Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-21
Sparks From Granite City.

N. d. Phelps is in Waserbury on bust
ness this afternoon.
William Walsh has moved from
Brook street to the Tilden house.
Walter F. Morse and son Kenneth
went to Brook field this morning for a
few days visit.
Mrs. C. A. Slack and Miss Sadie Slack
of Maiden, Mass. are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. G. III. Granger.
George Quinn has left the employ of
II. ID. Segel and gone to work in the
store of William Miles in Graniteville.
Richard A. Hoar and John Dillon
went out on fishing trip yesterday to
Williamstown where they caught nice
string of trout.
Richard Drone of Boston is in the
city today and will open an office to
represent Charles Clements of Boston,
granite dealer.
Isaac johnson started work this morn
ing in the cigar store of Payetle, Men
dleson e. Co. He will take the place of
Aaron Leonard.
The Sunday School of the Universe
list church left this morning on the 9.15
electric car for Dewey park where they
held their annual picnic.
w. F. Sturtevant of Boston, who
preached at the Baptisr church last
Sunday, will preach at the Congrega-
tional church in Plainfeld next Sunday.
r John Hale and wife Of St. Johnsbnry
visited at o. II. Hale's yesterday. Mr..
Hale returned to St. Johnsbury in the
afternoon and Mrs. Hale will stay until
Friday
George johnson has just purchased
three year old PAGER from Warren part
les. Although young it is fast horse
and promises to increase its speed as it
grows older.
AT the Second District Convention of
Vermont Democrats held in Burlington
yesterday j. p. Mari of this city was
elected as the member of the District
Committee from Washington County.
There will be meeting of the amuse-
ment committee of the Clan Gordon. in
Odd Fellows Hall at o'clock Saturday
evening. A full attendance is request
ed as the arrangements for the picnic are
to be made at that time.
Clarence Nourse employed at Mari &
Gordon's stone sheds, received a very
painful accident while at work yester-
day. He was sharpening chisel on a
grind stone when in some way the
sharp point penetrated one of his fingers
to the bone.
The Montpelier clerks will come to
Barre tonight to play the local clerks.
The team will be composed of one or
two railroad men and the remaining
players will probably be picked from
the combination team. The battery will
} be Kendrick and German. The game
will be called at five o'clock.
Jesse Cayhue received letter from
his son Jack this morning stating that
Arthur Canning was very sick with ty-
phoid fever. His temperature has been
1O5 and he is considered dangerously
sick. Canning came here from West
port. Mass. a few weeks before he en-
listed but he is well known to many in
this city.
There was lively runaway on North
Main street yesterday afternoon. The
delivery team of bowers Il Chessor was
, left at house near Smith Bros. market
5 when the horse became frightened and
ran up the street as far as the CONNER
cial House where he was stopped. There
, was some horse left but the wagon and
harness was minus quantity.
!; The new parsonage of the Universe
list society is now completed all except
putting in the elecaric wires, and the
pastor, Rev. Eflie X. M. Jones will move
in next week. 1t will be one Of the
pleasantest and best fitted up residences
, in the city and the society is to be con-
graduated upon having such a pretty
home for its pastor.
The foot ball teams of Clan Gordon
and the Burns club are in active train
ing twice each week for the annual
game for the cup, which will be played
at the Clan Gordon picnic on the sixth
of August. There will also be base
ball game on that day between the
DdlLc JULIUS anu tllo pun VI luC StOllc
sheds. George Petrie will captain the
latter team.
Yesterday noon Jerry McCarty left
his horse standing in the hot sun near
C. l.. Smith & Co.'s sheds. After the
animal had been standing there for some
time and the hot sun beating down on it,
it fell to the ground overcome with the
heat. After Jerry had soaked the
beasts head little and taken the har-
ness all off, he got a dozen stone cutters
and got the horse to its feet.
The electric railroad company have
decided to put an incondescent light on
the pole near the fork shop, as it was
considered dangerous for person to
climb the ladder to place a lantern
there This is the place w. j. Ross re-
ccived a shock. and fell to the ground.
A push button will be placed on the
) pole near the ground, so it can easily be
lighted.
Harry Wilkinson, employed by Jones
Bros. badly injured his hand yesterday
afternoon. He was walking from one
shed to another with a Ratchet in his
hand. lie stubbed his toe on stone
and fell to the ground. The Ratchet
struck his left hand and cut long cash