Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-14
ALLEN & RICHARDSON
Sparks From Granite City.

W. F. Scott, of Burlington, was in
the city yesterday.
Mrs. w. II. Buchanan is little i'm
proved today.
H. A. Gould is in East Orange for a
couple of days.
George Carey and wife of 81. Johns
bury are in the city today.
Miss Annie McIver has gone to Ber-
lin Falls, N. II. for visit.
Dean Perry has returned from a two
days outing on Mt. Mansfield.
w. A. Bradford shipped fine pair of
black horses to Boston this noon.
Court Granite City +. of a. will in
stall officers at its meeting this evening
Mrs. G. B. Nichols left to-day for
West Calais to visit the family of Henry
Towne.
b. w. Hooker, wife and family have
gone to Greensborough for two weeks
vacation.
The water in the Stevens Branch is
reported to be lower than it has been
for a long time.
+. A. Sherburn and family of Mont
pelier were in this city today, the guests
of his father, Rev. j A. Sherburn.
Mrs. II. N. Burnham and child re-
turned yesterday afternoon from Boston
after an extended visit.
There will be a meeting of the Ep-
worth League this evening at the Meth
odist church after the regular prayer
meeting.
j. M. Kline, of Philadelphia, stopped
at the home of DR.. &. b. Nichols last
evening. He left for Portland, Me, to-
day.
Mrs. +. X. Frecborn of Hudson,
Mass, stopped over night with her
sister, Mrs. George l.. Bates. She is
visiting in Washington today.
Manager Frank Merchant of the
Combination base ball team has had a
talk with pitcher Cole and he will prob
ably be appointed captain of the team.
The Company +. boys at Chickamau-
ga have new style of envelope that is
very pretty. The whole face of the
outside front is representation of the
Cuban flag.
Haskell Corosky, clerk at the Combi-
nation Cash Store, expecta to leave on
the evening train for Boston. From
there he will go to Portland, Maine.
He will be gone about two weeks.
There will be game of base ball on
Saturday afternoon at 2.30 p. III. at
Central Park between the employees of
Mathieson & Browns and Mari & Cor
don's. 1t promises to be very inter-
esting game.
Prof. viii Wheaton, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, is in the city visiting his brother
Clarence during his summer vacation.
Prof. Wheaton is former Barre boy
and has many friends in the city. Since
leaving this place he has become Il
noted musician in the West.
Mr.. Hoffer, of the Sargent Manufac-
turing Company, of New Britain, Conn,
was in the city yesterday with line of
builders hardware and secured the
orders from the Currier Block and the
new residence of Mrs. Morse through
e. j. Reynolds e. Son.
The adjourned meeting of the city
council will be held this evening and
the water question will be taken up.
Mayor Gordon has received Mr.. Blake's
report on the water question and it will
probably be read at the meeting this
evening. 1t will probably be an ex-
ecutive session.
Clark Thorn & Co are putting up a
building 80 feet square and 30 feet high
as an addition to their stone shed. This
will give them room to work two gangs
of men. They will add five or six hands
to their force when the building is COM
pleted. They report the granite bust
ness as very satisfactory these days.
w. II. Harrison of the Harrison Gran
lite Co. who has been in the city for a
few days, and James Ingram left last
evening for New York city. From
there Mr.. Harrison will 60 to Philadcl-
phia and on Saturday Mr.. Ingram will
sail on the Campania for Liverpool. He
will visit his old home in Aberdeen,
Scotland and will probably be gone
three months.
The Y. M. G. A. of Montpelier will
hold lawn party on the ground of G.
II. Moore Friday evening July 10Th to
which the people of Barre are cordially
invited. Cake and ice cream will be
served, seats provided. The grounds
will be very attractively decorated. The
band are expected to be present and an
exceptionally pleasant occasion is anti
cipated. Make up party of your
friends and enjoy the outing.
The Combination base ball team will
play their second game of ball with the
Railroad men at Central Park this af-
ternoon at $50. Cole and Smith will
be the opposing pitchers and rafting
good game of ball is in store for the
lovers of the sport. Smith has had a
long rest and with good support, he
ought 10 pitch good ball. Cole is also
in good form. The admission will be
zen cents. .,
Another substantial and handsome
lark granite monument for which Barre
s so famed is nearly ready to be ship
bed. 1t was cut by Clark Thorn e. Co.
md is going to Illinois. The monu-
nent is quite unique in design. 1t con-
lists of three bases, plinth, die and col
mn and double cap, and stands feet
inches high. Following are dimen-
ions: First base, 6 fl. in. 10y 4 it.
in; End base, 5 fit. 6 in. by 3 fit. 2 in. !;
rd base, 5 fl. by fit. 8 in; plinth,
#, in. by #. 3 in. ; die, 2 it. 7 in.
y 2 #. 3 i'm; cap. it. 6 in. by 2 fl.