The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-21
MONTPELIER
Hearing Started on Foreclosure of Col
ton Co. Property.

The hearing in the matter of the pc
tition of the Montpelier National bank
to foreclose on the property of the Col
ton Manufacturing company was com
menced this morning before Judge f..
M. Butler, chancellor. There Is now
due on the property some S50,773.ll.
Several attorneys were present during
the hearing. These included A. A. Sar-
gent, q. II. Dcayitt. H. H. Laird, +. Nj.
Harvey, f. Il. Gleason and H. G. Shurt-
left, and Others came in later in the
day. There are two notes which We're
accepted as evidence These We're of
T. NJ. Cory and w. L. Adams f. NJ,
Harvey objected to the introduction of
the certified copy of the grand list tax
en- in Montpelier, claiming it did not
show valuation Of the property other
than for tax purposes.
The single men and the married men
of the Red Men fraternity bowled on
| the DAILY alleys last evening, the sin
gle men winning by score of 1876 to
1918. Pape and White tied for high
score at 277 point, while OSullivan
and Lawless of the married mems team
had 257 and 255, respectively.
r. +. Wilder of Waitsfield was Wis
itor in the city to-day.
Fred Rowell is employed as janitor
of the new state building while Arthur
Foley is on his vacation.
Miss Marion Meigs is employed in
the bank commissioner office while
Mrs. Inez Bessett is assisting in the
examination of banks.
The trains from the south on the
Central Vermont railway were late on
Thursday afternoon and this morning.
owing to trouble on the Boston a.
Maine railroad, except in the case of
the 1904 train to-day, in which the
trouble was due to freight train pull
ing drawbar on car at Bethel,
which delayed the train 80 minutes.
Mrs Nelson Bailey of Wells River
visited in the city Thursday
Lewis Lord Of Berlin appeared in
city court this morning, pleading gull
ty to the charge of breaking the city
ordinance by leaving his automobile
within Is feet Of hydrant This oc-
cured the first of the week 1t was
stated that he offered the attorney IS
to settle the matter, and after Lord
had paid hissfne the attorney criticized
his action in so doing Lord paid a
fine Of 81 and costs of S605
| J. J. Kennedy of Burlington was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Judge Z. S. Stanton of Roxbury and
Judge Sherman II. Moulton of Burling
ton were in the city yesterday in con
nection with their court work.
Mrs. &. r. Lyons, who went TO Eng
land to visit her mother four months
ago, has returned home, arriving last
evening Mrs. Lyons left her mother
quite a little improved in health.
William Rock of Barre was at the
secretary Of states Office and the state
highway department to-day, relative to
a recent accident that took place when
his team was run into BY state
truck some time ago on the Aldrich
fiat. He wants payment for the dam
age done to his wagon The driven Of
the ear was H. d. Staples, upon whom
another complaint of an accident has
been made. One OF the drivers of the
state trucks this morning backed into
the stone shed from which stone chips
were being drawn, damaging the shed
quite little, The matter was reported
to the state highway commissioners
office.
Henry Robinson of Winchester, Mass,
has settled his account as executor of
the estate Of Abraham Long, late of
Montpelier A. A. Sargent was this
morning appointed guardian OF Mrs.
Isabella Parker of Barre. having filed
his bond this morning and it being APP
proved by the court.
Or. NJ. L. Chandler this morning re.