The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-06-22
DEFERRED TOWN CORRESPONDENTS.
Barre.

diphtheria.
A. p. Abbott left last Saturday for two
weeks vacation in Maine.
Constable w. II. Buchanan was in Platts-
burg, n. Y, over last Sunday.
Arthur s. Martin went, last week, to Lee
mar, Ia, for a visit OF several weeks.
A son was born last Wednesday to Mr..
and Mrs George Gilander of Websterville.
r. A. Hoar has formally announced his
candidacy for the Office OF states attorney.
Mrs Joseph Cook and children are visit
ing the parents OF Mrs. Cook at St. Damien,
20.
DIR. and Mrs. Norman Goodwin of o.
tawa, Ont, are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. o. S.
Smith.
John Dodge and Mrs. Sidney Wallace,
his mother, were guests Of G. S. Wallace
last Sunday.
The graduating class OF the Spaulding
High School had picnic at Curtis pond, in
Calais, last Saturday.
The Goddards were defeated at St. Johns.
bury on Monday in twelve innings game
by score Oft TO 6,
Miss Ethel Marion went last week to
Burlington to remain during the summer
with her grandmother.
G. I. Conner and Charles CARPENTER at
tended the Grand Army encampment, held
last week in Burlington.
Byron Smith OF Barre, who took the re.
cent civil service examination, passed with
the high average OF SO AZ.
The report Of Health Officer Chandler
shows three deaths and twenty-five births
in the city OF Barre during the month of
May.
A son was born last week to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hutchinson Of Camp Hill, also
a son last Wednesday to Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Stemm.
Rev. DR.. s. N. Jackson, Mrs. w. f.
Bradford and Mrs. j. e. Griffen are at Nor
risville attending the State Congregational
convention.
The street commissioners have awarded
Mrs. 8. j. Jones $500 damages, by the open.
ing OF the new street between Elm and
Park streets.
Rev. A. E. Atwater gave an illustrated
lecture to children at Hedding church last
Sunday morning. In the evening the Chill
dren's Day concert was held.
Ex-Mayor E L Smith has hired cottage
at Old O!chard Beach, Me-, for the summer.
He will rebuild ON the site OF the house re-
Gently destroyed by fire there.
Last Sunday was Odd Fellows memorial
day. The graves Of eighteen members in
Elmwood Cemetery were decorated in the
afternoon by committee from Hiawatha
Lodge.
The employees at the sheds OF Wells,
Lamson & Co., raised a handsome silk flag
over the sheds last Saturday noon. A brief
address was made by Edward Sampson, the
foreman.
A check for S45 was sent to Captain Badg-
or last Saturday. The money was easily
raised by subscription, and will be used to
purchase articles not on the government
bill OF fare.
Fred w. Sherburne, formerly Barre
photographer, who graduates soon from the
school OF osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo-, is to
locate in Concord, N. H., for the practice OF
that profession.
All the banks in the city were closed last
Saturday afternoon out OF respect to the
memory OF the late l.. f. Aldrich. Many
business houses closed their doors during
the funeral hour.
Joseph Broggi was arrested last Thurs
day by Officer Buchanan for none payment
Of taxes On the way to jail at Montpelier
Broggi weakened and paid the bill standing
against him, with costs
Judge Barney has rendered decision
for the plaintiff in the case Of Daniels
against Cheney. The case was continued
until Monday, June 20, to allow assessment
for damages to be computed.
The Goddards defeated the St. Adams
High School baseball team on the home
ground last Saturday. Only six innings
were played in order to allow the visitors to
j. W. Cornell OF Portsmouth, Pa, for
merly station agent in Barre for the Cen
trail Vermont railroad, has been visiting
during the past week at the home of g. l..
Currier, where his family is stopping for
the summer.
The Republican caucus to elect delegates
to the county convention will be held next
Friday evening in Miles hall. The caucus
to elect delegates TO the State and district
conventions will be held next Saturday
evening at the same place.
At special business meeting of the Bap-
fist society held at the church last Thurs
day evening j. M. and W. A. Perry pre-
sented the society with a deed OF the land
on which the church stands. The donors
were awarded unanimous vote of thanks.
Mrs. Elmira Wheaton Wilson died last
Sunday at White River Junction, aged
eighty-three years. Funeral services were
held at the Junction Monday morning and
the body was brought to Barre this after
noon. Interment in the Wilson cemetery.
Officer French arrested Frank Joss for
vagrancy last Wednesday. The mother OF
the lad told Judge Barney that she was soon
to 60 to Scotland, and the court gave her
until next Saturday to get the boy out of
town. IL he is here then he will be sent to
the State Industrial School at Vergennes.
Hon. w. E. Barney is to preside at the
session OF the State Epworth League con-
vention at Burlington next week Thursday
evening. This will be the closing session OF
the convention at which Rev. Parker Cad
man, pastor of the Metropolitan Temple,
New York, will be the principal speaker.
Professor o. ID. Mathewson and Perley
Chandler have been appointed a committee
from the school board TO arrange with Orvis
Batchelder for room in his house for school
purposes. Mr.. Chandler and G. B. Town
send were also appointed a committee to
rent the Bannister house, II possible, for a
like purpose.
The listers books, now on file in the of.
fee OF City Clerk Wells, show the grand
list for 1898 to be 1912 60 in excess of that
OF 1897. The personal list has decreased
$35, $40. The total number of polls Is 2,109,
an increase Of 1888. The total number Of
lists taken is 2,65l. and there Is net gain
in taxable real estate of $7S,9S2
The city has under consideration the pur-
chase of the farm of Henry Martin, com
prising two hundred acres, through which
runs Martin brook, now controlled by the
city. IL the purchase should be made 1t is
probable that a mammoth reservoir will be
constructed for storing the waters OF the
brook. City Engineer Currier has been
surveying the proposed site of the dam dur
ing the past week.
The Canton, N. Y, Plaindealer OF last
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