Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-18
CITY NEWS

|EFree Show at Dewey Park tonight
Samuel Wheeler went to Waterbury
this morning for few days visit.
Forrest Montgomery Of Brookfield
is in the city today on business.
Constable W. H. Buchanan is in
Waterbury on business this afternoon.
DR.. and Mrs. o. II. Reed took a
carriage drive to Mansfield yesterday.
See ad. for lots Of land to be sold in
North Barre Saturday afternoon at
4.3O p. m.
The Burns Club held a meeting last
night but no business Of Importance
was transacted.
John PRESLEY went to Burlington
this morning to accompany his mother
home from the hospital.
Miss Edith Averill is taking a few
days vacation from her duties as
bookkeeper for L. M. Averill.
Some of the young people of the
city are intending to hold a private
dance at Dewey Park on Thursday.
Peter McMurrow was Frustrated
with the heat yesterday, but will con-
tinue his training for the mile run
nevertheless.
David Gale went to Waterbury this
morning for short visit. He will re.
sumo work at the Peoples shoe store
on Monday.
Mrs. j. II. Thomas, who has been
visiting her son at the City Hotel,
returned to her home in Glens Falls,
N. y, this morning.
Mrs. John Presley, who has been
under treatment at the Mary Fleteh-
er hospitals much better and is COM
ing home tonight.
J. W. Mcdonald, d. A. Mcleod,
Kenneth Nickerson and Ben Robin
son left this afternoon for a few days
fishing trip to Phillipsburgh, P. Q.
Mrs. John Hayward, who has been
visiting relatives in the city for few
days returned to her home in Exeter,
N. H., this morning. She is a sister
of John and James Henry of this city.
Alvin f. Smith received postal
this morning from Mrs. e. L. Smith
who is making tour through Europe.
The postal was dated at Edinburgh,
Scotland, and states that she is we'll
and having an excellent time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Hadley and
Mrs. Fannie Kuhn, with the Misses
Jennie and Marion Kuhn left this
for Middlesex. Mr.. Hadley
will return tonight but the others will
remain there for several days.
The New England Telephone 4
Telegraph Co., upon the recommended
ion of G. W. Scarf have decided to
put in another switch board into their
ocal central office and place an ad-
1tional operator in the office.
The W. G. 7. U. will meet with
Mrs. Q. l.. Cheever, Elm St., Friday
lfternoon, at $50 o. Clock. The meet
ng will be in charge of the superin-
endent of the evangelstic depart
nent, Mrs. ID. b. Minard, and will
include the long delayed. report of the |
ounty convention at Cabot. !
Mrs. Z. A. FIELD, Sec. +
O-8I
The game between the Congrega- S
ional and Baptist teams yesterday {
vas declared forfeited to the Congre- l
ational team 8 to by Umpire /
Grown on the refusal Of the Baptist
aptain to finish the game when the 8
mpire called "play ball." The score $
'as 1917 in favor of Baptist with the
congregational team at the bat in +
lst half of the eighth inning with no l.
ne out and man on first base. "
One of the city officials who is not f,
for his love of joking, came into a
lblic place last night after the al. G.
meeting and during the "
under storm, and made the start
ng announcement that the Williams. A
wn Gulf House had been burned to j,
lie ground. The news spread like W
lid fire and this morning the report
ID extended all over Washington and pl
range counties. The central tele- in
zone Office had about so calls for E
llliamstown by anxious inquirers. a,
TELEGRAM man surmising the tie
URGE from whence the report start
sought out the gentleman and ri
lrned that he had reference to an ur
which happened some 10 sic
ars ago when the old hotel was
rned,