The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-28
NAY EXTEND MARTIAL
LAW ALL OVER IRELAND
WITH ULSTER EXCEPTED
MONTPELIER

OF Montpelier seminary Will tahe PA"NN
on June 5, the baccalaureate sermon
being given by Rev. Walter ID. Gould
of the class of 1910; vesper services =
O'Clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. i. vi
Knapp speaker; O'Clock p. M, last
meeting of the family circle; Monday
evening, commencement concert; tues
day evening, commencement prize
speaking; Wednesday morning, scrub
exercises and class day exercises; l;3o
o'clock, trustees meeting; 4 O'Clock, art
exhibit: 6 o'clock, alumni meeting; I
O'Clock, banquet; Thursday morning,
Rev. A. w. Hewitt will give the com
mencement address to the graduating
class and the regular exercises viii
occur.
Mrs. T. H. Tracy, deputy sheriff, left
last evening for Vergennes with the
Farnsworth children, who were yester-
day ordered by Judge w. A Lord com.
mitted to the school for the rest OF
their minority.
Miss Katherine Spear, school nurse
in Montpelier, has been assisting this
week in the examination of babies.
When most of the clerical forces in
offices were enjoying Arbor day earlier
in the month the force in the secretary
of state's office worked the full day SO
that now they are to enjoy the Vaca-
ton they did not get at that time and
they will not return to work next
Tuesday, excepting few who VIII
have to look after the mails. The reg
istration work is now caught up al
though there is a heavy registration
under way at present. The force Will
leave the office at noon to-day and
not return until Wednesday morning.
Most of the other offices will be closed
Monday.
The contractors. who are putting in
the new National Life Insurance build
ing, have moved the Briggs house into
State street and last evening the work
was completed so that to-day they
were turning the building to 60 down
State street with it. Probably this viii
not be completed until past the middle
OF next week. An effort will be made
today to get the building to one side
enough so that one way traffic can
take place Sunday and Monday, the
west bound traffic going by the way
of Western avenue, Baldwin and Bal
ley avenue back to State street. All of
the traffic last evening had to go over
these last named streets. The steam
shovel was placed on the cars yester-
day afternoon ready for shipment to-
day. A quantity of brick has arrived
for the construction work to be used
in the back of the granite. Somers q
Mix have been doing the plumbing on
the DeBoer and Briggs house. About
5000 cubic wards of dirt were removed
in 90 days for the cellar of the build
ing.
The Eastern Vermont Public Utili-
ties Co. is defendant in case which
has been brought by r. +. Whittier
for damage which Mr.. Whittier alleges
that the defendant is liable for hav-
ing raised the dam at the outlet OF
.Joe's pond so that the water has dam
aged his cottage which is on the island
in ,Joe's pond. The case has been dock
eted in Washington county court. 9th
err cases that have been entered are Ar
thur Lombard VS.. Florence Lombard;
Joseph Cadette VS.. Ethel Cadette on
the divorce docket.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Ballard, who
will shortly come from Chicago to
Montpelier to live, have rented house
on First avenue.
Mrs. j. c. Gale was called last night
to Norwich, Conn, by the serious i'll
ness of Nelson Wheat, her father, who
! l. s,l nj
of employment during the day. He
lives with another daughter and is "a
years of age.
Messrs. Dix and Staples of Spring
| field. who have the contract for con-
struction of the federal road project in
Mt. Tabor and adjoining towns, were
in the city this morning figuring on the
| federal road project in Irasburg, upon
which bids will be opened june 2.
Only few accident reports reached
the secretary of states Office this
morning. They included one from o.
+. Pecue of White River junction that
| in trying to avoid hitting children
PLAYING in the road his motorcycle hit
bicycle and did some damage to il.
p. C. Carly of South Royalton report
ed that the stage operating between
Chelsea and that village hit COW one
day this week.
The Burlington Traction Co. has
/ filed with the secretary of state a
statement that the company proposes
| to issue 1000 shares of stock at Sl0O
a share. while the +. J. Davis Machine
| Co. of that city proposed to issue 25O
shares Of stock at 500 a share.
Miss Harriet Reed of ST. Johnsbury
is spending the holiday with her fam
| ily in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Heaphy are in
Brattleboro for few days.
| Hiram y. Davis. deputy commission
er of weights and measures, who has
been in Washington, d. C., attending
conference relative to the uniform
laws of that department, was made q
member Of the executive committee for
The coming year and was a member oi
the nominating committee during the
weeks session.
The will of c. H. Bailey of Water.
bury. who died recently. was presented
this morning in probate court. An ad
ministrator in his sons estate was ap
pointed only few days since.
What 20 do with the four pieces OF
granite which have occupied a portion
of the lawn at the State House since
last fall is the problem that has beer
under consideration by the board 81
control and the sergeant at arms d
late. and now the secretary Of th'
l - -. sel.r, she matter un Wit i