The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-06-05
Barre.

Friday afternoon of keeping house Of ILL.,
fame aud was released from custody. He
WAS lried before Judge Fay and jury.
Taking effect last Saturday a closed mail
| pouch Is received at Barre every evening at
$3.50. This mail leaves Boston ut 80 AM.
and is a great convenience to the business
men OF Barre.
In the annual readjustment OF the salar-
| les Of pos masters that OF Postmaster Bsbee
has been raised from So 400 to 50 800, to
| take effect July 1.
James II. Higgins OF Hanover, N H., was
| in town Memorial Day.
Representative r. @. Fleetwood OF Nor
risville was Memorial Day orator in Barre
this year and Hon. j. X. Darling Of Chel-
sea at East Barre.
Mrs. AT bic Whitehill and son OF South
Ryegate we're guests last week OF Mrs
Mary II Gates
e. l.. Reynolds was at Rutland last Fri
day to witness the laying Of the corner stone
OF the new Masonic temple in that city.
Ray L. Belknsp and Miss Della NJ. Chew
| er, both Of Barre, were married n Walden
on Memorial Day.
| II B. Houghton, @ IL. Converse and ID.
| S. Waterman represented the Barre letter
| carriers 1T the State convention held at
Burlington last Thursday. Mr.. Waterman
was elected one Of the vice-presidents.
Frank Venner was arrested last Wed.
nesday evening by officer Perry for
| intoxication. In city court next day he
pleaded guilty to third offence and WAS
fined, with costs, S28 81.
George d. Kidder Of Plainfield has pur-
chased the feed business OF l.. A. AveriIl
and has taken possession Mr.. Kidder will
soon move his family to Barre,
W II. Eastman received the silver med
al at Montreal last week for the highest
score in the international trap shooting con-
| h,rf t,n oil Il
that city. The Barre and Montpelier team
with which Mr. Eastman was connected
defeated all competing Canadian teams,
| including the crack shots from Sherbrooke,
Pc.
Sixty friends of Miss Lizzie McKeowin
gave her surprise party last Thursd ~
evening and presented her with trunk
and alligator grip. Miss McKsowln sails
from Boston June 3, for an extended trip
through England, Wales, Scotland and
Ireland. She will be accompanied on the
trip across by Mrs. W. L. Dickie and Mrs
James Coutts.
AS Mrs Joseph Krellinger WAS driving
into the city last Thursday her horse be-
came frightened at the parade and ran
against telephone pole. Mrs. Krellinger
was thrown out and sustained fracture Of
the shoulder bone. She was taken to the
emergency room where doctors j. S. Deziel
and w. ID. Reed reduced the fracture. The
buggy was wrecked and the horse was
cut about the legs. Mrs. Krellinger was
taken to her home that evening.
Nelson Downing shipped last week to his
brother Wilber in Boston, very stylish
horse which he purchased OF John Trow.
The animal was dapple brown and stood
sixteen hands high. The price paid, it is
said, was $500.
At a largely attended meeting of the Uni
versalist parish, held last Wednesday even
ing, it was decided by vote OF ITO to to
refuse to accept the resignation of Rev. En-
tie X. M. Jones as pastor. The church COM
mittee was instructed to contract with Mrs.
Jones to remain as pastor of the church I'M
til December l, 1902. The contract was la
ter presented TO Mrs Jones and accepted by
her
MIR. and Mrs w. L. Stafford and two
children OF Whittier, Cal. arrived in Barre
Wednesday morning and will remain In
this vicinity until about the first of Septem-
ber MIR. Stafford is the owner OF one of the
principal hotels at Whittier and s also in
terested in oil wells in Southern California,
At a special meeting of the Barre city
council held last Wednesday evening it was
voted TO notify the Barre & Montpelier
Traction and Power Company that 1t must
extend its tracks TO Aver street bridge on
or before September /.
The reported engagement of Miss Ella
Proctor Otis, who ia now playing at the
Castle Square Theatre in New York, to
William Carpenter Camp, of the firm OF
Estey & Camp of Chicago, Is of lively in
terest to the people of Fare where Mr..
Camp form erly resided. His father, 1. N.
Camp, was formerly teacher in the old
Barre academy and he has many relatives
in this vicinity.
The first annual business meeting and
election Of officers OF the Barre Musical AS
ISOLATION was held last week. The report
of the treasurer showed that the association
is behind $3.50 on the musical convention
recently held in Barre. Rev. E. M. Fuller
is the newly elected president; II II. Dyer
responding secretary, and Rev. b. @. Rob-
erts is chairman OF the finance committee.
Mayor Phelps has called public meeting
in Barre at the city court room next Friday
evening to consider plans for celebrating
Old Home Week.