Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-07-12
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

Winchester, n II.
Mrs. Maria S. Hutchins, aged II, died at
her sons residence on Green street Mon !
day afternoon and was buried Thursday.
John j. Dorand, of Dunhams meat |
market, was married to Miss Minnie Mar !
BILE of Bartonsville last week Wednesday.
The library is to be opened again next |
Monday, it having been closed week for |
the annual inventory and examination of |
books.
j. j. Pierce, who owns Taunt's Hotel at |
Drewsville, does not run it himself, as has |
been generally supposed, having rented it |
to other parties.
Frank p. Hadley, who has been i'll some |
months, is in quite critical condition, and |
his many friends feel very anxious for his |
recovery. The disease is diabetes.
4. NJ. Stanton, the well-known states |
attorney of Washington county, having |
offices at both Barre and ROXbury, was in |
town Tuesday on his way to Westminster,
F. p. Ball and family, together with the |
Ryders and the family of Mrs, II. b. jack
son, returned from their two weeks out |
ing at their cottage at ClaremOnt Junction |
Monday.
The exhibit, by Miss Agnes Leavitt, of
water color paintings at Towns Hotel last
week was very creditable in every way,
and Miss Leavitt's former popularity here
was increased by it, !
Charles Blodgett of Alstead was arrest dI
here this week, and Wednesday tried fol IN
-toXication, sentenced to a fine of SjTand
costs, in default of which he has to SERVE
-otence at the work house.
SStiss Hattie Clarke of Saxt91ns River,
da,,las spent So time in Boston fitting
Nf as an ns1-or, will give lessons in
ulture a,wEs, BarbeIs music store
The'cStSk are all impI5 sChoo, ricric At
Miss Lena Davis fro was largely pat
E. r. Cooks. team, three two
The ladies' aid soCierous single teams
nesday with Mrs b lsportation.
Mr.. and Mrs. making business trip
turned from their II the West, being just
H., and MalderCity, where, in company
their granddau1r, a former Bellows Falls
spend the suTlarge Touring mill.
White, who is editing "The
at Block Island this sum
When Mo be making a decided success
savings bs, judging from the looks of the
the wrihich reach his friends here.
or/df j. Jefts of Middle Falls, n. Y,
Slost some days here with his family early
,Ptthe week. His wife and child are spend
ing the summer with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Adams on School street.
j. II. Blakely took jolly party of young
lads up the river in his steamer yesterday,
and they had large amount of fun. MIR.
Blakely is giving many of our people pleas
ure with his yacht, which is fully appre-
ciated.
A. n. Swain came down from Sunapee,
Saturday and has been here the most of
the week, engaged principally in the July
l inventory of the assets of the Bellows
Falls savings institution. He returns to
his cottage today.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Villas returned Thurs
day afternoon from months trip to Chi
cage visiting their sons. They report a
quick passage on the return, leaving Chi
cago at 10:30 Wednesday and reaching
Bellows Falls Thursday at p. NJ.
Wednesday night Eaton d Norwood's
hardware store was entered by burglars, en-
trance being effected through a window at
the back side. 1t is not known that any
thing was taken, as the thieves were
evidently scared before completing their
work.
Among those who have gone to Sunapee
lake the past week are Mr.. and Mrs. S. T.
d Coy, Mrs. H. II. Davis, Edward Blanchard,
George and Edgar Guild, MRS. George
Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Holey, F.
NJ Thompson, and Mr.. and Mrs. E. s..
Leonard.
A. H. Swtzer has bought building lot
on the new street recently opened running
west from Atkinson, between the resi-
dences of w. W. White and F. G. Pierce,
and expects to erect a dwelling on it soon
1t is on the south side of the street and
next west of Mr.. Pierces.
The Central Vermont road will run an
excursion to Lake George and return next
Tuesday, giving a two hours steamer ride
on the lake and returning the same day.
The route is via Rutland and the Delaware
& Hudson, and the fare from all stations
between here and Rutland is to be only
S1.50
The excursion being planned for a trip
rugh Nova Scotia by Conductor Wood
the FitchbuTg road, promises to be
hing of its kind of the season, and
over 80 have already joined the party. 1t
is made up wholly of Bellows Falls people
and leaves by the morning train of Thurs
day, July 25
Miss Gertrude Davis, daughter of Sey-
mour Davis, who is now living in Everett,
Mass, is employed as stenographer for a
cyclometer firm in Boston. Until recent
ly she has done stenographic work in the
Congregational house. Her father is run
ming upon the electric cars between Ever
EFT and Boston as motor man.
j. P. Bellille, who was last week sem
fenced to the workhouse for 249 days,
escaped from Officer Thompson before he
got him started for Rutland. He had
feigned sickness ever since his arrest, but
showed wonderful sprinting qualities on
his way to New Hampshire with the officer
in full chase. He has not as yet been
located
Fl. E. Bush and G. A. Andrews of this
place entered the bicycle races at Spring
field the Fourth with fiattering results. In
the one mile open Bush took first prize,
a gold watch valued at $25, and Andrews
third, cyclometer. Bush's time was 2 40
There were six contestants. In the half
mile ribbon race Bush and Andrews took
first, two pairs knickerbockers valued at
IS.
A careful estimate by Father Reynolds
places the number of families in our viii
lage connected with his church as 100 at
the present time Two years ago he took
a careful census and it was 1870. He esti-
mates the number of baptized communi-
cants at 900. The society is in a very
flourishing condition and has the new pa
rochial dwelling, which is one of the best
residences in our village, nearly paid for