The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-23
.. "A. PERRY,
REAL ESTATE ENJOY,
Barre VT, Room Gordon Block
BARRE.

The funeral of the late Murray Dur
kee, who was killed by an electric cur.
rnet Friday afternoon, was held from
the Universalist church on Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock. Rev. j. Ed
ward Wright, pastor of the Church of
the Messiah at Montpelier, officiated
and the Universalist choir sang sew
eral selections. The church was filed
with the relatives and many friends
of the deceased and the floral tributes
were many and beautiful. The bear
ers were employees from the Viles
Consolidated and the Telephone Co. IS
They were Charles Page, Frank Hill,
Warren Holmes, Henry Hodgdon, Jo-
seph Purvee and Earl Ward. The body
was taken TO Hope cemetery for inter
ment.
Rev. A. B. Bellondi, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Bianchi and Miss Josephine
Bianchi of Barre, were passengers on
the steamer Vancour of the Dominion
line which sailed from Boston for Ma
pies, Saturday, July Is.
Miss West has received notice.of the
death of Louise West, wife of George
H. Watson of Reading, Pa. The body
will be brought to this city for burial.
The Barre Quoting Club met team
from Montpelier in friendly COMPETE
tion Saturday afrenoon the local team
winning. The Montpelier team was
oaptained by James Doyle. After the
game the teams sat down to light re-
freshments and an hours enjoyment
in the South End hotel.
Rev. F. A. Poole left on Monday
for Portland, Me-, to join his family
for a months vacation. They will
also go to Marblehead Neck, Mass, to
visit.
Maurice Durkee left this noon for
New York to resume his studies in the
Westinghouse Electrical school, being
called home by the death of his broth
er.
William Wright was in court Mon
day morning charged with the serious
offense of burglary. Wright waived
examination and was bound over to
county court, bail being fixed at $500,
which he has teen unable to obtain.
VIM. Wright was in city court on
Monday on the charge of burglary, it
being alleged that he has been stealing
liquor from the storehouse of the Aqua
Pura company on Granite street for
week or more past When arrested at
midnight, Saturday night, Wright was
in bad state of intoxication. Being
arraigned Monday he waived examina-
tion and was bound over to county
court, bail being fixed at $500. He
will be placed in the county Jail as
he was unable to furnish the amount.
The police say that Wright was of
peculiar philanthropic turn in that he
took the stuff and then made division
among his friends, so that other ar
rests may follow.
A. Bini died ON Monday evening
as a. result of lock-jaw. 1t will be
remembered that Bini shot himself
in the left hand the night before the
Fourth with 32-calibre revolver and
was thought to be convalescing until
lock-jaw set in recently, from the
effects of which he died last evening.
The funeral was held at his resi-
dence on Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Mann of Barre, in city
court on Tuesday morning, sued her
husband, George w. Mann, for di-
vorce on grounds of intolerable Sc
verify.
The anniversary of the death Of
Robert Burns, July 81, was remem-
berde by the Burns club of this city
by hanging of wreaths about the
Burns monument.
Laura Wecsott began her summer
vacation from A. P. Abbott's store
this week.