Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-11-18
BRATTLEBORO.

BRATTLEBORO.
The probate Office will probably be moved
soon from Crosby block to Bank block.
Rev. S. G. Davis of Boston occupied the
pulpit of the Universalist church Sunday.
| H. g. Clark has raised the frame for "a barn
| lib by A feet to replace the one recently
burned.
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Bohrman, mother
| of Mrs. &. A. Barker, held at O'Clock
Friday afternoon.
C. E. Allen, the Brattleboro florist, will
| send selections to the chrysanthemum show
| in Springfield, Mass.
! James F. Hooker of New York is home for
short visit with his parents, Col. and Mrs.
George w. Hooker.
| George w. Decoster has bought machinery
| and viii soon begin the manufacture of collins
and baskets in the Centerville shop.
| d. McGillivray of the Bradley greenhouses
| exhibited Saturday 1000 chrysanthemums and
5000 carnations in bud and bloom.
Mrs. Mary kirkland gave q delightful din
ner party at her Walnut street residence Fri
| day afternoon at which 70 guests were
| present.
William Il. Stark has changed his route as
freight conductor on the New London north
ern road, and will hereafter reside in Nor
wich.
! Will Schuster, the Brattleboro baritone, is
| located for the winter with the Castle Square
| company at the grand opera house i'll Phila-
delphia.
! Davis, the tailor, has sold his business to
Maurice BaIcher of North Adams and has
| gone to North Adams to start in business
there.
The grange dramatic club will produce the
| play, "Placer Gold" at the grange hall i'll
| Guilford Friday evening. chicken pie
supper will be furnished.
| T. ~ l.
| teated the Putney team at West Brattleboro
| Saturday by score of to 0. The game was
! loosely played and uninteresting.
The fall term of Leland and Gray seminary
at Townshend closed Friday. Mr.. Evans,
trained specialist i'll penmanship, has been
engaged to conduct writing classes during the
winter term.
The high school class of 96 went to West
Chesterfield Thursday night to witness the
play 'Imogene," by members of the class
| and afterward enjoyed II turkey supper and
| dancing.
The postponed song concert by Prof.
Huffman of Chicago will be given in the
Congregational church next Friday evening.
1t will be under the auspices of the Swedish
evangelical mission church.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Josephine Baiestier, youngest daughter OF
Mrs. Wolcott Balestier, and Or; Theodore
Durham of New York. Miss Balestier is a
sister of Mrs. Rudyard Kipling.
Rev. E. b. Leavitt, pastor of the Unitarian
church, has received call to become pastor
of the church at Berkeley, CAL, suburb of
San Francisco. The call was without solicit
tation and has been declined.
The large St. Bernard dog owned by Wal
ter Bigelow of Bondville, which attracted so
much attention at the Valley fair, was caught
| in trap few days ago and remained there
over night. One leg was broken.
| Randall and Clapp have on exhibition at
| their jewelry store of the cups which
were distributed by the car of Russia ON
May %, the memorable coronation day when
1000 peasants were trampled to death.
The Office of DIR. Bruce is to be removed to
the Office formerly occupied by Griggs &
| Perry in the same block, to make room for
| the probate Office which is to be moved from
| Crosby block. DIR. Bruce will move Decem-
| Der l.
| DIR. Fred Crosby writes from London that
| he will sail for home the 10Th. DIR. Crosby
has been studying hospital methods in Vienna,
Paris, London and European cities since
March and has visited many historical points,
principally in Rome.
| Real Estate Agent A. V. May has sold d.
j. Moran's house on Highland street to Mrs.
f. E. Willis and Paul Willis of Westminster.
Possession given December /. Mr.. May has
| also sold Mrs. Willis house in Westminster
| to d. j. Moran. Mr.. Moran has rented the
| latter house.
Brattleboro people will take interest in the
entertainment of Mrs. Lucia Gale Barber, in
terpreter and monologist which will be given
| in the auditorium the 24th. Mrs. Barber was
a former Brattleboro girl and worked as "a
compositor in several Brattleboro printing
offices. She is niece of Mrs. r. A. Stearns.
Her home is in Cedar Rapids, Ia.
News was received Wednesday night of the
death of Peyton Il. Chandler of the Chicago
| firm of mortgage investors. Mr.. Chandler
l WAS N WnUh1D1 utv for
years was engaged in the mercantile business
| in Putney, going to Chicago about 40 years
| ago. He was influential in building the Val
| ley railroad from Brattleboro to Bellows
| Falls and was its superintendent several
years. He had done considerable business
| for the Brattleboro savings banks. He leaves
relatives in the county.
| G. p. ellison is building a handsome stone
cottage on the west shore of Spofford lake at
Chesterfield, n. III. Andrew Horton and a
| Hinsdale man are building frame cottages on
the same shore. Col. B1akesley will build a
stone cottage near the ellison cottage next
| spring. r. A. Brown has just completed one
south of the Silverdale buildings and one of
| the sojourners at the Stearns summer resort
| will build three cottages ON the north shore
near the Marshall cottages next season.
| Stratton Foster, proprietors of Silverdale,
will also build large stone cottage on the
terrace back of their present location, and
will build an additional frame building for
1
| The legislative committee of three senator's
and seven representatives made its biennial
| visit of inspection to the Brattleboro retreat
| Friday. The committee is composed of DIR.
L. w. Hubbard of Lyndon, DIR. g. S. Foster
of Putney, Hiram o. Ward of Moulton, from
| the senate, and DIR. j. Z. Thompson of Rut-
land, DIR. ID. f. Russ of Hartland, DIR. j. III.
Winch of Northfeld, DIR. E. E. Potter of
Pownal, the latter also member of the COM
mittee on the Waterbury asylum investiga-
tion John l.. Bullock of Guilford, A. Craig
of Wheelock and o. G.. Page of Irasburg.
The committee visited all parts of the institu-
tion Friday and the summer cottages, farm
buildings and other outside departments Sat-
urday morning. The members expressed
themselves as well pleased with the entire
management, the care of patients and the
condition of the house. An unusual interest
in the care of the patients was manifested on
account of the investigation which is in prog
ress at Waterbury, but the committee were
apparently satisfied with every detail.
| SIMONSVILLE.
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