The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-03-13
HOMER Fits,
So North Main St. Barre, VT
Barre.

Barre.
Fred L. Page entertained the members
of his Sunday school class at his home on
French street Saturday afternoon. Tea
was served.
George .Macchi, formerly of Barre, was
married last week at Toledo, o., to Mics
Griffin, the nurse who cared for Mrs. q.
Macchi in her last illness.
Mrs. q. M. Hutton was in Burlington
over Sunday.
A meeting OF the Barre Merchants asso-
citation will be held Wednesday evening in
Royal Arcanum hall.
TIL Barre bowlers will go to Burlington
next Friday evening when the prizes won
in the Vermont Amateur Bowling league
will be awarded On that evening the
Granite City team will roll the Queen
City's two games, which may have much to
do with the final standing of the Barre
boys.
The mill yard of Smith, whitcomb &
Cock is crowded with logs, estimated at
100000 feet They will commence saving
as soon "a the ice goes out OF the river.
Mrs. Mitchell Liberty is couvalescent.
Miss Elizabeth Duprs, her sister, retu -nod
Saturday to her home in West Cbazy, n. Y,
L. A. Dustin has taken the con ract 10
erect large feed store for p. s. Prior at
North Barre, on which work W II soon be
commenced.
Smith, Whitcomb & Cook shipped fif-
teen ton travelling derrick to Quincy, Mass,
on Monday.
The residence of l.. M. Williams has been
connected with the telephone exchange.
Six marriage licenses were issued by City
Clerk Wells in February.
Frank McWhorter left on Monday for
Boston and will go from there the Pacific
coast for stay OF several months.
William L. Godfrey of West Fairlee is
visiting Mrs. Charles Mari and Mrs. @. S.
Wallace, his daughters.
Prof II. G. Blaisdell met the Barre
chorus on Monday evening for the first re-
hearsal, preparatory to the coming musical
convention. Prof. A. j. PHILIPPE OF Mont
pelier will be the chorus conductor
Intelligence has been received by friends
of Milo +. Burnham that he is seriously i'll
at Galveston, Texas, where he went several
weeks ago for the benefit of his health.
AT a special meeting OF the Barre fire de-
partment held last Thursday evening, the
box Of fine cigars sent in with the compli-
ments of Mayor Phelps, was gratefully
acknowledged Mayor Phelps has been
chief of the department for many years,
and knows what the fire fighters enjoy.
H. e. Cutler took several views last week
OF the locality where chief OF police Brown
was shot last December, for the use of
States Attorney Hoar in the trial of Arturo
Bernacco.
Allen & Richardson, the lumber dealers,
report a very lively business and prospects
OF extensive building operations in the
early spring.
Supt. o. D. Mathewson and G. H. White
attended the banquet given in Burlington
last Friday evening by the Schoolmaster's
Club.
Mrs. Ida Rowland submitted to an oper-
alton at Mary Fletcher hospital, Burling
ton, last Friday, and has since been re-
ported as gaining rapidly.
Mrs. e. A. b. Bishop was called to More
town last week by the alarming illness OF
Mrs. Ward, her sister
risville.
Miss Ida Beaudry OF Boston is to return
to Barre this spring as trimmer for Mrs j.
M. Bond.
George Cooper had the middle fir ger OF
his left hand amputated last Friday by Drs.
Reid and Dezert. The finger was badly
crushed Thursday while Mr.. Cooper was at
work at the stone sheds Of Littlejohn q
Milne.
George Cassie has sold to W. A. Kicker
OF st. Johnsbury his Shetland pony "Nan-
cy," Familiarity known to many boys and
girls as PATSY"
Neal Dow lodge of Good Templars will
give masquerade social in the hall on
Wednesday evening, March 49,
O. r. Scott was in the Boston markets last
week.
Barre has been we'll represented at the
county court house during the past week.
Arturo Bernacco has been on trial for
shooting Chief OF Police Brown December
81 last. More than thirty witnesses have
been summoned from Barre and scores OF
others have been there as spectators.
A petition was circulated last week with
satisfactory results to secure funds to assist
Thomas Emerson repair his house, that was
recently damaged by fire. The petition
was started by Barre fremen, who were
also liberal contributors.
Frank Riordan, who recently enlisted in
the regular army, was ordered last week to
Fort Slocum, N. Y.
A. III. Roby, State secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association OF New Hamp-
shire, and Il. 8. Morrison, railroad secretary
OF Concord, N. H., assisted In observing
young Mems Sunday" in Barre on Sun
day.
Jude j. II. Watson, who is presiding al
the present term Of Washington county
lished in the county not to print the evi
dence in the case OF State against Arturo
Bernacco, charged with assault to kill and
murder Chief of Police Brown in this city
last December. The reason for this request
Ia that practically the same evidence Is re
lied on by the State to convict in the sever
cases OF similar nature that are to follow
and IL the points in the evidence are gen
orally known 1t will be impossible to secure
jurors not familiar with this evidence fol
the other trials. The request OF Judge Wat
son seems reasonable to the newspaper
and none OF the Montpelier or Barre daile
vNuts, q H.. ILL. w.,Nel.