The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-18
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or INTEREST---PERS
IND IN GENERAL.
Barre.

Mr. and Mrs. j. M. Perry are in New
York this week.
Mrs L. p. Slack is seriously i'll at her
home in St. Johnsbury.
w. w. Lapoint lectures at johnson, Fri
day evening, March q.
Misses Ruth Crane and Maud Haskins
were in Boston last week.
James Higgins has been taking the city
census during the past week.
S. S. Ballard has sent to Mayor Gordon
his resignation as city assessor
r. A. Bailey has resumed his law studies
in the Office of John w. Gordon.
Mrs. w. b. Shepard is in New York, get
ting the latest styles and wrinkles in spring
millinery.
Lewis Robbins is again able to attend to
his duties at the Barre News Agency, after
long illness.
The Spencer Rifles have been invited to
take part in the parade at East Barre on
Memorial day
The one hundredth annual convention of
the State Universalist Society will be held
in Barre in June.
B. w. Abbey left last Friday for Charlotte,
n c., to go into practice with the Brooklyn
League baseball team.
Rev. r. NJ. Toms of New Zealand preached
at the Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning and evening,
NV l.. W. AbWOOu vi Ob' ktIudDb Will
preach at the Universalist church next Sun.
day morning and evening.
Rev. B. W. Jones spoke on " The Place of
Emotion in Religion" at the Universaist
church last Sunday morning,
William Bishop was called from Boston,
last Saturday, because of the serious illness
of Wilbur Bishop, his brother.
Gould & Nichols have recently sold a
valuable Albrecht piano to w. l.. Stafford,
to be shipped to him at California,
Evangelists Hunter and Bradford of Mon
trea are conducting revival meetings in the
hall in Nichols block every evening this
week.
The English comedy, "Our Boys" re-
Gently produced by local talent, was re-
peated at East Montpelier last Saturday
evening.
The officers and uon- commissioned officers
of the Spencer Rifles ATTENDED the officers
school held last Wednesday evening at
Montpelier.
The offices of the city engineer and in
spector of buildings, and that of the city
clerk have been connected with the tele
phone exchange.
Quinton Cook was at Jacksonville, last
week, to be treated by Newell, the magnetic
healer, for rheumatism. He received no
perceptible benefit.
George F. Connor has been appointed aid
de-camp on the staff of the department
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Grand Army of the Republic.
John Trow was in Burlington, last Friday,
where he purchased two promising "Alcan-
der" colts, and the well-known pacing
mare owned by Harry Thomas.
Charles Bassett dropped dead from apo
plexy while building fire at his home early
on Tuesday morning. He was about sixty
years DID, and had lived in Barre many
years.
A movement is on foot to organize young
mems meeting, to be held Sunday after
moons. The success that has attended those
held in Montpelier encourages the friends
of such project.
AN alarm was sounded last Wednesday
for fire in the barn on the French estate
occupied by Senter Houghton. The firemen
quickly extinguished the blaze, but the hay
was thoroughly soaked.
Joseph Woods. Jr., was fined 800 and
costs last week for shooting two ruffed
grouse in Maple Grove, within the city linn
its. The prosecution was instituted by g.
j. Towne, game and fish warden.
II the city votes to erect a new school
building, as it is thought possible it will, it
will be located in the vicinity OF Hill
street, to accommodate the scholars in the
vicinity of Factory and Gospel villages.
W. f. Scott and W. c. Nye were in Lud-
low last week. They were sent there as
delegates from Hiawatha Lodge Of Odd Eel
lows to inspect the situation of the Odd Eel
lows Home there and report to the lodge.
The case of j. M. Kent, instructor in PEN
manship at Goddard Seminary, against N.
D. Miles, sheriff of Orleans county, for al
legged false imprisonment, has been contin-
ued at the present term of Washington
County Court.
f. e. Barnes OF Worcester Mass, gen.
eral secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association, was in the city last week to see
what are the prospects for forming an asso-
a,a NJ nG,. ,ta aatsD aly htrt
the need of such an organization is felt to
be urgent.
Edgardo Baratt, the Italian who COM
mtted suicide in Montpelier last Friday
evening, was well known in Barre. He
worked seven years for Wells q Lamson
funeral was held from the home of Mr..
Bruce, Monday afternoon, and the body was
taken to Montpelier for burial.
Manager Martell of the City Restaurant
has prepared an elaborate menu for next
Friday evening, when the return dance, in
at Armory Hall on St. Valentines day,
will be held. The young men in charge are
striving to make this the most brilliant
social event of the season, and, judging
from present indications, they will surely
succeed.
Wilbur f. Bishop was seriously injured
while tobogganing, last Wednesday even
ing, on Patterson's hill His toboggan
struck large stone and was smashed
several large splinters penetrating his body
The pelvic bone was broken. In the opinion
of Doctors Camp and Reed, the physicians
who dressed his wounds, the young mar
has more than an even chance of recovery
unless Inflammation should set in.
East Barre.
We rejoice in a morning mail to connec
with the first mails on the railroad.
The Riverside House has been purchased
by L. W. Streeter Of Barre city, to be oper
ated as a hotel.
j. A. Demo moved his family to Barr
city last Tuesday. He has been at wor
there for the last year.
Quite a large number were present at tn
social at A. G. Dickey's on Friday evening
Sugar and doughnuts were served.
The morning mail, which leaves here 8
6: 80 A. M, was carried for the first time o
Thursday last. W. A. Cutler was the ca
rier.
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