Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-15
Sparks From Granite City.

goods.
Patronize our advertisers for your
Christmas goods.
l.. j. Griffin went to Burlington this
morning on business.
Alfred Boyce is to start tomorrow on
his weekly trip as mail agent.
See what Homer Fits is offering for
his Saturdays sale this week.
Union men of union principles should
trade with union clerks.
Chas Mcmillan Dr. is attending the
Poultry Meeting at st. Johnsbury.
The final examinations for the fall
term at the Seminary are today and to-
morrow.
viii Stevens left on the noon train
for Boston to be away on business for
about ten days.
That large all polished vault that Nc
MILAN & Stephens are cutting is rapid
ly nearing completion.
e: +. Nash Of the Seminary left this
noon for his home in HOLSTER, Mass.
MIR. Nash will return for the winter term
of school.
Taxidermist Houston has just made a
splendid gun rack of the head and feet
of the deer shot in Orange by Walter
Bugbee this fall.
i he case of State VS. Joseph Broggi
which was 10 have been tried for the
second time this morning was continued
until next week.
On account of the space required for
new advertisements a portion of our
local news will be found in the second
and third pages today.
The Commissioners on the French
Estate are in the city today and have
passed several deeds of the property
which was purchased recently.
Those patent wire rat traps that
Prindle & Averill sell are all right. T..
$. Prior caught four more rats last night
each as large as small wood chuck.
Rose Leono has moved his shoe-mak-
ing shop from Mrs, &. T. Whitehill's
building at North Barre. His new To-
cation has not been discovered AS yet.
G. l.. Clough dropped stitch in his
back Monday and is unable to do work
in consequence. lie gets out OF doors
some but cannot move about very freely.
The annual business meeting of the
Ladies' Union is be held in the church
tomorrow afternoon at 2,30, and all
members are urgently requested to be
present.
II. Nj. Cutter travelling agent for the
Chicago North Western Railway was
in the city yesterday. He is the sue
cessor of Charles Halliday who is well
known here.
AT meeting of the n. E. o. p. held
last evening nominations were made Of
officers for the ensuing year. The cleo
ton will take place two weeks from
last night. Two applications for men,
bership were received and one candidate
was initiated,
Stephen Colby conductor on the e.
V. Road is taking two weeks vacs-
ton and conductor Emery is taking his
place. Mr.. Colby will visit in Boston
during his vacation. Conductor Hoy
who has been in Boston for the past two
weeks has returned to work.
II. r. Sluhams team is moving Amos
Provencal from John Soule's house on
Beckley street 10 the Curtis place at the
corner of Merchant and Summer streets.
Mr.. Provencal recently moved here from
Concord, N. Fl. and week from next
Monday will begin taking boarders.
The carpenter work on the Blackwell
street hose house is all finished and
Frank Miles is doing the painting. As
this house makes good quar-
tiers for the hose company, The ground
floor will be used for the hose cart and
other paraphernalia. The second floor
will make very cosy club room and
the boys ought to enjoy themselves
there during the long winter evenings.
The district meeting Of Odd Fellows
takes place tonight The meeting will
be called to order at o'clock by
Hiawatha Lodge. Gill Lodge No. 81 of
East Barre will then take charge and
work the iniliatory degree. Next
lliawalha Lodge No, 90 will work the
first degree. Several of the Grand
Lodge officers are expected to be pres
mt and the banquet will he served ut 10
,'clock,