Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-05-10
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS,
Our Electric Lights.
The Village system now being Extended
to Private Residences.

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other town in our knowledge. The com
pany puts the wires to the house and the
owner pays for wiring using such priced
fixtures as he chooses. A meter is fur
nshed to each and each pays at the rate of
fifteen cents per thousand watts, which
amounts to about the same as three-fOurths
of a cent per hour for each lamp covering
the time it actually burns. The price
charged at the following places is twenty
cents per thousand, Morrisville, Swanton,
Montpelier Burlington, Rutland and St.
Johnsbury. This makes us as being fur
nshed good lights at about three-fourths
the prices charged elsewhere in about SINH
lar sized places. The contract with the
village for the lighting of the streets for
the next five years has not been completed,
but will be soon.
1t is reported that the High school base
ball nine is soon to play the Keenes.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Fisher return from
their winter home in Winter Park, Fla,
today.
Mrs Albert Davis, who has been failing
all winter, died Monday night of consump
ton, at her home on the Old Terrace,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Osgood entertained
last evening in honor of Mrs. Osgood's
brother, Will Farnham, and his bride.
F. P. Ball has bought at auction the
real estate in Athens, formerly owned by
his brother, the late S. 0. Ball of that
place.
Rev. j. Z. Fullerton lectured at Ludlow
Tuesday evening his lecture being one of
a course which has been given there this
winter
Alas, Bellows Falls is no more fortunate
than many of her sister villages. "Trilby'
has cancelled her date here, which was to
have been in June.
The 20-nch iron water pipe for the new
supply will arrive here, or portion of it,
next week, but the work of laying is not
TO begin until about the first of next month
Mrs. Goodhart makes her annual visit
to Bellows Falls in the near future, with
her usual assortment of lovely glass and
china, vases aud bric-a-brac.
The young people of the Methodist
church will give musical and literary en-
tertainment in the church this evening,
followed by a social hour in the vestry.
Drs. Allbee and G. H. Gorham are in
Baltimore, Md, this week in attendance
upon the annual meeting of the American
Medical association. DR.. Gorham will re-
turn Monay.
The ladies and Junior auxiliaries of the
Congregational church are soon to send a
box to Mrs. Newell of Gedie Psha, Con-
stantinople, Turkey, to be used in her
school at Christmas.
The local High school nine went to Drews-
vile Saturday and crossed bats with nine
from Alstead, suffering defeat 20 to 10.
Prof Chaplin went with the nine and pitch
ed three innings of the game.
The price asked by Charles Hapgood for
his Atkinson street residence, including
the two lots, is $4,000 and a number of cit
liens are discussing accepting it at about
that figure.
A troupe is booked to play Grip Van
Winkle'' at tn e opera house next Wednes-
day evening, but as yet no advertising has
been done. The prominent character of
the play is to be taken by Robert McWade.
Large delegations from the Christian En-
deavor societies of the Baptist and Con-
gregational churches are in attendance to-
day upon the convention being held at
Cambridgeport, going from here in large
teams about noon.
Rev. c.. r. B Dodge preached last Sun
day a sermon concentrating the closing
of the firth year of his pastorate with the
Baptist church. Among the many good
things which he said he advocated keeping
the church open all the time through the
week.
Patrick Fleming, the well-known plumb
er of Brattleboro, was in town yesterday
figuring upon some prospective jobs in his
line. The work which was done by him
in the thorough plumbing of the parochial
dwelling of FIR. Reynolds is said to be one
of the best pieces of similar work in our
village.
Wires are being strung and poles set to
accommodate the electric light wires for
lighting a number of our dwellings, the ca
pacity of the new dynamo being sufficient
TO furnish it and the company making very
reasonable contracts. 1t is probable with
in short time the greater part of our
larger houses will be so lighted.
Our opera house building has during the
past two weeks been entirely rewired for
the electric lighting service by two repre-
sentatives of the General Electric company
of Boston. This has been required by
new rules of the insurance companies, ow-
ing to the improvements made in the meth
DDS giving greater security.
The annual meeting of the w. c. T. U.
was held in the parlor of the Methodist
church Tuesday afternoon, when these
officers were elected: Miss Mary Burt,
president; Mrs. George WEIGH, Mrs. Wal
Ter Wilson and Mrs. E. r. Campbell vice
presidents; Mrs. B. E, Foster, secretary,
with Miss Carrie Smith as assistant; Mrs
Mary Z, Dow, corresponding secretary
Mrs. Fred Saker, treasurer.
Mrs. Mary Ellis died Tuesday night at
the home of her brOther-in-law, George
Slate, on Atkinson street. During the
later years of her life her home was with
her sister, Mrs. Slate, who died a few
years ago, and after her death Mrs. Ellis
continued to live at the home of Mr.. Slate
The funeral was held this morning
The young people of the Universalst
church have raised sufficient funds to pre-
sent the Kurn Hattin home for boys at
Westminster with a new cabinet organ.
The boys who are inmates of the home are
many of them good singers and the organ
is a welcome assistance. There are Is
boys there at the present time.
Mrs George Underwood, an old resi-
dent of the village, died Monday evening
at o'clock, her death being the result of
a shock which occurred about o'clock of
that afternoon. She had been i'll nearly
all winter. Mrs. Underwood was mem
Der and a great worker in the Methodist
church, and her death will be a loss to
many. The funeral occurred Thursday
afternoon.
Towns Hotel will change management
again June /, d. +. Ladd, the present pro