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

Byron Crawford.
Edward Coffee started work yester-
day on Miles block.
George and Robert johnson were in
Waitsiield yesterday.
Joseph Lager spent last night with
relatives in East Barre.
Mr. and Mrs, Will Campbell are re-
joicing on the birth of son.
S. ID. Tilton of Woodsville, con-
tractor, is in the city today.
Carl Sawyer commenced work today
for lnnis 4 Cruickshauk.
William Cuts children of Groton are
visiting w. L. Bradford.
Leroy Kent of Calais was in the city
last evening and called on friends.
Charles Carver returned yesterday to
Orange after visit with his parents.
Mrs. Angus Stewart of Brooklyn
street who has been quite sick, is inn
proving.
Rev. A. N. Lewis of Montpelier was
the guest of Rev. ii. w. r. Stafford
yesterday.
Lydia a. IIyland left this noon on the
1880 train for PASSPORT, Me. to spend
the summer.
W. j. Mclean, clerk at II. ID. Segel's
store, resumed work this morning after
IL few days illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thad Martin of South
Main street are the happy parents OF a
daughter born yesterday.
The Methodist society are talking of
holding Sunday School picnic at Dew
cy park next Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus Church of
Williamstown are in the city today Wis
ting their ncice Mrs L. +. Perry.
Mrs. ii. X. Bush and daughters Maud
and Lillian left yesterday afternoon for
Bethel to spend month with friends.
L. II. Thurston had letter yesterday
from his son at Chickamauga. He said
that all the boys We're well and happy.
Ludwig Levin of Payette Mendelsohn
Il Co. sent up Il large balloon last night
with the word Sampson printed upon it.
Alfred J. Connolly held services at
the reservoir Sunday. He is now writ
ing book entitled, Woman's Influence
over Man.
n. r. Ryan of Brattlehoro is in the
city today on business. He is state
treasurer of the Catholic Order of For
estcrs and is well known here.
A live wire came in contact with enc OF
the trolly wire poles on Washington
street last ight and created Il consid
cradle blaze.
Two more carloads of pipe came yes
terday for the system between the Mar
tin Brook and Bolster reservoir. There
are five more carloads yet to come.
Harry lIoughton and Chauncy Harri;
who have been fishing at Groton Pon(
for the past two days returned yester
day with a large number of bass, pix
and pickerel.
S. d. Tilton Of Woodsville, N. H..
and his gang of men are laying concrete
sidewalks on Summer street in front O
d. NJ. Miles and l.. M. Averill property
Fred Long and Fred Folsom went t'
Chelsea yesterday where they viii
build the under pinning of n new block
The stone will be cut in this city by A
G. Rich.
Mrs. II. W. Scott left this mornin!
for Fairfax where she will spend few
days. During her absence, her place a
stenographer at the Acme Granite Co
will be taken by Miss Gertrude Robin
son.
The Italian liquor case came up this
morning before Justice Scott His fine
and costs amounted to 1888, which he
paid. Richard A. Hoar prosecuted fol
States Attorney Rowland. w. W. La
point appeared for the defendant.
Ed Smith goes, today to Middlebury
to attend the Fireman's State Convention
as Il delegate from Company No l
tramer Allen goes rs delegate from
No, , and Werner Beck as a delegate
from No. 3.
Railroad commissioners Miller, Stan.
ton and keniicld, A. o. Humphrey OF
Burlington ahd Superintendent Smith OF
the Barre ~ Montpelier Electric road
are in the city today investigating
things in regard to the accident that ac-
CURED to William j. Ross this evening
There We're only six or seven electric
lights in the city which were burning
last evening. This was caused by the
wires being crossed and the ground
connections. On Washington street
near Cliff street, one of the wires of the
Consolidated Lighting Co. was burned
off and this shut off the current from
different parts of the city.
Some persons broke into Harrison
Co.'S sheds between noon Saturday and
Monday morning and stole number of
cutters tools. Arthur Loranger lost an
S-cut hammer, Stephen McGritfin 12-
cut hammer and an Italian chsel ham,
mer and number of other tools. A
good deal of petty thieving is being
committed in these sheds.
There was an adjourned session of
the city council last evening. Alder
man Mcfarland was not present. d.
NJ. Miles asked to lay pipes from top of
Bassett street hill to his new block on
n. Main street. The matter was left with
Mayor Gordon. An executive session
was ordered. Another meeting will be
held this evening.
The committee from the board of
school commissioners who have in charac
the matter of building of the cellar to
tho new school building met last even
inc and voted to award the contract to