The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-07

Mrs. II. Nj. 1ayntor OF Merchant slreei
returned home last night from Erie, Pa.
where she has been visiting her son.
Tony Harry of Prospect street was
able to resume work to-day, after q
weeks absence on account OF illness.
Mrs William Quinlen, who has been
confined to the house for the past six
weeks, is gradually recovering her health
Lewis Lackey returned to-day to his
home in Shelton, Conn, after having viz.
tied relatives in Barre for the past ten
days.
William Walsh of Boston, travelling
freight agent for the Delaware & Hub
son, was in this city to-day on bust
ness.
George F. Colby of Boston, travelling
freight agent for the Illinois Central
railroad, was in the city to-day on bust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Reid returned this
morning to their home in Wells River,
after passing two days with friends in
the city.
Frank Lane has returned to his home
in Williamstown, after spending few
days with his brother, John Lane, at the
hotel Otis.
Jack Keefe of st. Adams, superinten-
dent of transportation for the Central
Vermont railroad, was business visitor
in the city to-day. &.
Miss Della Hagget, who has been
spending a few weeks at her home in
West Stewartown, n. H., returned to
Barre this morning.
AT Bailey's Music Rooms, one good
secondhand piano-cased organ, with
stool and scarf, for s65; easy payments
Ia Elm street; phone Ta-ll.
Mrs. Harry Patch and son of Wash.
ington street, who have been spending
two weeks with relatives in jefferson
vile and Stowe, returned home last
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Stoughton and
two children, who have been visiting Mrs
Ellen Stoughton OF French street. re-
turned this noon to their home in Roch.
ester.
Henry w. Dionne OF st. Adams,
route agent for the American Express
Co., was in the city to-day, checking
in" George Marsh as local agent for the
company and Fitch r. Wiley as chief
clerk. The changes are made during
the absence of the regular agent, II. w.
Britton, who is detained at his home in
Hartland by an injured toe.
The Hit or Miss club, an organiza-
ton for the promotion Of civic better
ment, held its annual election of Off
Ia MO at % l. lew
street, after which social evening OF
dancing and singing was enjoyed Dur
ing the evening a buffet lunch was
served. The officers elected were Pres
ident, Alfred Higgs; vice-president, AL
bert Verdoli; secretary, Robert Cordiner.
treasurer, Albert Emerson; lecturer,
Robert Cordiner.
Arthur S. Martin, who returned Mon
day night after a trip through seven
teen states of the country, happened
to be in Niagara Falls on Sunday and
saw the dramatic scene when three per-
sons were drowned after the breaking
OF the ice bridge in the river below the
falls. He says that a huge crowd
watched the ice bridge float down the
river carrying the three doomed persons,
and that fully three-quarters of an hour
elapsed between the time the bridge
broke away and the time it was smashed
to pieces in the rapids, plunging its three
into the water. In that time
feverish efforts were made to rescue the
woman, her husband and the boy, but
all to no avail.
Gertie LeClaire and her pickaninnies,
who have been making decided hit at
the Pavilion since Monday, will close
their engagement in Barre tonight. Aft
er the last show to-day they will take
the midnight train for New York City, |
where they are engaged to appear in
big musical production, which will 90
to Boston after the Nav York engage
ment, AT Boston they are booked for
a months run. The act offered by the |
is extremely pleasing. AT |
Every performance during their engage
nent they have scored heavily and will |
no doubt be regarded by many as one
Of the best vaudeville offerings ever seen
in the city. An all-new program of pic |
lures comes to-day and they look mighty |
good, as the lead in each one is played |
by popular picture favorite In who's |
Who,' Mr.. Maurice Costello, the Vita
graph man with the dimples, plays the |
cad In "In the Days of DID, west
arn drama, Miss Betty Hart, popular
selig player, plays the lead, and in "His
Chorus Girl Wife," Mirs Florence Law
renee is said to be at her best.