Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-21


Leroy E. Spaulding Of Chelsea was
in the city today.
T.. A. Morse of Kents Corner, Cal
ais was in the city yesterday.
W. +. Morse of Pompanoosic was a
guest of the City hotel yesterday.
A. S. Dorfman Of st. Adams was
in the city yesterday and may trade
for a cigar store.
VIM Raitt of Chester, Mass. and
W. A. Greene of Rochester, N. Y,
were in the city yesterday.
Ralph w. Peckham of Cincinnati,
the advance agent of Fields Min
strels was in the city yesterday.
The announcements that there was
to have been IA meeting Of the r. G.
|. p. A. last night was an error. 1t
was the Burns club instead.
Mrs. II. S. Caswell of New York,
the celebrated lady lecturer, will
speak at the Cong'l church next Sum
day both in the morning and evening.
Walter Harvey while turning down
a grindstone at Barclay Bros. caught
his hand and the flesh vas scraped
rom the back of his fingers and hand
to the bone.
At the meeting of the Ladies Of
Clan Gordon last evening, n candi-
date was initiated and one application
received.
Manager Lapoint is in correspon-
dence with a theatrical company,
which presents the Merchanto of Venice
and tile production will be booked
here if a sufficient number of SUBJ
scription tickets are sold.
The lecture at the Universalist
church last night by Mr.. Gibbs was
well attended and gave universal salts
faction. 1t was both interesting and
instructive. The pictures shown were
beautiful.
The John D'Orman company gave
the Troubles of Mr.. Brooks last even
ing in the opera house. 1t was an in
teresting play and was well acted.
The plays of this company are well
worth seeing. Tonight will be ga
True Kentuckian', which is new in
Barre.
The ladies of the l.. G. o. f.,
will entertain the members of St.
Johns Court, G. O. f., on Friday
evening. The evening will be passed
in dancing, serving refreshments, and
sociability. All members of the
Court and their wives are invited to
be present, particularly those who as
sisted at the initiation of the L. G. O..
+. four weeks ago.
The Barre branch of the G. G. N. U.
met last night for the annual election
of officers. The officers elected were:
William Morrison, president; f. Pal
laghetti, vice president; Ernest Sim
mons, corresponding secretary; Ben
nett Julian, financial secretary; Peter
Alexander, treasurer. The manufac-
turers will meet tonight and there
will probably be a meeting of the
joint committee tomorrow night.
At the meeting of the Burns club
held last night, it was announced that
the souvenirs of the great Burns day
celebration are now completed and
ready to be distributed. There is only
a limited number, SO those who wish
to purchase can do so by presenting
30 cents to Robert Inglis, Alex M.
Smith or James Campbell. The SOU
venir is one which every person in
Barre should have. One application
for membership was received.
A large audience gathered in the
Holding church last evening to hear
Rev. S. N. JackSOn'S lecture on Cong.
regationalism. Before the talk a
male %quartette consisting of Messrs.
Oliver. Veal, Jones and Jones render
ed a selection. The discussion by
Rev. Jackson was lucid and interest
ed every nearer. After the lecture
Mrs. Brigham sang a solo in a credit
able manner. 1t was a speech well
worth hearing both by Methodists
andC aggregation lists.