The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15

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The chest had been hidden in my
grandfather house and carefully
guarded against revenue officers dur
ing the war of 1912"
BARRE.
The Harrison Granite company has
this week secured the contract for a
mausoleum to be built of Barre gran
lite in which will he entombed the
body of the late Marcus Daley, the
famous copper king and owner and
breeder of fast horses at Butte, Mon
tana. Mr.. Daley died in New York
and the mausoleum is to be erected in
| Greenwood cemetery where the body
now temporarily rests The mauso-
leum will be nearly square, with steps
| approaching on each side and with a
central repository over the crypt, and
surrouded by twenty-fOur tluted Ionic
columns with carved capitals. The
top will be dome shape and the entire
! mausoleum will be one of the finest
I ever cut in Barre.
Mrs. Sadie Scott, who was injured
in the railway wreck in the tunnel in
New York last Wednesday, is the
! WIG VI i Itu W. DCOtt, lpI luNllN VI
| South Barre. Mr.. and Mrs Scott now
reside at New Rochelle and she was
going into the city at the time the ac-
| cident occurred
Mrs. LORNA b. Hardness, for sever
al years matron at Goddard Seminary,
died this week at her home i'll Hines
burg. She left Goddard seminary six
years ago.
The annual district meeting of the
sixth Masonic district will be held
with Granite lodge of Barre on We'd
nesday, January 22 The work will
commence at two O'Clock i'll the after
noon and continue through until mid
night with intermission for supper.
The total number of cases in the
city court the past year have been 491,
of which 246 were civil and 245 Grim
inal cases. The 245 criminal cases
represent the work of the Barre police
department with the exception of four
cases which were entered by officers
from the town of Barre. OF the ar
rests made sixty-four were OH the
charge of intoxication and forty six
| for breach of the peace, and the bal
ance of the respondents were up for
varied charges. 1t is interesting to
| lObC lildb uullllS tIlt yNdl JuSt ouitu
ia of the criminal cases resulted in
convictions and eight cases for otfense
against the laws of the State are still
pending, having for some reason or
other been continued into the new
year.
Since the city of Barre was organic
ed III 1895 the city clerk has issued 625
marriage licenses. During all this pc
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sued where the bride and groom were
both natives of Barre, but the licenses
have been for the marriage of persons
born in twenty -four foreign countries
and twenty seven states of the Union.
John A. Hall and Webster Lavio-
lette returned Wednesday morning to
Philadelphia to resume their studies
in the Philadelphia Dental College.
The granite firms of Barclay Broth
ers and Jones Brothers are cutting a
memorial temple for E. j. Lehman
and family of Chicago. The temple
will have receptacles for twenty-five
baskets. The entire structure is to
be of Barre granite and the cost will
be $50, 600.
During the year 1901, 1l5 new build
ings were erected in the city of Barre
at an expense of 1855, 600, This does
not include new machinery and equip
ment i'll manufacturing plants, the
cost of which has been over half a
million dollars, but it is the legiti-
mate growth Of the city of Barre
FAIRLEE.
The annual meeting of the Ladies Aid
society was held at Mrs. w ii. Childs
January . The following officers were
elected for the year. Mrs. w. H. Child,
president; Mrs, c. Warren, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. W. A. Long, secretary and
treasurer.
The Grange had its annual installation
of officers Thursday evening followed by
an oyster supper. A large attendance
and pleasant time.
The social event of the season was a
complimentary banquet under the pat
ronage of the citizens of Fairee and vi
entity to Landlord Gale on the evening of
January TO- The weather was favorable
and large company was present. Sixty
five or more partook of an excellent sup
per. Friends from Oxford and rhetford
entertained the company with first class
music both vocal and instrumental. Some
ern improvements added to the house and
it is hoped Mr., and Mrs. Gale may find
their new home and the business both
pleasant and profitable
WORCESTER
Miss Frances e. Abbott is i'll with
scarlet fever.
Mrs. Frank Taylor went to hospi-
tai in Burlington last week for treat
ment.
Mrs. Henry Holt of Montpelier Wis
tied at @. M. Ladd's, last week.
There is plenty of snow and the
Shedding is excellent The lumber
men are very busy drawing logs from
the mountain.
The post Office has been moved to
Mrs. Slocums tenement on account
of scarlet fever.