Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-14

Clayton S. Meaker left this morning
for Burlington.
Daniel Allore left this morning for
his home in st. Adams.
John Mortimer went to Boston this
morning on business.
G. II. Smith left this morning for
brief trip to Worcester, Mass.
George p. Barber leaves tomorrow
for Hinesburg where he will make his
home in the future,
The last case of diphtheria in the city
is convalescing rapidly and the city will
soon be free from the disease.
A license was issued yesterday for
the marriage of Winford E, Sanford
and Miss Mamie Worthen, of this city.
The teachers of the Universalist Sum
day school will meet at the parsonage
Friday afternoon at four o'clock to make
arrangements for the Christmas concert.
M. S. Drown has taken a position on
the road as representative of the Walk
enhose Manufacturing Company OF Bos-
ton and he is introducing them in this
city.
There will be whist party, oyster
supper and dance at the village hall in
East Montpelier this evening. Music
will be furnished by Van Orman's or
chestra.
Each lady who is to furnish articles
for the sale to held by the Ladies' Aid
Society is requested to hand the same to
the person soliciting not later than Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. IS. M. York began moving today
to her new apartments in the Morse
building. The family of Earnest George
is moving into the tenement vacated by
her on Elm street.
William j. Brown and Alice Gauthier
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Gay,
were married at 2 30 o'clock this after
noon in the Presbyterian church. Rev.
Thos. Mitchell officiating.
The Rev T. II. Mitchell leaves this
afternoon at o'clock for Montreal
where he will remain for two days and
then go to Ottawa where he will stop
with relatives and friends for about
three weeks.
The number of scholars enrolled IN
the schools of the city during the past
term was 1887. This is a large in
crease over last year. The enrolment
for the past two terms, meaning the diff
fercnt students is 1896.
AT the rehearsal for the family album
last night everything was gone through
in fine shape so that the entertainment
tonight is sure to be success. The
baked bean supper begins at o'clock
and the entertainment at O'Clock.
One of the large white faced horses
of George E. Mcfarland was drowned
yesterday in the ice pond at Jockey
Hollow. They were scraping the snow
from the ice when the horse broke
through and he drowned before they
could get him out.
Smith, Whitcomb & Cooks gristmill
at North Barre has been overrun with
rats for some time and few days age
the miller, p. S. Prior, started war OF
extinction. With the aid of patent
wire trap he has SO far succeeded ir
catching twenty-one of the troublesome
little animals, and is still after them.
At the meeting of the retail clerks
last night ten new members were init
ted into the Union. Those admitted
were as follows: Messrs. Frank Cove
Chas. Nj. Rodee, c. II. Granger, Arthur
Premier, Victor Poulen. Morris Vein
berg and Henry Corosky; Mrs. Laura
j. Wescott, and Misses Lizzie Garvey
and Stella Watson. Besides these, fifteer
other applications were presented.
The ladies of the Church of Messiah
in Montpelier will hold militar,
bazaar in their vestry tomorrow and
Friday, commencing tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock. An oyster supper
will be served tomorrow from $50 tc
Z o'clock, after which will be given a
patriotic entertainment. Friday there
will be served a chicken pie dinner
from - till o'clock. The bazaar will
close with Crawford entertainment at
$50 Friday. Barre people who take in
the chicken pie dinner on Friday will
leave on the LIS car.
Tim Holland of Mortified drove up
here yesterday and hitched his span of
horses under the gristmil shed at North
Barre. About 1,30 p. m. a terrible rack.
ct out there started p. S. Prior out from
the mill. Mr.. Root, the oil man, was
already on the scene. One of Mr.. Uol-
lands horses was down, very badly
mixed up with the pole and the other
horse. He was grooming and thrashing
about in great shape. At every plunge
his heels played lively tattoo on the
ribs of the other horse, but luckily his
shoes were smooth and did not cut any
Robert Linham and gang of men at
work on the railroad were called in and
finally succeeded in Strengthening out
the tangle. Neither horse appeared to
be much injured, but if they had been
left much longer one or both of them
would undoubtedly have died.
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