Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-02
Sparks From Granite CITY.

f. l.. Pope and wife Of Randolph are
in the city today.
Marcus Peak and wife of Brookfield
are visiting friends in the city.
Homer Laid a student at Dartmouth
is visiting his brother f. ID. Ladd.
Rev. A. N. Lewis of Montpelier was
the guest of Rev. III. w. II. Stafford
yesterday.
The East Barre orchestra will give a
dance in East Barre tomorrow evening
from eight to two o'clock.
Clarence KendIick who has been visit
inc friends in Mortified for a few days
returned home last night.
Alton j. Wheeler formerly of this city
now of Calais is in the city OH business
for Il few days.
..Scott' the old New Foundland dog
owned by A. &. Lapoint died yesterday
afternoon. lie was ~ years old.
j. Frank "IIunton is working in Wor-
%cestcr, Mass, He is assistant superin-
tendcnt of the Webb Construction Co.
William Carney was arrested last
evening by officer Brown for drunken
ness. He will be tried this afternoon.
All members of the Torrent Hose
running team are requested to be pres
ent at the hose house Friday, June 3, at
$50 p. m. Per request of FOREMAN,
The funeral of the young daughter of
b. w. Hooker will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. A. +.
Atwater will ofliciate. Interment at Elm
wood Cemetery.
The Epw6rth League will hold a bust
ness meeting at the Methodist church
Friday evening at $50. After the bust
ness meeting Il social will be held for
members only.
Messcr a. Burnham's horse became
frightened last evening while in front
of their store and ran toward Main
street. AS it was about to turn onto
Merchant street, Il. W. Kelley stopped
it.
George Mann made complaint to May
or Gordon yesterday afternoon that dogs
had damaged his garden. He said he
wanted damages but is not responsible
for the work of dogs.
The case of State VS.. James Good,
which was tried before a jury a number
of weeks ago, has been dismissed by
City Attorney Swasey. The jury could
not agree. the vote standing 4 to 9 for
acquittal.
The ladies of the G. A. r. heard yes
terday that there vas a family in the
city who was in need of food and cloth
inc. The husband enlisted with Com
pany +. The ladies have generously
supplied them with both.
Perry & Camp are having the front
of their store changed somewhat. They
will have a plate glass window and also
a new door. This will make a great
improvement in the appearance Of the
building.
At a business meeting of the Y. p
C. U. of the Universalist held at Miss
Carrie Wheelock's last evening Mis-.
Kate Bowles was elected a delegate te
the National Y. p. c. U. Convention t(
be held in Chicago July 14th. The con
vcntion will last one week.
The other contributors to the box O.
provisions which was sent to the Com
pany f boys yesterday were Miss Liz
zie Wood, Miss Lizzie Park, Miss Jen
ME Common, Miss Mary Mill, Miss Liz
zie Mill, Miss Jennie Brown, Miss Bel
Dole, Miss Mamie McAuley and Mis-.
Duncan.
Considerable interest was occasionet
this morning when the painting of the
sit cple on the Universalist church be
! gan underthe direction of John G. Dodge
Doe of his employees was sent to the
very summit of the steeple which is 13(
feet from the ground. The manner O.
getting to the top of it is of much inter-
est. Mr.. Dodge climbed up on the
inside of the structure and bored a hole
through the wall of the spire through
which a rope was let down to the ground
A patriotic entertainment will be
given by Ethan Allen council. O. U. A
NJ, this evening in -4uinlan building
1t VII be in honor of Il. +. Gilmor,
and the officers of the state council 0
Vermont who will be present. All ole
soldiers and sailors are especially in
vited. After the entertainment ligh
refreshments will be served.