The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-07
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
INTERESTING RES UME or
CURRENT Events.
Barre.


sugar places last Monday and report a fair
run.
Frank Page has purchased the interest of
A. II. Page in the grocery store at Thwing-
Vile.
II. A. Hoar, Esq, has been admitted to
practice in the United States court at Bur-
lington.
The trial of George Buchanan for furnish
ing liquor to Joseph Bishop takes place
this morning.
A handsome revolving gilt-lettered sign
adorns the front of Ballard & Graham's in
surance Office.
The senior exhibition at the Spaulding
Graded School was held in the chapel last
Friday evening.
Attention is called to the advertisement
of II. s. Currer, now running on the first
page of the WATCHMAN.
Rev. p. @. Abbey will preach the bacca-
aurate sermon before the graduating class
at Vermont Academy in June.
Williams Jacobs, draughtsman for G.. Fl.
| More & Co., returned from Scotland last
week, where he has spent the winter.
A union service was held at the Congre-
gational church last Sunday evening. Rev.
| G. W. Longren preached the sermon.
The Cotillion club gave masquerade and
| fancy dress ball in Bolster's hall on Tues
day evening. The Barre orchestra furnished
music.
A five per cent dividend to stockholders
was declared March by the Barre Savings
Bank-an excellent showing for young
institution.
A special train was run to Graniteville
| last Saturday to accommodate the crowd
that attended the John l.. Sullivan show at
| the opera house.
Postmaster b. II. Wells and w. Il. Bar
ney withdrew as candidates for town clerk
before Tuesday, which left it clear sailing
for w. A. Perry
John Jones has so far recovered from his
serious illness that he is expected in Barre
soon. His brother Griffith returned from
Quincy last week.
| S. ID. Allen, o. B. Boyce, William Farrell
and G. I. Jackson, were in Burlington last
week as jurors at the session of the United
States district court.
The body of Mrs. Diana Twiss, former
resident of Barre, was brought here from
| Morrisville last Wednesday for burial.
Mrs Twiss was eighty-fye years old.
Several decisions of the supreme court
rendered at Montpelier last Thursday and
| Friday in cases in which Barre people are
interested may be found on page eight
A. A. Smith of Barre and f. c. Eaton of
| Boston have purchased the stock of cloth
ing formerly owned by G. II. Brown, and
will continue the business at the old stand
Rev. and Mrs. B. Wallace Jones arrived
| in Barre from Waterloo Ia, last Friday,
and Mr.. Jones occupied the Universalist
| pulpit for the first time as pastor last Sun
day.
Henry Whittier, who was recently ex.
PEELED from Tufts College, is a graduate of
Goddard Seminary. He was one of the
sophomores who "stacked the freshmen's
| room.
Misses Irene w. Hubbard and Edith w
Averil are among the speakers from Barre
at the Washington County Christian En-
deavor Union, to be held next Friday al
Northfield.
Frank Smith, was arrested last Sunday
evening by Officer Rowland for intoxica.
ton and disturbing the peace. He was
fined $40 81 by Justice A. NJ. Jackman on
Monday morning.
George Gregware died last Saturday Of
typhoid pneumonia, aged thirty-one years
His funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon
from his home on Bridge street, Rev. G. W
Longren officiating.
Stepano Quatrovanni an employee in the
sheds of Stevens & Reed, received bad
fracture of the right leg above the knee
last Friday, by getting it caught between
two large blocks Of granite.
The Wetmore & Morse Granite Company
increased its force Of quarrymen last Mon
day. Work in the light quarry of Barclay
|
air of general activity pervades the quarry
region.
The popularity of w. w. Lapoint as 6
Memorial Day orator has steadily increased
since he made his maiden effort in this di
rection. The Grand Army post at Wind
sor has recognized his ability and has SO
cured him for their orator this year.
1t was reported on the street Tuesda,
morning that Mark M. Farrell, who is un
der $500 bonds to appear in Barre, March Is
charged with swindling Crandall Post, has
skipped. Members of the post went Il
Montpelier but failed to get any trace o
him.
A dividend of twenty-five per cent was
declared to the stockholders of the Barr,
Granite Manufacturers Association las
week. and another dividend is expected
soon. Evidently the enterprise of the gran
tie dealers OF Barre in exhibiting thei
goods at the Worlds Fair turned out to b.
profitable investment.
One of the principal topics of converse
ton in Barre for the past week was the pc
tition, signed by several clergymen ant
prominent citizens, asking the selectmen t
prevent the appearance of John l.. Sulli
van at the opera house last Saturday even
ing. The opera house is owned by the town
and clause in the lease states that 1t shall
not be used for any athletic exhibition. A
Mr.. Sullivans entertainment included
!, sparring match, it was thought that tn
clause referred to would hold good in thi
J case. The selectmen declined to interfere
and the matter resulted in packing tn
opera house from orchestra chairs to bacl
seats in the gallery.
Angelo Belotti, Granite street italian
was seriously stabbed early last Frida
! morning at the home of Giovanni Scarsi o.
River street. Belott went to Scarsi'
, house in an intoxicated condition and pre-
! ceeded to choke the proprietor for a real O
fancied wrong, and was stabbed by Scars
, in four places with butcher knife. Sigh
wounds were inflicted on the chin and lei
arm, and serious cash was made in tn
abdomen that required several stitches
close. The injured man was taken to hi
home and it is the opinion of DR.. NJ. |
Z Lamb, his attending physician, that he wi
A recover. Rumors were rife Friday mornin
3 that Belotti was mortally wounded, an
Scarsi skipped. 1t is believed that he
3 hiding somewhere in Barre, awaiting tn
3 result of Belotti's injuries.
The winter exhibition, given last week b
the senior class at Goddard Seminary, a
tracted large and delighted audience
4 The following original essays and Grafton
9 were delivered: Educational Tendon cies,
: Dwight Ball OF Chester; Character" OIL
i yer Dudley of Bryant's Pond, Me-; b.