Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-24
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

two weeks trip to Minneapolis, MINI.
Rev. E. e. Margraff left this week for
his old home in Ohio to visit his parents.
II. G. II. Lewis, a former well known
resident, is quite i'll at his home in Bur
lington.
A. II. Fisher and Mrs. Fisher have been
spending a portion of the past week in
Middlebury.
Henry Reynolds of Brattleboro has
been redecorating the house of A. f. Minis
in North Walpole.
Mrs. Marvin Davis returned Tuesday
from Bernardston, Mass, where she has
been spending several dayswith her brother.
The front of the Aldrich block has been
painted this week and is to be lined off to
correspond with the brick Of the building.
Mareton A. Durkee, successor to Dur
kee and Barrows, advertises a large clear
ance sale, necesstated by the dissolution
of partnership.
Josiah Villas of Livingston, Montana,
arrived in town Monday afternoon for a
visit with his parents. His family have
been here two weeks.
Miss Bessie Hunter of Philadelphia, who
has been spending two months here and at
Sunapee with her aunt, Mrs. II. F. King,
returned to her home yesterday.
Miss Cora Deyette, who has been tutor
ing a number of pupils in her grade of
school since the vacation commenced, goes
to her home in Charlotte tomorrow.
DIR. John II. O'Brien and family, who
have been spending ten days with his
father, Thomas O'Brien, returned to their
home in Greenfield last week Thursday.
A large picnic party have gone to Gard
ner today. 1t was arranged by the Uni
versalist church. The party went by regu-
lar trains, the objective point being Crys-
tai lake.
The brick for the new school building
are furnished from Keene and two carloads
arrived this week. Laying them began
Wednesday. One car of the blue marble
for the basement has also arrived.
The new planning and dressing mill men
toned two weeks ago as being arranged for
on Rockingham street, began running
Tuesday. 1t is managed by II. E. Cox,
who has worked for some years for F. b.
Phelps.
w. A. Ferguson and wife, the Misses
Spaulding and Miss Bertha Day returned
Yesterday from their two weeks camping
outing at Rescue lake in Ludlow. Mr..
Ferguson was seriously poisoned with ivy
while away and is still suffering from it,
Mrs. George E. Punt, who has been for
some years clerk in the store of j. G. Day,
has completed her work there and will go
into the new store of Winnewisser u Con-
way as soon as it is opened. Mrs. W. E.
Rowell is supplying the place in Mr.. Days
for the present.
The Central Vermont railroad advertise
a cheap excursion to Burlington and Prov |
idence Island next Monday, via Windsor,
fare 81. 25, and the Fitchburg road will run |
a beach excursion down the harbor from |
Boston a week from next Friday with a
round trip rate of $3.50.
Editor Belknap of the Times started to |
ride his bicycle from Barre to Bellows |
Falls last Saturday. He had reached |
Bradford when the rain storm of Monday |
struck him and after being thoroughly |
soaked he took train at Fairlee and fin |
ished his trip, reaching here Monday even
ing.
The first logs of the Connecticut river |
lumber conpany's large drive, which has
been accumulating here the past two weeks,
were run over the dam last night. Elec-
trio lights have been placed all the way
from the dam through the falls, and the |
drivers are to work night and day until
they are all by here.
The telephone company have just distrib-
uted their new book of the lists of subscrib-
ers of the different exchanges. By the list
of January l the exchange had ia sub
scribers and 30 public stations. The new
book shows an increase to 1876 subscribers
and 80 public stations. The service is of
excellent quality and the business increases
steadily.
A large sign with raised gilt letters
"New York Racket" one of the most
snowy signs of our village, is being made
by Barney Cannon, and will be put up
over Winnewisser d Conway's new store
withim few days. They are to have
their opening Thursday, Aug. 6, following
which they are to have an extensive auc-
ton sale of goods in their old store. F.
c. Winnewisser will not be able to move
his news stand for about month.
The friends of Conductor d. V. Givvin
of the Rutland road are joking him some
what upon the unusual occurrence of his
train going away from Burlington last Mon
day and leaving him in the station. He
runs the flyer through from st. Adams here
over the Rutland and Central roads, and
through some misunderstanding his engin-
eer started without the signal from him and
the train had reached the outskirts of the
city before he was missed. The train re.
turned to the depot for him.
A case of considerable importance be-
tween the brothers, John p. Cray andlSte-
phen j. Cray, is being heard at the office
of Judge L. M. Read before Referee Kit
tredge Haskins of Brattleboro. John
brings suit against his brother for about
$4,000 Indebtedness upon book account,
which Stephen claims he does not owe.
The accounting began last week Thursday
and continued until Saturday night. 1t
was then adjourned until Thursday of this
week and it will probably be completed to-
day or tomorrow. Chas II. Robb and L.
NJ. Read appear for John and F. A. Bolles
and u. II. Allbee for Stephen.
Chief Thompson received an inquiry
Wednesday as to the friends of Dennis
Ryan, said to be from Bellows Falls, but
strict search here fails to find any clue to
his ever having been here or anyone who
knows him here. The reason for the in
quiry is explained in the following press
despatch: "Dennis Ryan of Bellows Falls,
at the new Warwick mills in the
Pawtucket valley, went to sleep on the
railroad track near Centreville last night
while intoxicated. He was struck by
train and his body literally cut into pieces,
which were strewn along the track for 200
yards. After long search this morning
the head, which had been severed from the
-runk, was found at the foot of an embank-
nent near the scene of the accident"
The Rutland railroad advertise an enioy-
able excursion from Bellows Falls and