The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
ITEMS or INTEREST--PERSONAL
AND GENERAL.
Barre.
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a full attendance.
An infant child of p. Marion dice last
Saturday Of cholera infantum.
The next r~aces:at the trotting park will
probably be held October 1, 2, and 3.
The fall term at Goddard Seminary
opened on Tuesday with a large attendance.
A. e. Batchelder will have three horses
in the races at Plymouth, N. H., this week.
Rev. Charles Wells of Belfast, Maine, WIS.,
tied City Clerk Wells, his brother, last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A, Smith expect to
spend the coming winter in southern Cal
ifornia.
More than 400 new names rave been
added TO the city check list during the past
ten days.
Miss Addie Richardson goes his week to
Whittier, CAL, where she expects to spend
the winter.
The democrats held a rally last Saturday
evening, addressed by General I. j. Boyn-
ton Of Boston.
James Ingram went to New York last
week to meet his daughter on her arrival
from Scotland.
Congressman Powers of Morrisville spoke
at a republican rally held last Monday
evening in the Opera House.
The Barre railroad ran several special
trains to Barre on Tuesday from East
Barre and the quarries to accommodate the
voters.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. A. Dixie started for their
home in Chicago, last Saturday, after a visit
of several weeks with Mrs. Mary Carleton,
mother of the latter.
During the twelve months ending August
/, last, there were 100 deaths and 243 births
in the city of Barre. These are official fig
ures prepared by Health Officer M. L.
Chandler
,o,,1o5 1oo. U.;1o-
afternoon for an incipient blaze on the roof
OF w. A. Boyce's barn. The fire was ex-
tinguished without the assistance of the
fire department.
Rev. j. F. Rhoades of Fairfield, Maine,
preached for the Universalists last Sunday,
much to the qualification of his old par
%ishioners. His subject at the morning SER
vice was "The legend of the living Christ"
o. w. Hutchinson of Jamaica Plain,
Mass, was the guest of f. w. S%herburne
last week. Mr.. Hutchinson formerly
worked in Mr.. Sherburne's gallery. He
mad the trip from Boston to Barre on his
wheel.
Mayor Gordon spoke at a sound.money
democratic rally held last Friday evening.
From there he went to indianapolis, Ind,
as a delegate from Vermont to the gold
democratic national convention that opens
to-day.
The local branch OF the National Granite
Cutters Association will observe labor day
next Saturday by a series of athletic games
and sports at the t~rotting park. The Barre
Rangers and the Holyoke Rangers will play
foot ball in the afternoon. The Barre Cor
net Band will furnish music. All the gran
lite sheds will be closed that day.
For the fourth time within a year, and
the second time within a week, the Ameri-
can House on Church street was found to
be on fire last Wednesday. The flames
were quickly subdued, but circumstances
point so strongly to incendiary work that
the local representatives OF fire insurance
companies have Cancelled their policies on
the property. John Maiden runs the house.
A Bryan and Sewall club was organized
in Barre last week with a membership of
fifty. d. NJ. Miles was elected president;
George Murray, vice-president; G. 7. Swa-
sey, secretary; G. W. Melcber, treasurer;
o. f. Daniels, Joseph Gillespie, Eugene
Sullivan, w. G. Quinlan, John Phillips and
w. @. Grier, executive committee. An eff
fort will be made to get George Fred Will
liams to address the club.
Nearly four hundred people from Barre
attended the joint debate on the silver ques-
ton between Mayor Gordon and g.. A. G.
Jackson, editor Of the Montpelier Argus.
The party was made up almost wholly of
gold democrats and republicans who are op-
posed to free silver, and the many telling
points against the free coinage Of silver
made by Mayor Gordon were loudly ap-
plauded. On the return of the party to
Barre Mr.. Gordon was publicly congratu-
lated on his successful and convincing
handling of his side of the question.
Fully 5000 people gathered in and about
the park, last Friday evening, to listen to
the orators at the republican rally. The
Barre Cornet Band marched to the station
and escorted the Montpelier Military Band
to the park, and the combined bands fur
nished fine music. A train of six loaded
| COachal from Mammalian MATERIALLY awa1lad
the crowds. Judge W. E. Barney presided
and Professor Markham, the well-known
campaign singer, rendered several popular
selections. The speakers were General Cy-
it's Guild of Boston, editor Of the Commer-
cial Bulletin. The latter made a rousing
address, which was repeatedly cheered by
the great crowd.
At the regular meeting OF the City Coun-
Gil, held last week, a written opinion was
rendered by the city attor ney against throw
ing or dumping rubbish in the streams in
side the city limits, and the same was &C
cepted and filed. The bond Of the Barre
Electric Light, Power, Manufacturing and
Street Railway Company was received and
read. 1t was voted to accept the same after
the date shall be changed from October 1 to
September /, in conformity with the resolu-
ton passed by the Council July "a last.
Mrs. G. M. Bickford entered a complaint
that the sewers on Prospect street were
clogged and would not carry off the surface
water. The appointment of III. o. Camp as
special police officer was confirmed. 1t was
voted to transfer $1,000 to the school &C
count. B. Thomas, j. L. Beckley, O.. e.
Philbrick and M. Shannon were granted
building permits. The jewellers on Lincoln
street entered a petition that the street light
in that locality be restored. Malcom Nc
Auley was granted a license to run a hotel
on West street and G. j. Campbell to run a
pool and billiard room under the store of
Perry & Camp. Permission was granted
ID. M. Miles to connect with the public
sewer. The question whether Hope Gem.
etery is taxable property was referred to
the city attorney for his opinion. Ad.
journed.
The Universalist society celebrated
lest Thursday the one hundredth an
niversary of its organization. Most OF
the delegates to the state convention
remained to enjoy the exercises. A
sunrise prayer-meeting was held at six
o'clock. AT the morning session the ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by Mrs. b,
w. Jones. Rev. w. M, Kimmell and Rev.
Walter Dole, former pastor, assisted in the
opening exercises. An address on doc
trinal changes in a hundred yearsr was