Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-09

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Rutland. AN
F.E. Chambers went to Burlington
this morning.
Miss Ada q. Croft left this noon for
a visit In Boston.
Henry Powers left this afternoon
for visit In Morrisville.
w. G.::Reynolds is in Mortified on
on business this afternoon.
Mr.. Rogers Of Manchester, N. H.,
is visiting his nephew, Fred Rogers.
Mrs. r. B. Mudgett and daughter
Miss Monty, left this noon for q visit
In Boston.
Thirty Italian workmen left the
Ely Copper Mines yesterday. Work
at the mines has been suspended for
thirty days.
Water Superintendent Campbell is
busy today shutting of the city water
from those places where the water
rent has not been paid.
The railroad committee held meet
ing In the city council chamber last
evening and talked over the situation
but nothing definite was done.
Mrs. Austin Barnes who has been
visiting her son who is superinten.
dant Of the Boys Club here left this
noon for her home In Springfield,
Mass.
The annual business meeting and
banquet of the Epworth League will
be held at Hedding church this even.
ing. After the business is transacted
there will be banquet.
John Travers and Ethel Bates were
married Wednesday night by the Rev.
w. R. Davenport. They have gone
to Boston on a wedding tour and they
will return to reside here.
Very few, II any, people from this
city we're caught In the endless letter
swindling scheme just uncovered at
Wilksbarre, Pa but Waterbury Is
said to have furnished several victims.
The UniversaIist Association Of
Vermont is to be held at Morrisville
the first week in June. The delegates
from Barre will be elected sometime
this month and the programs for the
meeting will be out soon.
The funeral of the late Silas Tits
was held at Vershire yesterday. The
deceased was IS years Of age and had
lived IS years Of bis life on the
farm where be died. He had repres.
ented the town in the state legislature
and wss a very prominent man. he
was we'll known in this city.
The Letohytic whist club met last
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Reg.
ers and very pleasant time was en-
ioyed. Refreshments were served.
The first prizes were won by by Mr..
Rogers and Mrs. K. W. Morse. and
the BOBBY prizes we're carried away by
Mrs. F. B. Cate and Carl Foss.
Mrs. Elizabeth o. Mcqueen is In re.
ceipt Of q check for $4,000 from the
National Life Insurance Co. of Mont.
pelier, through the agency of N. B
Ballard & Co., In settlement of IN.
surance held by her late husband,
William N. Mcqueen. The policies
were settled In full to the entire sat.
isfaction of Mrs. Mcqueen.
George Lombard was brought be.
fore Judge Fay last evening on the
. charge of grand larceny in taking a
bicycle from e. L. Bugbee. Bail was
furnished by his father, Joseph LON.
bard, In the sum of 5000 and the case
was continued until May 16. State's
Attorney Hoar is prosecuting and
Gordon and Jackson are for the de-
fence.
Fred Blanchard Of the Capital Gas
Co. Of Montpelier was In the city this
this morning looking for men to work
upon the construction Of their new
plant at the Pioneer. Mr.. Blanchard
said that they had been somewhat de.
layed in the work on account Of not
having the railroad siding built 80 as
to bring the material to the ground.
Work has now begun and the company
expect to be IN a position to supply
gas to their Montpelier patrons by
August lst., so that the fixtures may
be all in before the session of legisla.
ture opens. Mr.. Blanchard states
that for the present they will let alone
the matter Of Coming into Barre, and
will not take that up until they have
completed the system in Montpelier
APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT
- London, May o. The St. James
Gazette deplores the shipping combine
nd appeals to the British government
rectify the greatest blow ever in
lcted to British mercantile suprem
q ~. ~t .. m-a'
al MEANS A STRIKE.
k Scranton, Pa, May 9 ALL coal op
70 eltors refuse to arbitrate the claiml
~ othe miners.