Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-14

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/ Geo. H. Dickinson, who recently LEFT
a position at the depot to 20 into the tele.
graph Office at Worcester, Mass. has been
employed by the U. s. q c. express, and is
now running as messenger between Fitch.
| burg and Boston
The repairs upon the Methodist church
which were begun last September, have not
been completed yet. About 80, 900 has al.
ready been expended and when completed
at an additional outlay Of about $500 it will
be one of the best church buildings in town
The main building has been raised up and
and a very prettily furnished vestry put up.
der IT, which the society are now using for
church purposes, and they are so well suited
with it they are in no haste to have the upper
part finished The main auditorium has been
very handsomely frescoed by Messrs. Spadnp
and Lawton, and new pews are being made
now, together with pulpit and other furni.
ture, which, with the painting Of the outside.
will complete il. The amount of $1,000 WAS
pledged by subscription before work was be.
gun, and the remaining amount needed will
probably be forthcoming Standing as this
building does at the foot of School street. its
improved appearance will greatly improve
the general looks Of our village.
L. NJ. Read, Esq, Of our village, goes
this week to Charlestown, s. c., to attend
the meeting of the Supreme Lodge of Knights
of Honor, which commences there on the
18th Henry Clark Of Rutland is the other
Vermont delegate.
Mrs b. A. Putney, the announcement Of
whose death will be found under the proper
head was a lady well and favorably known
to all our people, and her sudden death was
a surprise to all. She was i'll only about a
week, and her only son, who lives in Chicago.
did not reach home until few hours after
her death. Mr.. Putney has been for many
years a popular passenger conductor between
here and Fitchburg, and his son is employed
in a railroad office in Chicago.
Over $3.50 has been raised by subscrip-
ton during the past few days for the pur-
pose of sprinklng the streets in the business
part of our village. 1t will be necessary to
purchase a new cart and all the fixtures A
meeting of the subscribers is TO be held Fri
day evening, at the Office of Babbitt Hayes,
to choose committee of three to take the
matter ia charge and see that it is thoroughly
done.
Tickets for the "Damtes, Friday even
ing are selling WELL and they are to have a
full house.
DR. Block. the German physician who
spent a number of months in our village
three or four years ago, is stopping at Towns
hotel again this summer
-Earle's ice team began its summer
rounds on Monday of this week
The Bellows Falls MINISTRIES are rchears-
ing nightly in the hall over o. D. Grays
store, and expect to give their entertainment
for the benefit of the band sometime the last
of this month
Measles are raging to a large extent at
Saxtons River village just now. Two of the
schools have been obliged to suspend, teach
ers and large number Of scholars being
down with the disease.
- Geo. L. Burnside who resides here, and
sells goods on the road for a drug house in
Boston, spraned one of his ankles badly last
week, and is laid up for the present
The monthly excursion to tue West for
which Babbitt q Hayes sell the tickets leaves
here at noon on Tuesday, the 18th of this
month.
H II. Davis and Albert Derby have each
given their residences on School street a new
coat of paint.
Geo. Nutting has this week Love.:-
his family to Waterbury, Conn. where he is
employed in a hardware store His house is
closed here for the present
W. G. Barker moved into his new house
last week.
Arrangements being made for the
of the Windham county Sun
day school convention of the Congregational
church, which occurs here during the month
of June. The ladies of the society are in
tending to entertain those from abroad at the
vestry during the day.
Work has been commenced during the
past week on the canal bridge near the de-
pot, which has been impossible for some
time past. 1t is necessary to lengthen the
bridge ten feet, and the west abutment is be-
ing moved back on account of the widening
Of the canal