The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-23
BARRE,

Mrs. George Smith formerly of this
city, died this week at Brightlook
hospital, st. Johnsbury. Mrs. Smith
left Barre about three years ago. Her
husband is serving a sentence in State
prison at Windsor for forgery. Two
children survive her.
The voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy of Alexander Fawlie, of the
firm of Fawlie Brothers, granite man
ufacturers of this city, was filed this
week. The liabilities are placed at
SO, 90S 81 and the assets at So, 1898
Oteste Domino is preparing to issue
asixteen page humorous paper which
will be devoted entirely to the Italian
colony in this city. 1t will be named
I'll Buffone, and will appear about
May /.
Deputy Sheriffs Shepard and Stay
ton raided the place kept by a. j.
Coulliard on Milestone Hill one night
this week and seized one barrel of beer
and barrel of bottle ale. The LID
uor was condemned and ordered
spilled. Coulliard pleaded guilty of
keeping with intent to sell, to selling,
and to maintaining nuisance. His
fine and costs amounted to $50. 60
which he paid
Rev. w. A. Morrison has been in
Boston this week attending Presby-
terrain conference.
Robert Wark, a Barre quarryman,
has this week filed voluntary petit
tion in bankruptcy. His liabilities are
1851, with no visible assets Joseph
E. Rodney, merchant of Barre, has
also gone into insolvency this week.
His liabilities are $649 Ga and assets
S56.
Mrs Sandy Mari Of East Barre
dropped dead at her home last Mon
day. She had been i'll her usual health
up to the time of her sudden death.
Heart disease was pronounced by her
physicians to be the cause of her death.
Although in operation only two
weeks the new granite exchange in
Barre is proving to be all that was
expected of it. 1t was an entirely new
venture and there was of necessity
some things not foreseen at the start
which have been or soon will be rem
edied One of these is the delay in
collecting and delivering the mail
To overcome this difficulty especial
messengers have been employed. One
has been put on in Montpelier and
two in Barre.
The patrons of the Cobble Hill
creamery were paid twenty seven
cents per pound for March butter.
The directors have received returns
from Boston saying that the butter
sent from here brought thirty one
cents per pound.
Mrs. James Burley, formerly of
Burley 81 Calder, granite firm of this
city, died Apr. 2 at Aberdeen, Scot
land, where Mr.. Burley is now in
charge of the foreign branch of the
r. @. Bowers Granite Company. Mrs
Burley formerly resided in Barre
where she had many friends.
Rev Charles Henry Eaton, who
died this week at Tryon, n c.. was
graduate of the first class of God
dard Seminary in this city. He had
made several visits to his alma mater
since his graduation in 1870. He was
at the time of his death pastor of the
church of the Divine Paternity in
Brooklyn
The Barre Entertainment Association
which has over 50, 800 in its treasury,
has donated 50, 600 of that fund to the
Aldrich free library, for the purchase
of books and pictures or for furnish
ings when the new library is erected.
John Thompson, former member
of Company E, First Vermont regi.
ment, who went to Chickamauga will
the regiment during the Spanish
American war has been granted pen
sion of 50 a month, and 1895 back pay
This is, so far as known, the frs
Vermonter who has secured pension
for service in the Spanish American
war