The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-01
MONTPELIER.

Forty names were added to the check
list last night at the meeting of The
board of civil authority, % Of these TAX
| ing the Frecmens oath.
The members Of Company II returned
yesterday morning from Pine Camp, N
Y, where they had been attending tn,
annual manoeuyres Of the soldiers.
| A successful operation for cancer wa
performed yesterday at lIeaton hospital
on A. 0. Cummins, aged so years. IL
has been in IN health for some time
I Invitations have been issued to the
marriage Of Bertha NJ. Dewey and Car
roll I. Duke, which viii take plac,
Wednesday evening, September ia, al
$3.50 o'clock at the home Of Mr., and
Mrs. A. II. Temple.
Final settlement OF the estate Of
Ephraim +. French Of Barre was made
yesterday in probate court by Stanley
@. Wilson Of Chelsea. The estate
amounted to about $4,000 and the in.
heritance tax was 5000.
The marriage Of B. +. Buzzell, now Of
Barnet, but formerly photographer IN
this city, to Mrs. Lucy Belle Almstead
Of Calais, occurred yesterday in Barre,
Rev J. W. Barnett officiating. Mr.. and
Mrs. Buzzell will reside in Barre.
The w. stctson Swallow company, or
ganized to carry on general contracting
and building under the laws Of the state
Of New York, filed papers yesterday at
the Office Of the secretary OF state, al.
lowing it to do business in this state,
with headquarters at Burlington.
The month Of August was exceptional
b free from illness in this city, the al.
most complete absence Of contagious dis.
eases being noted. There were six cases
Of whooping cough and one case Of scar
let fever, the quarantine card in the lat
ter cas- due to lie removed in few days.
Louis Barney was arrested yesterday
on the charge Of disturbing the peace,
when, it Is alleged, be threw stone
and hit Mrs. Jacob Nathan Sunday night
a. she was walking with her husband.
The case was continued until tomorrow
afternoon and bail Of $500 was furnished.
Brakeman Smith, who was injured at
the railroad accident two weeks ago at
Riverton, is making steady progress to.
ward recovery at Heaton hospital, The
ligaments Of one leg were badly strained
and he was otherwise badly bruised, so
that his recovery is necessarily SLOW.
Engineer Wynn is also recovering from
his injuries.
A large painting Of Capt Horace B.
Sawyer. a naval officer who began sery.
ice as midshipman in the war Of 1912,
win be presented to the state during
the coming session Of the legislature
The painting Is given BY Capt. sawyer's
son and daughter, and the presentation
viii take place on the first or second
day Of the session.
This season has seen building opera.
tons in Montpelier in nourishing con.
dition. the work on the new city hall
having employed a large force of men,
ard at least a dozen new houses have
yeen erected besides the large barns OF
the Standard Oil company at the Pioneer.
A number Of permits have been granted
to allow repairs to De made, and car
penters report a very busy season.
+. Lee Whitney has been appointed
state librarian, to succeed Edward NJ,
Goddard, whose resignation took effect
to-day. Mr. Whitney has been employed
at the library for the past five years
and is entirely competent 20 take Mr..
place, He is a graduate Of
St Johns military school at Manlius, N.
u, and studied law for four years in
the Offices Of Dillingham;, Huse and How.
land and 2. s. stanton, though he never
praeticed.
The contract has been let and one
carload of lumber has arrived for the
erection Of large granite shed for the
National Granite company, to take the
place Of the one destroyed by fire last
winter. Work on the new shed would
have been well along BY this time except
for the strike, which held up the lum.
Der. It will be located between the
Lille company's granite shed and that
Of the Excelsior Granite company, and
will be 4 third larger than the old one,
extending back to the river