Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-08

The burlington Free Press says that |
Miss Addie Stone, late saleswoman with |
Stone, Tuxbury & Co., has accepted sim
liar position with Forbes & Wallace of |
Springfield, Mass"
"Judge" e. E. Keefe and John T. Keefe |
went to Turner'S Falls Monday to attend !
the wedding Of their brother, Michael J.
He has been engaged in the silver plating
business there for some years and is well
known here.
The amateur base ball nine from this
place went to Chester Tuesday, only to be
defeated, 10 to 4. Thursday the game be-
tween the ClaremOnts and the home nine
resulted in a score of IL to Q in favor of
Bellows Falls.
The G.. A. r. men of this place and vi
cinty mourn the loss of one of their num-
Der, Oric Prouty of Worcester, who was
buried here Wednesday afternoon, detail
from the E. II. Stoughton post meeting the
body at the station.
George !. Leonard, who has for some
time been actively engaged in the work of
the Five Points Mission of New York city,
is at his home for a short vacation. Mr..
Leonard, it will be remembered, graduated
from Amherst in 1891.
John Brown, who dropped dead in North
Walpole a few weeks ago, was one of the
oldest railroad men here. He had charge
of the tracks in the yard here for the
Rutland road AZ years. He held his posi-
ton up to the time of his death.
Dr. james Parker, a former dentist of
this place, and brother of Dr. A. j. and J.
A. Parker, now of Santa Cruz, Cal, where
he is doing a prosperous business, was in
town recently. From here he went to
Canada and will return to Bellows Falls in
a few weeks, before his return to the West
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Holley, and niece
Miss Blanchard, left yesterday afternoon at
o'clock for the Dream CITY," They
! were to have been accompanied by Mrs. r.
C. Hitchcock, had it not been for the death
of her husband in the railroad accident,
and by DR.. George Gorham and Miss Elvira
Gorham.
A heavy mogul engine off the track just
across the Fitchburg bridge delayed the
flier, which is due to leave here at O'clock
45 minutes. The train finally backed up
through North Walpole, and then switched
off on to the Fitchburg road. The mogul
ran off at the switch leading from the main
track to the turn table.
c. H. Hoffman, who returned from Bos-
able overcoat on the train. He left his
seat for about five minutes to speak to a
gentleman at the other end of the car, and
on returning, found the overcoat, which
was laid on top of his bag, had taken unto
itself wings and flown. No one in the
vicinity could inform him as to its where
abouts.
One of the machinists at the Fall Noun
tain Machine shop recently had a very
narrow escape from death. A piece of his
clothing caught on a swiftly moving belt
and his clothes were entirely torn off be-
fore the machinery could be stopped. If
his outside clothes had been stronger, it is
doubtful he would have escaped as easily
as he did. He received no other Injuries
than few slight bruises.
The Times of this week SAYS: 1t is ru-
mored that Bellows Falls parties were in
terested to the extent of about 100000 in
the Equitable Mortgage company of New
York, which was placed in the hands of
receiver last week. Ludlow had about
$4,000, Rutland about twice as mnch,
while Brattleboro also got caught. The
assets are stated to be good, with the eX-
ception of about 100000, which may
not prove of much value.
The death of Ransom G, Hitchcock, who
was killed in the railroad disaster at Ches-
ter, Mass, as recorded in The Phoenix,
was great shock to the community. DIR.
Gorham went to Chester and brought the
body here. The funeral Sunday was very
largely attended The services were con.
Quoted by the Masonic fraternity, the lodge
at Putney, which he first Joined, being
present in a body, while the local Masons
and Odd Fellows were represented, Ele-
CANT floral tributes were sent by the bust
ness men and the fraternities. The burial
was in the Oak Hill cemetery.