The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-25
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
Barre.
Mrs. Judge Barney is i'll.

Mrs Judge Barney is ill.
e. G. French visited in Rutland last week
The city schools are closed for vacation
of two weeks
The city schools are now closed for two
weeks vacation.
f. r. Northrop and wife spend next Sum
day in South Royalton.
Mrs. Charles Hutton went to the Mary
Fletcher Hospital yesterday.
Rev. A. d. Brown is spending a week
with his family in Brattleboro.
The assault case of Arthur Premier against
ID. N. Young has been mol pressed.
Less of the stone.sheds are now shut
down than at this season a year ago.
The holiday trade has been better than
last season with most OF the merchants.
The wires becoming crossed, the gong
sounded false fire alarm Sunday night.
DR.. l.. W. Hanson has gone to New York
to study diseases of the eye. He expects to
be absent month or more.
How Old Are You?" will be the theme
OF the lecture by Rev. W. r. Davenport at
Hedding Church next Sunday night.
A very large audience listened to highly
interesting Christmas concert at Hedding
(MethodisD Church last Sunday night.
Hedding Methodsts will hold their an.
nual roll-call and festive gathering January
vited.
Rev. p. G. Abbey spoke on " A Visit to
Bethlehem " at the Baptist church last Sun
day morning, and in the evening on Rela-
ton of Prophecy to the Coming of Christ"
The movement for the formation of a
trust to purchase the granite quarries in
Barre seems to be rogressing favorably,
and the project is meeting with much en-.
enlargement.
The Crescent 1rup m Of ha q auip
property, as its owner, Francis A. Eaton,
has just bargained for the Brush drug store
in Williamstown, intending to use it as a
branch establishment
Christmas gifts were distributed by the
Methodists and their friends at Heddng
Church last night. Among the novel fea,
lures were fire. place. from out of which
Santa Claus came, and a snow storm.
Before the adjournment of county court
Judge Thompson granted the petition for a
new trial in the case of Martin & Slack
against School District No. 10, in which
plaintiffs seek TO recover legal fees for SER
vices rendered in the case of Bates against
Keith.
committee from the business men of
Barre will soon go to st. Adams to inter-
view Colonel e. 9. Smith, president of the
Central Vermont railroad, to endeavor to
have train run from Montpelier to Barre
after the arrival of every train at Mont
pelier.
"The Church Member for the Times "
will be the topic discussed by Pastor Daven-
port next Sunday morning. This will be
the elaboration of an address given at a
preachers meeting at Marshfield last week,
and which he has been requested TO deliver
in another city.
7. j. Boynton, chief post-office inspector
for New England, was in Barre last week
laying out routes and neutrality-suspicious. for
the postmen, when Barre shall have free
delivery system. General Boynton stated
that, in his opinion, there was nothing to
hinder the system soon being in operation
in the Granite City.
The newly-elected officers of Governor @.
8. Page Camp, Sons of Veterans, are as
follows: Captain, Arthur j. Cole; first
lieutenant, Eugene X. Ellis; second lieuten-
ant, Frank Garland; camp council, IL. N.
Gauthier, e. X. Ellis and Joseph Gauthier;
delegate to division encampment, George
Gauthier; alternate, Charles Gauthier.
The annual meeting of the Universalist
society was held last week and the follow
ing officers were elected; Clerk, A. G, Fay;
trustees, Fayette Cutler, q. f. Hanson and
Mrs, b. W. Bradley; treasurer, w. A. Drew
collector, Horace Richardson's; ushers, N.
j. Roberts, f. S. Williams. This society
will enter the year 1896 free from debt.
The Ladies' Union connected with the
Universalist church held its annual meeting
last week and elected the following officers
for the year ensuing; Chairman. Mrs. w.
III. Gladding; secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
w. l.. George; executive committee, Mrs.
Mary Quigley, Mrs. w. S. Page, Mrs. e. L.
Smith, Mrs. w. q. Goodwin, Mrs. w. h.
Durkee and Mrs. II. A. Richardson.
Mrs. II. M. Phelps of Reading, Pa, died
suddenly of heart failure last Monday noon
at the home of S. s. Ballard where she had
just arrived from st, Johnsbury. Mrs.
Phelps was a native of Cambridge Vt, and
in her early life lived in Burlington, where
her father was proprietor of the Sherwood
House. The body will be taken to Shell
burne to-day, where funeral services will be
held on Thursday.
The Board of Aldermen held its regular
meeting last week and accepted the resig-
nation of A, G. Fay az CITY grand Juror