The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-06

OOIuOus no game Itbulltu III u VICTORY Oh
the former by score OF ID to13.
@. e. Harris, Harry Houghton and Fred
Folsom went last Wednesday to Ferdinand,
in Essex county to try their luck with the
deer with which the woods of that part OF
the State are said to be swarming.
The employees in the stone sheds OF Bur-
ley & Calder played an exciting game OF
foot ball on Central Park last Saturday af-
ternoon with the men from Claribew q
Gray sheds. Neither side scored touch
down.
The members Of st. Andrews Brother
hood gave reception in the parish room
last Wednesday. A short musical pro-
gramme was rendered and Charles A. Burns
OF Burlington gave enjoyable readings.
slight blaze in a closet in a tenement
house at the rear Of the residence of Henry
Phelps called out the fire department on
Monday afternoon. The blaze was extin-
guished before the arrival Of the fremen.
| A half barrel of ale was seized last Satur-
day evening at the shoe store Of Joseph
| Belanger by Constable g. w. Smith The
| ale was condemned by Justice II. W.
Scott and hearing on the case was post
| poned.
Ernest j. Flagg, a graduate of Goddard
Seminary in 1890, and a prominent member
OF the athletic teams at the Seminary that
| year, died last Friday of consumption at his
| home in Richmond. He had been i'll about
| one year.
| Charles 4. Stoddard purchased last week
at auction for $4,000 the Mcdonald house
| and lot corner OF East and Academy streets.
Mr.. Stoddard is a contractor and painter by
| trade, and comes from Whitefeld, N H., to
| Barre to reside.
Rev. Edwin NJ. Fuller, the new Baptist
pastor, formerly OF South Gardner Mass.
commenced his pastorate with the Baptist
society last Sunday. He was greeted by
large congregation and the sermon deliver
ed by him made favorable impression.
The Centennial of the organization OF
Methodism in central Vermont" will be
held at Hedding church the last week in
October. Able speakers from abroad will
be present to participate. Mayor Gordon
has also promised to give an address.
Charles Wheaton and Edward Ward
| made the best scores at the annual shoot,
held by the members Of Company e last
week, they scoring twenty-one points each,
out Of possible twenty five. The whole
company averaged thirteen points and a
| fraction.
The Sunday.school in connection with
Hedding church was organized into regular
graded departments by Superintendent
Barney and his assistants last Sunday.
Nine new classes were formed, and an equal
number OF new teachers set to work. The
attendance was large, and the interest en-
thusiastic.
The first foot ball game of the season, be-
tween teams from Goddard Seminary and
Montpelier Seminary, will be played on the
Goddard campus next Monday afternoon at
three o'clock sharp Both teams will do
their level best to win and it will be hot
game. Ladies will be gladly welcomed and
will be admitted free.
James Barron was elected a substitute
member of Company E at meeting held
last Thursday evening. The company also
voted to hold its annual ball Friday even
ing, October %, and elected Captain E. j.
Badger, lieutenant @. j. Davis and Corporal
Flynn Austin committee to make arrange
ments for this event.
The adjourned city meeting held last
week to consider the question Of a city
water system accomplished nothing. After
an hour or more spent in useless dispute
and wrangling it was voted to instruct the
city council to make a survey of all avail
able supplies and report at an adjourned
meeting to be held October 49, S. d. AL
len, III. x. Bush and W. E. Barney were ap
pointed special committee to consider the
availability of the present system.
William Eagan and Charles Carver were
arrested last Sunday afternoon by Officer
Brown for intoxication. They both pleaded
guilty Monday morning, paid the usual
fine and disclosed on Mrs Amelia l.. Cor
della. She was brought into court and
pleaded not guilty. Her case was con-
tinued. Dennis Donavon was also arrested
on Sunday afternoon by Chief of Police
Rowland for intoxication. He paid the
usual fine Monday morning on plea of
guilty.
An answer to the injunction recently is
sued against the electric railroad company,
restraining it from laying its tracks on GER
tain parts of North Main street between
Sixth street and the Berlin line, was filed
last week by R. A. Hoar, attorney of the
road. Mr.. Hoar, for the company, denies
that the tracks at North Barre were ever To-
Gated by the city council, but that it was
staked out last spring by the street commits
sioners, and that the road followed the line
as staked out.
At the regular meeting of the city council,
held last week the resoluti awarding land
damages ON Brook street was read the third
time and passed. +. e, Goldsbury was
given permission to erect a shed on North
Main street. A petition was received from
the residents on the westerly side OF Sum-
mer street, asking for concrete walk from
Seminary street to Merchant street. Re-
ferred to street commissioners. petition
accompanied by subscription paper for
$50 was also received asking for a concrete
walk across Currier Park, and on Academy
and Park streets Referred to street COM
mssioners, as was petition for a concrete
crossing on North Main street opposite Ma
pie Avenue The board approved city
warrants for the services of aldermen as
follows: John Mcdonald, SS1; j, W. Nc
Donald, sos; Fayette Cutler, S95. 1t was
voted to pay the 800 reward offered for the
recovery of the body of James Inglis.
At the regular meeting Of the board of
alderman, held on Monday evening, the
following was unanimously adopted Re-
solved, that the Barre and Montpelier
Traction and Power Company have for
feited their rights or franchise TO construct,
locate and build an electric street railway
over and through the streets of the city Of
Barre, granted to said company by virtue
of a resolution approved February TO- 1896,
and resolution approved August 3, 1896,
having failed to complete said railway on or
before September l. 1897, and having other
wise failed to comply with their agreements
as specified in said resolution it is hereby
ordered and directed that the said com.
pany be notified of said forfeiture by the
city attorney and directed forthwith to re-
move their tracks, poles and other prop
erty from the streets Of said city. Resov
ed, that the city attorney is hereby author
lied to proceed to collect the $4,000 due on
the bond given by j. S. Pierson and others
conditional to pay said sum to the city for
failure to complete and put in operation
the railway of the Barre and Montpelier
Traction and Power Company on or before
September l, 1897.
West Corinth.
| School closed here on Thursday on ac-