Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-13
Mr.. Emory of Bethel was in the city

James Hutchinson of Randolph was
in the city yesterday to visit his nephew
l.. r, Hutchinson.
The Conley Comedy and Advertising
Company gives free entertainment at
Miles Hall tonight.
Thomas Cave Jr. and Mr.. Bell took a
business trip through East Barre and
Williamstown this morning.
The fvncy flooring at the entrance of
Miss M. A. Miles new millinery store
is being put in this afternoon.
A. w. Prescott the travelling auditor
of the Montpelier and Wells River rail
road is in the city on business today.
II. A. lIoar is going to Waterbury
tonight to investigate a case there III
which man received serious injuries.
Mrs. G. X. Davis who has been visit.
ing at Montpelier and East Montpelier
for the past three weeks has returned
home.
The Y. p. G. U. of the Universalist
church will hold a chicken pie supper
Tuesday Oct. 18th, in MIR. Fits old
store.
Quite large number of people from
the city are attending the centennial Of
the Congregational church in Berlin this
afternoon.
Corporal W. d. Grant who has been
taking the physical examination with
his company in St. Johnsbury returned
home last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Fisher of Montpe
lier and Mrs. Charles Newcomb o.
Waitsfield called upon Mr.. and Mrs
w. II. Gale yesterday.
All persons who desire amendments
for the City Charter must prepare the
same in writing and hand them to city
clerk Wells before Saturday night Oct.
18th.
Nat Keith is working in w. III. Con-
nor's grocery store during the absence
of Orcutt Burnham who is attending the
Y. p. S. c. +. convention at Bellows
Falls.
The County Court issued an order
Saturday that unless all respondent
should appear and plead next Monday
morning bal! would be forfeited anc
bonds called.
County Court is still trying to fine
out who owned those celebrated oxen
and the indications are that they viii
not arrive at anything definite before
sometime next week.
Mrs. Archie Batchelder of Plainfielt
who has been visiting at Mason Pages
for few days past returned home to
day. Mr.. Batchelder is attending tho
Knights Templar convention in Pitts
burg Pa.
Rev. w. II, W. Rees D. d. of Cincin
natl, o. will preach at Heddipg church
Sunday morning instead of evening a.
previously announced. DR.. Rees is {
pulpit orator of rare ability and his
theme is one of absorbing interest.
Constable w. II. Buchanan arrested
Timothy Lee last evening charged witt
an assault upon the person of Johr
Ryan. He was brought before Judge
Barney last night on complaint of Crane
Juror Fay. He pleaded not guilty but
was found guilty and fined $ and
costs.
Among those who went TO Burling-
ton today to attend the reception to the
3rd Cavalry were w. w. Calder and
wife, Charles Robbins and wife, Henry
Jilsoa, Geo. Earle, II. A. Holt and wife,
Mrs. G. M. Wiley, Mrs. E. A. Drown
|. 0. Wales, II. B. Brooks. Mrs. Henry
Smith, Mrs. E. l.. Smith. A. A. North.
rup, Mrs. John Smith, John Collins,
and W. A. Boyce.
The Vermont State Pharmaceutical!
Association is TO hold its 9th annual
meeting in Montpelier Oct. % and 26,
A report is to be read from w. f. Root
of Brattleboro who was state delegate
to the A. Phi. A. meeting held in Balti-
more in August. A. B. Huested M. d.,
Professor at the Albany College of
Pharmacy will also deliver an address,
w. II. Gladding of this city is men,
Der Of the Executive committee.
Work on our citv park is rushing to-
day. The concreting will be nearly
completed cn the Washington street to-
night. The handsome fountain at the
center of the park is being set up and
the place is icing prepared for the
drinking fountain near the sidewalk at
the north corner. These two fountains
when completed will cost in the vicinity
of 500. The electric light pole at the
north corner is being moved to the edge
of the sidewalk rs are also two electric
poles on the Washington street side
which are owned by the electric road.
AT the rate work is going on today it
will be but short time before we have
a very pretty park.
Some months ago we ridiculed a
country newspaper for publishing in
its columns the startling announcement
that it was q common occurrence for
deer, bears and other wild animals to
be seen on the streets of Barre. There
is one thing, however, that we cannot
deny, and that is that on certain street
at the south end of the city man has
to be expert in woodcraft in order to
wend his way along the sidewalk
after dark on account of the trees
and posts which grow up apparently
from the concrete. 1t is said that man
living in that section had occasion not
many nights since to come down street
during the night after a doctor for his
sick wife. 1t is said that he got lost in
this sidewalk forest and his wife came
near dying before he got back. How
ever that may be it is true that these