The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-05
BARRE.

IlOn WIN tne society. The service
was held at the hall in the Scampini
building.
When Edward Mudgett returns to
his home in San Francisco, from
whence he was called by the death
of his mother, he will be accompa-
MED by his father who will make
his home in that city
H. A. Phelps has purchased
through the D. A. Perry Real Es-
tate Agency 400 acres of timber land
in Roxbury, owned by G. E. Rice
and Harry Johnson. Messrs. Rice
and johnson take in part payment
two lots of land owned by Mr..
Phelps in this city. The transaction
involves about $4,000.
While attending an Italian picnic
in Townsend's grove Sunday, Pc
ter Cato had his left ankle badly
fractured. He was taken to the Of
I flee of DR.. l.. L. Leonard, who
found that the small bone in his an
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had been cracked. The accident hap
pened while young Cato vas scuf-
fling with companions.
DR.. Clarence F. Worthen, who
been visiting his parents, DR.. and
Mrs. H. o. Worthen, for two
weeks, returned Sunday to Boston
where he has accepted an appoint
ment to the Massachusetts eye and
ear infirmary to cover a period Of
year and half. Following his
graduation from the Harvard med
ical college he went to the Newton
hospital as house physician and has
just completed a year and a halls
service in that institution before
coming to this city for a visi..
Since the late Patrick Manning.
who died last Thursday, left a small
estate and there are no known rela-
ties, it devolved upon the city of
Barre to take charge of his affairs,
and accordingly the city council
met in special session Saturday
night and appointed Aldermen
Thurston, Campbell, and Alexander
to take charge, pending the appoint
ment Of an administrator should
that course be pursued. If any
claims against the estate should be
proven they will be paid and the
balance go to the city for school
purposes, subject to claim by rela-
tives or rightful heirs during the
next seventeen years. Mr. Manning
was man of frugal habits and had
saved a little out of his moderate
wages as an employee of the city wa
ter department. 1t has been discov-
cred that he left about $3.50 in cash
and that there is small insurance
policy which will bring the total
amount to about $500.
e. N. Aldrich and family, of Gra-
niteville, left Tuesday for an au-
tomobile tour through Massachu-
sets and Connecticut and will Wis
it the beaches before returning
home.
The 24-hours old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred S. O'Connell of 10 Mount
street, died Monday afternoon about
| o'clock. Commissions was the
cause Of its death.
A conference meeting was held
| Tuesday evening between committees
from the clerks union and the mer-
chants association in regard to the
question of the merchants paying
their clerks full time for the We'd
nesday afternoon holidays. In the
agreement between the union and
the merchants this matter was left
optional with the merchants. Some
of the merchants have been paying
their clerks and others have not,and
there has been a movement started
by several of the merchants to have
all the merchants not pay for the
half-holiday. In this the clerks
maintain that the association is Vi
olating it's agreement.
In his report to the city council
Monday evening In regard to the
city's purchasing the Gospel village
common" of the Congregational
society, City Attorney J. Ward Car
yer advised the council not to buy
the land unless they could get
warranty deed from the society and
have inserted in the deed that the
land shall be used as a common"
lie further advised them not to take
quit-claim deed On motion of
Alderman Campbell this report was
accepted and the report of the prop
erty committee on their conference
with the church society and the
school commissioners, which was
laid on the table last week to be
Al !.