Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-09
Sparks From Granite city.

Concert tonight.
DO not fail to read the Blue Stores
add today on last page.
Hear the new cantata at the Congre
gational church tonight.
An excellent program we'll worth
price of admission, 20 cents; s O'Clock
The first regular meeting of Green
Mountain Lodge, Manchester Unity Odd
Fellows took place last night.
The engagement OF j. S. Viles to
Mrs. Florence Porter is announced. Mr..
Viles is well known in this city.
The preparatory work of erecting the
new hotel at Williamstown springs was
commenced by Mr.. Gale yesterday.
The mail for the south which closes
here at 4.40 p. III. goes only to White
River Junction and intermediate points
The candidates for the Barre Rangers
foot ball team are requested to turn out
on Bolster park tonight at $50 for prac-
tice.
Mrs. Jacob Ruben of New York
arrived in the city last night to spend
the summer with his daughter Mrs. II.
Segel
The Green Mountain Club will meet
with Miss Mary Thwing at her home
on 6 School street, on Wednesday
evening.
Commencing next week if the weather
is warm enough, the Montpelier Military
band will give series of open-air even
ing concerts, alternating between the
Pavilion and School street stands.
Three elegant souvenirs were given
away at Sunderland's auction room last
evening. Charles Bardwell received
one, j. d. Tooley another. and the third
was given to man whose name is not
known to us.
The Paine-IIersey case came up for
hearing before the court yesterday and
the report of Master John Senter was
heard. 1t was found that he fixed the
damages at a greater amount than the
plaintiff demanded, and the court order
I'd that the report he revised.
Mr.. John Angus, who captured a
audience last week by his
rendering of The Cerfew," will sing
he same song tomorrow evening at the
concert to be given under the auspices
II the Y. p. A., in the Pres byterian
hurch. Be sure to hear him.
If The City Fathers could only see
heir way clear to spend 5000 more on
he decoration at the new opera house
would look very nice indeed, on til e
inside. Mr.. Morton, the decorator, saws
hat the city hall as whole compares
cry favorably with other buildings of
he same general kind in New England.
Why is it that the City Fathers nave
ept all knowledge of the negotiations
etween themselves and Mr.. Goodhue
Or the Barre Water Company's Plant
rom Superintendent of Water Works
'urrier? Are they afraid to let him
now what kind of bargain they are
'ying to make with Mr.. Goodhue? Is
g too honest man to be trusted with
ny knowledge of this dealp
The baggage master Oh. the 1 | o'clock a
ain out of this city at night finds a {
reat deal of Inconvenience from the $
vet that some people seem to be per- S
stent in dropping letters into the mail O
Ok at the depot addressed to some i
arty in this city. That box is placed
ere for the sole accommodation of out
Ding mail at night and not for local =,
rop letters. Please bear this in mind. =.
Postmaster Bis bee begs to inform the n
lblic that the new mail box at the G.. Fl
depot is intended only for letters I
hich are TO leave on the II O'Clock %. II
. train for Boston. Some people have j.,
zen putting into this box letters for h
'illiamslomn, Graniteville, Well River %,
I'd even letters for the local office. All l.,
ch letters are delayed some eight hi
OURS by being put in this box, besides N
aking the postal c,erk on the train h.
OF extra work. 1t seems Ias though a,
use of this particular box has been in
ainly enough described so that any r.
rson of average intelligence could III
derstand what it is there for. 4,