Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-02-19
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BELLOWS FALLS

grip.
Edgar Carruthers of Norwich university
spent Sunday at home.
The Chautauqua circle had a slcighridc
Friday going to Astcad.
Mrs. Chas. H. Williams has been quite
i'll with diphthcretic sore throat.
The union temperance meeting was held
Sunday i'm the Univcrsaist church.
The snow-roller was out Friday morning,
after the Snowstorm of the day before.
Rev. Chas. :. Hale of Clarcmont, y. H.,
preached at the Episcopal church Sunday.
Mrs. Carroll Black entertained about
sixty of her friends at drivc-whst party
last evening.
a new furnace has been placed in the
Methodist church, which is larger than the
one formerly used.
lee cutting IS going ON, on the river, and
also at Minard's pond. The quality Of the
ice is said to be particularly good.
The new supplements to the library
catalogues have been printed, and are ON
sale at the library by Miss lIibbarl.
Mrs. Q. f. Woods, who has been spend
ing the last three months with friends in
Brooklyn and Greenpoint, has returned.
week, and most of the teachers are attend
ing the teachers institute i'm Brattleboro.
Miss Gates's millinery store and the
drdssmaking rooms of Miss Flavin are
closed this week for repairs on the build
ing.
At the meeting of the Bellows Falls club
Monday evening 10 new members were
admitted. The club now numbers 1928
members.
A 20-pound lynx was on exhibition at
the store of f. l.. AmadOn Saturday, which
was caught near Ludlow by William You
Der of that place.
The Fall Mountain company's single
team has INDUCED in two runaways lately,
through the streets, but no serious damage
was done at either time.
The record of births and deaths in district
No. shows the births to have been -,
and deaths 80, an increase over the previous
year births and rs deaths.
The wreck at Aver, Mass. which was re-
corded in the general news items of The
Phoenix last week, caused a general delay
of trains on the Ftchburg road until Sat
urday.
1t was generally believed at Keene, n.
H., last Saturday night, during the auroral
display, that the paper mills at this place
were burning, and the story was not con-
tradicted there until Monday.
Mrs. VIM. A. Hall was driving through
Canal street a few days ago where boys
were playing, and one of them was run
over. Fortunately he was not seriously
hurt. His name was Provost.
Rev. Chas. S. Hale of Claremont. y. H.,
will ofticiate in Emmanuel church next
Sunday and the two following Sundays
The rector, Rev. ID. l. Sanford, is slowly
recovering from grip and pneumonia.
Sunday morning the thermometer regis
tered 6 below zero, Monday morning 2S7
above, and Wednesday morning it was 127
below. This is a fair specimen of the cups
and downs of the thermometer all winter
The Fall Mountain Paper company have
begun putting in new piers up the river
above those put in last season. The stone
to be used for them will be taken from
North Walpole. There will he 10 new
piers.
The third annual meeting of the Con-
necticut Valley Interscholastic Athletic
association, comprising the High schools
of Springfield, Bellows Falls and Clare
mont, y. H., will be held at the latter
place on May 20
Nose Miller's predicted big snowstolm'
was something over two weeks late but it
came at last, as snowstorms do if one waits
long enough, in February. The storm of
last week Thursday was the heaviest one
of the winter here.
The corporation board of engineers have
organized as follows: Chas. L. Wheeler,
chief; approved appointments of companies
r. II. Hastings No. /, w. Provost No. ,,
p. {. Cray No ,, A. f. GoodsOe hook and
ladder. John Church steamer engineer.
The civic and military ball of Canton
Sklchewaug, at Union hall tonight is
bound to be a success, if one may Judge by
the preparations that have been made for
it. \ large number of out-of-town people
are expected, and all uniformed bodies in
the vicinity will attend in full uniform.
Rev. Preston Barr for the last few years
rector of church in Northeast IIarbor.
Me-, has accepted call to st. ThOmas's
church. Battle Creek Mich. His family
have been spending some weeks here with
Mrs Bars mother. Mrs. Joseph Wilson,
previous to leaving for their new home
Joseph Wilson, of the well-known firm
of j. Wilson d Co., flour and grain
dealers, has sold his interest in the bust
ness to his partner, F. NJ. Wilson, and
retires from active business. The firm of
j. Wilson e Co. is one of the oldest and
most favorably known in the place.
The town auditors report shows salts
factory condition of the towns finances.
The current expenses of the year Just
closed were S45,332. The debt has been
reduced in the sum of $500. The debt
now stands at 81, $50, and there are assets
of SO, POI, leaving the net Indebtedness
now outstanding, SOL
Mrs. Geo. II. Babbitt and her son John
went to New York Wednesday and sailed
Thursday for Bermuda, to Join Mr.. Bah
bit, who is slowly recovering from his re-
cent severe attack of pneumonia. Geo II.
Babbitt, ir., is still with his father and will
remain until Mrs. Babbitt reaches there
Mr. and Mrs Babbitt will probably stay
there till warm weather.
Miss Carrie Lamson entertains a large
number of her friends at a cobweb party
this evening, at the residence of her grand
father, Mr.. John Robertson, on West
minister street. The cards of invitation
have bit of cobweb in one corner with
spider suspended from it, and the invitation,
" Will you walk into my parlor Friday
evening, February 19th?'
lthiel Lawrence, who has been out of
health for some time, died on Wednesday
of last week. He was the father of J. ID.
Lawrence DrOOriptOr of Towns botal