Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-15
BELLOWS FALLS.

The Universalist Sunday school pic
nlcked at Lake Warren Tuesday
Mrs. Rowland of Chicago is visiting the
family of Mrs. James NJ. Brown.
Miss Wheeler of Brooklyn, is spending
the summer with Mrs. q. f. Woods.
Mrs. Dick Davis of Montpelier is spend
ing the week with Mrs. f. II. Rabbit.
Mrs. James Morgan has been seriously
i'll this week. but is somewhat more com
Portable
Miss Fannie Hapgood returned Monday
from a visit with friends in Providence and
Fall River.
Mrs Fred Rowell and children are
spending two weeks or more at her former
home in Alstead.
Mrs Gorham is having repairs made on
her house on School street, recently bought
of A. A. Halliday.
Rev. +. f. Marggraf of the Universalist
church exchanged with Rev. Mr.. Williams
of Claremont last Sunday.
A meeting of the vestry and wardens of
the Episcopal church will be held tomorrow
evening at Schouler chapel.
Mrs. f. P. Ball and daughter, Miss Win
ME Ball, are at their cottage at the Clare
mont Junction camp ground
Most of the party who attended the
Christian Endeaver convention in New
York returned Monday night.
The Fall Mountain Paper company have
bought Geo. X. Russell's pulp mill and
have already taken possession.
Annie Brown of Charles River, Mass, is
spending a few weeks with her grandpa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. \. II. Brown.
Rev. Joseph Garland, suspected of the
murder of Josiah WATSON in Hampton, y.
H., was at one time a minister in Charles
town, y. II.
l.. ID. Lockwood. who is building the
Leslie Bennett house on Atkinson street,
was sunstruck while at work there Tues
day afternoon.
Miss Dearborn, Miss Kate Carpenter,
and Miss Della Carpenter are spending a
portion of the summer at their old home in
West Topsham
County Examiner Ryder will hold pub
lie examination of teachers for Windham
county, in Bellows Falls August Is, and in
Brattleboro August 30.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Robertson, DR.. and
Mrs +. r. Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. 5. I.
Coy, Miss Stone and f. S. Leonard spent
Sunday at Chesterfield lake.
Rev. Dr. McColester ofliciated at the
funeral service of the late Mrs. Willard
Russell of Lancaster, Mass, who was a
former resident of this place.
George Ross, who was formerly in the
meat business here, died at his home in
Walpole Saturday. at the age of 2S years.
He leaves wife and one child.
l, 81,
house on Henry street, and will build one
or more houses on the vacant lot in the
rear of the house, one of which will be
occupied by the parents of Mr.. Chase.
There was an alarm of fire Thursday
forenoon from box p. The fire was in a
house on Wells street, and was caused 10y
the overturning of lighted kerosene stove
1t was eXtinguished Immediately adj NJ
harm done.
There are 125 nominations in eight
classes for the three days meeting at the
Rutland driving park, beginning Tuesday
the 10Th. l.. T. Lowell Il Son of Bellows
Falls have their chestnut gelding Moose
entered in three races.
Scion f. Goodridge, who has been i'll fol
several months at his summer residence OF
Westminster street, is very low. His son
in-law, Herbert p. Bancroft of Brooklyn, il
in town this week, called here by the serious
illness of Mr.. Goodridge.
Patrick Gilfn, who has been working il
the billiard room of Ed. Field, was arrest
ed at West Rutland Monday, charged will
having stolen money from Field befor
leaving here. Gilfin was brought here, bu
there being no proof of the theft he wa
released.
The saloons of John McNaughton an,
Matthew Tole in North Walpole were Wis
tied by officers last week, who found sew
eral kegs of beer. McNaughton was takel
to Keene and was fined $40 and costs
Tole, who was also taken there, waive,
examination, and his case was held owe
until October.
There will be an excursion to Sunape
lake next Wednesday, the fare for tn
round trip being 81. %. There are quite
number of Bellows Falls people there TO
the whole or a part of the summer, amonj
them being Mr.. and Mrs. Swain, Mrs
Wallace White and children, Mr.. and Mrs
Perey Kimball, Mrs. Oscar Kemp an,
children, II. F. King and family, Rev. c
r.. b. Dodge and family, Miss Ranvill
and Miss Bacon, and Mrs. Leslie Bennett
and son.
At the special corporation meeting helC
Tuesday evening it was voted to secure tn
Farr brook for an additional water sup
ply, and a committee of five was chosen Il
carry out the work, at an expense not t,
exceed $500. The committee consists o
the three water commissioners, II. ID
Ryder, f. a. George and Arthur Coolidge
and DIR. Whitman and n. S. Brockway
The bailiffs were authorized TO issue bonds
for $4,000 at four per cent interest, 81,
900 of this being made to cover five PEE
cent which will be called in. A. II. Brown
DR. George and Arthur Coolidge wert
chosen a committee to revise the present
water rates and report at the annual meet
ing.
James NJ. Brown died after a long anC
painful illness on Thursday, the 18th inst
at the age of 80. He was one of the old
residents of the place, having lived here fol-
the last 40 years. He was born in Putney
He leaves wife, two daughters, Mrs. c.
l.. Barber of this place and Mrs. l.. A.
Fassett of St. Louis, and three sons, Frank
of New London, Conn, Charles of Bratte.
boro, and Fred of Montreal, all of whom
have been unremitting in their attention to
their father during his long illness, and
have been with him as much as possible
The funeral was held at the old home on
Canal street Saturday afternoon, the Rev
j. Ellsworth Fullerton of the COngrega-
tional church officiating. The burial was
in Oak Hill cemetery. The entire family
of Mr.. and Mrs Brown were present at the
funeral.