Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
CITY NEWS
Caught on the P encil Points by The
Telegram Reporters.

is on the sick list.
ii. d. Segel has gone to Burlington
on business trip.
Leon Scoheld spent Sunday at hi
home in Waterbury.
Rev. Dr. Harris has gone to Nashua
N. H., for the week. lie will be home
for Sunday.
Mrs. EXzilda Fountain of Weldon
P. O., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary
Abbott.
Rev. r. II. Mitchell exchanged pull.
pits yesterday with Rev. $. a. Jack,
son of South Ryegate.
The ordinance of baptism was adj
ministered at the Baptist church yes
terday, Rev. w. f. Sturtevant ot1icia-
ting.
Miss Helen Thwing returned home
from Cambridge, Mass, called here by
| the illness of her father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Thwing.
The next attraction at the opera
house will be on Wednesday night
when the American Biograph will be-
gin it's series of four engagements
here.
Arby Freeman was injured quite
badly several days ago on Barrels fatal
day. He fell from ladder at the
Jones Bros. shed and is still unable to
resume work.
Mrs. Ella I. Lamb returned to
Montpelier Saturday aftera few weeks
visit in California. Her son Buel,
who accompanied her there, will re-
main in California for the winter.
The Doherty murder case is being
taken up in county court today. A
large number of witnesses have been
subppned and the case is very i'm
portant one.
The Rev. w. NJ. Newton of Mont
pelicr seminary preached at the local
Methodist church yesterday in the
absence of the pastor, Rev. A. E.
Atwater, who went to Newport.
George II. Almon stated Saturday
that he expected the damage made by
the high water at the Bolton Falls
electric lighting plant would be wholly
repaired in another week.
Several ladies of the local Universal
list church went to South Barre Sat-
urday afternoon to attend the fair but
they were disappointed for the fair
did not take place until evening.
Andrew Brock, who has been in
Quincy, Mass, and Milford, N. H.,
for the past seven months, returned
home yesterday morning. He reports
business as very poor in Quincy, Mass.
Patrick Johnson, while cutting
down a stone at Emslie & McLcod's
Saturday, had one of his feet badly
injured by block Of granite falling
upon him. 1t fell upon his foot and
split his toe.
All Foreign Masons wishing to cele-
brate the Festival of st. John, the
Evg., are requested to assemble in the
Masonic hail. Barre, on the evening of
Saturday, Nov. 18th at I O'Clock.
Sd r. KYNoCH p. NJ, 80.
Harvest supper. This is the attrac
tion which will be offered at the Con-
gregational church, Friday, Nov. II,
from 5 to o'clock. for the benefit of
the church debt. Come one, come all.
Tickets % cents: children under II
years, Is cents. 1t
"Kid" Felt and Frank Place left
Saturday for Topeka, Kansas, where
they are to enter the employ of the
Rock Island route under e. w. Thomp-
son, who was formerly of Montpelier.
They are to commence braking on the
passenger trains as soon as they learn
the road. Mr.. Felt was on the Cen
trail Vermont for ID years and has
lately been employed on the electric
road.
The best one of A. @. Scammons
plays that has been here this season
was the American Girl as presented at
the opera house Saturday night.
George +. Hall, as the American hust-
Ter, captured his audience, as eyidenc-
ed by the applause which greeted him
at every appearance. Lille Lawson
and Oracle Dickey, the two little girls
who took the role of the twin children
were remarkable.
Sillas Rollins, who was taken to the
house of correction in Rutland Satur-
day to serve out sentence of two
months for selling, is reported to be
in very poor health. On the way
there he had three fits and the sheriff
brought him out of them by the ex-
ternal application of cold water so
that when Rollins got to Rutland he
looked as though he had come on foot