Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Fri. May 22, 1914. RUTLAND, VT. NEWS OF THE CITY . RUTLAND BRIEFS : Miss Eugenia Baker is ill with measles at her home on Park street. Mrs. L. D. Batty of Proctorsville visited in this city yesterday. Mrs. Frank Andrus will entertain the members of the Okemo club at her home Tuesday afternoon, June 2. The club met yesterday afternoon , Whist was played at four tables. Mrs. George Patterson, who is ill at her home on Park street, is in a critical condition. The Ladies auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers will hold a whist party this evening in the dining room of Odd Fellows' hall in the Buxton block. The committee in charge is Mrs. A. W. Mack, Mrs. George Cady and Mrs. George Kenney. The funeral of Biaggio Valente of No.78 Franklin street, who died Wednesday afternoon, was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in St. Peter's church. Rev. J. M. Brown, pastor of the church, officiated. The burial was in Calvary cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carpenter of Ferrisburg, who have been the guests of Solomon Carpenter of No.100 Park avenue, have returned. In an interclass baseball game played on Baxter's lot yesterday afternoon, the junior team won from the senior's nine by a score of 10 to 8 in a 10 inning game. The game was a pitchers' battle from the start, Proctor, for the juniors striking out 17 men and giving four men bases on balls, and Capt. Gilbert striking out 11 men for the seniors, giving five men bases on balls. Foster for the juniors made a home run in the 10th inning. C. T. Frink of Randolph Center, a Civil war veteran and member of the G.A.R., attended the recent Congregational conference in this city. It was his first visit here for 53 years, the former occasion being on May 8th and 9th, 1861, when as a member of the 1st Vermont regiment, he was mustered into United States service and departed for the front, being among the first to respond to Lincoln's call for troops. Strobell and Earle, civil engineers, of this city, and Balcom and Stebbins, civil engineers, of Claremont, N.H., have consolidated under the name of the Northern Engineering company, and will have their headquarters in this city in the offices formerly used by the firm of Strobell and Earle. Men were busy all day yesterday pouring water on a fire which started in the rubbish near the southeast corner of the fair grounds. The firemen from station No.1 were called out about 6 o'clock Wednesday evening to extinguish the fire which had a good start when they arrived, but this morning it was found necessary to look after it again. No damage was done. The Rutland Business Men's association will hold a luncheon at the Bardwell hotel next Thursday at noon. The young men and boys of the city are to be invited by the members of the association to attend as their quests, and it is expected that President John M.Thomas of Middlebury college will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Augusta Schreiber, mother of Dr. F. H. Gebhardt of Cottage street, yesterday purchased the house at No.43 Washington street, owned by A.A. Prouse. Dr. Gebhardt and his mother will move to the house about July 1. The formal opening of the Rutland Country club will take place tomorrow, when tea will be served. A 1914 Studebaker Touring car has been delivered to Cleo D. Morse by the distributors , the Frenier Automobile company of this city. The Poultney Automobile and Machine company of Poultney has purchased a five passenger Maxwell car from R. V. Allen of this city. Michael Ryan of Evelyn street and William Ryan of Meadow street have been called to Providence, R. I., by the death of a relative. A variety shower was given Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. William Moulten of Stratton road in honor of the approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Maline Porte to Merton Soulia, of Elm street. About 35 friends were present and refreshments were served. The house was decorated for the occasion, a green and white color scheme being used. The young woman received many gifts, including a check from her father. There were three men at the lockup last night. All three, it is alleged were guilty yesterday of intoxication and begging or "panhandling." Two were arrested by Police Officer T. C. Elworth on Evelyn street, while the officer was in plain clothes. The men pleaded physical disability which they did not posses, in getting alms.Their names were not known to the police last night. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby