The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

John A. Friburg of South Ryegate ar
rived in the city yesterday for few
days visit with relatives.
Miss Ethel Gamble left to-day TO
Woodsville, N. H., where she will yisi
with relatives for few days.
/ Miss Marion Sullivan of Newport i
making an extended visit at the hom'
OF Mrs. Mary Garvey OF Pearl street
The X. of c. dance, scheduled for Mon
day night, has been postponed to lat
er date on account of repairs to thu
hall.
G. d. Lewis of Edmonton, Alberta, 9
prominent figure in the Canadian stone
trade, is passing several days in the city
on business.
Joseph Jacques and Albert Tonguay
of Waterbury arrived i'll the city yes
terday for weeks visit with relatives
on Beckley hill.
Frank j. McEnany of st. Adams, a
former Central Vermont station agent
in Barre, was guest yesterday and
to-day of w. II. Snow at the City hotel
f. G. Smith and party of six friends
from Boston, are touring Vermont and
New Hampshire by automobile, were
registered at the City hotel yesterday
and to-day.
Fred H. Beal president Of the Yer
mont state branch OF the A. Z. oil j.,
returned to his home in Bethel last
night, after spending few days in
Barre with local labor leaders.
Edwin Bruce, who has been connected
with the Chateau Laurier orchestra in
Ottawa, Ont, during the past season,
has returned home for the winter. Mrs.
Bruce and daughter, Florence, preceded
him several DAYS ago.
Among the visitors in the city yes
terday and to-day were Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Z. Hargrave of Brookiield, ii. G..
Morley of Ludlow and Horace Curtis
Woodward of Burlington. They were
among the guests registered at the City
hotel.
To all sir knights of st. Aldemar COM
mandery, No. IL: Unless a reasonable
number of tickets are sold before 8 p. m.
Tuesday, Oct. IA, the ladies' night win
be postponed. Look for notice in the
paper Wednesday. Entertainment com
mittee.
Miss Margaret Mcmahon of st. Al
bans, Miss Irene Sullivan Of Hardwick,
A. Gregoire of Montreal, p. O., Miss
Marion Sullivan of Newport and L. Mil
ligan of Hardwick were guests over the
weekend of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ben
nett of Summer street.
John Cabana OF Academy street left
to-day on an extended trip through
northern Vermont and lower Quebec.
While absent, he will visit in Cowans-
vile and Mansonville, p. O., and in Rich
ford. Mr.. Cabana is a veteran of the
Civil war and will visit several of his
former comrades alarms while away.
A large crowd attended the w. f.
estate auction sale of per-
sonal property Saturday. y team of
horses brought S425, one COW SOL one
,ow S44, and two small shoats sold for
BIS. A buggy wagon went for S45, a
lump cart sold for $25, sleds $2a.06 ard
another pair of sleds at $24 A lumber !
wagon brought $40 and other property
brought prices in proportion. c. Z.
smith was the auctioneer.
Gull Ciampi of Barre had one leg
broken and his nose fractured yester-
day while driving on the East Mont |
pelier road near powerhouse No. ) of the
Consolidated Lighting Co. The horse
overturned the wagon, throwing out Mr.. |
Ciampi. The accident was witnessed |
by others and physician was sum-
noned, who advised that the injured |
nan be taken to Heaton hospital. The
breaks were set, but it will be some |
weeks before the man viii be out of
The hospital. The leg fracture is be-
.ween the knee and ankle.
A gang of laborers under the super
,ision of Contractor Cortez Foley start
ID this morning to rip up the concrete
sidewalk which faces the stores of j. w
and i. A. Drown in the Drown
building. Two hatchways that have
ong offered the. pedestrian an uncom-
ortable chance to stub his toe will be !
losed and the basement entrances trans
erred to the rear end of the block. The
walk. to the limits of the Drown prop
rty, will be of cement and the contrac-
or hopes to haye the front completed
" the latter part of the week. 1t was
tated this morning that an effort would
e made to induce the aldermanic street
to extend the cement walk
mt to the curbing. Whether this will
e done could not be learned. short
inc ago considerable stretch of walk
ear the Reynolds property was relsid
With cement, and pressure was brought
o bear upon the committee to have the
ement covering continued as far south