The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-31
TALKOF THE TOWN

Trimmed hats for 75c and 9Sci outing
hats, Doc. Mrs. C. r. Wood
Use Pyrox In spraying trees and po'
tatoes. For sale at Kempton Mills.
Millinery one.half price at Mrs. G. d..
Wheelock's, opposite postoiice, Montpe-
lier.
All those who had ball players gloves
at the game last Thursday afternoon at
the Italian A. G. grounds are asked TO
return them to Frederick kateon.
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Donahue and
Mrs. Donahue of Graniteville were visit
ors in the city this morning, while on
their way to Burlington, for week
end visit with relatives.
Palmist and clairvoyant. Consult "The
Little Wonder" celebrated trance me-
dunn. Wonderful manifestations of sec
ond and third sights. Room 10, Buzzell
hotel, second flight.---Adv.
All those who took tickets to sell for
the playground carnival held this week
, are urgently requested to settle their
accounts with Mrs. w. +. Shepard to-
!, day, returning unsold tickets and render
ing cash for those sold. 1t is necessary
that these accounts be settled before the
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cleared up
Il. G. Smith OF st. Adams, president of
the Central Vermont railroad, and
number of other railroad officials arrived
in the city Friday afternoon on the spe-
cial train st. Lawrence, to look over
parcels of property acquired in Barre at
different times in the past and to con-
fer with members Of the Barre Board of
Trade on matters pertaining to better
system of train connections with the
main line. President Smith and his party
inspected the driving park at Ayers
street with view to developing the
property for some practical purpose.
Among the officials who accompanied him
were Superintendent J. A. Maun, M.
Magiff, Edmund Deschenes, the Central
Vermont auditor; J. NJ. Morrison, super
lintendent of construction, and the presi
dents son, j. G. Smith.
Four mass meetings in the opera house
are to feature the water wagon drive
which the flying squadron of New Eng
land is TO make on Barre late in Au
gust according to an announcement made
by Ralph Il. Herrick, an advance repre-
sentative OF the squadron, who has re-
turned to his home in Boston, after hav-
| ing passed several days in Barre looking
over the earthworks for the big assault.
| Speakers OF national repute are to par
ticipate in the Barre meeting among
them being John B. Lewis of Boston,
president of the New England squadron;
James III. Woertendyke Of Los Angeles,
vice president of the squadron and an
attorney of standing in the West, and
Howard f. KersLner Of Boston, secretary
treasurer of the squadron. Barre is one
of the go centers of population in New
England chosen by the prohibition advo-
Gates as strategic positions in their war
fare on John Barleycorn. 1t is proposed
| to hold afternoon and evening meetings
Aug. 80 and 81 A more detailed an
nouncement of the speakers will be made
| later.
Returns from the various committees |
interested in the promotion Of Thurs
days playground carnival indicate that
about $500 tickets We're sold for the
benefit baseball game played at the Der
lin street grounds. Inasmuch as the ex-
penses incident to staging one OF the
most successful affairs OF its kind in the |
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small, tidy balance is left for the main |
tenance of Barre's three public play |
grounds. Adult tickets distributed in |
the advance sale and at the grounds
Thursday numbered 1885, and 4l0 chill |
dren's tickets were sold. Added to the |
income derived from the sale Of tickets, |
I there was a considerable revenue aecru !
ing from the refreshments and score
cards sold on the grounds. One public. |
spirited citizen of Barre who was absent |
on business trip TO Boston, forwarded |
the treasurer of the committee his check |
for SIS, asking that il be added to the |
fund. All in all, IL is estimated that |
$500 or more will be realized for the |
backgrounds. The general committee |
having charge of the carnival will meet |
again TO close its accounts.
An informal agreement between mu
nicipal court magistrates in Barre and |
Montpelier has resulted in a division OF
the territory in Washington county |
towns in which causes may be brought TO |
the two municipal judges when the new
law affecting municipal courts becomes
operative Monday II is to be recon-
mended that cases arising in Barre, Barre
Town, Cabot Calais, East Montpelier, /
Marshfeld and Plainfield be brought 10
the attention Of the Barre Judge. Berlin |
and Duxbury are 20 choose magistrates /
at their own convenience and on one day |
in each month Judge Scott and Judge
Harvey Of Montpelier win preside over
sessions Of court in Waterbury and |
Mortified. Under the new rulings, /
common law jury Of ~ men instead of /
six is TO serve. Municipal courts are
20 have full jurisdiction over cases where /
the penalty does not exceed five years in
the house Of correction and exceptions |
may be taken directly 10 supreme court.
On pleas Of guilty, the magistrates may /
sentence TO the extent Of five years in the /
state prison. The new order Of things 1
viii tend 20 reduce the work Of Sc
Judges in hearing civil cases. Provisions
are made for paying a court stenographer 4
a per day for actual time served. Here
in Barre the duties Of the judge are 20