The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-28
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or AUTHORIZATIONS
And GENERAL.
Barre,

TON last Thursday.
There is case of diphtheria in the family
OF Louis Cassi on Granite street.
Judge @. H. Darling OF Bennington was
In Barre on business last Friday
Miss Alice Thurston, teacher in the Sum-
mer street school, is i'll with grip.
DR.. J. S. McSweeney has been in Hart
ford, Conn, during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Potter OF woodsville
were guests last week Of IL. W. Scott.
The annual dinner and roll-call at He'd.
ding church will be held next Saturday.
q. r.. Tavntor & Co. shipped. last week.
SIX 81 carloads of dressed stone to Woodlawp,
Mrs. II. A. Walker and children are Wis
lung at the home of Mrs. Walker in Newton.
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Charles H. Wells is visiting Mrs. f. G.
Rowland and b. II. Wells, his aister and
brother. "-N
W. e. Sanborn and Miss Mamie Worthen
were married last Wednesday by Rev. A,
K. Atwater.
George j. Towne and wife spent Christ
mas in Morrisville at the former home of
Mrs. Towne.
Miss Genevieve Carpenter is at home
from the University of Vermont for the holt
day vacation.
Mrs. Cora NJ. Smith of Leavenwortb.
| "'o BucoN VI nov bTlb IL, M.
Jones, her sister.
Miss Gladys Beckley is at home from the
New England Conservatory Of Music, Bos.
ton, for the holidays.
Inc Unlversalist Ladies' Union will hold
a watch-night sociable at Goddard Seminary
next Saturday evening
A daughter was born last Thursday to
Mr.. and Mrs. James Grow and son the
same day to Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Barclay:
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs William
Reaside died last Friday and was buried
Saturday afternoon in Elmwood cemetery.
The annual masquerade ball under the
auspices OF the ladies of Clan Gorden will
be held next Friday evening at Armory
hall.
William Knight left last Saturday even
| ing for New York and has sailed from that
CITY for Aberdeen, Scotland, to remain I'M
til June.
Rev. Father P. NJ. McKenna celebrated
midnight mass in St. Monica's church last
Saturday night. An elaborate musical pro-
gramme was rendered.
Charles Beckley of Barre and Miss Leila
| Williams OF Plainfield were married last
Saturday evening at the home of Chester
Beckley, father of the groom.
Mrs. George Richardson submitted to an
operation at Mary Fletcher hospital at Bur-
lngton last Wednesday and has since been
Frank MCGOWAN was before Judge Boyce
last Friday morning charged with an as
sault on Roderick Mclean. His fine and
costs amounted to S1251 which he paid.
Smith Brothers, the enterprising North
Barre meat and provision dealers, are to
put an electric motor in their meat market
for the purpose of grinding sausage meat.
ID. V. Stone OF Minnehaha Eacnmpment
OF Odd Fellows has been appointed District
for 1iutri NJ, <
winch includes Barre, Montpelier and Ran
dolph.
MI and Mrs. Charles Gilley and daugh
ter were nearly asphyxiated last Wednes-
day night at their home on Granite street,
by coal gas from stove. They are all re.
covering.
William Haley, lad fourteen wears old
was taken last Thursday to the State In.
dustrial school at Vergennes by Constable
| clayton, 10 serve sentence of twenty-six
weeks Tor vagrancy.
Patrick Dolan was thrown from his sleigh
on South Main street last Wednesday and
was dangerously injured by being kicked
IN the stomach by b & horse His condition
has since been critical.
The annual exhibiting OF the Granite
| City Poultry and Pet Stock Association is
now in progress in this city. A large num-
| Der OF entries have been received and the
affair is proving very much of success.
Because of complaints made to him May
or Gordon has issued an order to Chief of
Police Rowland, notifying him to see that
keepers of all cigar and fruit stores have
their places of business closed hereafter on
Sunday.
John w. Conneli former popular sta.
| ton agent in Barre for the Central Vermont
railroad, arrived in town from Virginia last
Saturday, to remain over the holidays with
Mrs. Council, who has been in Barre for
several weeks.
George Burnham, who is wanted in
Plattsburg, n. Y, for grand larceny, was
| arrested in Berlin last Sunday by Deputy
Sheriff Shepard. He was taken to Jail at
Montpelier and on Monday was escorted to
Plattsburg by Officer Shepard.
During this week the mails at the post
! office will be closed at nine o'clock instead
thing in the nature OF an experiment and
may be made permanent feature of the
service at the Barre post-office
The newly-elected officers OF the Daugh-
tiers OF Rebekah Lodge are: Noble grand,
Mrs. Hattie Alden; vice-grand, Mrs Mary
Quigley secretary, Mrs. Effie Stone; treas
urer, Mrs. Lucinda Higman. These officers
will be installed Wednesday evening, Jan
uary 4.
| Annie #. Gilbertson and e. p. Hall were
married last Wednesday evening by Rev
K. M. Fuller at the home of the bride on
Bolster avenue After the ceremony, q re-
ception was held at which about fifty of the
friends and relatives were present. Mr..
and Mrs Hall are to reside on Elm street.
A special meeting of the city council
was held last Friday evening at police head
quarters when the question of plastering
OF the city building caused an animated and
at times heated discussion. No definite &C.
ton was taken in regard to the matter. I.
l. Snow was appointed to have charge of
wiring the building for electricity.
At the annual meeting of Page Camp,
Sons of Veterans, held last week, George
Gauthier was elected captain, Charles
Gauthier, first lieutenent, Fred Sharkey,
second lieutenant, K. E. Perry e. II. Jones
and w. W. Lapoint, camp council. These
officers will be installed next Tuesday even.
ing and the installation ceremonies will be
followed by an oyster supper.
AT the regular meeting OF the beard OF
aldermen, held last week, building permits
were granted to Mary A. Camden, Houston
& Halton, Joseph Parola, M. e. Smile, r.
Lane, Bugbee & Alexander and Mrs. Ella
Lamb. The poultry and pet.stock associa-
ton was given permission TO hang sign
across the sidewalk in front of Armory hall.
The question OF plastering the new city
building was discussed at length and a COM
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