The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-22
MONTPELIER

! Highway Commissioner r. w. Dix
was in Hancock on Saturday to work
with District Commissioner Oscar A
Harding.
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Shepard went ia
Burlington on Saturday for q few
days stay.
I The awarding of the contract for
construction Of new bridge Sat the
Lane Manufacturing company on one
Of the city streets, three bids for which
have been received, will not take place
until after May rs, when the grand list
Of the city is filed, it was stated by
Mayor D. X. Lille on Saturday. 1t is
necessary to wait in order to find out
whether the city will have the money
to build the new bridge. The old
bridge fell into the Worcester branch
of the Winooski river some weeks ago.
Arthur etiquette, who left town a
week ago suddenly on the evening
train after a fight, appeared in town
| Saturday morning and gave himself
I up TO the officers. He pleaded guilty
| in city court to breach Of peace and
paid a fine Of $40 and costs. Eddie
Ewing and Henry Bowers each was
given 80 days IN jail as sentence for
having become intoxicated Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. A. Peck Of Burling-
ton were visitors in the city the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. Foster Clement OF Burlington
accompanied by friends, was in the
city Friday Mr.. Clement was the
donor Of the fountain at Montpelier
seminary some years since.
Charles Drury and T. Il. Hedlund,
Boston newspaper men who hurried
here when the mystery developed con-
corning the disappearance of William
+. Gay, left for their homes Sunday
morning.
The will OF @. r. Andrews. late of
Mortified has been presented for
probate in Washington county district.
Meader Ghilds, Bernard McGnire,
Harold Benway and Harold Murphy,
members of Montpelier council. No.
800, Knights OF Columbus, attended The
exempliiication Of the third degree,
held yesterday in st. Adams by the
local council of that city.
Captain William Kelley, who is com
piling the data on the military side
of Vermont's participation in the
World war. has returned, after spend
ing the week end in Rutland at his
home
N. Anderson, representing the z.
Holdersen company Of Boston, is mere
to see about re-gilding the dome on
the State House. Ii has been over 10
years since the dome was last gilded
and with a new coating of gold leaf
will harmonize with the other i'm
provements around the State House
grounds.
Five boys" appeared in city court
this morning. charged with intoxlca-
ton. to which four of them pleaded
guilty and were given penalties Tor
their offense while the other, William
Blair, employed in Barre, was not
ready to have his case disposed OF
because be was charged with operat
ing an automobile when intoxicated.
His automobile tried TO knock down a |
telephone pole on the corner of Frank
lin and Main streets Sunday Afternoon,
but failed, although the machine was
damaged. OF the other boys" Will
liam Carpenter, aged 80 years, could /
not pay S., and costs; therefore spends
10 days in Jail. Charles Pecor OF
Mortified who got some alcorub Fri
day and then became intoxicated, &C
cording to his story, paid fine OF -. |
j. r. Roberts OF Burlington, weaver
and shoemaker, liked denatured alco-
hol better. He lacked the long green |