The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RESUDIE or
CURRENT Events.
Barre.

Mrs. d. G. Bckford left Monday for New
York, en- route to the Worlds Fair.
Fred, son of DIR. j. Henry jackson, en-
tered the University of Vermont last week.
Lion " Page is putting in a stock of
groceries in the new store at Thwingville.
Bert Abbey, pitcher for the Chicago base
ball team, arrived home last Monday morn
ing.
Father Brelvet is engaged this week in
taking census of the Catholic population
of Barre.
w. w. Lapoint is supplying f. w. Jack
sons customers for the Boston Globe with
that paper.
Fritz w. Jackson has gone to Portland,
Me-, to pursue course of study at bust
ness college.
A thirty-foot spire for cemetery in
Woodlawn, n. Y, was shipped last week
by f. J.. Smith & Co.
The work of extending the Barre railroad
from East Barre to Chelsea is being pushed
as fast as practicable.
Station Agent J. w. Cornell of the Cen.
trail Vermont railroad is confined to the
house with a severe cold.
Matt w Hyland and Miss Lila NJ. Whit
comb of Washington were married last
Thursday by Rev. J. Brelivet.
More than 10000 paving stones were
shipped to West Troy, N. Y, last week by
IlB DluHlTe OTdulte company.
A job of monumental work weighing 90
600 pounds was shipped to San Francisco
last week by Forsyth q Ingram.
An excursion of over five hundred people
from points between Woodsyille and Grove
ton, n. H., visited the quarres last Friday.
A. j. Markham of Brattleboro, the we'll
known campaign singer, will give concert
in the opera house next week Saturday
evening.
J. w. Dillon has moved his insurance
office to Bolster block, and D. r. Bisbee is
to occupy the rooms in Granite block va
Gated by him.
II. p. Kendrick and wife visited last
week in Lebanon, n. II. T. B. Marston, a
brother of MrA. Kendrick, accompanied
them on their return.
Eugene Glidden and Miss Mary f. Pear
sons of Newbury Were married last Wednes-
day evening by Rev. G. w Longren at the
residence of the groom.
Charles A. Bancroft for the past year the
efficient bill clerk in the Central Vermont
freight office, has accepted position in the
customs Office at Richford, and left for there
last Saturday.
The mistakes the ArgUs is constantly
making in its Barre news by copying from
the Enterprise was strikingly illustrated
last week in its list of vice-presdents of the
veterans union
lNCN' -. % 4NlbhtISbl pItdCDtu on UDe
theme, " Abraham's Offering of Isaac" at
the Universalist church last Sunday even
ing. A chorus choir added to the pleasure
of the musical services.
The officers of the Baptist Christian En-
deavor Society elected last week are Earl
NJ. Lewis, president; Miss Pearl NJ. Abbey,
| presidents Miss Ida Colburn, secre.
| tary; Frank Cragg, treasurer.
George Buchanan was arraigned in county
court last Thursday morning, on informa-
| ton filed by States Attorney Stanton.
! charging him with four first offences OF
selling Intoxicating liquor. He was placed
under $500 bonds, which We're furnished,
| and he was released from custody
The sale of "The Pictorial Church"
Father Brelivet's new hook is progressing
satisfactorily and promises to reach large
dimensions. The work has been approved
by Cardinal Gibbons and has been adopted
in the Sisters of Charity School in New
York, an institution with more than 600
pupils.
At the time the Catholic cemetery in
Barre was purchased no survey of the land
was made because of the inclemency of the
weather, but last week Civil Engineer Cur
rier made an accurate survey of the prop
erty. A map of the same will be hung in
st. Monica's church so that parties anxious
to purchase lots can see the location of
every lot in the ground.
by hanging in Washington last Thursday,
was well known in Barre, where he has pur-
chased and loaded stock for market for
many years He was undoubtedly insane
as his family relations or financial condition
would not lead him to such a step. He was
a brother of Mrs. NJ w. Scribner of Barre
His funeral was held asst Saturday after
noon from his late home.
The store of F. w. Jackson was closed
last week because of his inability to meet
existing liabilities. Mr.. Jackson is said to
be owing about S3,400 and has assets of
about 81, 100. Half of his liabilities are re-
ported to be due to members of his family
Among his other creditors are the Boston
Globe, about $780, the Boston Herald, about
500; o. b. Boyce, $780, and the Free Press,
SIG. The millinery store of Mrs. Jackson,
which was in the same building, is also
closed.
Charles Recor will doubtless be a little
more careful in future if he is ever sum-
moned before the grand jury. He was
called before that body last week as a wit
ness in the Enright murder case, and, as he
testified that he was intoxicated the night
the murder was committed an inquiry by
States Attorney Stanton as to where he
got his liquor ELECTED the information that
Nelson Gay, his brother. n-law, furnished it
to him. Gay was taken before Judge Row.
ell at Montpelier and fined, with costs,
over $40.
Over 200 teachers attended the county in
stitute held last week in Barre. The Open-
ing meeting on Wednesday evening was oc-
cupied by an address by Professor e NJ.
Smith of the Vermont Methodist Seminary
on Ideals in Education" Rev G. S. Nick
erson conducted the devotional exercises
Thursday evening, and the address of well
come was delivered by Rev. w. X, Daven-
port, responded to by County Examiner l.
p. Booth o. e. Wells, state superintend-
ent of Wisconsin, gave an interesting talk
on the methods in vogue in that state.
Principal o. ID. Matthewson read care
fully-prepared paper on Teaching, Its
Aim and Purpose" In the superntend-
ents' hour that followed remarks were made
by Superintendent W. b. Worthing of
Berlin, ID. S. Waterman of Barre and Miss
Bertha Chamberlin of Painfeld. Thursday
afternoon, Miss Angie Badger of North6eld
read paper on "What May Be Expected
of U.s." and Miss Elva NJ Baker of North
field on What We May Reasonably Ex-
pect." Examiner j. S. Cilley Of Jericho
spoke on Geography, How to Teach It,"
W. II. Taylor of Hardwick on " How 1
Conduct My Spelling Class" followed by
the question box. In the evening recep-
ton to the teachers was held. State Su
perintendent Nj. S. Stone presided Friday