The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-06
BELLOWS FALLS
Local Though, and Movement.

Office building to be erected by tn
Fitchburg railroad on the vacant 10
between the American Express Go. :
Office and the freight house. IN
dimensions Of the building are to b
lsx,}3 feet and it will be one and one
half stories high Frank 3. Phelps
has the contract for its construction
and tho work wall be completed as socl
rs possible.
Underhill Bros. grocery team started
and ran from their grocery store or
Canal street to Towns hotel "Wednesday
morning before it was stopped. Nc
damage was done.
The first anchor ice of the season
was Thursday morning, bothering the
mills to no small extent. A force Of
day men were called out and it was
with difficulty that the racks were
kept open.
The fire alarm was sounded Monda!
morning at II a. m. for a solid session
of schools. Quite number who were
not acquainted with the fire alarm
signal thought it was fire.
The North Walpole schools opened
Monday with the old corps OF teachers
in charge.
DR.. j. C.. O'Brien, formerly of this
place, has recently returned from
Europe and again located at Turner's
Falls, MASS, in the practise OF his
profession.
The agent of the Overman Wheel
Co., manufacturers of the celebrated
Victor bicycle, was i'll town Friday
and placed the agency of that wheel
for this town with Orcutt Blakl@y
for the coming year.
A large signed petition has been
presented to the selectmen this week,
asking for special town meeting to
authorize the purchase of lot for the
erection of new High school build
ing for this village. The site wanted
is known as the st. Agnes school lot
on the corner of school and Cherry
streets, and is owned by the Williams
estate. The price asked for the same
is 5000. 1t is estimated that the town
will appropriate at least s23, 600 for the
erection of buildings. The four school
buildings are badly over-crowded this
year, which necessitate making better
accommodations
At the regular monthly meeting of
Div. No. 9, A. O. H., held in their
hall in Wilson block last Sunday the
semi annual election OF officers took
place and the following officers elected
G. J. O'Ncil. president; Edward
Law lor vice president; Michael j..
Walsh, recording secretary; Patrick
Lawlor, financial secretary: p. f.
Griffin, treasurer standing committee,
Eugene E. Cray, chairman, hmes III.
Mcdonald, NJ. j. Walsh, Robert How
ard, Patrick Hartwel sick committee,
DIR. J. T. Ridden, chairman, William
j. Hayes, John Fl. Murphy. Maurice
Il. Relihan and Thomas j. brisbane.
Accidents.
Edward Seaman, spare press tender
in the mills of the Fall Mt. Paper Co.,
was badly injured Monday afternoon
by having his arm caught between the |
rolls while engaged in putting on a |
felt on went machine. He was badly |
burned from the wrist to the elbow
and at first it was thought that the
arm was broken. Upon examination it
was found. however. that no bones
we're broken but that the cords We're
badly strained. He was attended by
DIR. Albee.
Ed OBrien an employee in the En-
CINE room of the Fall Mountain Paper
Co., had his foot badly crushed by
A heavy oak plank falling upon it
early Monday morning. He was at
tended by DR.. Ridden.
Stephen f. Cray, while going down
stairs in S. J. Cray's meat market,
slipped and fell spraining one ankle
very badly. He will be confined to the
house from his active duties for a few
weeks.
Was Literary Man.
Geo. A. Gushing, who committed
suicide at Townshend recently because
If his wife's desertion of him for an
other man. turns out to have been
of poet. The poem en-
titled, 1.-The ew--thc DID, which
vas read at the old residents reunion
It Warwick. Mass. in September and
he authorship of which was not then
known, was written by him. He was a
esdent of the town for about IS years,
eaving in 1890. He was much respect
d and was member of the school
committee AMI of the board of library (
rustces.
Personals.
The many friends Of = Higgins will be
,leased to learn that he was able to resume his
aiy labOrs at his mill in >unapee Monday after
SICKNESS OF tNO weeks MIS- r II StlllNtll ltlb
Wednesday for a two weeks visit with friends
1 PcnaeoOk, \ al J Rote, who has been Wis
Ting his folks at penacook, II, the past week,
ettirned home Monday Fenton was in
;oston Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Ohm Calvin of BrattebOrO, is doing the plump
ng in the new Whitman house on Burt Place ,
Ohm Pickett is working for John Calvin of =,
helping the plumbers.-C W
ofey Of Windsor was in town Friday
Miss Josephine Mcdonald who has been Wis.
ing her sister, Mrs Aben Blake, here the past :
week returned to her home at Keene, \
Brien spent Sunday with
rlends i'm Ludlow, returning Monday.-R \
iahn Of Boston was in town Sunday M ISIS ,
.atie Henneberry of Montpelier is visiting her !
lister, Mrs ii W kcene for the winter-Mr and
IRIS Jerry Connors are receiving the congrat
wO boardeis. They are twins.-FredPippins of
bradford is the new night clerk at the Rock
lgiiam.-Mrs John Carroll and daughter, An. '
lie, were in Burlington Monday and Tuesday of
MS weck.--Wm A Hall returned from a trip 20 Z
baltimore and Washington, Sunday night {
Iisses Annie and Mary keete are spending q
eek at their home in Athens. Mrs John Duf- /.
OLE visiting her brother, John Hassett. Mrs !
W COffey of Windsor, who has just recovered
rom severe attack of typhoid fever was in
,wn visiting her sister Mrs j ONeil the past
eek, returning home Wednesday noon.-J
'onahue of Keene, was in town Friday.-Geo
Britt representing the Redpath Lyceum
ureau was in town Thursday.-Miss Hattie
Winnie O'Donnell and Mrs Kate I
foods Of keene, II, visited in town Tues
ay.
CambridgepOrt.