Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-09
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BELLOWS FALLS

er.
The drum corps serenaded Mr.. and Mrs.
w. j. Eaton Monday night.
Groton's minstrels played at the Opera
house last evening.
The special policemen are l.. j. Royce,
Chas. Rice, Themes Devon and Ed Staple
ton.
Miss Grace Kidder of the Times Office is
away on a vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ingram have
moved to p Henry street,
The ladies of the Congregational society
will hold supper and apron sale at their
parlors next Thursday evening.
Mrs. J. II. Conway is holding millin-
cry opening today and tomorrow.
The annual meeting of the Young Mems
Institute was held at their rooms Wednes-
day evening.
Wyman Flint Il Sons have taken the Of
flee formerly occupied by Walker n Holden,
in the Suter block, and the latter firm have
taken an office in Opera house block, form
erly occupied as dental Office by DIR. E.
K. Eddy.
Mrs. Arthur Slader is i'll with gastric
fever. Her mother, Mrs. Fields of Airing
ton, came Thursday to assist in caring for
her.
BY the recent change in the timetable of
the Vermont Valley road, the passenger
and mail train which formerly left here at
"a. NJ. now leaves at $3.50, arriving at New
York at $780, The afternoon trains leave
at 80 and 4:05.
Mrs. Frank Butterfield and daughter
who have been spending the summer with
friends here and in SaXtons River, return
ed to their home in Washington, d. c.,
Friday.
Mrs. Cornelia Flanders of Rutland has
been spending few days with Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Wardner her aunt.
The marriage is announced to take place
in Keene next Thursday. of Miss Cham
berlain of that city and Mr.. Frank Hun
tress of Huntress e Clarkson, of Burling-
ton and Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Edward Fleming and daughter, who
have been spending the summer at $. c.
Fleming's, return this week to their home
in Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Geo. Slate is suffering from a Sc
we're stroke of paralysis, but is somewhat
more comfortable than last week.
At the meeting of the Vermont branch
of the woman's board of missions at Beth
any church, Montpelier last week, Mrs. \.
G. Williams was appointed junior secreta-
ny, and Mrs. Dascomb was made vice pres
ident of the union conference.
Mrs. j. r. Nichols of indianapolis, the
national superintendent of worlds fair
work, spoke at the Universalist church
Wednesday evening.
John Ryan of this place and Charles
Hartwell of Westport, y. H., had a
knock-down fight at the depot in Keene
one night last week, in which Ryan, who
was the assailant, was the victor. Both
men men were arrested and fined.
Miss Harriet Mead, who went to Fitch
burg recently to visit relatives, has had a
severe stroke of paralysis and is nearly
helpless from its effects. Miss Mead is a
longtime resident of this place, and many
friends here will be panied to hear of her
misfortune.
Rev. n. F. Carter, for several years pas
tor of the Congregational church, but now
of Concord, n. H., is spending a week or
two with old friends here.
Rev. j. j. Lewis of Boston gave his IL
Illustrated lecture on the Passion Play of
Oberammergau, at the Universalist church,
Tuesday evening.
The annual inspection and parade of the
fire department last Friday afternoon was
one of the prettiest ever held here. The
day was a perfect one and the square was
filed with people to witness the parade.
The steamer was deliberately decorated with
flowers and evergreen as also the hook and
ladder truck, and these were followed by
the hose carts which were tastefully deco
rated with evergreen and flowers. After
marching through the principal streets the
companies proceeded to the square where
the exercises took place. The Abenaqui
Hose company won the running contest,
the Bridgmans coming second and the
Shamrocks third.
The Chicago Evening Post of Sept II
has an interesting twO-cOlumn account OF
Chicago's "MOdern Female Croesus,n Mrs
Hetty Green and her family. 1t contains
pictures of Mrs. Green and her son Ed
ward II. X. Green, and gives a detailed de
scription of their office on Dearborn street
Chicago, in which the genuine CremOnG
and Stradivarius viOlins of the young mu.
steal millionaire are noted. 1t credits Mr.
Green with being a specially fine musician
as well as a clever man of affairs. In
speaking of Mrs. Green's great success il
financial matters, and her persistency il
litigation, this article quotes her celebrated
fight over section II in Cicero, which wa,
bought by Bogue & HOyt for the Gran
locomotive works, and which Mrs. Greer
claims was bought below the real value
After being beaten in five suits she still re
fuses to accept failure and has begun tn,
SIXTH or rather her son and daughter hav,
begun it. The property is part of tina
left to Mrs. Green's children by her father
Mrs. Green's home is stated as being II
Bellows Falls, though they spend a pOr
tion of the time in New York, and state
that the daughter, Miss Sylvia Green, vii
be formally introduced in New York socie
ty this winter. Mrs. Green is CREDITED
with owning a cool $4,000, 900, and the ar
ticle then gravely states: ''Shrewd and ut
terly relentless when she sets about attain
ing certain business results, Mrs. Green i
yet woman who has upon occasion he
slowed bOuntfully although quietly. Sh
has endowed a large number of churche
and schools with generous sums, and
while believing in practicing the most care
full economy, is by no means hard hearte
and mcOmpassionate."
CAMBRIDGEPORT.
About 40 of the friends of Mr. and Mrs
Geo. Allbee gave them a surprise Saturda