Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-02-03

lNesf ponce appointments utN' '''H
made bv the balihs. Chief. Arthur lhomI-
son: specials. lad. Royce. Charles &. Rice,
Edward Stauletou ". w. Provost. a. j.
Crosseu Thompson and Boyce are also
informing officers The board of health
consists ol T. +. OBrieu. Dr. y. S. Hill
and Dr. A. D. Parker.
Il. w. Dean, who has had charge Of the
town farm since April. lSSs. died last Sal
urday. He ha, been il since the first of
November. Tie has suffered very much
and the best of medical skill was able To-
do little for him. Rev. l.. l.. Marggat Of
tered PRAYERS at the house Further ser
vices held i'm the church nj \ orth Chester
were In charge of the Odd Fellows. OF
which order he was a member
The Columbian whist club met on Tues
dav evening In Odd Fellows hall. which
was very tastetullv decorated. The cards
were marked 4g2-Coiumbus-lSHZ. The
nrst prizes. which were Columbian half
dollars. were won bv Charles Whitman and
Miss Carrie Lamsou. The BOBBY prize.
were won by Fred Thompson and Miss
Lila Gates. The party was matrOnized 10y
Mrs. L. A. Eaton. Mrs. C.. II. Gibson and
Mrs. G. l.. Fletcher
The second OF the concerts, given for the
benefit of the Baptist church choir, was
held Tuesday evening In the church. Miss
Persis Landon teacher of music In the
Normal school at johnson. rendered seyera
vocal solos in a very acceptable manner
1t happened unfortunately that il came the
same evening which Or. Root lectured at
/ the Congregational church. as it prevented
the attendance Of some who would other
wise have been there
Peter Phillips assaulted his wife al
Three Rivers Mass. Tuesday evening. first
pounding her with his fist and choking
her and then beating her over the head
J with a fence picket Mrs. Phillips bruises
are so serious that recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. Phillips Is a weaver in the mills al
Three Rivers. The couple nave separated
several times and q few weeks ago Phillips
took their four children and came to Bel
lows Falls, but soon returned TO Three
Eivers
C.. W. OsuOOd received sunday after
\ noon. telephone message from Lawrence,
Mass. saving his mother was very III. Nj.
and Mrs. Osgood left for Lawrence early
Monday morning. but before they could
reach there another message came saying
she was dead Mrs Osgood was "a years
old. and had retained all her faculties to
remarkable degree. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
ternoon to attend the funeral. which was
held Wednesday Afternoon.
What might easily have been quite a se-
rious blaze occasloned a general IRE alarm
from box ID about noon Monday. The
FIRE was in the press room Of the Times
office. 1t occurred from the overturniu-
of a lamp set under the press tor warmIu-
10 uu. The workmen. being close al hand.
saw the blaze and gave the alarm. The
nre was subdued before the arrival of the
department. without much damage hu,
owing TO the fact that there was no water
at hand it looked very questionable FOR q
moment or Two.
b. j.. Davis died last week in Grand
Rapids. Mich. after some weeks illness.
He was tor many years employed mere bv
the Cheshire railroad as a repair man. and
went TO Michigan about two years ago.
His wife and daughter still live here HD
was a member OF the Local Grand ARMY
post. and had many friends among our
people. There was some talk of the local
post arranging To have his BODY brought
here for burial. but after some discussion
ii was abandoned and the burial was at
Grand Rapids
DR.. Root was greeted bya large audience
Tuesday evening who listened with great
interest to her description of her medical
work in Madura. India Many were pres
ent from SaXtons River and Ludlow
Those from the later place although
coming so far, said they were well repaid
Tor the effort made Dr. Root had with
her a dress. such as Is worn by the native
women OF India. which she put on at the
close Of her lecture. This consisted of a
single piece OF cloth, eight yards long,
made OF silk and gold thread, She hopes
TO 90 back next June, but AS she is sent by
the American board she has not the con-
troll OF her movements
Some of the local carpenters are max
ing use in their building OF a novel finish
IN place OF the old-tashioned Hath and pla,-
ter. and 10 Is proving very satisfactory and
seemingly a great improvement. 10 Is
known as ''plaster board. Is made wholly
OF wood pulp. and comes IN boards two
feet wide. SIX feet long. half an inch, OF
three-eIGhths thick. IL costs a little more
than the old finish bur mas many advau-
tages, among them the lack OF dampness.
its tieXibfiy. and It's warmth together
with us being more ImpcryIou- To- sound
1t is manufactured by b. Frank Brown at
Concord. n. H. Mr.. Brown was formerly
Well-known citizen mere. Identified with
the paper and pulp manuIactur
II was found Tuesday there was a leak
IN the main water pipe near Mr. Morgan ,
on Rockingham street. and the water was
shut on from the whole village without any
notice being given. They were unable 60
ind lust where the leak was, and let the
water on again for the night. Wednesday
the water was shut on again. the cause OF
the leak found and repaired. We are re-
minded again OF the Old adage, mo great
loss without some small gain. nasmuch
as the water does not taste quite so strongly
OF cod liver oil as before. In the dearth
OF good water, several OF our families 60
from home Tor what they use for drinking.
some going 10 a spring out on the oaXtons
River road. Others TO one under the hill 80
some 10 one on Oak hill ana some to Mr..
Osgood' S aTtesian well on the island
school Notes.
Building No. are to have their annual