Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-06
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John Marion has gone to Burlington
to spend the summer
Miss Gussie .Jondro has gone TO
Windsor for short visit.
c. II, Jones of Burlington is in the
city today visiting friends.
Miss Eva Hustled of Mortified is
visiting friends in the city.
Miss Lottic Preston of Sharon is in
the city today visiting friends.
Mrs. +. G. Whitney has gone to
White River Junction for visit.
Ham johnson returned last evenin Q
after few days visit in Manchester,
N. ii.
Mrs. W. f. Barney and son have gone
to Cabot for weeks stay with her
sister.
Mrs. A. ID. Morse and family are
spending the summer at Old Orchard
Beach.
Thomas II. cave Jr. returned homo
last evening after visit with relatives
in Fairce.
Prindle and Avcrill are doing the
plumbing in the new house OF George
p. Boycc.
James Davidson and Aughtney Gay
have returned from Boston after very
pleasant trip.
AT a meeting of Granite chapter last
evening the third degree was worked on
one candidate.
Superintendent Currier reports that
the water in Bolster's reservoir is get
ting quite low.
Harold, the young sou of Charles
Swasey, has gone to work in the Office
of Richard a. Hoar.
A. II. Burke and Frank Duffy return
ed last night from visit to Mr.. Burke's
father in Burlington.
II. G. Downing could not pay his fine
yesterday and was taken to Jail last
evening by Special Wood.
Mrs. NJ. Il. Tcmpleton formerly Of
Montpelier now of New York city visit
ed relatives in town yesterday.
Gardner X. Ripley of North Chelms-
ford Mess. is spending few weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert A. Rugg.
Mrs. Edward Bulmcr and Miss Edith
Bulmer of Montreal are visiting at the
home of Rev. DR.. Samuel n. jackson.
The Misses Agnes and Gertrude
Lyon, who have been visiting at ?. I.
MarIion's have returned to Burlington.
John D. Mcdonald, who was injured
at the quarries a week ago by stepping
on long wire nail, is getting alon..
nicely
Miss Alice SMITH. Miss Alice l}3auch-
ard and Mrs. c. NJ. Wiley LIT :hi,
morning for a short stay at Old Orchard
Beach.
David Sicily and family, who have
been visiting in New Hampshire FIR
short time have returned. They caught
a fine lot of trout.
Miss Lucy Wells, clerk at the post
office, leaves tomorrow for Boston.
From there she will 90 to a number Of
seaport towns on the Maine coast.
The listers of the town CT Barre have
completed their quadriennal appraisal
of property and those who are aggricv-
ed will have until Friday night to take
an appeal.
J. G. Mcleod has finished work at
BoutwelIs quarry in whose employ he
has been for the past eight years. lie
will now devote his whole time TO the
running Of the Langdon boarding house
Abner Hubbard, n former resident Of
this city but now of Southern California,
is visiting friends in town. Mrs Hub
bard died in California short time ago.
She was a sister of viii Bradford of
this city.
The contract for the location of the
postoilicc which should have been
awarded June 27th has not yet been
given out. No word has yet been re-
ceived from the officials at Washington
regarding the delay.
John Marshall, who was arrested by
Officer Brown on Saturday evening for
intoxication was tried yesterday after
noon before Justice Scott and fined -
and costs amounting TO $9.Gl. lie will
be given a day or two TO settle.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Petre while
driving yesterday afternoon on Hill
street We're both thrown out. The
horse became frightened and run. The
wheels passed over the body of Mrs.
Petrc. Both were quite severely bruis-
ed.
Some mischievous persons tore sign
from the walls in the hallway of Cor
don's block last evening. The plaster
was knocked off the walls in one place
doing quite little damage. If the
guilty persons are found they may be
prosecuted.
A horse hitchcd to j. IT, Callahan's
bakery wagon ran away yesterday
afternoon on North Main street but for
Lunately no damage was done. 1t was
stopped in front of Eastman's block.
The horse was frightened by an APP
electric car.
During the celebration last evening
some one broke the flag pole and tore
he new flag which Richard A. lIoar
1ad suspended from his office window
He found the flag this morning lying
lear his office door. 1t was pretty
mean piece of business.
On account of the celebration last ey-
ming u very small crowd attended the
in the Univcrsalisl
'hurch under the auspices of Page camp
sons of Veterans. The pictures were
cry fine and a much larger crowd
hould have been present