The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-22

left Boston was received Saturday night
and the arrest was made here this
morning.
Alderman w. B. Stratton, chairman
LOT the committee on the community
Christmas tree, from the Montpelier
city council, was at the hall this morn
ing supervising the decorations of the
auditorium. The council decided that
1t would not expend the large sum of
money and litter up the lawn in front
OF the city hall this year, as had been
done in the last few years. Aldermen
Stratton and Bowers were appointed on
1 the committee, and the Woman's club
is working with them on the matter
A nice program is under way and will
probably be presented. The holding of
the exercises in the hall win mean
more comfort to the children. There
will be no midnight mass at the Cath
Ollie church this year, but the same
mass will be said at 10 o'clock Christ
mas morning. Midnight services occur
at the Episcopal church this year as
usual, but their children's exercises
will not occur until $3.50 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon At the Methodist
church, the exercises are on Thursday
evening, at the Congregational church
Sunday evening of next week, and at
the Unitarian church Tuesday after
noon.
John Torchiana OF Barre was arrest
ed on Saturday night by Officer Sloan
of the Montpelier police force on the
charge of breach of peace by offensive
and troublesome carriage in the Cen
trail Vermont station in Montpelier, fol-
lowing the dance that took place in
the armory in Montpelier. He was
lodged in jail, where he stayed Sunday,
and viii be given a hearing this after
noon. The complaint of the officer, who
was called to the station by woman,
was that she had been insulted by per
sons IN that station and that there was
a general disturbance. 1t appears that
the officer stopped some of the noise,
and it is claimed that Torchiana did
mot subside with the others.
The store Of Berry and Jones was
broken into Sunday morning by some
persons who apparently wanted some
thing to eat, for there was but little
taken from the place as far as the own
| err, Harry Jones, could tell Sunday. The
break was made through the window
next to the rear door to the store. aft
or which il looks as though the bolt in
the door was slipped and then entrance
made. The door was left partly open
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building. The appearances were that
the persons drank a couple of bottles
of ginger ale and a lot of cookies and
that was about all that was missing.
The southbound express on the Cen
trail Vermont railway was run in two
sections Saturday and Sunday nights.
There were II cars in the train Sat
urday night so the train was split and
two engines and train crews used to
handle the train from Essex Junction
to White River Junction. The trains
were both late, but some good running
time was made, both engines having
light trains All of the sleeping cars
were in the second train. The paper
train Sunday morning did moi run into
Montpelier, but the branch train was
sent to make the connection at Mont
pelier junction, thus assisting the pa
per train in making up some 10 min
utes of its lateness, the passengers hav-
ing arrived in Montpelier almost an
hour late.
c. A. Smith, who has been i'll for
several days with carbunele on his
head, was able to be out Sunday for a
little while.
Mr., and Mrs. NJ. +. McCargar left
Sunday morning for Burlington, where
they remain until Tuesday and then
leave for California to spend the win
ter
The annual meeting of the First Ma.
tional Farm Loan association of Mont
pelier will occur at the secretary's of.
fee in the Willard block in Montpelier
at 1880 o'clock the morning of Jan. ID
John H. Stone, the secretary, sent no.
tices to the members of the association
to-day
A marriage license was issued Sat
urday evening to Paul Davis and Miss
Myrtle Clark of Montpelier
John Mayo Of the H. j, Volholm
] store is i'll and unable to be at work
The Richford Manufacturing com
pany has filed statement that the
company proposes to issue 100 shares
of stock at 500. The Hourglass Coun.
| ty club has sent a statement to the
same office for the same purpose.
The state highway department this
morning received notice that five more
carloads of war automobiles and wal
material arrived at the Central Yer.
mont station The material is mostly
composed Of parts Of automobiles, al,
though there are also many parts OF
machinery connected with road work
For the first time since the open sea