The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-23

and has made favorable impression in
this city. lie will arrive ready for his
new charge, Friday.
The FIRE alarm boxes are being rel.
painted red. Montpelier now has 80 fire
alarm boxes.
S. II. Hinsdale, the apple man, who
has traded in apples here every fall for
q number Of years, says the apple crop
is very poor this year
w j. Dooley, chief dispatcher for the
Central Vermont on the northern divi-
sion, was in town Thursday to attend
the funeral of his sister, Mrs. c. X. Put
nam.
The death Of Mrs. Harriet Bailey, wild
ow Of the late J. Warren Bailey, occurred
at The home Of Mrs. Clara Lowe in this
city yesterday afternoon at $3.50. The
funeral viii be held Monday.
i. q. Cornell left Wednesday for Mon
treaI where he joins his brother from
Ogdensburg, n. Y, for a two weeks
hunting trip on the Quimby lakes. The
trip from Ottawa to the camp will be
made by canoe.
Game Warden Joseph Chaplin Of Mid
dlesex was in town today and said that
he thought there would be between five
and six thousand acres Of posted land
in that town. He lays the cause of this
to the doe killing law.
Charles A. Smith has completed the
service Of papers in the matter of APP
pearing before the city council and dis
cussing the telSing Of land for new
school building on LOOMS street. The
hearing has been set for November Sd.
Engineers from Walkers office are
surveying near the Three Mile bridge
preparatory to running a grade for the
new state road which will be made at
that place. The highway at that point
has been in bad condition for long
time on account Of the deep sand.
The cement hoist which is used on
the city hall job dropped about ton
Of cement from quite height yesterday
morning and several workmen escaped
serious injury by being just out Of range
1t took three hours time to repair the
hoist.
As CO. A. G. Brown was going home
last night he fell on some slippery
leaves in front Of Pope's store. When
he was picked mp by bystanders he had
cash cut under his eye and his nose
was bleeding profusely. Aside from
some cuts and scratches, Col Brown was
not injured.
Frederick Wells, a historian Of this
state. was at the secretary Of states
Office yesterday getting data for his
history of Ryegate that he intends to
publish before the year is out. Mr.
Wells has written several histories Of
different towns in the state, the latest
being history Of Newbury, published
about two years ago.
The street committee, in company
with competent builder, will probably
look over the Willard block this after
noon and report whether the building
is safe or not. There has been consid-
cradle complaint during the last few
months that the building is unsound and
this investigation will be thorough
enough to show the condition Of the
building.
The next game on the schedule Of the
Montpelier seminary team is the game
school The seminary vs.. Bellows Falls
game. which was scheduled for Wednes.
day, was Cancelled and now the st. AL
bans high has Cancelled both the high
school and seminary games. Taking
these games will shorten the season for
both teams.
One Of the hardships Of the new hunt
ing license law * shown in the case
Of man who works as engineer on the
city hall Job yesterday morning, when
he applied for hunting license. He
has been here several months and will
be until the job is completed, but he Is
in reality resident of Boston. The
city attorney was seen about the case,
and he thought the man should be
charged Sl5. This amount seemed un.
just to the man and he went away.