Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-04
efforts of the young people are worthy of

EFFORTS OF Jne young people are worthy VI
a large patronage.
Excursions are advertised by the Cen
trail Vermont road to Bennington October
II, fare for the round trip $3.50, and to
New York next Wednesday via the New
London boat, the fare being $500 from all
stations as far north as Burlington.
number of days time is given the excur-
sionists in New York.
A diver was employed two or three days
last week in the canal around the abut-
ment at the South end of the Boston IL
Maine bridge, back of Towns hotel. A
partial Golfer dam has been put in, and IL
is understood quite important repairs are
found to be necessary, resulting from the
extremely high water of last spring.
DIR. E. W. Knight left Friday evening
for hunting trip among the Adirondack
mountains, and Tuesday a letter from him
stated that the first half days hunt gave
him fine buck weighing 257 pounds. He
went with a party consisting of DIR. Nor
rison from his office, II. d. and G. l.. AL
drch, j. G.. Church of Boston and friend
from Keene.
The family of A. p. Pollard left here
with him Saturday, and Henry NJ. ANA
don and family went Monday, to Little
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of the hotel which they have leased there.
Mr.. Amadon's jewelry business is in charge
of NJ. d. jackson for the present, and is
for sale. The Amadon house on School
street is to rent.
John Brennan, the engineer, who was
injured here Aug. II in the collision
caused by the misplaced switch on the Bos-
ton e Maine railroad, was in town with
his wife the most of last week, the guests
of their daughter, Mrs. DR.. Ridden. Mr..
Brennan is still incapacitated for any
work, the injury being to his back, and to
his nervous system.
The case of Edward H. Geno VS.. the
Fall Mountain Paper company, for injuries
received by Mr.. Geno in the mills here, is
to come before the supreme court at Mont
pelier Oct. 8. The case was tried last year
by the Rutland county court, resulting in a
verdict against the company for quite a
large sum. 1t was appealed to the SUI
preme court. Geno now lives at Proctor.
The assets of the National Bank of Bel
lows Falls, October /, amounted to S446,-
1872. The deposits were $203, 1914. The
surplus and undivided profits sol ,G32.
The capital stock is 100000, and the
bank notes for circulation are SIS, $50.
The standing of the bank is of the best in
every way, and it is doing large and pay.
ing business. The loans and discounts
amounted to S173,940.
George A. Brown, former we'll known
attorney here, has received the almost
unanimous support of a caucus of the Re
publicans of Everett, Mass, where he now
lives, to represent that city in the next leg.
islature. 1t is a city of 10000 inhabitants
and being overwhelmingly Republican it is
probable he will be elected. In the caucus
he was referred to by one enthusiastic
speaker as "the Daniel Webster of Ever.
ett"
In view of the recent sale of our village
bonds, $25, 900 at a premium of $437 80
they bearing four per cent interest for e
years, it is interesting to note that the
town of St. Adams has Just refunded
100000 of its indebtedness, at three per
cent interest, the bonds all having beer
taken by one Boston concern at % cents
or as was considered by the town officers
they sold at par and paid two per cent tC
the brokers for floating the bonds.
A return game of foot ball was played
between the Vermont Academy and oul
High school elevens Monday afternoon OF
the King field, near Oak Hill cemetery
The week before, our boys were whipped
at SaXtons River, 4 to O. This week it re-
suited in tie between the clubs after &
holly contested game, neither club scoring
During the game one of the academy boys
Potter of Rutland, was quite seriously
hurt. He was carried from the field under
the care of DR.. Kirkland, and has beer
confined to his room this week, but is not
supposed to be permanently injured. An
other game will be arranged to decide the
merits of the teams.
The prayer meeting Tuesday evening al
the Congregational church was turned into
an interesting home missionary meeting by
the presence of Field Secretaries Shelton
and Wizard, and Mrs. Caswell, secretary OF
the woman's department. They reached
here in the evening fresh from an interest
ing day at Brattleboro. Each spoke at
length, and so much enthusiasm was shown
that before the meeting closed the sum OF
5000 had been raised to constitute two
members of the Howard roll of honor
This is an effort inaugurated by Gen. o. o.
Howard, president of the Congregational
Home Missionary society, to pay off the
Indebtedness of that society by the issuing
of 400 shares at 500 each, of which
about 300 shares have already been taken
The evening was happy close of the first
days work of the secretaries in their tour
through Vermont upon this mission, il
making, with the amount contributed al
Brattleboro, $3.50 in the one day.
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