The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
MONTPELIER


The condition of w B. Harmon whC
is very i'll at his rooms in the River
side, was more comfortable this morn
ing.
p. NJ. Stevens of the state engineer
office has gone to French hill in Col
chester. where he will have charge Of
the inspection of the federal road work
this season. This was commenced thi.
morning. The work will be rushed
so as to be completed before the heavy
summer travel commences.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale r. Donahue passed
the week end in Burke.
The patrons of the trolley cars were
Inconvenience this morning for a time
when the trolley line wire broke. Per.
sons coming from Barre to work had
to walk short distance.
w. G. Belknap of Bellows Falls went
! to his home this morning, after visit
in Barre.
w. H. Jeffrey, state probation off
Ger, went to Island Pond this morning
on probation matters.
! Messrs Hall and Harris of the sta te
auditors office were receiving eongrat
ulations this morning at their raises in
salary as granted by the board of con
troll last week, one getting raise Of
| 5000 year and the other of $500 a
year They have been employed in the
Office about eight months.
IT is understood that the change in
| train schedule on the Central Vermont
railway win go into effect May 2 and
when that takes place the coach that
| has been drawn on the milk train will
! be eliminated. This was attached to
| the train as an accommodation to the
public, but there has been quite lit
tie complaint because of delays, the
patrons not seeming to realize the ac.
commodation. If the coach is removed
It will. avoid two stops at nearly every
station and in addition to this a heav-
Ter train of milk can be drawn. The
southbound evening trains on the road
were over three hours late Saturday
evening owing TO the engine of the
milk train being derailed at Milton.
The evening passenger train was be-
hind the milk train, so it could not
come along until the engine was again
on the iron.
II. NJ. Farnham has returned from
Chicago. where he purchased car
load of horses. but he does not know
when he viii get them. owing to the
railroad trouble. He does not expect
that they will be shipped now Con
ditions are a great deal more compli-
ca. ed in that city as To- traffic than
persons would realize from reading the
papers here,
Roy Wilder of Wsitsfeld was inthe
city Saturday on his way TO St. Johns
hurry. relative to construction of the
top of the steepe of the Notrc Dame
church. The top Of the steeple was
blown down recently. Mr.. Wilde il .
steepie climber and will try to replace
the sop,
The following cases have been en-
tered in Montpelier City court; Union
Mutual Fire Insurance company VS..
Lucy Newcomb, assessment on insur
ance; Alice Bowman VS.. J. h. Geurin,
rental OF mileages $50; Michael Nc.
Mahon, administrator of the estate Of
John McAishon, VS.. John Dobbs, rentsl
500. Samuel Fertil VS.. Seymour Guy
cite. horse warranty, was entered and
then little later discontinued
W. b. Turner. one Of the listers, is
i'll with influenza. Most of the family
have been i'll with the ma!ady.
Ralph Kelley. who has scarlet fever, |
is feeling better, as is the son OF Mr.. |
and Mrs Harry Colombo.
William Hurry of Barre has been APP |
pointed special administrator OF the es-
tate<of Lewis Gordon, late of Barre.
The funeral of John Pearce. who died 1
Saturday, will take place at 2;30 |
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon from the |
Barber and Lsnier chapel.
The members of the Montpelier high |
school basketball team, who played in 1
the tourney AT Glcns Falls, arrived |
home this morning. They speak in |
hattering terms of the Courteous treat |
ment they received al the hands of the
residents of that city during their stay
there. While they would have liked |
to bring home the bacon they are well |
satisfied with their results, for they
realized that little lack Of harmony
caused the defeat Referee Hardman,
who was a member Of the champion
ship team that played in st. Louis for
the world record, stated 70 Coach Gull
len after the game that Montpelier
showed more basketball than any other
team in the tourney, while Referee
Furman. who coaches the two Glens
Falls teams. stated after the series
was over that they were well pleased
that Ithaca played against them Sat.