Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-15
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BELLOWS FALLS

BELLOWS FALLS
Miss Lila Gates and Mrs. Conway had
their millinery openings last week.
Judge L. NJ Reed has been engaged to
deliver the Memorial day address at Spring
field.
Mrs. Polly Brown is to build two new
tenement houses on the new terrace this
summer
There was fire on the mountain Mon
day night but not extensive enough to do
much damage.
Several from this place are in attendance
at the Methodist conference in Montpe-
lier this week.
The hotel business, furniture, fixtures
and team of the Commercial House are adj
vertised for sale
Prof Clark, the optician, will be at w.
j. Eatons iewelry store five days next
week beginning Wednesday,
Geo. II. Rabbit was very fayurably dis
cussed at the state convention Wednesday
as one of the delegates to Minneapolis.
A special meeting of the trustees of the
library was held Saturday afternoon at the
library, but no librarian was chosen. An
other meeting will be held tomorrow.
Quite a number of cases of scarlet fever
are reported about town, and as some of
the sufferers were employed in stores when
taken sick, it is feared the cases may be
more numerous.
The cellar is being dug for the house to
be placed on the lot at the corner OF
Henry and Hadley streets, The house is
being put in shape to move 10y taking away
the piazzaS, etc.
1t is said that Geo. h Russell, who last
week sold his paper mill to John Robert
son d Son, will sell his pulp mill, and also
his residence here, and remove to some
place in Maine for the manufacture OF
paper.
f. b. Tracy, of the firm of Stone, Tux
bury d Co.. and Miss Ida Stone, daughter
of Samuel n. Stone of Windsor, were
married Tuesday After short wedding
trip they will return and live on Henry
street.
T. A. George is out with the road ma
chine improving the streets. a gang OF
men are also out raking the leaves and
rubbish from the sides of the streets The
result is perceptble improvement in the
looks of the place.
Many friends here regret the failure of
Edgar Carruthers, who recently received
the appointment to West Point military
academy. to pass the strict physical exam
ination required by that institution. His
defect was near-sghtedness.
The small boy is out in full force trying
to earn a nickel or two by the sale OF for
lorn-looking little punches of mayiiOWers
The flowers are not as large or as hand
some as usual, probably for want OF rain
but everyone likes to see them aud pays
his nickel gladly.
A. H. BisseH. who succeeded to the
grocery trade of the late \. +. Woods, Is
financially embarrassed to some extent,
and hopes to settle with creditors Tor 90
cents He is an honorable man ana mas
many friends among our business men
who much regret his present circumstances.
The raw, cold weather of this week is in
violent contrast to the warm days OF last
week, when people opened doors and WIN
dows to make their houses comfortable.
Rain is much needed and the high winds
of the last few days have blown the dust
in clouds, to the discomfort of out-ot-door
people.
Isaac Mckenzie, one of the men at
work on the bOoms of the Fall Mountain
Paper company at Hartford, was carried
over the dam there a few days ago, and
was stunned by striking his head against
the rocks. Fortunately he was near the
shore or the accident might have resulted
more seriously.
The delegates who went from our town
to the conventions at Montpelier were
Geo H. Babbitt A. W. Emerson, Geo. r..
Wales. l.. S. Hayes, John O. Spring, p.
H. Hadley, c. L. Robertson and H. H..
Allbee. Two full boards of six members
each were chosen at the caucus on Satur-
day, but the above fully represented all by
changing around somewhat
Service in Emmanuel church today,
Good Friday, at 10:30 \. NJ. Service in
the Universaist church at P. NJ. The
usual union Fast-day service will be held
in the Methodist church this evening,
when Rev. c. h. b. Dodge of the Baptist
church will preach sermon on 1.-The
Famine in Russia and our relations there
to-" Easter services at Emmanuel church
will be as follows: Early morning service
at A. NJ; holy communion, at 1920;
children's festival at : p. NJ.
viii, son of John 0. Spring, who has
lived in Geneva, Switzerland, the past
three years, is just now having an enjoy
able trip of a month through Italy, with
his wife They were to meet Max
Powell, brother of Mrs Spring, in Rome
week ago and the party of three were to
go from there together. They leave their
five-mOnths-old boy in Geneva with his
nurse. Mrs. Spring was Blanche Powell,
well known here as a graduate of St.
Agnes hall, and a daughter of State Au-
ditor Powell of Richford.
Personal.
VIM Russell is confined to his bed with serious
bronchial affection.