The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-02
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST--PERS
And GENERAL.
Barre.

on Monday.
Mrs Maynard Winch was i'll last week
with peritonitis.
V. w. Curtis & Co., have been discharged
in court Of insolvency.
A daughter was born last Friday to Mr..
and Mrs. George Grieg
Miss Gertrude Kenerson was seriously ill
last week with tonsilitis.
@. M. Douglass has sold his creamery
route to j. G. Chamberlin.
r. A. Perkins, editor of the Rutland Her.
aid, was in town last Thursdy.
#. T. Cutler was in Lebanon, N. H., last
week setting monumental work.
No member of Crandall Post, g. A. R.,
has died since Memorial day, 1896.
Mrs. s. s. Ballard returned last Thurs
day from her trip through the South.
An infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. V.
W. Curtis died last Wednesday evening.
Rev. III. H. Hoyt of st. Johnsbury ex-
changed with Rev. B. W. Jones last Sunday.
John Lille returned last week from
Scotland, where he has been for several
weeks.
E. L. White has sold the Cascade House
to Thomas Suitor, who took possession last
Saturday.
Miss Edith Bishop, teacher in the High
School, is visiting at her home in Wjnches-
ter, Mass.
The first annual banquet of the High
School alumni will be held on Thursday
evening, June TO-
Prof. o. d. Mathewson entertained the
senior class OF the High School at his home
last Saturday evening
Robert Work had an arm broken on
Monday by the falling Of a derrick at the
sheds Of the Acme Granite Company.
A: G. Fay spoke before the pupils OF the
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exercises OF patriotic nature were held.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Milne and John
Emslie sail from New York for Scotland
next Saturday, for visit to their old home.
The annual field day of sports for the
Burnham cup will be held by the Goddard
athletic team at the trotting park Monday,
June IA.
Mrs. Frank Cook has purchased of A, E.
Batchelder, for $500 building lot, on
which she is at once to begin the erection
of a residence.
den house on Main street. Thomas Will
liams occupies the house on Merchant street
vacated by Mr.. Jones.
Homer button was arrested last Saturday
night for striking Officer Corliss. The case
was continued in city court until this morn
ing. Button is out on $500 bail.
About fifty people accompanied the men,
beers of the Model Yacht Club to Berlin Pond
last Saturday, but the weather was 80 I'M
favorable the races were postponed until
July f.
A special train was run to East Barre last
Saturday to accommodate those who wished
to attend Memorial Day exercises at that
place. Hon. "a. A. Huse Of Montpelier was
the orator.
John L. Sullivan and his company drew a
great audience at the opera house on Mon
dQv avapipn The nlau VIC ha1ow hut
1.-THE great and only John L. was very
much IN evidence.
Carroll Griswold was married last Satur-
day to Miss Mary W. Hole of South Royal
ton at the home of the bride. The newly
welded couple are at Claremont, N. H.,
this week, and will return to Barre about
June 10.
rier, and V. T. Nash, the engineer of the
electric railroad held consultation last
Thursday regarding the location of the
track. 1t was agreed that the rails shall be
laid in the center of the street.
The board Of civil authority and the city
assessors have agreed that the church prop
erty in the city, over which there has been
30 much discussion, shall be exempt from
taxation and that bond for deed shall be
considered equivalent to mortgage.
The case of George & Rogers against w.
G. Townshend OF GAINESVILLE, o., to recover
for monumental work cut and shipped to
defendant was heard in city court last Fri
day morning. Defendant confessed judg-
ment, and appealed his case to county court.
A meeting of the Granite Manufacturers
Association was held last Wednesday even
ing to vote upon the advisability OF con-
| tinuing the organization. By large ma
| jority it was voted to continue. After this
| decision the present officers rendered their
designations.
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completed his term OF service on Tuesday.
The following appointments and promo
| tions in the company are announced: Cor
poral l.. M. Gauthier to be sergeant; Lance
| Corporal James Rockingham to be corpo-
raj; Private e. E. McNulty toIbe lance cor
poral.
Calvin Holt, former mail carrier be-
! tween Barre and Graniteville, died last
Wednesday at Graniteville, aged seven-twO
years. Mr.. Holt has been in poor health
during the past year. and his death was not
unexpected. He leaves widow but nc
children. His funeral was held ON Sunday
Rev. j. A. Sherburne officiating.
The Barre Rushers did good work las,
Saturday in spite of the rain. In the morn
ing they defeated the Montpelier Seminary
team without half trying, by score OF 10 tC
o. In the afternoon they took the Dart
mouth Medical team into camp by a scor'
Of 10 to II. The Barre Rushers are playing
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OF them.
Officers Spear, French, Smith and Shep
ard raided the freight depots Of the Contra
Vermont and Montpelier and Wells Rive
railroads last Friday afternoon. At tn
Central three kegs Of lager were seized, an
at the Wells River three barrels Of bottles
lager, two kegs and one box OF liquor wer
found and conficated. The stuff was all re
moved to the city cellar.
While W. W. Lapoint was on his way I
johnson last Saturday morning he espie
Michael Keefe in the station at Burlington
Keefe is wanted In Barre for violations
the prohibitory law. AS soon as Keefe sa'
Lapoint he started to run, but was capture
} by Sheriff Reeves and was brought to Barr
) by Officer Buchanan. His case will be q
, tended to in city court next Friday.
Rain interfered somewhat with the all ds
shoot held last Saturday by the Recreatio
Gun Club at the Gunner brook range. Be-
eral members of the Lakeside Rod and Gu
Club of Burlington, and the Montpelier Gu
Club were present. Karl Perry won Il
silver keg of powder, and l.. j. Griffin toe
| tba oh ~, hi In daI nv hraaEin0 fort