Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-03
VERMONT NEWS.
The News Of the State Boiled Down
for Busy Readers.

i. ii. RaWSon OF PARIS. Me-, was IN
city Wednesday.
George c. Oyerton of EaIfa, Conn,
was in the city yesterday.
James W. Foster Of Bath, y. II.
has been in he city several days IN
/ the interest Of his remedies.
owen Marion of the st. Adams
House was in the city yesterday lie
is said to be looking at MOTEL property
here.
George II. Ellis of Vermont has
been reilstated as a compoSitor in the
government printing Office at Wash
ingtOn.
Mrs. Dunsmore, who has been visit
INC her daughter, Mrs. G. w. Steele.
returned to her home in Mortified
this noon.
y Gang of men are at work putting
in the new telephone line from Plain
field 10 IIardwick by way of North
Montpelier.
Edward Benjamin Of Benningt on
shot the first and only deer KILLED H.
Bennington county late in The after
noon Of the last day OF the season.,
October 81.
There were four deaths in Bennjng-
tom in two days this week. Mrs. l.. l..
Wyman of heart trouble and Mrs.
Michael German, aged %. Monday
William Martin. 90, and Mrs. Caroline
j. Stone, IS, Tuesday.
The ladies of the Uniyersali>t So
ciety met at the church yestry 'ye5ter-
day afternoon and put everything IN
readiness for the re-dedIcl1ion of the
VeStry tomorrow afternoon and even
ing. The Sunday school will be hell,
there next Sunday.
The Gill odd Fellows Home at
Ludlow has three new members. maxi
ing the number of inmates 10. The
new inmates are from Lyndonyilic.
Mort htieId and Rutland. The board
have engaged Mr.. and Mrs. .)oslyn OF
Brattleboro as superintendent and
matron Of the home.
In repairing the road recently in
PlainIied Joseph Lane unearthed a
heml0ck log that had remained in the
ground for over one hundred and ten
years. OF ever since the road was built .
1t was perfectly sound, and when cut
into gave out the hemlock odor like
a newly cut tree.
Joe King. the aged fisherman who
was reported lost and concerning
whom there was a rllmor of foul play.
is now reported as living in Yer
genneS. King was something of an
| Interesting character. claiming to be
1913 years old. and at the time he dis
appeared from his little hut on Col
chester Point there was some concern
as to his fate. Later he turned up in
New York state and then returned to
\ermOnt.
According to the burlington News.
the Rutland railroad conductors and
tranmen are seriously talking of de-
manding a revision of the system of
runs and Il raise in pay. No official
action has yet been taken by the
brotherhood of Railway Trainmen or
by the Order of Railway Conductors
in regard to the contemplated de-
mands.. but ii has been stated by one
OF the members of the Brotherhood
that definite action would be taken
by the Rutland employees Athe near
future. The Rutland crews are paid
by the month on the same plan that
caused the trouble in Central Vermont
circles. Ii the men work 20 hours a
day they get no more pay than if they
only work six hours each day. They
want to be paid by the run. and they
are considering the advsabilty of
asking for exactly the same revision
hat was made in favor of the Central
Vermont men. The agitation of this
matter in Rutland railroad circles
was begun on Saturday evening and
the matter will be taken up at the
next meeting of the unions.
Autumn Excursion to New York.