Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-07

Fred CnatnelQ returned last night
from few days visit at his home in
Randolph.
The Five Year Veteran Society OF
Company E holds its semi-annual meet
ing in the Armory tonight.
At the meeting of Hiawatha Lodge,
l. o. o. F., held last night. the initiatory
degree was worked on two candidates.
John Moorcroft, baggage master at
the railway station in Portsmouth, N.
H., is in the city visiting relatives for a
few days.
Miss Mary Tierney has been called
from her duties at the Combination Cash
Store on account of the illness of her
father.
W. II. Buchanan of this city was yes
terday appointed trustee of the bankrupt
estate of +. e. Vancor, the latter also
of this city,
Miss Gertrude Kelley went to Berlin
Pond last night to remain for few
days with the Sunday School class cam
paiSn party.
The increase of travel over the cleo
trio railroad has been very evident since
the five cent rate of fare went into ex-
istence a few days ago.
Harry McAllister of Montpelier pur-
chased Yesterday through the d. A.
Perry Real Estate Agency the house
owned by Carl Rollins of East Barre.
The sounding of the fire alarm yes
lerday afternoon was due to one of the
workmen tearing off the plastering over
the alarm Taper in E. F. Smiths bed
room.
a letter received in this city from
James Lamont the ex captain and pop
ular member of the Rangers foot ball
club states that :" Jim has signed for a
wear with the Aberdeen Foot Ball Club
and will play with them on salary.
Messrs. Harper Il Brothers have set
tied the preliminary plans for their new
encyclopedia, which is to be considerab
ly larger than any similar publication
in this country or England. 1t is to be
called g The Uarper-McClu Encyclo-
pedia."
The Mayors board is jubilant to-day
over the fact that the rain yesterday
caused the water in the Martin brook to
rise sufficiently to make the water out
look much better. 1t was reported this
morning that the water in Bolster
res rvoir has risen several inches.
The Rangers foot ball team will be
somewhat crippled by the loss of La
mont and Nc Morrow but there never
was a time in the history of the club
where there were so many good men to
take the places of those who leave as
there are at present, and besides Nc
Morrow will be back before the season
opens in earnest.
Yesterday afternoon two special cars
were coming up Main Street in Mont
peler and when they reached the cross
ing in front of the Pavilion the forward
car stopped to take on a passenger when
the rear car crashed into the other one
and came near causing serious wreck.
The tenders were broken but the brakes
were shut down in down in time to pre-
vent further damage.
A great joke is going the rounds
amongst the camping parties at Berlin
Pond, how certain efficient cook rol led
up Il large quantity of fish in plaster of
paris and fried them to a "crisp" and
then set them on the table for their dis
tinguished guests from the city of
Barre. Only one result is expected and
that is that there will be a good crop of
monuments at Berlin Pond next fall.
The ushers for the new opera house
have been selected and are as follows;
head usher, Clarence Lease, assistants
w. A Murray, Il. &. Carswel, Elon
Barrett and G. II. Papc, for the balcony
head usher f. S. Bissell, assistants
Fred Coburn, Lewis Robbins and
Henry Smith, for the boxes Byron
smith. There have been many applica-
lions for these positions and manager
Lapoint drsircs to state that he regrets
the fact that it was impossible to select
all the applicants, but on account of
the size of the house there must be
limited number of ushers.
Every man who lives in a city and
pays his share of the running expenses
of that city will find interesting reading
in Mayor Carter Harrison's paper on
The Misgovernment of the Modern City
which will appear in the July 18th issue
of the Saturday Evening Post of Phila-
delphia. The writer's wide experience
in the practical politics of u great city
and his insight into municipal affairs,
gained during the years that he has been
Mayor of Chicago, qnalify him to