The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-01
TALK OF THE TOWN
New wash goods al Abbott's.

ftHANVA "a WV wy g''hNtNst-
Mr.. and Mrs. j, III. l.. Carr of Keith
avenue returned to-day from few days
visit in Boston.
Auction tonight, Kenyon store, bal
ance stock must be closed at once ID. A
Perry, auetioneer.
Miss jeanette Granger resumed work
in the Peoples Shoe store this morning
after weeks illness.
United States District Marshal c. g.
Graves of Waterbury was a business Wis
itor in the city yesterday.
c. Il. PRESLEY of Lowell, Mass, for
mer resident of Barre, is spending few
days with friends In the city.
Victor Norberg of Peekskill, n. " ar
rived in the city yesterday and expects
to be employed here for the rest OF the
winter.
William Dewey has moved his house
hold goods from Is West street into
apartments which he has leased on Brook
street.
Members and prospective members of
the Granite City Quoting club are to
have a special meeting in their pavilion
this evening at o'clock.
A special meeting of the Granite City
Quoting club viii be held in the club pa
vilion Tuesday evening, Feb. i, at 7
o'clock. The presence OF all members
and prospective members is urgently de-
sired
Carl Burgess, a recent graduate from
the Bryant x Stratton school in Boston,
is stopping at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley Burgess of the Mont
pelier road He has position in the
office of the Jones Brothers company.
Charles Fl. Northrop of Merchant
street, who has been detained at home
for the past five weeks by illness, was
able to resume charge of his trucking
Mr.. Northrop was threatened with pneu-
monia, but latterly he has been making
steady progress toward recovery.
The hospital cookbooks have arrived
and are now on sale at the following
places, at SOC per copy; Tilden Shoe
store, Martins Book store, Mrs. w. +.
Shepard's, d. c. Towards store, South
Barre, of Mrs. Randall at the library in
Williamstown, of Mrs. Roach at Granite |
vile and of Mrs. C. Ii. Lermond of East |
Barre.
John Hussey Of River street, arrested |
on the complaint of members of his fam |
lily yesterday, pleaded guilty before Mag |
istrate II. w. Scott to an intoxication |
charge and paid IS fine and costs. Off
Ger Harry Gamble went to River street |
and arrested Hussey on a warrant issued |
at the request OF Grand Juror William
The third of a series of mid-winter ice
-. ~ ~ hniI L.
nooski river in Montpelier Saturday, Feb.
). There are to be three races, two class
A races for horses that have never beat
IN Al seconds, and three minute class
All purses are to be $25 and admission
fees are to be 5 per cent. The races are
10 start at 1880.
Signs of spring" were observed on De
pot square this morning when two
appeared with their pockets
stuffed with marbles In spite of the
mall pools of water in the depressions
n the sidewalk one of them proceeded
o 'Sset up his alley" in the most APP
proved style and, considering his oppo
tents lack of practice, seemed in a fair
way to enjoy a profitable morning.
Tonight in the rooms Of the Apollo !
hub in Montpelier the Vincitia and
APOLLO clubs viii meet for the second of ,
. series of four tournaments in billiards, /
DOL and whist. Inasmuch as q major
Ly Of points were won by the Vincitia
hub when the two clubs met in this city !.
\ December. the Barre clubmen are a !
e ahead of their opponents. Barre and
fontpelier Knights of Columbus club I
len will also meet tonight for the first
series of six tournaments in pool y
nd cribbage. Barre council, No. 40l, is =
, entertain the Montpelier knights at Il
g elubrooms in the Scampini building y
II Barre knights who are to participate
! the matches are asked to meet in the k
ub at o'clock IN
Barre people contributed 500 to the j
ewish relief fund, according to figures d
ade public by Joseph Kovalsky of For a.
rthe place, who was delegated by the .
.ntral committee of New York to solicit e.
Inscriptions in Barre and the immediate Il
cinity of this city. With the aid of Il
lmber of young women Mr.. Kovalsky q,
nvassed the entire city, the territory !,
ling divided into wards for the conve. n
ence of the solicitors. In spite of an q,
lavoidable delay in getting certificates e
I'd stamps, a delay that made it neces- n,
ny to postpone the soliciting until the q,
~ after the time designated by Presi- N
mt Wilson, Mr.. Kovalsky and his as r.
stants found many people who were Il
Hing to respond. The money collected in
Barre will go to swell fund designed q,
r the relief of 100000 Jews suffering n,
ON the exigences of war. m