Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-29
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1896.
Vermont Local Notes.
BRATTLEBORO.

BkAIILEBORO.
Leslie Yauvey has secured the contract for
furnishing coal for district No. next year.
About $50 tons will be used.
Rev. l.. ID. Temple returned Saturday
afternoon and was met at the railroad station
by the Baptist Sunday school.
DR.. G. s. Clark will put up two-story 80
foot building for stores and tenements on the
site of the burned Clark block in West Brat
tleboro.
An order has been received at the West
Dummerston granite quarry for so carloads
of stone to be shipped Immediately for use at
the Northampton reservoir.
Abont2 300, 900 feet of lumber, now stacked
in Jamaica. will soon be shipped to the fac
tories of the New Home sewing machine
company at Orange, Mass.
Arrangements have been made for series
of summer evening concerts to be given by
the LIST regiment band at West Brattleboro.
The first one was given last evening.
Magnetic Healer Newell will take up his
| abode in his new cottage at Raponda imme-
diately on his return from Europe, the first
week in August, and will remain several
weeks.
The engagement of Miss Stella Dalton and
Prof Richard Elwood Dodge of the teachers
college of New York is announced. The we'd
ding will take place at the Unitarian church
August 10.
The Vermont wheel club has floated 40
foot burgee in club colors uron its quarters,
and has placed on the parapet the letters
"V. w. c., which are illuminated at night
by 48 electric lights.
Among the recent additions to the rapidly
| increasing cottage colony at Lake Raponda,
Wilmington, are Frank p. Forbes of Green
| field, Henry @. Milett of Boston, Sd. Derby
| of Newark and Rev. G. w. Schott of New
York.
| Members of the Grand Army post, the
| Woman's Relief corps, the Sons of Veterans
and the ladies' aid society went on the trolly
| cars to West Brattleboro last Thursday even
ing, where social time was enjoyed and re-
freshments served at Maj. Beck's new hotel.
The meeting of the democratic state com
mittee at Montpelier last Friday night elected
Rollin S. Childs of Brattleboro candidate for
presidential elector to succeed Walter H.
Childs, who recently rendered his resignation
| on account of his decision not to support the
democratic nominees of the Chicago conven-
| ton.
F. L. Pierce, a chair-stock manufacturer
who owns factories in Brookline, Putney and
| Putney Falls, has begun another factory IN
Westminster. The boiler is in place and the
other machinery will be taken in part from
| the Putney and Putney Falls factories. Mr.
| Pierce expects to employ about 70 hands
| there.
The Congregational society of Putney is
planning to hold its annual midsummer con-
cert Wednesday evening, August 10. A well.
known male quartet of Boston has been Ell
gagged and other entertainers are being Sc
cured. This annual concert has come to be
regarded as a leading social function in Put
ney.
Sumner Vinton, formerly of Brattleboro
and native of Burmah, a son and grandson
| of the famous Burmah missionaries, lectured
on "Life in Burmah" at the Methodist church
Monday. The lecture was illustrated by q
| stereopticon with over 100 -dissolving views
Mr.. Vinton is graduate of Brown Univer-
sity and after taking theological course in
this country will return to do mission work
among the Burmese.
The women of the Baptist church are plan
ming to hold the first trolly car party i'll Brat
tleboro Thursday evening. Two cars will be
trimmed and fastened together and, with sew
eral musicians aboard, will take the party
| over the entire line of the road, including the
| fair ground extension. A stop for refresh
ments will be made.
John Moynihan, the young man who stole
the gold watch and pocketbook containing
| $46 from S. w. Esey of West Dummerston
| Friday morning, was caught in Boston and
| brought back here and lodged III the lookup
| by Sheriff Il. E. Gordon Saturday night. He
was given hearing Saturday before Justice
William S. Newton, pleaded guilty to the
| charge and was taken TO the Newiane Jail
Saturday afternoon to await the action of the
county court at its September term. He
offered no excuse for his action but expressed
great sorrow at being caught. He exhibited
considerable shrewdness in hiding Mr.
| Estey's harness SO as to delay pursuit, but
made a fatal blunder when he bought rail
road ticket to travel on.