Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-01
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BELLOWS FALLS.

ne case OF fieu IOOllut ol NOItll
Walpole, arrested April u for the illegal
sale of liquor, was tried before Justice
Holmes at Keene Tuesday. Doolittle plead
guilty to keeping spirituous liquors for sale
and was fined $50 and costs, amounting to
S72.S4. He also lost over 500 worth of
liquors. which were seized and forfeited.
The building committee of the new
school building are making rapid progress
with their arrangements for the building
upon Wells street When they came to
close their trade for the land Mr.. Russell
reduced his price upon the lot to $1,000 in
stead of S2100 AS reported at the school
meeting, and is i'm addition to give all the
dirt to fill the lot from the bank at the
north end of Pine hill. A number of con-
tracts for work will probably be made, al
though quite an amount of the work will
be done by days work. a. H. Brown
went to Rutland last Saturday to examine
the arrangements for sewerage and venti-
lation i'm the new building there, and a
number of valuable suggestions were
learned. The plan of the building is to be
the same as No. 3, except as to heating and
ventilating.
". II. Cook and wife of Wnchendon,
former residents, have been in town the
past week. Mr. Cook has a fine lot of
harness at &. l.. Barbers, for which he is
finding customers. They will remain un-
til the first of next week.
Work has begun in earnest upon the
new machine shop building on the island.
A large gang of wOrkmen are working on
the foundation. The building will be $50
by 20 feet and one story high only. The
offices of the firm are TO be in the north
end near the depot and similarly situated
as those of the Vermont Farm Machine
company, only across the street. They are
to be of brick.
A portion of the sidewalk on Canal
street next to the bridge showed signs of
caving off into the canal last week, requir-
ing it to be closed to the public, but plank
have been placed across the weak spot so
that it is in use again.
One of the largest funerals for a long
time was that of Mrs. O'Connor of North
WalpOle Wednesday. The interment was
in the new cemetery near Drewsville.
Mount Kilburn has been burning the
most of the time during the past week, and
at times the display of fire in the night has
been grand. 1t started on the east side and
gradually worked over this side, while dur
ing Tuesday it threatened the buildings at
was sent foI from Keene to protect the rail
road property and buildings.
c. f. Meacham returned last Saturday
from his dental college for summer vaca-
ton of eight months. Mr. and Mrs. A. j.
HOlley are taking their meals with Mrs.
Meacham, who is living in Mrs. Nutting's
tenement on Henry street
The present plan of w. \. Russell, who
controls the future of the site of the old
wood mill at the north end of Green street,
is to take the building down and divide up
the land formerly occupied as mill yard be-
tween Green and Rockingham streets into
building lots, which will soon be for sale
and make very desirable locations, besides
making an important improvement in the
looks of that end of our village.
DIR. f. X. Campbell and wife leave Sat
urday for a two weeks trip to Washing
ton. The doctor goes as delegate to the
national medical association, which holds
its annual meeting there next week. They
go from Boston by boat to Norfolk Va
Rev. Mr.. Rhoades preached sermon
last Sunday to the Odd Fellows who at
tended his church in body, celebrating
the I'D anniversary of the order in this
country.
Denman Thompson "Old Homestead"
drew a full house at the opera house last
evening. Mr.. Thompson was not with the
troupe.
Catherine G.. Cutler, former we'll
known resident here. died at the home of
her daughter Mrs. Boyd, on the 14th. at
Elmhurst, near Chicago. She was quite
aged and has been for many years very in
firm. She was the daughter of the Mr.
Tucker of toll bridge fame, and was born
in the old Tucker mansion which years ago
stood where the Cheshire roundhouse now
does. She always lived here until about
eight years ago, and being a sister of Mrs
Green, who formerly owned what is known
as the Farr cottage on Henry street, lived
largely with that family until the death of
Mrs. Green. She will be well remembered
by all the older residents of. Bellows Falls.
Teamster Ira Earle was severely injured
last week by a large bale of rags falling on
him, and will be laid up some time He
was many years popular engineer on the
Valley road.
The express train over the Fitchburg
road from Boston on Tuesday evening ran
into the rear end of freight train at Troy
station. The engine ran part way through
the caboOse, set it on fire and destroyed it.
The front end of the engine was burned
and completely wrecked. Two or three of
the trainmen We're somewhat bruised but
not seriously. The engine went into the
repair shops at keene the next day and will
soon be out again. 1t was narrow escape
from much more serious results, as all who
were on the train can testify.
A. +. Bodies, who has been for a year or
two connected with the telephone exchange
here, has been given the position of man
ager of the Westfield, Mass, office.
Sardine b. Putnam has bought the milk
route of NJ. w. Davis and takes possession
at once.
A gypsy girl who had called at a number
of places about town on begging tour was
arrested last Saturday for the theft of a
watch from the dwelling of William
Dawes, but was not convicted.
The Bellows Falls club is perfecting ar
rangements for a banquet to be held in
about month, at which it is hoped that
Secretary Proctor, Assistant Secretary of
War l.. A. Grant and Governor Page will
be present, together with other distin-
guished guests. The occasion is looked
forward to with much anticipation bv all
the members of the club, and it will be
benefit to the business interests of our vii
lage in many ways
STATIONS RIVER.