Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-27
Sparks From Granite City.

II. j. Cam returned to his home in
" orcester this morning.
Mrs. George Durfec, Of Pleasant st.,
is i'll with tho measles.
George Dale of Waterbury is in the
city today on legal business.
G.. NJ. Place of Gloversvillc. n. v, is
in the city ON business today.
Mr.. Esterbrook of Lebonon, N, H.,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. o. IL. Hale.
Mrs. Warren G.. Nye and daughter
has gene to Pottsdam, N. Y, for a visit.
G. I. jackson has just finished grad
ing around his Summer street residence.
The Consolidated Lighting Co., are
changing their wires from old to new
poles.
Luther Gates went to Randolph on
business today. He will return tomor-
row.
Ira c. Calcf and sister of Washington
were in the city thisforenoon visiting
friends.
Miss Joanna Park returned last
night from two weeks visit with
friends in Plainiield
l.. J. Bolster is clearing up the trot-
ting park and plans are now being made
for having races late in the season.
The bond to be furnished by Mason
& Co. the contractors who are to build
the city building has not vet arrived.
Miss Pauline Vet of New York is eX-
pected this evening and will be the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Levin.
Ned Roberts who has been taking a
few days vacation with his mother in
Chelsea returned home yesterday noon.
The electric road ran two extra cars
from Montpelier to Barre after the show
last night and both wero loaded down.
b. L,park. of Boston, came to this city
last night and viii stop for the next ten
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e.
W. Park.
WIN Duthie, clerk for NJ. Marion,
is sick to-day, and his place on the de-
livery team is being taken by Arthur
Premier.
The j. S. Vilos Electric Lighting Co.
are connecting l.. A. Averlls grocery
store and the Granite Savings Bank with
their systems today.
Frank Robinson, Miss Katherine
Mathewson, Miss Isabel Whitehead and
Miss Annie Whitehead are spending
the day at Woodbury. Pond.
Miss Delta Collins returned to her
home in Hyde Park this morning She
was accompanied by Miss Alice Pape
and Miss Lillian Campbell.
Chauncoy Harris is fishing the Will
Jamestown branch to-day. lie has just
invented Il new trolling reel which local
fishermen pronounce biz thing.'
Alva Bugbee of Orange was in the
city today calling on friends. Mr. Bug
bee has been sick and yesterday was
his first visit i'll Barre for three years.
Abbott Leach, billing clerk at the
NJ. q W. freight depot sewers his con-
nection with the road on Saturday. lie
will go to Salon, Mass, where he will
reside.
Miss Clara and Lillian Thompson,
who have been visiting at R. l.. Clark's,
left on the 3:05 train for Montreal
whore they will remain for several
months.
l.. j. Bolster has been away on "a
weeks business trip to Burlington, Man
chester and Jamaica. His nephew. Mr..
Shattuck, OF South Londonderry, return
ed with him.
Stephen Forsythe has received let
Ter from James Ingram stating that lie
arrived in Liyerpoole On Sunday. He
is in the best of health and enjoyed the
trip very much.
Alexander Wilson was tried in the
Orange County Court yesterday charged
with threating to kill Walter Cave of
Orange. The charge was changed to
assault and he was fined $500 and costs.
Instead of being Tayntors derrick
which fell sn the hill Monday, as re-
ported by the Times, it was one belong
ing to the Standard Granite Co. 1t is
now being rebuilt 10y Smith, Whitcomb
& Cook.
Frank Bradley and Frank Morgan
took II five hour fishing trip and return
ed with nine spcckled beauties. The
largest weighed a pound and quarter,
the next 10 ounces and the rest about
onc-half pound each.
a man by the name of Briggs, en-
ployed by Emslie a. Mcleod gave HIM
self up last evening. He was wanted !
for assault on one Of the other employees |
a few days ago. He was fined IS and
costs ny Judge Barney.
The teamsters are freely expressing
their disgust as to the condition OF |
Blackwell, ST., which according to their
view, the street commissioner has spoil
ed by carting in sand. One man says,
"You cant draw barrel of erthrough |
there without getting stuck. Why
didn't he use stone chips?
j. II. Lavely reports bad luck in get
ting the well boring machinery to Miles
site. The filing in of coal ashes made
the road so soft that the truck wheels
cut into the roadbcd up to the axleirees.
In trying to pull it out the drawing gear
was broken and the machinery had to
stand on Berlin Hill all night. 1t will
probably take ten horses to pull it out
on hard ground.
Smith Bros, the North Main street
make the announcement that
after tins week they shall discontinue
the sale of fresh beef. They will con-