Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-12-06

The storm of Monday was very severe
here. The force of the wind was terrible
during the afternoon. 1t blew down the
chimney on A. +. Woods new brick block in
the square, and a number Of other cases of
slight damage are reported. The rain con-
tinued far into the mig lit, and it was said that
Saxtons river was the highest it had been at
any time since the great flood in 1869
S. r. Searles has sold his interest in the
meat business to his partner, c. P. Wheeler
this week. Steve" is wide awake and on
the lookout for ''more worlds to conquer"
The stores here are all putting on their
holiday attire this week, and already some
signs of holiday trade are seen. 1t is often
remarked that but few places in Vermont make
so large show of holiday goods as Bellows
Falls does, which is all very true, and but
few places of its size have so many finely
furnished and elegant stores of all kinds as
we do.
The Leominster band will give concert
in Union hall, Dec. 10th.
Quite large number of our citizens in
tend being present at the annual reunion of
the Connecticut River Valley Masonic Union
which occurs at Whites Opera House, Con-
cord, n. H., during the first few days of Jan
uary next.
The Baptist society held their annual
fair in Union hall on Wednesday evening of
this week.
Considerable interest is manifest in the
trial which is being held in the superior
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VIM II. Devlin, of Lowell, Mass, for the
murder of his wife at that place last winter
Devlin was arrested here by officer Lowell, as
he was passing through on the evening train
going north, and large number of our cti-
zens saw him. He had the appearance of
being a very brutal man.
The Guy family gave the best of salts
faction to our people in the two evenings
entertainment of last week.
&C. C. Chaplin, in order to accommodate
his trade to the change of season, has made
fine ladies and gents oyster saloon out of his
last summers ice cream rooms, and is driving
quite business.
M. NJ. Whitney offers his grocery bust
ness for sale.
"A lOhb lih'ihB 10 bSAhb pun
through the middle of the square from
Towns Hotel to the front door of the new
bank block Our greatest inconvenience of
late years has been the almost impossible
condition of our public square in muddy
weather.
VIM. Dawes, who was so seriously injur-
ed by pile of lumber falling on him few
akg ouo 10 Cloudy iu,urovinn
Brown & Cannady talk of leasing the
room formerly occupied by j. G. Tolman as a
sash and blind shop, and largely increasing
their shoddy business by the manufacture of
large variety of mattresses. The rooms are
now vacant and ought to be used for some
purpose.
DIR. Gasselin has removed his Office from
Union block to his residence on Rockingham
street.
-Chas. H. Sawyer last week moved into
the new dwelling just erected by l.. l.. Ben
nett, near the new school building
The fine parloIs of Towns Hotel have
this week been newly renovated by painting
and general repairs. So much so that they
present much improved appearance, while
they were hard to he beaten in a similar no.
tel before.
An immense new water wheel has been
put in Fall Mountain Paper Co. IS mill, No. l,
during the past week.
Miss George L. Coyran, the popular
reader. is to visit Bellows Falls next week in
the interests of the Bellows Falls lecture
course.