Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-03-07

"A cute little drum corps with leader
scarcely two feet high, carrying flag staff
of much larger proportion bearing the
stars and stripes was feature on Atkin-
SEN street yesterday They were supposed
to be in training to herald the first trolley
Car on that line.
The V. A. base ball team has hattering
prospects for the coming season. There
are 25 candidates. The members of last
years team left are Fox, captain, White
more, Coffin and Gilbert, and of the second
team, Rugg, Carpenter, who played on the
first team the last OF the season, Brooks,
Uford, Hunt and Upham. Fox will
undoubtedly pitch, and Whittemore, last
years catcher, will be in the points again.
The Boston Dairy company have rented
the Page dye house ON Rockingham street.
They will use the building for general
depot, taking all the milk they can get,
putting what they do not take to Boston
through cream separator and shipping
the cream only. They rented the building
March 1, and will put in cream separator
and other apparatus this spring.
Moderator G. A. Weston announces the
following committee to report as to a
needed advance in water rates, FL. ID.
Ryder, A. N. Burbank, A. H. Brown, D.
H. Cray and M. M. Whitney. Mr.. Wes-
ton was instructed to appoint this com
mittee at the last corporation meeting and
the committee must report before the next
semi-annual water rentals are due.
George Borgeau had the misfortune to
lose finger and have his back severely
sprained in the sulphite mill last night. The
accident was caused by the breaking down
of three lines of Skating in the wood de-
partment of the mill. The breakdown
was bad one and operations in the upper
part Of the sulphite mill are at a stand still
1t may take until tonight to get every
thing in working order again,
Hon. Homer Goodhue of Westminster
West, chairman of the state board o
supervisors of the insane, was 50 years OLE
on Wednesday. He was visited by man,
neighbors and friends, among others bein.
DIR. Lawton, superintendent of the Brattle
boro Retreat, who presented Mr.. Goodhu
with handsome bouquet, the gift of tn
nurses and employees Of the Retreat, ant
who also brought written congratulation
from over 60 of the patients in the institu
ton.
Oscar E. Hall, who for the past Is year
has been in the employ Of the Fall Noun
tain company, part Of the time as assistan
master mechanic, has accepted the posi-
ton of master mechanic with the larg
paper company at Rumford Falls, Me
Mr.. Hall has a fine position and has tn
best wishes of many friends for success il
his new field. He himself leaves Monda,
but his family will not go untiltwo or tire
months later.
At a meeting OF the Hibernians hell
Sunday, the invitation Of Rev. Fr. Holahal
to attend mass at St. Peters church on St
Patrick's day at 9 o'clock, was accepted
The order will march from their hall in
body and in full regalia. In the evening
there will be banquet in Union hall wit
speaking and musical program. Thi
will be the most extensive celebration c
this occasion in Bellows Falls for man
years.
From Sunday noon until Wednesda
noon travel over the Northern from Whit
River junction to Concord was practical
suspended, and travel and necessar
freight passed through this place over tn
Fitchburg en- route to and from Boston
Some of these trains had as many as tie
cars and had to be taken over the Fitch
burg by two engines. All these train
were specials, the last one going Wednes
day noon.