The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14
Barre.

Mrs Homer Fits IL cOnvaescing from q |
dangerous illness with pneumonia.
Hon. q M. Mansur of Newport was the |
guest last week of Rev. A. e. Atwater.
Rev. A. e. Mitchell OF Alimonte. One, is |
the guest of Rev. T. II. Mitchell, his |
brother.
Miss Carrie Enright has been in New
York the past week, purchasing spcing mil
linery for Mrs. W. #. Shepard.
Mrs John Ingram of Portland, Me-, was
called to town last week to attend the fu.
neral Of Mrs. Alexander Macksy, her sis
ter.
Samuel Garrard and Miss Annie Harris
were married last Wednesday evening by
Rev. T. fl. Mitchell at his residence on
Summer street.
W. e. Barney, Grand Chancellor OF the
knights OF Pythies, was in Burlington last
Thursday evening to assist in organizing
Hebrew lodge in that city.
Mrs. o. s. Wiley went to Sharon last
Friday to attend the celebration of the
twenty-ffth anniversary OF the organiza.
ton OF the lodge Of Good Templars in the
village.
The engagement of Miss Annie j. Bissell
to Henry G. Stoughton is announced. Miss
Bissell is teacher in the public school and
Mr.: Stoughton is son of Col. and Mrs. II.
X. Stoughton.
Mrs. Andrew Mackay died last week from
leaves husband and six children, one an
| infant, Her funeral was held Friday after
noon from her late home.
The school commissioners met last week
| and organized by the election of Alexander
! Gordon az chairman and III. X. Bush, sec
Rotary, Prof. o. d. Mathewson and b. w.
| Hooker are the committee on supplies
Rev. DR.. W. j. Harris left last week for
| his future home in Nashua, N H. His
| successor as rector OF the Church of the
Good Shepherd has not yet been chosen.
Bishop Hall of Burlington OBLIGATED at this
church last Sunday.
Alexander Lamont, a brother OF James
Lamont, arrived last week in Barre from
| Scotland. lie is a member Of the Victorian
United Foot Ball team of Aberdeen, Scot
land, and will make strong acquisition to
the Barre Rangers.
Charles Cheney Of South Barre narrowly
escaped death last week by drinking dose
| of strychnine in cup of tea by mistake.
Prompt treatment by DIR. G. M. Chandler
saved the mans life. Strychnine tablets
had been left in cup, and tea was poured
on them without noticing them.
AT regular meeting of Company e, First
Vermont Regiment, held last week, the in
vitation of Crandal Post to participate in
the Memorial Day exercises was accepted
and committee was elected to assist the
committee from the Post to make arrange
ments. The resignation of Captain Meaker
has been sen. to Governor Smith.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank G.. Rowland died last Saturday
The child was born on Thursday. Private
funeral services were held from Mr. How.
lands home Saturday afternoon, Rev. g. H
Wells officiating, and the body was placed
in the tomb at Elm wood cemetery.
II. A. Phelps, N. d. Phelps and George
J. Towne have brought suits against Knott
x Clossom of Burlington, the defunct com.
mission house, TO recover $4,000. The
suits brought by these Barre parties are
different from others previously brought
against this firm, in that the sum sued fol-
represents accrued profits and not loss oil
capital invested.
1t may not be generally known that Har
vey Jersey, the new mayor of Barre, was
for more than twenty years Universalis
clergyman. During the civil war he was
chaplain OF the Seventeenth Maine regi
ment and preached in that state for two
decades after the war; He came to Barre
in 1889 and purchased large tract of lane
near Currier park which he has improved
and which has appreciated in value so rap
idly as to give Mr.. Hersey a handsome
competency. He graduated from Tufts col
lege in 1851 and Is a native of Calais, VT
} The city council held a special meeting
las Thu sday evening and acted on thu
, matter Of footbridge for Berlin street
.. Alderman Patterson submitted a commun
ication he had received from G.. A. Badger
Offering to build cable foot bridge for So
cash and what remains OF the old bridge
The board voted to accept the offer to builC
such q bridge. Mayor Hersey appointed
his aldermanic committees and his appoint
ments were confirmed by the council. By
vote of the council William l.. Stowe, whC
was injured at the fire in Granite block
is retained on the pay roll at regular pa,
until he is able to resume his labor as
stone cutter The city will also gay fol
medical attendance on Mr.. Stowe.
The first meeting of the new city council
was held Wednesday afternoon, Mayor
} Jersey presiding. A resolution was adopt
d. ed giving the first and second constablel
jurisdiction OF the State. The sum o
30 279 81 was transferred to the school fund
3 The bonds OF the city clerk were fixed a.
/ $4,000; State treasurer, S25 900; first con
: stable, $15 900 and SO ond constable, $40 900
these to h furnished within ten days. Tht
5 board of aldermen also organized Wednes
day afternoon by the election OF Jane.
Mackay as president on the seventh ballot
The rules of the board in force during the
past year were adopted for the coming year
( James r. George, well-known citizen o.
Barre, died last Friday night at his home
on Elm street, aged seventy-seven years
Mr.. George moved to Barre in 1873 from
) Topsham, his native place. He had always
been man OF sterling worth, highly re
i spected in the community and prominent
3 memOer OF deuulng churCn IN when nj
had long held an official position. He ii
8 survived by a widow, three brothers anC
one sister. His funeral was held Tuesday
morning from Hedding church and thu
! body was placed in the vault at Elmwoo(
3 cemetery. 1t will be inferred in the family
lot at Calais in the spring
( At nine o'clock Wednesday evening fire
was discovered in Granite block in Barre
/ in which is located the Granite Savings
bank, A. s. Clark, photographer, Franl
d Nc Whorter, clothing, DR.. NJ. s. Chandler
Z j. S. Viles' electric light office, and othe
tenants. For more than an hour the fire
men had great difficulty in locating tn,
. blaze which was in one OF the partitions.
While fighting the flames from the roo
William Stowe fell through skylght
: distance of twelve feet, striking on thu
Q third floor. In his fall he struck Deput,
Sheriff Shepard, cutting Shepard about tn
l. head. Mr.. Stowe was taken to drug stor
l and his wounds were dressed by DR.. Chand
Q Ter. His injuries are dislocated shoulder
= bruises about the head and severe cuts OF
I the head The principal damage was from
v water All the occupants OF the building
' suffered more or less from the tons OF waite
| that were Doured into the building