The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-21
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST--PERSCNAL
And GENERAL.
Barre.

Prof. A. w. PIERCE Of Franklin, Mass.
was in town last week.
The Burns Club held a picnic in Caledo.
MIA grove last Saturday afternoon.
Rev. James Gull Of Brattleboro will
preach for the Baptists next Sunday.
Charles Graves of Burlington has been
appointed one Of the league umpires.
Mrs. T. G. whitehill and son visited last
week in Peacham and st. Johnsbury,
Miss Anna Renfrew of Peacham was the
guest of Mrs. Bertha Durkee last week.
Thomas Cave, Jr., has been in New York
during the past week on a business trip.
Barre lost the first league game with the
Vergennes team last Thursday by a score OF
10 to IA.
Mrs. #. G. Rowland has been visiting q
brother at Belfast, Me-, during the past
week.
Mrs. b. H. Wells and daughters are at
South Woodbury. for a stay OF a month OF
more.
Thomas II. Cave, Jr. has been appointed
assignee of the insolvent estate OF William
II. Clough.
Bran" Smith has been discharged from
Company f for no"n-attenuahce at Vhe
weekly drills.
Among the star attractions at the trottlng
park August %, will be Robert j." and
John h. Gentry"
DR.. and Mrs. G. f. Camp and DR.. and
Mrs. G. w. Steele were at their cottage al
Berlin pond last week.
A son was born last Thursday to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Paul, and a son the same day tc
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander La Clair.
Mrs. II. X. Bush and daughters Maud
and Lillian are at the Glens Falls Hotel,
Lake Morey, for a stay Of four weeks.
Rev. W. R. Davenport was in Toronto,
Ont, last week, as a delegate to the Inter-
national Epworth League Convention.
The city of Barre offered a reward OF
500 for the recovery Of the body OF James
Inglis, the lad drowned last Wednesday.
Mrs. Ii. A. Holt and two children are
visiting in Brattleboro. Later they will go
to Old Orchard Beach for several weeks.
John V. McKenns, formerly in the en-
ploy Of A. A. Smith, left last week for Az
RIGA, where he expects to live in the future.
s. S. Ballard was in Detroit, Mich last
week as delegate from Vermont to the Ma
tional Convention of the Republican clubs.
Rev. j. G. Stevens Of Montreal is to sup
ply the pulpit of the Presbyterian church
while Rev. Mr.. Mitchell is away on a vaca-
ton.
Both the Barre and vergennes baseball
teams have entered a protest against the
appointment of Mr.. Brown as a league UNI
pire.
nov - L onC ia LIZ OStaBiOh bhO uAP
Of Hedding church last Sunday in the abb
sence at Toronto, Ont, OF Rev. w. K. Dav-
export.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bruce and Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Mackie went last week to Cleve-
land, Ohio, expecting to be absent ten days
or more.
George d. Mitchell Of Bucksport, Me-, has
opened a dental Office in Bolster block, in
the rooms formerly occupied by the G. Il.
More company.
The Vergennes excursion Of which men
ton is made elsewhere, is to be Saturday,
July 81, instead Of Saturday, July "a, as
stated in the Enterprise OF this week.
F. w. Stanyan, superintendent OF the
Barre railroad, is soon to move to Mont
pelier to reside. He has stored his house
hold furniture In the block on Depot square,
Mrs. E. w. Cummings and daughters Lucy,
Susie and Meta, and Miss Geneva Carpen.
ter, Miss Bessie Wheatley, Earl Parker and
James Howe were at Lake Morey last
week.
South Main street was flooded early last
Wednesday morning by the breaking OF the
water main. The highway was badly
quilted before the break was discovered and
stopped.
The most strenuous efforts nave beer
made during the past week to find the body
of little James Inglis, who was drowned
last Wednesday afternoon, but 80 far with
out success.
A grand stand with a seating capacity Of
four hundred is to be erected on the hill al
Central Park. The price OF admission tC
this grand stand will be placed at the low
figure OF ten cents.
Since Barre has been admitted into the
Northern Base Ball League IN admission
fee OF fifteen cents for ladies is charged fol-
the ball games. This rule prevails In every
other town In the league.
DR.. G. M. Scribner has complained to tn,
Board of Health Of the sanitary arrange
ments Of the Spaulding High School. DR.
Scribner alleges that the cremation of TIT
school sewerage is a public nuisance.
The Barre baseball team will play tn,
South Bostons at Barre this afternoon, tn,
Plattsburg team at Burlington on Thurs
day, the Rutlands in Barre next Saturda,
and the Rutlands in Rutland August 3.
The annual daily excursion to the quar-
ries was put ON last Monday. This trair
now leaves Barre daily at 1:30 P. M, arriv
ing at Barre or the return trip at $3.50. TIL,
fare for the round trip from Barre is twenty
five cents.
The difficulties which it was though
would result in issuing an injunction by tn,
city Of Barre against the Barre & Mont
pelier Transaction and Powe Company ar,
in a fair way to be removed, and it is prob
able that no injunction will be served.
The case OF Peter Recorilla against Johl
Frizzetti, to recover 800 due for work dom
on a monument, was tried on Monday il
city court before Judge Barney. G.. T
Swasey appeared tor the plaintiff and r
A. Hoar for the defendant. Judgment wa
reserved.
A civil service examination for the grade
OF clerks m carriers in the city post-offic
will be held at the Spalding Graded Schoo
building Thursday, August IL. All who in
tend to compete for these positions shout
apply to Miss Kate K. West at the post.ofic
for blanks.
The base ball team from Fort Ethan A.
len and the Third United States Cavalry
Band failed to appear in Barre last Satui
day afternoon as advertised. 1t is state
that they we're at the fort station ready t
come, but because Of some misunderstanG
ing the train did not stop there.
The Central Vermont railroad will SO,
excursion tickets from Barre to Burlingto