The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-04

at the regular meeting of the Odd Eel
lows in Montpelier
G. H. Reagan has resumed work as
tmotorman on the electric cars.
Chief Connolly has been ordering resi-.
dents to stop dumping ashes in the rivers
and is now looking after those persons
who persist in dumping their ashes in
the streets.
Chester Cory and bride returned to
New Haven, Conn, last night, after
spending the holidays with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cory will reside at pa
Dixwell avenue
As result of the remeasurine on the
dust laying assessments on River street,
the city will receive about $3.50 income.
1t was found that some 80 odd lots of
land which abut on that street were not
assessed when the new measurements
were made last Friday. These included
$50 against the Montpelier & Barre
| Lighting & Power Co. and S33 against
the Lane estate, neither of which was as
sessed in the first citation. One OF the
small land holders on the street objected
to being assessed and having the city
allow the two above named to avoid pay
ing their proportion.
c. \. Smith, secretary of the Vermont
Ayrshire club, has gone to his home in
Brandon after visit with +. H. Abbott,
who is also interested in the club.
The workmen have the excavation of
the walk which will lead from the side
walk to the front of the new state build
ing almost completed, This is being done
this fall to save money, time and mate
rial. If left until spring nothing could
be accomplished until some two weeks
later than under the present arrange
ment. Two feet of ground the width of
the walk has been removed. When this
is completed small stone on the plot will
be thrown into the bottom and during
the winter the cinders, clinkers and ashes
from the boiler in the building will be
dumped in, thus saving handling twice.
Alfred McJerrot, who has spent eight
years in the Industrial school at Yer
gennes, was in city court this morning
on the charge of larceny of money from
Abraham Allen, who has store on River
street. The child admitted the stealing,
but to Chief Connolly Monday urged
that he be not sent back to the industrial
school because he said he had been
whipped there with rubber hose. The |
case presented so many angles that the |,
court wanted to investigate this before |
making any order in the matter. I
The deed of parcel of land next the
Pavilion from 7. j. Heaphy to the state
of Vermont was filed in the city clerks
office Monday afternoon. This deed. like |
the one filed by the state two months |
ago, is for the purpose of Strengthening
lines between the state property and the |
Pavilion. The deeds are given as provid-
ed in an act of the legislature in the SEES
sion of 1917
The final notice in the fatality which |
at South Vernon last week in
which Homer l.. Vaughn, employed bv
the Boston & Maine railroad was killed.
has been received at the commission of
industries office. The man was killed !
Nov. %. He leaves wife and child.
Miss Florence Cory, president of the
local Red Cross, received notice this
from T. r. Merrill, leader Of the
Montpelier Military band, that the or
,hestra is ready to comply with the re-
quest which has gone through the coun-
Try providing that orehestras furnish
music at the moving picture theatres on
Friday this week. The proceeds of the
.heatres in the country are to go to the
finances of the Red Cross, and all union
men and other members of orchestras
rave agreed to play without expense at
he moving picture places Friday.
Flora S. Field of Barre this morning
ettled her account as administrators of
he estate of Mary J. Blake, late of
Barre. c. p. Hatch of Mortified was
ppointed administrator of the estate of