Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-30
Sparks From Granite City.

Miss Bronson, of Swanton, is visiting
friends in the city.
Mrs. H. r. Stoughton returned last
night from Mortified.
Ford Flagg returned to his home in
Richmond today for the summer vaca-
ton
A. w. Pierce went to Washington
this forenoon for a short visit with
friends.
Miss Lima Brooks returned to her home
in Mortified last night for the summer
vacation.
Several from Barre went to the n. U.
Commencement hop at Montpelier
last night.
Center l.. Houghton returned yester
day from a weeks visit with friends in
New Hampshire.
Mrs. Elida Babcock and daughter of
Concord, n II is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Frank Sarle!le
The employees of Mari Il Gordon are
to enjoy their annual picnic at Cher
ry vale Grove tomorrow
Charlie Hurlburt, travelling agent
for the Canada Atlantic Transit Co. was
in III" city on business yesterday.
james Young and daughter Mary Of
Aberdeen, Scotland, are visiting for Il
few months with A. j and A. ID Young.
Mr.. Mattocks, cashier of the NATIONAL
Bank of Danvile arrived in the city last
hight for short visit, leaving again
this forenoon.
IL. H. Kohn Of Albany N. Y, super
intendent of agencies for the Phoenix
Life Insrance Co was in the city on
business yesterday.
Charles r. Allen, a recent graduate
of Tufts College. is to leave tonight for
Boston where he will enter the employ
of the Metropolitan Sewer Commission.
Mrs. l.. B, Hardness, who has been
visiting friends in the city for few
days returned to her home in Burlin {,
ton this morning.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Mathieson
were driving on the East Montpelier
road yesterday near the City Dump the
horse became unmanageablc and back
ed down over the bank. The occu
pants succeeded in jumping out of the
carriage and were nninjured but the
horse was badly cut up and the buggy
was smashed.
Principal and Mrs. o. X. HOLSTER in
honor of the 6th anniversary of their
marriage invited all the students and
teachers remaining at the Seminary
down town last evening where they
'set up the sodas. After the treat was
over all united in giving the Goddard
yell as an expression of their best
wishes for those whose anniversary it
was.
The directors of the Capital Savings
Bank of Montpelier have declared II
2 l-2 per cent simi-annual dividend on
the capital stock, which is equivalent to
the rate of per cent for the year. The
directors of the Montpelier National
Bank have declared semi-annual divi-
dend of 4 per cent, payable July l, and
the First National Bank a dividend of 2
per cent, PAYABLE on the same date.
James S. Morrill,, son of the late Sem
ator Morrill,, has refunded the city the
amount the city expended for the fun
eral of the Senator. The council pro-
tested against this repayment, saying
to Mr.. Morrill, that Montpelier deemed
it II high privilege to pay this last tri-
butte of respect to the memory of the
venerable Senator. Mr.. Morrill,, how
ever, insisted that he should be allowed
to refund the expenditure remarking
that both he and his relatives desired to
express their heartfelt thanks to the
city for its hospitality, and the great
kindness of the people individually. He
yielded, however, to the importantly
that the city be permitted to bear the ex-
penses of the floral offering furnished
on the occasion of the funeral. Mont
pelier journal.