Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-04

Mr. and Ms. +. r. Grout of Monlpe-
lier and Mr. and Mrs. w. +. Colby #
Berlin visited at l.. f. Gri>wol yes!er-
day.
Ward IL Douglass are mo ing today
the house formerly owned and used rs
a residence by &. j. Reynolds to the
top Of il.ll street where they will set it
up and rent it as Il tenement.
Anyone at North Barre having news
items for publication in the TELEGRAM
will confer favor on us by leaving the
same at &. j. Hawes' barber shop, 1877
North Main street.
Mr.. Spaulding of North Montpelier
who recently sold his farm there was in
town yesterday to ascertain if there was
any small farm for sale in this vicinity
as Mr.. Spaulding is thinking of settling
here.
Thomas Mari has returned to Barre
after an absence of five years and has
secured position with Burley &
Calder. The changes here while he
has been away were great surprise to
him.
Some .'Smart Alec" pulled up the
fence last night, which &. Tomasi plac-
ed as safeguard by the cellar he is
digging on North Main rect. 1t is time
that some such kid" tricks were put
a stop to.
Corporal W. d. Giant who was re-
Gently mustered out of the St. johns =
bury Company and who has been stop
ping here with his parents this week
returned this afternoon to L. V. NJ.
where he is student.
Frank Bailey and his brother Luther
of Villa mstown are in the city today.
Luther is fast recovering from his ILL
ness which he contracted at Chickamau-
ga and has nearly reganed his former
weight.
One of Mackie, IIussey & Company's
men, George Ingram, had an eye cut re-
Gently. 1t has constantly been growing
worse instead of better and today MIR.
Ingram went TO Boston for treatment at
the Eye and Ear lnfirmary.
Representative Robert Cartnell, Oar
win Rider and Henry Hammond of
Middlebury were in the city yesterday
and We're greatly aslonishcd at the
change which has taken place here since
they visited Barre several years ago.
Frank Field of Brattlcboro who has
been in Montpelier to attend the re-
union of the Sons of the Revolution call
ed on friends in the city this morning.
Mr. Field was formerly sergeant in
Company |.
Manager Bushnell of the Goddard foot
ball team communicated yesterday with
the manager of the L. Y. Nj. team for
the purpose of arranging game with
them next Monday as NJ. S. was desir-
Gus of canceling the Goddard game,
L. V. NJ. refused to play next Monday
but offered Bushnell a later date Nov.
2lst which he will probably accept.
The farmers who drive here to do
their trading are highly indignant be-
cause there are no places to hitch horses
along the streets. At present they are
obliged to bring their wives along for
hitching posts. The ladies are getting
sick of this kind of business, ana who
can blame them. 1t does seem as though
there Nigh, be place somewhere, to
hitch horses.
Work on the Blackwell street bridge
is progressing rapidly. The most de-
cayed stringers are being replaced by
new ones and the bridge was nearly half
repankcd this morning. The planking
is being laid diagonaliy and space is
left between pieces. The bridge will
be ir fair shape when the repairs are
completed but safety demands that it be
posted against loads of over ten tons
heft.
As Deputy Sheriff f. c. French was
driving up North Main street yesterday
afternoon on his return from Middlesex
where he had been on legal business, he
met with what came near being seri-
Gus accident. He turned in at Cottage
street where the king-bolt of the buggy
broke and As the horse was trotting at a
pretty good speed MIR. French was
thrown several feet into mid air and
landed on HI stomach in the gutter. lie
was badly shaken up but mraculonsly
there were no bones broken.
As was announced in these columns a
few days ago Il lecture on "Savonanola"
the political and religious Reformer of
Florence will he delivered in the Pres
byterian church next Monday evening
at 80 O'Clock. Before coming to Can
ada DR.. Barclay was the Minister of St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh and one of the
chaplains to Queen Victoria. This lat
ter position of honor he still holds along
with the oversight of St. Pauls Presby-
teran church, the wealthiest and most
influential congregational of Montreal.
DO not fail to hear this distinguished
preacher and lecturer. Admission %
cents.