The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-02


A daughter was born last Friday to Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Joncaus.
The regular orchestra for the new opere
house will be led by Ed. Bruce.
George T. Connors was in New York and
Boston last week on business trip.
Miss Grace Huntington OF Princeton, ILL.,,
is the guest of Mrs. A. W. Eastman.
Mrs. II. X. Bush and daughters Maud
and Lillian are visiting in Rochester.
Albert s. Perkins went last Friday to
Augusta, Me-, to remain several weeks.
City Treasurer Wells has been busy dur
ing the past week sending out tax notices.
The referee case OF Harris against Slack
was heard last Friday by y. 8. Stanton OF
Roxbury.
The Ladies' Union gave lawn party
last Friday evening at the home OF Mrs.
Fayette 7. Cutler.
A large delegation from Barre went to
Saratoga this week TO attend the Univer-
salist summer meeting.
Alexander Bruce, II. X, Bush, s. d. AL
len and o. II. Richardson were at Groton
pond over last Sunday.
A young daughter OF John f. Mcdonald
had her right arm broken last Saturday by
team running over it.
James Guy and Miss Bertha NJ. Webster
were married last Thursday by Rev. e. w.
cummings at MS re5lu6nC6.
o. II. Hale is laying the foundation for q
four story building to be erected at the rear
OF his residence on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren G. Nye and daugh-
ter Ethel went last Saturday to Potsdsm,
N. Y, to remain until August II.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jack sailed from
Boston for Scotland last Saturday, where
they expect to remain year or more
The new directory for the city OF Barre
contains 1857 names, an increase OF $50
over the directory issued about year ago.
f. S. Williams, one of the rising young
attorneys OF Barre was married last week
at Rockland, Me-, to Miss Sarah K. Low OF
that place.
Mrs. Margaret Gotta of Essex Junction
and j. W. White OF Essex Center were in
Barre last Sunday to attend the funeral of
K. l.. White.
Miss Grace Ingalls, of Mortified has re-
signed as teacher in the Spaulding graded
school, a position she has acceptably filed
for five years.
Ezed Gingum died last Thursday at Web
sterville of typhoid ever, aged twenty FIVE
years. The body was taken to Q1ebec on
Friday for burial.
The Jury in the case of State against An
gelo Scampini for assault on Editor Lang
ley failed to agree and the case was con-
tinued until August /.
George T. Conner has the contract for
furnishing the boxes and the stage and hall
carpets for new opera house. He is busy
this week placing the same.
The infant daughter of Mrs. Adolphus
Fregosi died last Friday OF cholera infant.
um. The funeral was held Saturday after
noon, and burial was in Hope cemetery.
The annual picnic Of Court Granite city,
Foresters of America was held at Cherry
vale grove last Saturday. Special electrics
for several hundred people were provided.
The infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Mueller died last Friday morning at
the home Of her p irents on Summer street.
The burial occurred the same day and was
private.
Rev. DR.. j. W. Hamilton of Cincinnati,
o., one of the secretaries of the Freedmen g
Aid Society, preached at Hedding church
Sunday morning before very large con-
gregation.
A large delegation from the Baptist
church went to East Barre last Thursday to
attend the ordination Of Rev. Walter Sturte-
want. The sermon was preached by Rev.
j. A. McElwaine of Boston.
Mrs John Cheynoworth, who formerly
conducted boarding house in Granite
vile, and later in Barre on Pearl street,
died last week at Copperfied. She had
been suffering with a cancer more than
seven years.
A dozen or more members of St. Aldemar
Commandery, Knights Templar, attended a
meeting OF Mount Zion commandery at
Montpelier last Friday evening and assist
ed in comforting the Order of the Temple
on several candidates.
The burlesque on the New Federation
will be a taking feature OF the entertainment
to be given by local talent in the opera
house Friday and Saturday evenings The
New Woman" will be seen in all her
glory in the burlesque entitled "a Board OF
Trade"
At meeting of the Barre Rangers foot
ball club held last Thursday evening Presi-
dent Brock rendered his resignation, but it
was voted unanimously not to accept the
| same. Charles George was elected secre-
| tary and G. j. r. Taylor a member of the
executive dommittee.
The diphtheria scare seems to be subsid-
| ing. No new cases have been reported for
| several days and the existing cases are not
| considered dangerous by the physicians in
charge. The neighborhOod is still strictly
| quarantined and there seems to be no rea-
| sonable doubt but what the disease will be
kept from spreading.
The new opera house will have 1.06O seats
| exclusive Of the boxes. Manager Lapoint
will sell the use of the four boxes for year,
the purchaser to have the privilege Of con-
trolling the box purchased at all enter.
tainments played under the regular man
sgement, but not when the house is leased
by the night to outside parties or societies
| j. G. Msckie was in Utica, N. Y, last
| Wednesday to attend the ceremonies in
cident to unwilling the Rathbone monu
ment, cut by Msckie, Hussey & Co., oil
Barre. This monument was in honor OF
William Rsthbone the founder OF the
knights of Pythias. 1t cost $14, 900 and the
money was contributed from every lodge
| in America.
The school commissioners have decided
| to ask for the room in the basement OF the
High School building for a school room un
til the completion Of the new Aver street
building. This room is we'll lighted and
heated and will accommodate fifty scholars
The commissioners have also voted to al
low the Civic Federation of Women to i'm
prove the ground in the rear OF Church
street school 30 that 1t can be used for 6
play ground.
Because of the action of the special city
| meeting held last Wednesday a specia
meeting OF the city council was held Thurs
day and 1t was voted to stop all work or
| the East Barre extension OF the water sys
tenn. The sum Of SIT 900 was appropriated
to pay expenses thus far. The lighting
committee recommended that w. W. La