Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-21
From Granite City.
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hCdu All u our EMBELLISHMENTS,
Another meeting Of the city council
tonight.
William Miller of Montpelier was in
the city today.
Henry Cassidy Of Burlington is in the
the city On business today.
Harry E. Segel is expected home
from Boston tomorrow evening.
Ludwig Levin returned today from a
short business trip to St. Johnsbury.
The city clerks room in the city hall
is being tinted today by Peter lombard.
A daughter was born to Alderman
and Mrs. e.. E. Mcfarland this morn
ing.
MIR. and Mrs, c. S. Wallace returned
last night from Il few days visit in Mid
dlesex.
The Socialists hold a meeting in Miles
hall at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All
are invited.
The plumbers are busy putting in the
gas pipes at the Catholic church and at
the parsonage.
G.. j. Reynolds 4 Son have received
the contract for furnishing fire hose for
the new opera house.
Daniel Graney left on the II o'clock
train last night for his hons in Boston
after working here a few weeks.
AT the meeting of lIiawatha Lodge
|. O. O. f. held last night the second
and third degrees were worked on one
candidate.
Bert Grifliths, who recently closed
his labors as hackman in this city, left
Yesterday afternoon for Waterbury fora
weeks visit.
j. w. Grady the tailor who recently
came here from Mortified and located
in the Quinlen building was a member
OF Company + and the patriotic people
of Barre should patronize him.
Mrs. w. j. Higman received a des-
patch from Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday
saying that her sister, Miss Sylvia
Greenway, was just alive. Mrs. llig-
man and daughter left yesterday for
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. e. B. Durkee is having a new
tenement house built in Ahern Place,
This is on the land which was recent
ly owned by Ex-alderman Durkee, and
the house will have all the most modern
improvements including a nice lawn in
front.
Mrs. Maud Hunt Benjamin of Maiden,
Mass, is to give a reading entertain
ment in the Hedding Methodist church
on the evening OF the 10th of May under
the auspices of the senior class at the
High School. For further particulars
see later.
A team of local base ball players wi |
play the Seminary team at $3.50 Satur-
day afternoon. The battery of the down
team will probably be Petrie and
This is the first game of the
and it is hoped that the public
will give the teams all the encourage
ment possible. Everybody go and see
the game.
The sugar season is about at a close
in Vermont, and from general reports
t is probably the smallest for years.
None of the large sugar dealers have
made half as much sugar as they are
accustomed to make and some have not ;
made more than one-fourth or one-third
he amount. The syrup as II rule has !
lot us clear u color although u number
II the makers say their syrup and sugar n
5 of good quality. The syrup Is sell. Il
no from 81 TO $1.10 a gallon and the (
ugar at 10 cents a pound. ..
While Vermont is knee deep in mud. /
Dr.. {. V. Bogue reports in II letter of #
ecent date from Glendale, near Los n
that ''California is as dry rs
n old Vermont garnet" and adds that l.;
lat section. with no rain of any amount W
'r three years, is "practically u desert I
for irrigation.' There is great e,
in the ranch settlements and the CT
title are dying of starvation. The f
nall pox epidemic in Los Angeles has sc
serious depression there. With al
| the good things said of California flo
no can say that they would not be o
Hing to swap their earthquakes and W
south for o New England blizzard and to
good run Of sap.1-M MESSENGER. lee