The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-20
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or INTEREST--PERSO
and GENERAL.
Barre.

Barre.
Prof. o. ID. Mathewson was in Boston last
week.
Mrs. e. j. Gale is at Mary Fletcher Hos
pital, Burlington, for treatment.
Charles Wheaton was seriously injured
last Thursday by falling down stairs.
The board of aldermen held meeting for
the abatement of taxes last Saturday even
ing.
The chancery case of The Producers
Granite Company will be given hearing
today.
Charles Page returned last Thursday from
Colorado where he has been for several
months.
Mrs. Martha Sibley has purchased mil
linery business at South Royalton, and
will move her family there the first Of Feb
ruary
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Campbell visited
last week at Mr.. Campbell's old home in
Hyde Park.
Several from Barre attended the banjo re-
cital by Alfred A. Farland at Montpelier on
Tuesday evening.
W. g. Nye left lsst Thursday for an ex-
tended Southern trip. He will remain
several weeks in Florida.
The Salvation Army lads and lassies are
drawing crowded houses every evening, in
the hall in Averill block.
j. #. Smith, chief clerk for the Montpelier
& Wells River railroad, is visiting this
week In Boston and New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Frazier left last Sat
urday for Halifax, N. s., where they will
| visit relatives for several weeks.
| Harry b. Houghton and Rodney Smith
| left last week for Orange Park, Fla. They
| allied from New York Saturday.
Onir.~ 80 ha1an was up near the Canada
| line last week looking AFTER delinquent TAX
| payers, some of whom are over the border
Harold Sargent returned to Burlington
| last week to resume his studies at the med
ical department of the University OF Yer
mont.
William Enright was taken last week, to
the State Industrial School at Vergennes,
| for having obtained money under false pre-
fences.
DR.. j. Henry Jackson was in Burlington
| last Thursday to attend the opening of the
medical department of the University OF
Vermont.
Mrs. B. w. Braley entertained the young
people of the Unver5alist society asst
| Thursday evening at her home on North
| Main street.
Miss Belle Mitchell OF Toronto, p @ is
visiting Rev Thomas MITCHELL her brother.
Miss Mitchell is contemplating coming to
Barre to live
Mrs, F. Shepard died last Saturday in
Boston Her body was brought to Barre,
and funeral services were held al the Con-
gregational church on Tuesday afternoon at
| two o clock.
b. w. Abbey, the famous pitcher for the
Brooklyn league base ball club, is acting as
physical instructor at the Goddard Semin-
airy gymnasium.
At special meeting of the board of alder.
men, held last week, it was voted to author
ize the city clerk to prepare the copy for the
annual city report.
Captain D. r. Bisbee, Adjutant e. A. B
Bishop and Lieutenants Badger and Marsh
attended the school for officers, held last
week at Brattleboro.
John Begg has purchased Of Ward &
Douglass, for 81 ,0S3, a lot OF land on ESSEX
street, on which he is to start ponltry
raising establishment.
Rev. Thomas Mitchell has reconsidered
his resignation as pastor of the Presbyterian
church, and will continue the work, much
to the satisfaction Of his parishioners.
The progressive whist club met last
Thursday evening with Mrs. Mason Page
on Elm Street. The ladies' club met the
same evening with Mrs f. B. Mudgett.
1t is thought possible that the next an.
nual session Of the Vermont Conference will
be held in Barre again next April, instead
OF at Springfield as formerly announced.
J.P. Mari goes to Baltimore, Md, about
February / as q member Of the committee
TO revise the Constitution OF the National
Granite Cutters Union, that meets In that
city.
The Washington County Christian En-.
deavor Union will be held in Barre in
March. Extensive arrangements are in
progress by the local union to entertain this
body.
Mrs. j. W. Gordon entertained the Glover
Climb last Thursday evening. The club met
on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. 3. ID. AL
len and resumed consideration of Raphael's
| works.
Rev. W. r. Davenport spoke on The
Whole Family in Heaven and Earth " at
Hedding church last Sunday morning. In
the evening his theme was " The Chief Cor
ner Stone"
The residence of Mrs. Daniel Devers was
raided by officers last week. Several bot
ties of alleged whiskey were secured. In
city court the liquor was condemned and
ordered spilled.
Mrs. B. W. Jones spoke at Washington
last Sunday evening before the young
peoples societies OF that village Mrs.
Jones also spoke at the Universalist church
Sunday morning.
Evangelist Main preached last Sunday at
| the Congregational church, morning and
evening. Mr.. Main is continuing his daily
afternoon Bible readings and services every
evening Jnls week.
The case against Mrs. Clementine Bianchi,
for keeping Intoxicating liquor with intent
to sell, has been mol pressed by the state.
At the trial of this case in city court the
jury failed to agree
Mrs. j. ID. Smith entertained the Philo-
nathan club on Tuesday evening. Mrs. f..
j. Martin read paper on Current
Events" and Mrs. o ID. Mathewson one on
mark Twain and Jerome X. Jerome"
According to records kept by A. d..
Morse there have been tifty-nine new build.
ings and one block erected in Barre during
the year of 1896. During the past fifteen
years there have been 800 buildings erected.
Gilley & Abbott have recently put in
| their dry goods store cash carrier system,
for which power is furnished by an electric
motor. This innovation gives to the store
of Gilley & Abbott distinctly metropoli-
tan air.
Intelligence received recently from Mary
Fletcher Hospt al, Burlington, gives the
friends OF Perley Goodwin good reason to
expect that he will recover. He has been
very low, but is gradually gaining in
strength.
| Health Officer Chandler is authority for
| the statement that there were in the city of
Barre during 1896 2Sl births and III deaths.