The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-22
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

I nCle john rams Hdu h severe SnOCK,
Monday afternoon, and died that evening.
Miss Hattie Wells closed her private
school on last week Friday. 1t will reopen
again in September.
e. A.Gould has retired from the firm of
Gould & Scribner, and NJ. w. Scribner now
has the entire business.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Densmore and daughter
went to Old Orchard, Me-, on Monday to
remain through the summer.
II. f. Dickinson of Barre and Susan A.
Heath were married on Wednesday of last
week, at the home of the bride in Cornth.
DIR. j. H. Jackson, delegate to the dem
ocratic convention, and John w. Gordon
started for Chicago on last week Thursday.
The Sunday-school of the Congregational
church has recently added fifty books to the
library, and new catalogue is TO be issued.
The next union temperance meeting at
the opera-house will be on the evening Of
July 10, and Rev. q. S. Nickerson will be
the speaker.
c. II. Sawyer was elected member of
the executive committee OF the Vermont
Association of Life Underwriters at the
meeting at Burlington, last week.
The old academy building is being torn
down rapidly. 1t will be taken to the lot of
land below the Sortwell & Morse works
purchased by Wells, Lamson & Co., for the
purpose of putting up a granite shed. A
G. A. Wheaton was elected past grand
dictator of the Knights of Honor at the
meeting Of the grand lodge at st. Johns
bury, on last week Wednesday. He was
also elected representative to the supreme
lodge, which meets at Milwaukee next May.
AT the convention of Congregational
churches of Vermont at Burlington, last
week, Rev. G. w. Longren was made chair
man of the committee on printing. Mr.. Lon
also mazda a for tho rnittaa
on the employment of state Sunday-school
evangelist.
Charles Rogers and Henry Smith repre-
sentatives of Clinton Smith of Middlebury,
were in town last week settling accounts on
the Spaulding graded school. Mr.. Smith
has finished his work, and what remains to
be done will be attended to locally. II. f.
Dickinson will paint the ceilings.
Rev. G. S. Nickerson is to be installed as
pastor of the Universalist church this week
Thursday evening. Rev. Dr. Cyrus H. Fay
of Brooklyn will preach the sermon; Rev.
DIR. Shipman, president of Goddard Semin-
airy, will give the charge to the church, and
it it is expected that Rev. II. L. Thornton
of Mortified will give the address Of well
come.
The Spencer Rifles had their June train
ing" on last week Thursday, and the COM
pany was inspected by General Gilmore of
Fairlee, Colonel Estey of Brattleboro and
Lieutenant Atkinson of the Sixth United
States Infantry. In the afternoon there
was drill on the campus of Goddard Sem
mary. The company goes to Hardwick on
the Fourth, to participate in the celebration
at that place.
The bicycle races under the auspices of
the Barre Bicycle Club will occur at the
Green Mountain Trotting Park, Thursday
evening, at half past six o'clock. The prizes
will be as follows: Five-mile handicap
first, $40 clock: second, Sc seal ring;
third, a $3.50 chain and charm. One-mile
race-tirst, 80 opera-glass; second,
| $3.50 picture Half-mile race-frst, $3.50
sweater; second, $3.50 spy-glass
The Granite City Trotting Club, which
has leased the tracks at Littleton and Tilton,
! n. H., this season, proposes to put on exhi-
bition at all its meetings and fairs the mas
todon OK Colossus, which is five feet eleven
inches high ten feet four inches long, apd
girts nine feet eight inches. This ms,:n-
moth animal is of an imported English sire,
was raised by j. p. Morse of Littleton, and
weighs Alp pounds. He is white, with
red spots, and is a ll-blooded short-horned
Durham.
A patent has been granted to James
Imlah and local inventor associated with
him for a unicycle, )" which is undoubtedly
a very curious and clever continuance. 1t
consists of an ordinary bicycle which is
within a wheel eight feet in diameter The
wheel is made to revolve by means of cogs
a
that a speed of sixty miles an hour will be
obtained. If all that is hoped for from the
"uncycle " is realized, the machine will be
a most wonderful affair.
At the republican caucus, last week Tues
day evening, the following delegates were
elected to the state convention: G. W.
Tilden S. r. Allen, 9. F. Camp, r.. A.
Hoar, E. w. Bisbee w. f. Scott; alter
mates, II. Keels, John Calaghan, E. E.
Blanchard, L. H. Hooker, John 5. Collins,
r. S. Currier. They were elected as Fuller
men, These delegates were elected to the
congressional district convention: III. c.
Camp, B. w. Hooker, E. f. Smith, w. w.
Lapoint, w. d. Glidden, w. E. Barney
alternates, @. Park, A. b. Curtis, ID. d.
Haley, j. d. Thomas Joseph Mayo, r. A.
Drew. The caucus unanimously endorsed
the candidacy of George w. Wing, Esq, of
Montpelier for the state authorship.
A number of Swiss cutters have formed a
corporation for the purpose of engaging in
business, and building one hundred feet
long is now being put up on the three acres
of land which they have purchased from the
James Smith farm. A travelling derrick
and polishing mill will be connected with
the establishment. A company of Italians
also has been formed for the same purpose,
and the land for their building has been
purchased. The only event of any interest
this week in connection with the labor diff
Guilty has been the return to work of two
union men-one for E. L. Smith & Co. and
the other for G. H. Hunter Il Co. These
are the only union men to desert the cause
of the union in the seven weeks of difficulty.
The notices of the Manufacturers Associ-
alton will be posted, this week, it is said.
The rumor has been atioat that the associ-
alton would investigate the selling of rough
stone to firms not members of the associ-
alton, Whatever the effect of such an in
vestigation might be- it is certain that plenty
of stone can be had at present by the firms
referred to.
A curious medley of legal procedure &C.
CURED on Saturday. Fred Bruce was ar
rested for an assault on Dwight Foster,
who was working as blacksmith for Mann
Brothers. The assault consisted of tweak-
ing Fosters nose because Foster thumbed
it at Bruce. Bruce supposed Foster was
"scab" workman aud he made remark
to that effect. An attempt to try the case
before Justice Jackman was made, A. G.
Fay, Esq, of Montpelier appearing in be-
half of Foster. A list of eighteen names for
iurymen was considered, and nearly all
were those of well-known business men on
the street. The state objected to twelve of
the number, and when the jury was at last