Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-10

| sOO lnb lOukt Will DO NdilOu llpli lOAlNoh-
ments to labor, and the Master Mason de-
gree will be conferred by King Solomon
lodge, No. 40, E. S. Leonard, w. M. The
Grand lodge officers will be received with
grand honors in the evening. David A.
Young is the D. d. G. M.
Mr.. and Mrs j. G. Day returned We'd
nesday evening from a weeks trip to
Boston and Providence.
The Shakspere Club held its regular
meeting Monday evening at the Universe
list church, the subject being Henry the
Eighth.
Arthur Dascomb was in town over Sun
day on his return to Dartmouth, and sang
very acceptably at the Congregational
church. s-a-~-----
j. L. Simonds and II. L. Booth, both of
Towns hotel, were the only representa-
tives of Bellows Falls in attendance at the
convention of hotel keepers held at Mont
pelier Wednesday.
". c. Dennis, a former well-known
foreman in the shop of Osgood d Barker,
and more recently in the machine shop of
f. NJ. Gilbert at Westminster, has removed
to Worcester, Mass, the closing of the
Westminster shop having left him without
work there.
"Old Glory" VIM. A. Brady's scenic
melodrama, held the boards at the opera
house last evening under the management
of Blakely 81 Brosnahan, and those who
saw it were well pleased. The audience
was not as large as the quality of the play
warranted.
Mrs. Osgan Ateshian and Mrs. Mihran
Ateshian, daughters of E. E. Dewey, a
former merchant here, were chosen as pa
| tronesses of an entertainment given in Bos-
ton recently in aid of the Armenian suf-
ferers. Their husbands are brothers and
natives of the country where the greatest
suffering exists.
Sylvester Deming, formerly well known
here as a clerk in the hardware store of
Arms q Wilson, and very popular as
young man of our village, has recently been
elected treasurer of the Panama railroad
company. He is to have his Office in New
York city. He has been in the employ of
the railroad almost from its start.
Last week a man from Keene came here
with an "alligator boy" and hired the
store in the Dominique block, advertising
his wonder about the streets. 1t is under
stood the boy was one who had some skin
disease, causing an appearance somewhat
| like alligator scales, hence the name. Tues
day afternoon both "turned up missing
leaving all bills unpaid, including board
| and rent of store.
The past week has been one of great en-
! joyment for skaters, the best place having
been on Minard's pond, which has some
days had as many as 80 on it at one time.
| There were numerous air holes and quite
number of narrow escapes from drown
ing have occurred from persons getting into
the pond through those holes, but in each
instance help was at hand and a wetting
was the most serious result.
The presentation of "1492" by Rice's
Theater company last week Thursday, was
decided hit. The music was good, as
was the acting, while the speciaties were
unusually fine. The staging was very eff
| fective, and added much to the perform
ance. Altogether it made an entertain
ment which pleased the audience better
than large portion of those given here by
| travelling companies. The audience was
the largest of the season.
Last Saturday and Sunday, owing to the
severely cold weather following the warm
| spell in which the river was cleared of ice,
considerable trouble was experienced at
the mills, owing to the anchor ice getting
into the canal and packing against the
racks. At times the Fall Mountain paper
company had as many as 35 or 40 men at
work raking the different racks night and
day. By Monday or Tuesday the river had
become frozen'over again so that the trou-
BILE was obviated.
Dr. Frank Whitman returned Friday
night from a visit of some days in Little
Falls, N. Y. Among the former Bellows
Falls residents who live there now are A.
F. Holden, Jed Hurlburt, A. P. Pollard
and II. M. Amadon. At Greenfield on his
return he was unfortunate enough to re-
ceve serious injury to one knee from
fall while running to catch a train. The
injury is quite serious and may lay the doc
tor up some time. He gets about the
house on crutches only.
A man from Pennsylvania was in town
Monday inquiring about permanent mark
ers for soldiers graves. The post here
flags, which get destroyed soon after Dec
Grafton day in many cases. At the last
Memorial day exercises the post visited nine
different cemeteries, decorating the graves
of 1876 comrades that rest therein. These
lists and locations in the cemeteries are
carefully kept and looked up each year,
but some permanent marker for each would
be great advantage.
A serious weakness in the wall at the
east end of the arch bridge over the canal
on Bridge street developed during the re-
cent thaw and rains. On the north side
the wall began sliding out nearly the whole
size of the embankment, and dozen or
more large sticks of timber were used to
prop it up and keep it from all going out
and taking the street with it. 1t will ne
cessitate large outlay in rebuilding as
soon as spring opens so it can be worked.
The whole north side wall will need re-
building.
The annual report of Chief of Police
Thompson to the bailiffs shows the total
number of arrests for the year to have been
II as compared with 81 in 1894. OF this
number IS were for drunkenness, 40 for
disturbances of the peace, larcency 8, va
grancy 2, lettering about the depot 2, train
wrecking l, adultery 2, liquor selling 8.
The number of tramps lodged was 1856
against 432 in 1894, the difference being
attributed to the new laws regarding tramps
and their treatment. Mr.. Thompson is
proving himself one of the most satisfac-
tory officers we have ever had and each
year strengthens this judgment in the
minds of our people.
The friends of an enthusiastic amateur
photographer, a teacher in our public
schools, have been laughing at her expense
since she returned from her vacation. She
visited New York city and a number of
other places during vacation, taking her