The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-06
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
INTERESTING RESUME OF
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

DeJnel ldSJ OaIurudy'
Ella L., wife OF DR.. @. n. Barber, died
last Sunday after brief illness.
Another doctor in town. DIR. j. S. Deziel,
lately of Montreal, now has an office in
Bolster block.
Ground was broken last week for the
new block to be erected on Main street by
Peck & Quinlan. ......
Rev. DR.. W. j. Harris Off ciated at the
Mission of the Good Shepherd and at Gran
iteville last Sunday.
H. A. Rugg has. been released from
county jail, after having been confined there
since the first week in April.
Rev. G. w. Longren united in marriage
Benjamin f. Reynard and Mrs. Fannie
McInness of Maynard, Mass, last week.
A daughter was born last Thursday to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Benzie, and son to Mr..
and Mrs. Darwin Waterman the same day.
The Windsor Journal of last week speaks
in very fattering terms of the Memorial
Day address delivered there by w. W.
Lapoint.
The slaughter of unlicensed dogs, under
the direction OF Officer Buchanan, still goes
on and will be kept up so long as the ma
terial lasts
Hose Company No. has team selected
to compete for prizes at the annual fire.
mems muster, to be held July II and Is at
Bennington.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Russell died Thursday evening of
spinal meningitis The funeral was held Sat
| urday afternoon.
Past High Priest e. w. Bisbee has been
presented with an elegant past high priests
| Jewel by his brethren of Granite Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons.
The East Barre Hose Company will hold
a fair on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings of this week to raise funds to
equip the department properly.
The Barre members of Mt. Zion Com
mandery of knights Templar went to West
Randolph with that organization last
Wednesday to take part in the parade.
n. d. Phelps joined the party at Mont
peler last Friday for the happy fishing
grounds near st. Leon Springs, p @. Mrs.
Phelps is visiting in Waitsheld meanwhile.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles A. Smith have the
sympathy of the whole community in their
bereavement, caused by the death OF Eddie,
their youngest son, which occurred last
Saturday morning, The funeral was held
Sunday afternoon.
The Montpelier and Wells River railroad
will run special trains to Montpelier this
evening to accommodate those wishing to
attend the medical and Unitarian conven-
tions and the Grand Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star.
The unmarried and married men played
what they called baseball on Currier Park
last Wednesday afternoon. The drug stores
run short of arnica that evening and the
single men won by score of 10 to 10. Five
innings were played
The memorial service in honor of the late
Rev. DIR. j. o. Peck, held at the Methodist
church last Sunday morning, was attended
by a very large congregation Rev. ii. A
Spencer, Rev. j. A. Sherburn and Rev. w
r. Davenport were the speakers.
The Italian, Gelpi, who escaped from
Officer Nichols in New Ireland" about TIVE
weeks ago, was arrested at East Barre las
lodged in jail Angelo Scampani wen
surety for him in the sum of 500, and h
was released.
. The completed returns OF the listers SHOW
, the grand list for 1894 to be S35OS,379 Th
| appraised value of real estate is 81, 356 ,545
. OF personal property S659,234 The who'll
number of polls is 2,516; exempt, 53-mak
ing 226 fewer than last year. The list
about 81 900 smaller than that of 1898.
The prize speaking at the Spauldin
, Graded School occurs this evening, to whic
, a small admission fee will be charged, a
. the proceeds will go for the benefit of til
i school library. Thursday afternoon com
+ the class-day exercises, and Friday ever
ing the graduating exercises i'll the hig
l school chapel.
Q James Milne James Andrews and Geore
o Mortimer were before Judge Jackman la!
n Wednesday morning charged with bein
mixed up in drunken row on Main sire,
the previous evening. All pleaded guilt
n and were fined $10.51 each. Their disclo
! ures would indicate that kegs Of beer gro
p. on Burnham meadow, as they swore the
"a found one there.
l. The Evening Sentinel of Milwaukee, Wis
t, recently contained the following, whiC
h will be OF interest to very many people
l. Barre: ebert Abbey, the Chicago Leagl
Al oil pif thar 1ahn "a n IN III
Is during Fridays storm. Abbey was ear
on the scene of the wrecks and worked u
" til we'll into the night helping the rescuir
/. party. He is said to have considerable @
ID perience at life-saving.
The annual meeting of the stockholde
of the Barre railroad was held last THU
day, when the following board of directo
was elected a. F. Sortwell, Cambride
Mass; w. A. Stowell, Montpelier; K.
n. Smith, John Trow and f. w. Stanya
I'd Barre. AT subsequent meeting the
Id rectors elected A. f. Sortwell president,
u A Stowell vice-presdent, and f. W. Sta
k; yam clerk and treasurer.
W, A hearing was held in Barre last Thu
II: day by Amory Dawson of Craftsbury, W
OF represented the board OF railroad comm
in sioners, on the recent accident by viii
y Patrick Fox lost his life on the Barre ra
IS road, near the forkshop. 1t will be RENE
bered that Fox was struck by pile Of d
ne near the track and thrown from the flat {
mt on which he was riding, receiving fatal
of juries. Employees of the railroad and
or, physicians who attended the injured N
IN, were examined. The decision was
he served.
se The case Of Mrs. e. Parkhurst and Sar
all Parkhurst against the parents OF Mel
le- Krellinger was tried last week in the off
of j. W. Gordon before Justice Quint
es Cook. The trial lasted two days, and mu
I'D racy and interesting testimony was int
of duced. 1t appears that the said Nellie v
ordered out of her home last winter, WI
the thermometer was hiding among I
twentes, for real or fancied indiscreet aC
an. and that the Parkhursts took her to boa
OF on the supposition that one Frank II.
AZ. Gill would settle all bills. McGill's pc
ms office address is at present unknown, al
adj, as the board bill is still unpaid, the Krill
"a. gers were sued for it. j. w. Gordon
led peared for the plaintiff and r. A. Hoar
Ike the defense. The court withheld its
de- csion.
I'VE Rev. ]. Harry Holden of Amherst, Ma
he and Professor J. j. burlington, principa
on, Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass, will Il
yal part in the exercises Of laying the cor
ton stone of Thompson Cottage, which is TO
'all cur during commencement week at Godd
rs, Seminary. Professor burlington was p
on, | cinal of the school when il was one