The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-18
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RESUME or
CURRENT Events.
Barre.

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The evening school was reopened last
Monday evening with good attendance.
Mrs. f. w. Jackson is working in the
dressmaking establishment of Mrs. w. r.
Shepherd & Co.
Ramon Parizo pleaded guilty last week to
second offence for intoxicaton snd was
fined SO and costs.
The breaking OF derrick at the works of
Jones Brothers compelled shutdown for
several days last week.
j. w. Kidder has purchased a marble
business at Port Chester, N. Y, and has
gone there to look after it.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fits returned to
Barre last Thursday after a stay at Lake.
wood, n j for two months.
Robert Gordon and Miss Georgiana
White were married last Wednesday even
ing by Rev. e. w. Cummings.
The contract for laying the foundation
for the new Methodist church has been
awarded to Ward & Douglass
The board Of civil authority will listen to
the grievances of Taxpayers at the town
clerks office on Thursday evening
A corn sociable was held in the Con-
gregational vestry last Friday night at
which the " Brownies " were present.
A. j. Markham, the campaign singer, as
sisted by eminent talent. will give a concert
in the opera house next Saturday evening.
Station Agent j. w. Connell is slowly
recovering from serious illness with pneu-
mona. He is talking of going south for the
winter
Messrs. Houghton and Foster, musical
instructors at Goddard Seminary, will give
piano recital in the chapel on Thursday
evening.
j. r. Cole, of Cole & Slayton, and Miss
Myra Nj. Cheney were married last Wedues'
day afternoon at the home of the bride in
West Berlin.
Henry Holt, bookkeeper at the National
Bank Of Barre, has gone to Moorehead.
Mimi, where he has position as teller in
national bt1k.
Frank Cragg and Miss Lima Mason were
married in the Universalist church last
Wednesday evening A large and brilliant
company witnessed the ceremony.
c. W. Potter has purchased a bakery in
New York city. Mr.. and Mrs. Potter left
Barre last week, and will take possession
of their new business November l.
Rev. G. s. Nickerson and w. II. Glad
ding were in Washington, D. c., last week
attending the national Universalist conven-
tion, to which they were delegates from
Vermont.
The third trial of Samuel Stacy for intoxi-
cation, last week, resulted in his acquftal.
This case has furnished lots of fun and busi-
ness for the local justice courts since Sep
tember 30.
The freight depot of the Central Vermont
railroad is undergoing alterations. The
building has been raised two feet, and the
office is to be- enlarged to about twice it's
present size.
Rev. Allen ID. Brown of ST. Michael's
church, Rutland, conducted services at the
Mission of the Good Shepherd last Sunday,
morning and evening" and at Graritevillc in
the afternoon.
The pupils of the High School organized
lyceum last Wednesday evening. George
Gates was elected president, Herbert Pape
vice-president, and Miss Beatrice Robbins
secretary and treasurer.
The delegates from Barre to the state
Epworth League convention, held last week
at st. Johnsbury, gave most Interesting
account of the proceedings at the Methodist
church last Sunday evening.
A collision between freight cars and a
caboose occurred last Thursday at Duffy'S
on the Barre railroad. The damage done
was slight, but the occupants of a passen-
ger car narrowly escaped serious injury.
L. Soldini. who was convicted, August /,
of third offence of selling Intoxicating
liquor, fined S75, and sentenced to term
al the house of correction, has skipped his
bail, and could not be found when he was
wanted in county court last Friday morning.
John Rossi, formerly leader of Rossi's
band, was in Barre last week on his we'd
| ding tlp. He ran against body writ be-
! fore he left town, which compelled him to
remain in Barre for a season settle an
old indebtedness. He settled.
The game of foot ball on the Goddard
! Seminary campus, last Saturday afternoon,
! between the Norwich University and God
! dard teams, was closely-contested and in
| teresting match. Three touchdowns were
scored by each team. The score was eight
cen TO sixteen in favor of Goddard SEM
mary.
The second chapter in the bigamy case of
| Frank f. Hausch was read in county court,
| last Thursday afternoon, when Hausch was
brought before Judge Rowell, pleaded not
guilty aud his bail was fixed at $500, IL IS
understood that he proposes to fight the
case and has engaged eminent counsel from
Cleveland to defend him. The case will not
be tried at this term OF court. His wife
number two is now stopping with relatives
in Brooklne, Mass.
The cutters in the sheds of c. E. Tayntor
& Co. struck for back pay last Friday
morning. They have not been paid in full
since July l, and declare they will not re-
| turn to work until they are paid to October
1, The firm has a large amount of orders
on hand Mr.. Tayntor was in Chicago when
the trouble occurred and started at once for
Barre. He arrived Monday morning, aud,
as the men have confidence in him, il is
hoped that the trouble will soon be adjusted.
The first sociabe held under the auspices
| OIL lub w oman Altar Guilu al lue IpOtuS
| Of the Mission of the Good Shepherd, last
| Thursday evening, was most enjoyable and
successful. A musical programme was rem
dered which consisted of a guitar and
mandolin duet by Messrs. Bartles and
jenkins, a vocal solo in the Welsh language
by Miss Sarah Wilbur of Granitevile a
piano solo by Miss Louise Mckenzie and a
cornet solo by William Gilbertson. The
reports of Rev. S. b. Blunt, the rector, H..
X, Bush, the secretary, and William kel-
man, the treasurer, were read. The
rector's report showed that the parish now
consists of ninety-ive families, individuals,
80, with 10 communicates in good stand
ing.
About 700 delegates are in attendance at
the eighth annual state Christian Eudeavor
convention, which opened in the opera
house Tuesday morning Following is the
programme that was carried out yesterday:
Devotional service addresses Of welcome,
Rev Il. w. Cummings, Merton l.. Cheney;
response, President 7 G. Thompson, ID ID.
perfecting organ cation devotional and song
service; annual report of state secretary, Il.
e. Towner, Montpelier; " The Endeavorer's 3
Sacred Trust" Rev j. S. LNon, Fair
Haven; " Our Pledge as Dete miuing In-
1uence on Character" Miss Helen Fletcher,