The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-02
TALK OF THE TOWN

II new auto caps for ladies.
II Charles Webster OF Boston arrived il
H the city last night for few days Wis
III il.
II Miss RowelPs sale of stamped good
H will continue through this week only
H ADV.
all lodge, No. IL, Wednesday evening
4 June 2, at 3 o'clock.
II The guild OF the Church Of the Coco
Shepherd will meet in the church Thurs
day evening at 1880.
South Barre grange will give socia
dance Thursday evening, June 3. Admis.
sion, soc per couple. All welcome.
Mrs. George r. Philip of Currier street
was taken to the City hospital last night
in the Perry & Noonan ambulance.
You may be surprised what you will
find in shoes and clothing at rummage
sale, Gordon block, June 4 and 5.
The ladies of the Plainfield club will
meet with Mrs. w. +. Perkins, 45 Elm
street, Thursday afternoon at go.
The monthly meeting OF the ladies aid
society of the. Presbyterian church will
be held on Wednesday evening at 1880.
Beginning May IL, the price of chair
wood will be $3.50 per load of So cubic
feet. Arthur s. Martin. phone 53-W.
! Miss Jessie Sim. who has been en-
ployed for the past two years in Moore &
Owens tailor shop, has completed heI
services there.
Miss Elizabeth Milne has gone to
Springfield, Mass, where she expects to
pass the greater part OF the summer
with relatives.
| Mrs. L. A. Shores, who has been visit
| ing at the home of her son, H. W. Shores
of Hall street has returned to her home
| in st. Johnsbury.
Socialist local No. will hold regular
meeting in the Scampini block this
"wednesday evening; important bus
mess. Everybody come.
Mrs. Julia NJ. johnson of South Barre,
president OF the Ladies of the G.. A. r.,
gave the talk at the Memorial day dinner
in the Congregational church, instead OF
Mrs. Perry, as previously stated.
Every member of the official board is
expected to be present at the Hedding
church this evening to transact impor-
tant business. The meeting will begin
promptly at 7:30-
Miss Cray, sister of Rev. Father +. F. |
Cray, former curate of st. Monica
church, who has been visiting friends in
Barre for few days, returned this morn |
ing to her home in Brandon.
All those having bundles to be col |
lected for rummage sale, under direction
of ladies' aid of the Presbyterian church,
notify Mrs. Alexander Mackie, Beacon
street, or Mrs. p. NJ. Park, Hall street,
as soon as possible.
Public Service Commissioner w. Fl.
Warner of Vergennes and his clerk came
to town Yesterday to hear what the Syr-
ian colony and Attorney r. A. Hoar had
to say about an alleged leak in the gas
main on Prospect street. A brief hearing
was held at city hall in the afternoon,
Mr.. Hoar appearing for the family of Sa-
lem Tony. States Attorney F. f. Gleason
representing the state, and the Peoples
Lighting, Heating & Power Co. repre- !
sented by no one other than two of its
employees who were called in to testify. I
The hearing grew out OF an incident at
No. 80 Prospect street last April, when
of the Tony family, including
Mrs. Tony, Eva and Josephine Tony, and
3rother-in-law Tony Deep claim to have
mad narrow escapes from asphyxiation :
by gas escaping from an alleged break in
he main. Commissioner Warner heard
me or two witnesses, closed his books
md got ready TO depart He made no
comment on the evidence.
A contract involving an expenditure y
Upward of $4,000 for the removal OF
,rade crossings in Centerville. near st.
Iohnshnrv has i,aan auarJad II ~ Nor
nandeau OF Merchant street. who left J
asst night for st. Johnsbury TO make the !
preliminary arrangements for beginning q
he work. Through the decision OF the
'ermont public service commission at r
fergennes, the Boston & Maine railroad a
as been ordered TO substitute under o
asses for two crossings considered men.
cling 10 traffic. II was near one of the o
rossings that a fatality occurred a few
ears ago. More than one and one half y
niles Of road are to be built BIZ Con. y
ractor Normandeau and the contract in. =
udes also the removal OF ledge and y
he erection Of three culverts The con. u
rsetor stated yesterday that 80 men n
'ould be employed at the outset and ,
nat the number may be increased mate =
ally before the work Is completed az
BE- end Of three months. More than 30 =
Do cubic feet Of dirt are 60 be removed. %
600 feet Of ledge must be blasted and g
200 cubic yards Of cement concrete y
lilt. Equipment for the project was -
from this city TO Centerville y,
asterdsy. th
Matches and q four-year old boy are m
I'D responsible for a fire which broke 4,
IL in the four tenement house az "a Ad- Il
son place this morning and prompted \,
rnesto Provasi, in whose apartments the =,
axe occurred. TO turn in a general alarm ~
ON box IL AZ the corner Of Seminary
"A North Main streets. The cali came .,
Sass O'Clock and the auto truck ana :,
ok and ladder apparatus responded 20 4
r call. The regulars quickly extin- ~
Iished the FIRE with chemicals and the =.
out signal was given within 10 min :.
- after the alarm sounded. lace cur
ins. shades and = rug were consumed IA,
fore the fremen arrived and the wood -
,rk vas badly scorched in places. No 4
1re than as vii b. required 90 restore =
p DESTROYED furnishings snd repair the
Insurance or tho house j. ~
FRIED IN the Paige Campbell agency -
4 THE property IL owued ~ r. &.
rent. Fclks about the house c5aia not ~
snunt for the origin 81 the IRE unless '.A'
they stated. i vac due b. the couhi -