The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST--PERsO
AND GENERAL.
Barre


Manchester, N. H., this week.
The Gouldsville lodge Of Good Templars
will visit Neal Dow Lodge this week
John W. Gordon is prominently men,
toned az a successor to Mayor Smith.
Patrick Murphy was fined the usual
amount for intoxication in City Court last
Saturday.
Three members were taken into the Ep-
worth League OF the Methodist church last
Sunday evening.
Mrs. B. w. Jones spoke on "A Coupos-
lite Photograph at the Universalst church
last Sunday evening.
Mrs. o. Wiley OF White River Junction
was the guest Of Chauncey Wiley, her son,
during the past week.
Mrs. e. 7. Rice and Mrs. @. A. Carpenter
are attending the annual meeting Of the
Relief Corps at Rutland.
Mrs. Hardness, matron at Goddard Sem
mary, b oke one wrist last week while ex.
ercising in the gymnasium.
Nearly 800 was cleared by the Spencer
Rifles from the mock court at the Opera
House last Friday evening.
ID. Mckay Smith returned last week from
the Albany Business College and is keeping
books for e. l.. Smith & Co,
Mrs. W. F. Shepard entertained the
Young Peoples Society Of the Universalst
church last Monday evening.
Hon. George r. Vending will lecture in
the Opera House, Thursday evening of this
week, on Unseen Realities"
w. s. Wyllie went to New York last
Monday, en- route to Scotland, where he ex-
poets to remain year or more.
The members of the Eastern Star held a
social on Tuesday evening with Mrs. d. V.
Stone at her home on Church street.
John Maiden, proprietor OF the American
House, has been fined S11 10 in City Court
for keeping a hotel without license.
Clayton Perry, son of w. A. Perry OF this
city, has recently been appointed paymaster
OF the Fairbanks scale works at st. Johns
bury.
Monroe l.. Drown and Emma L. Park
| hurst, both OF this city, were married last
week by Charles N. Barber, Esq, justice
of the peace.
The handsome new parsonage for the use
Of the pastor of st. Monica's Church is rap
idly approaching completion. 1t is an or
! nament to the city.
f. w. Stanyan, superintendent of the
Barre railroad, has moved to the new house
recently built by Cheever Brothers at the
head Of Keith Avenue.
Fred G. Field, state inspector of finance,
WAS in the city last week looking over the
affairs Of the local banks, which, it goes
without saying, he found in excellent
shape.
will it Pay?" will be the theme of the
Rev. w. K. Davenport at Hedding Church
next Sunday night. A good audience was
present at the lecture last Sunday night, in
spite OF the severe storm.
washngton's birthday will be celebrated
by the Order of United American Me.
chanics, and the ladies' lodge connected
Herewith. Hon. Frank Plumley of North
field will be one Of the speakers.
A leap-year Valentine sociable will be
given in the chapel of Hedding Church next
Friday evening. The Congregational Chris
tian Endeavor Society will also hold q
Valentine social in the church parlors that
evening.
Committees have been appointed by the
Granite Cutters Union and the Granite
| Manu- facturers' Association to sign agree
ments between these two organizations that
will obviate any difficulties that might have
been feared.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Mudgett entertained
the Young Ladies' Whist Club last Thurs,
day evening. The chief prizes went to F
A. Slayton and Mrs. G. FL. Campbell, while
Mrs. Mudgett and DR.. G. W. Steele made
the smallest score.
Robert Murphy returned last week from
Hallowell, Me-, and was Immediately ar
rested by Officer Nichols on charge of 8
breach OF the peace committed last fall in
an assault upon John Scampini Judge
Court.
Miss Lillian Kenerson was at Barnet last
week to assist in the dedication of the new
Odd Fellows Hall at that place. Miss
Kenerson recited poem written for a sim
liar occasion by Rev. A. j. Hough OF Brat
tleboro. the poet laureate OF that order il
Vermont.
P. J. Murphy, general man ger of the
W. M. Wattles Granite Company Of Buf
falo, N. Y, was in the city last week for the
purpose OF settling with the local creditors
of that company. 1t is understood that 6
compromise OF seventy-hve cents on the
dollar was effected.
Tuesday morning, in the case of State
against Fred Bruce, who is now serving 8
sentence of four months in the House Of
Correction az Rutland for breach of the
peace in assaulting II. A. Rugg, that there
was no error in the court below and thai
respondent takes nothing by his exceptions
The,kettledrum given by the Ladies' Union
OF the Universalist church, last Saturday
evening, was very much of success The
musicale, from eight to nine, included 6
piano solo by Miss Foster, reading by Miss
Kenerson, a selection by the Mandolin
Club, a song by Miss Houghton, a reading
by Rev. b. w. Jones and cornet solo by
Professor Kane.
Preston Paine, graduate of Goddard
Seminary in 1894, we'll rene bered as ar
expert foot ball player, and a charming
elocutionist, committed suicide recently a
Rockford, ILL.,, while suffering from TEN
porary alteration of mind. He made al
unsuccessful attempt to kill the woman anC
child with whom he was boarding, anC
afterwards sent bullet through his OWL
brain.
Thirty members of the Montpelier Ep
worth League visited the league connected
with Hedding Church last Wednesday
evening. An address of welcome was de
livered by Rev. w. r. Davenport re
sponded to by Bruce Mcdonald Vocal anC
instrumental selections were rendered, anC
an oratorical contest took place, in whict
the judges awarded the prize to Miss Pear
Lewis
The board of civil authority of the town o
Barre will sit at South Barre, next Saturday
afternoon, for the abatement of taxes, anC
in the evening for the revision of the check
lists. They will also meet at East Barr,
next Wednesday evening, and on Saturday
evening, February 20. The selectmen o
the town OF Barre will meet Thursday, Feb
ruary 20, at the school. house in South Barre
for the purpose of settling all claims agains
the town.