Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-01-06

Fred Underhill was in Burlington last
week on visit to b. NJ. Ladd,
The telephone office Is to be moved into
Towards new block within few days.
A special meeting of l.. A. Grant camp,
Sons of Veterans, will be held this evening.
Senator F. p. Ball returned last Friday
night from an extended business trip to
North Dakota.
The Bellows Falls club will hold a meet
ing in the parlors of Towns hotel next
Monday evening.
Ex-Gov. Farnham of Bradford spent a
portion Of this week with his daughter
Mrs. c. L. Osgood.
O. NJ. Baker is to erect a dwelling on his
lot on Atkinson street, recently bought
from Thomas McGreen.
W. II. Gnswold has purchased the D.
X. Barry farm i'm Rockingham for the pur
pose of taking off the timber.
A. f. Shumway of Jamaica, son of
Sheriff Subway, is spending a week or
two in town, on business matters.
II. d. Ryder has been appointed by Gov.
Fuller examiner of teachers in Windham
county for the term ending Dec. l, 1894.
The annual ball of the paper-makers will
be held in Union hall, Jan. Is. Levin's
orchestra of Boston furnishing the music.
The grocery store of brisbane g. Co. is
again doing business, the firm having made
satisfactory arrangements with their cred
itors.
The skating and coasting has been fine
for the last few days, and many young
people have embraced the opportunities
provided for a good time.
Miss Elsie Robbins, one of the teachers
in the Rutland schools, spent Sunday with
friends in town, returning home on the
early train Monday morning.
Rev. n. f. Carter, former pastor of
the Congregational church of this place,
now of Concord, n. H., called on several
of his old friends here last week Thursday
f. c. Bidwell of the firm of Bidwell d
Cove, meat and fruit dealers, has sold his
interest to his partner, E. w. Cove, who
will continue the business at the old stand
| Fannie, daughter of DR.. Geo. w. Keyes,
formerly of this place, has been very i'll
with typhoid fever at their present home in
Littleton, n. H., but an early recovery is
now expected.
The schools in number three building
were not able to begin last Monday, when
all the others did, as the new furnace was
not ready. 1t was not until Wednesday
that it was done.
Plans have been made by the Fall Mount
ain paper company to place a number of
new piers in the river to which the log
bOoms will be attached. 1t is proposed to
carry them nearly to South Charlestown.
! II. F. King, who is spending a portion
of the winter in the southern part of North
| Carolina, writes there is about three inches
| of snow there, and so cold that he does
not know but he shall be obliged to come
| home TO get warm.
Prof. j. c. Simpson. superintendent of
the public schools at Portsmouth, n. H.,
| spent portion of his holiday vacation with
| old friends in this place, and visited the
| High school on Monday, greatly to the
! pleasure of his former pupils.
Builder Lockwood is this week placing a
very tasty porch over the entrance to the
! Congregational church. This is much
needed improvement, as the water dripping
from the caves upon the steps has made
them very slippery during the winter
months.
Towns hotel coach, William Martin
driver, met with an accident last Friday
| AlPBAAS bNNi at Alit ldllN dN SldLIOll. MI
Martin and his son, who was with him
were thrown off and considerably injured
the young man especially so, breaking hi,
wrist and spraining his ankle.
Miss Minnie White of Bath, England
who has been spending the past year will
her uncle, Wallace White, went Monday
to West Bridgewater, Mass, where she il
to attend Howard seminary. This is tn,
| I,F,
Vermont Academy is principal
At the annual meeting of the West
minister club held last Tuesday evening
the following officers were elected Presi
dent, Carroll A. Moore; vce-president, G
X. Wales; secretary and treasurer, d. w
Linton; executive board, +. G. Flint, A
w. Emerson and g. II. Babbitt jr.
The Fall Mountain paper company hai
made change in the running time of tn,
mills devoted to the manufacture of news
paper stock. The men work until O clocl
Sunday morning, and do not begin agar
until Monday morning, instead of begin
ming again at Il oclock on Sunday night
Matters We're very lively in the vicinit,
of the railroad station on Monday after
noon and Tuesday forenoon, caused by tn
hundreds OF pupils of Vermont Academy
returning from all points of the compass
after the holiday vacation. Two or tire
four horse teams were kept busy from eacl
train.
Allbee q Babbitt are moving into thei
new quarters in Towards block, havin,
one of the finest stores of the kind in tn,
vicinity. ThaYer d Smith, marble dealers
are to occupy the lower floor of their ole
store on Westminster street, and II. j
HuntoOn, gunsmith, will occupy the rooms
vacated by their work shop.
j. b. Cram, pattern maker for OsgooC
d Barker, who was taken to the Homeo
pathic hospital in Boston, four weeks age
for treatment because of an old injury to
leg, submitted to an amputation of the
limb six inches below the knee about two
weeks ago. He is reported as gaining rap
idly and is expected to return to his home
in few weeks.
During the last week or two the follow
ing organizations have held their annua
meetings and election of officers: Congre
gational church society, Baptist Sunday
school, Bellows Falls lodge l. O. O. F..
Golden Rule encampment, No. Is, l. O. O
F., the Red Men, Westminster club, Son.
of Temperance, Universalist parish and the
Baptist church society.
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