The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Barre.
G, I. johnson Is ill.,
Mrs. V. w. Curtis is visiting in Newton,
Mass
James Gayley of Albany, N. Y, is in
town.
William Bailey has returned from the
West.
Mrs. s. S. Ballard has been visiting in st.
Adams.
Postmaster Wells has applied for the free
delivery system.
Joseph Fatini was fined S42 last Monday
for selling liquor
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Griffith are visiting in
Waterbury and Moretown.
Miss Bertha Estabrook of Lebanon, n. H.,
is visiting her uncle, O. II. Hale.
j. S. Leavitt of West Medford, Mass, is
at Carl Benedict's for the summer.
Arthur Smith and Cash " Barrett were
fined, last Thursday for intoxication.
Mrs. Orrin Kimball of Northfeld and two
children are visiting Mrs. X. L. Currier.
McAuley g. Mathewson's livery stable
on the HILL was sold at auction, last Friday.
A fair for the benefit of St. Monica's
church is to be held in the latter part of
August.
The Montpelier ball nine made an attempt
rain prevented.
Mrs. w. S. Young died, last Saturday, of
consumption and spinal trouble The re-
mains were taken to Stark, n. ii.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Donbriskey mopped
the kitchen floor with each other last Sat-
urday night, and were fined Monday morn
ing.
The butchers held meeting, last Friday
evening, in the office of Smith Brothers,
and decided to discontinue running carts
and to sell for cash only.
Fred Sherburne and George Wheeler left
for Concord, N. H., last Sunday on their
bicycles, to attend the New Hampshire
state meet of the l.. A. w.
A. o. Daniels, employed by Barclay
Brothers, was caught by set screw in the
machinery, last Monday and was stripped
OF his clothing. No bones were broken, but
he sustained a severe flesh wound and sew
eral bruises.
John Mcdonald Of :" the hill " was ar
rested for drunkenness, last Thursday
morning, but escaped from the officer on
the way to the village. He was recaptured,
and fined S11.S5 while John Richards, on
whom he disclosed, paid S22.73
A forty-four-caliberr revolver which James
Albin was examining exploded in his room
in Gordon block, last Friday afternoon.
The bullet went through the wall into the
nail, ana INTO tne uelnOCrdUC neduQuarterS
j. =. Mari, who was sitting in the reading
room, said he thought the Pinkertons were
after him.
The races held by the Granite City Trot-
ting Club at Littleton, n. H., last week
Tuesday, attracted about fifty people from
Barre. Charles Davis, Fred Brown and j.
e. Walsh, all of Barre, were the only en-
tries in the one-mile bicycle race, which
was won by Walsh in 8: 80. The prize was
a $25 gold medal.
The only ripples upon the stagnant sur
face of the labor situation the past week
have been the issuance of a petition by bust
| ness men OF Barre, praying that committees
be appointed by both sides to the contro
versy to arrange terms for settlement, and
public circular issued by the New England
| Manufacturers Association, stating that
for their own protection, they would moi
hereafter hire men who should at any time
| go to work for firms that have been dropped
by the association.
The village Improvement Society met
last Wednesday evening, and listened tc
the announcement of committees by the
president, as follows: Committee on
streets and parks, H. X. Bush, II. S. Cur
rier, Charles A. Smith; on sanitation DR.
G. f. Camp, DR.. ii. e. Packer Rev. G. S
| Nickerson; on ways and means, Rev. Z. w
Cummings, Mrs. DIR. II. E. Packer, Rev. P
G. Abbey; on membership, Mrs. DR.. B. w
Bradley. Mrs. o. B. Boyce, Mrs. G. w. Til
den. Next meeting July Goth.
West Berlin.
Mrs. Gile of Walden is stopping at w. B
| Workings. - Superintendent Smith
was in Maine for a few days on business last
week. &C. n. Mcintosh has returned
from the West much pleased with the coun
try. - There are now thirty carloads O.
paving stone at this station ready for ship
ment. - Mrs. Wilbur Brown went Il
Boston, last week, to be absent few days
- Miss Mary Mcintosh is to go to The
Weirs, N H., on Thursday of this week, tc
remain during the summer. - Martin
Campbell, who dislocated his right knee in
the early spring, is again able to be around
though somewhat lame. - III. B. Ayers
station agent here, reports the number OF
passengers arriving and departing from this
station during the week ending July Q to be
324. A signal pole is to be erected at the
station. - Mr.. Clay and wife are visit
ing in Maine. - Mrs. Daniel Brown is
visiting in Boston and vicinity. - Mil
ton Drew and Harry Johnston have taker
the job of cutting the hay on the Wing
farm. - Yeaton Leonard, aged nine
years, son of Charles Leonard, had two
fingers of his left hand cut off last Saturday
while at play with straw cutter. w
b. Worthing, Esq, was one of the speakers
| at the Harrison and Reid hag-raisng al
Northfield, last Saturday.
Braintree.
c. Brigham & Co.'S creamery is doing {
| good business, handling about $500 pound.
of milk daily.
K. o. Mann and Ira Luce have been paint
ing their houses. NJ. Blanchard has also
painted his grist-mil.
w. I. Blanchard, while returning from
West Randolph on July ., was so unfortu
nate as to have whffietree break letting
the pole drop to the ground, and pulling
him out. He struck on his face and head
He succeeded in stopping his horses, and
reached home. His injuries were not so as
to coniine him to the house, but last Satur
day morning lie was worse and died within
an hour from the time that he was out in
the street. He leaves wife and one child
The largest Fourth of July celebration
that this place has seen of recent years oc
CURED last week There were fireworks il
the evening. Edgar Waters was riding q
colt in the horse race, and when near c. K
Powers the colt bolted, jumping over q
carriage in which were Mrs. Powers and
daughter and Mrs. Young, throwing then
out, frightening them badly, breaking the
hind wheels, and also smashing a window
Waters had an arm badly cut during the &C
| cident.