The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-17
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
INTERESTING UNE or
CURRENT Events.
Barra.

Mrs. III. A. Phelps started for Chicago las
Thursday evening.
Rev. Walter Dole of Lebanon, N. II.
formerly OF Barre, is to be the Memorial day
orator at Bethel
The estate of the late Austin Peck is es
timated from 100000 up, and will probably
not settle below that amount.
The Senior Presbyterian Christian En-
deayor Society held a box social last
wednesday evening at Miles hall,
o. N. Granger has sold his interest in the
barber-shop of Watson & Granger to c. c.
Peake. He left for Chicago, Monday.
The Thermometer registered l0G' in the
sun on the porch at the residence of Rev e
w. Cummings last Thursday afternoon.
F, c. Collins, who has been employed in
the barber shop of William Miers, went to
Boston last Saturday to work at his trade.
Bennett Julian and Donald McPhee went
to Portsmouth, n H., on Tuesday to attend
the meeting of the grand lodge of Forest
erS.
DIR. G. N. Steele visited DR.. Fred f. Steele,
his brother, at Gaysville, over last Sunday.
The latter is seriously i'll with nervous pros
tration.
II. d. .Segel has purchased for 81, 400 the
house OF NJ. w. Dix, corner Summer and
Central streets, and will take possession
June l.
Scammons " Burglar " Company drew a
large audience at the opera honse last Fri
day evening, quite a number coming up
from Montpelier.
Dr. j. Holmes Jackson is recovering from
what at one time threatened to be a serious
case of blood poisoning. caused by slight
cut in the right hand.
The fourth anniversary of the organiza-
ton OF the Epworth League was observed
at the Methodist church Sunday evening
with interesting exercises
Arbor day was observed at Goddard Sem
mary by Professor Pierce and several of the
students, who set out a number of maple
trees on the Seminary grounds.
The measurements of the highways in
town show that there are sixteen miles
and thirty-eight rods of laid out streets
within the limits of the village.
Will Flanders went to Tunbrdge last
Monday. He is to remain there through
the summer engaged in landscape painting,
In which he has already achieved large sue
cess
Charles Corliss was thrown frem his car
riage last Wednesday and received serious
injury to one shoulder. Two ladies who
We're in the buggy with him escaped unhurt
His horse was frightened by passing loco
motive.
Officer Nichols confscated fl We barrels of
lager, one barrel of wine and two Jugs of
whiskey at the freight depot of the Mont.
pelier Wells River railroad last Friday
afternoon.
DR.. ID. j. Smith and Will Eastman went
to West Fairlee last Saturday on a fishing
excursion. They attended divine service
on Sunday and commenced piscatorial
operations early Monday morning.
With the dsbanding of Torrent Hose
Company No 1, last Wednesday, the Barre
fire department that was has gone out of
existence. The business men propose to re-
at
Joseph Walker, in the employ of Barclay
Brothers, had all the fingers of his right
hand terribly crushed last Friday by getting
them caught under heavy granite base
The fingers were amputated down to the
last joint.
The funeral of Alonzo Holt, who died in
the asylum at Brattleboro, was held last
Thursday afternoon at the residence of
Wallace Parker. w. G. Nye, his guardian,
went to Brattleboro and accompanied the
remains to Barre.
B. f. Abbott, fireman for H. A. Duffy at
the quarries, is mourning the loss of valu-
able gold watch. He was stirring the fire
under the boiler, when his watch chain
caught the end of the poker, throwing his
watch into the furnace. 1t was ruined be-
fore it could be taken out.
Dr. j. Henry Jackson is having excellent
success in his course of lectures before the
medical students of the University of Yer
mont at Burlington, and the local papers of
that city speak in f1attering terms of his
work. He is in Barre every Saturday and
Sunday, and will complete the course about
June l.
Jacob circuit, one of the prominent farm
ers of Barre, died last Friday morning, aged
sixty-nine years. Mr. Orcutt was a native
OF Randolph, and formerly lived in Marsh
field. His funeral was held Monday morn
ing from his late home on East hill, and the
fa1~ 20 -1.~I.I
terment.
bloody row occurred last Sunday
afternoon at an Italian clearinghouse on
Brook street, in which clubs and stones
were used as weapons. Some of the
wounded required the services of a physi-
clan. Several of the participants were ar
rested Monday morning and fined sums
ranging from five dollars to fifteen dollars.
M. G.. Nichols of the firm of Gould &
Nichols was routed out last Friday night
and told that burglars were going through
his store. On arriving there he found the
back door unfastened, but careful search
failed to find any burglars or evidence that
anything had been taken. The safe had
not been tempered with nor had any of the
goods been disturbed.
Frank Cook died Tuesday at his home in
Thwingville after an illness of many
months Mr.. Cook was for long time
deputy sheriff of Washington county and
for the fearless and impartial manner in
which he discharged the duties of that posi-
ton he won the enmity of wrong-doers and
the approval of all good citizens.
Austin Peck, one of the wealthy farmers,
of Barre, died last Thursday morning with
consumption of the bowels, after long ill
ness. Although possessed of large MEANS
Mr. Peck has always devoted his life to
farming, and has loaned at times large sums
of money. He never aspircd to public Office,
even persstently declining to serve as a
town officer. His funeral was held, Sunday,
from his late home on West Hill, Rev. G. S.
Nickerson officiating
At the last election of officers of Granite
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, DR.. j. Henry
Jackson was reelected High Priest, but be-
cause OF other engagements was unable to
serve. He installed the officers, however,
and after the Ger emory was presented with
an elegant Past High Priests jewel, in
recognition OF his services. 1t was a grace
full tribute to deserving officer, and was
none the less appreciated by the recipient
because it was entirely unexpected.
James Buchanan, foreman at the quarry
of the Green Mountain Granite Company,
was hit by flying piece of granite last
Wednesday, receiving fatal injuries. His
skull was fractured, and he was rendered
unconscious. The strange part of his case
appears in the fact that after the physicians