbar Tpo'ea s,i, he
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