Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-15
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

Florida home.
The county commissioner has reappoint-
ed Capt. w. II. Taylor as liquor agent for
one year from May 1.
Frank Hall went up to Sunapee last
week with H. E. Bean, arranging to build
cottage for him there the coming season.
Philip St. Croix has the contract to erect
a large two-story tenement on the corner
of Oak and Green streets for w. II. Girls
void.
Barber e. E. Gotta begins next week
running three chairs instead of two, each
evening, to accommodate his increasing
business.
Mrs. M. B. Jones, who has spent the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur
Truax, returns to her home in Mortified
next Monday.
G. w. Osgood and wife will go to Keene
tomorrow for Sunday, and Mr.. Osgood
will address the Young Mems Christian
association there.
Conductor d. b. Sexton of Rutland, is
ill this week with a severe attack of rheu-
matism and his train is being run by spare
Conductor Wyman.
Mrs. George NJ. Rossman of Keene Wis
tied her father here Monday. She expects
to leave next Monday for visit of some
weeks in Philadelphia.
Arrangements are being completed for an
extensive bicycle parade under the auspices
of the Y. NJ. G. A. wheel club some time
during the month of June.
Mrs. Lizzie S. King has been appointed
administrators of the estate of her hus-
band, the late Henry F. King, and G. H.
Williams and P. II. Hadley have been
chosen as commissioners.
At the meeting of the Black River union
of Young Peoples Christian Endeavor,
which is being held at Ludlow today, Ira
A. Adams, Fred E. Newell, and Ruth
Cove have parts in the program.
A lease of Towns hotel has this week
been executed for the coming year to
John L. Simonds. Mr.. Simonds was a
member of the firm of Simonds Il Hyde,
who managed the hotel last year. Mr..
Hyde retires from the firm.
Considerable interest was shown here
yesterday in the ball game at SaXtons Riv
er between the Vermont Academy and the
Bates college mines. Quite number went
out from here and saw the game, which re-
suited in victory for Bates to l.
This years graduating class at Dart
mouth of which Chauncey Adams of this
place is member, is the smallest gradual
ing from that institution since 1861. This
small number is due to the unsettled con-
dition of the college at the time of the
resignation of Pres. Bartlett.
Mrs. Charles S. Brown of Honda, Unit
ed States of Columbia, is spending some
time with her niece, Mrs. G. L. Barber.
Although absent from the country for some
years until recently, the family will be
pleasantly remembered in this vicinity,
particularly in Putney and Brattleboro.
Superintendent Ryder has spent nearly
all this week in visiting the schools of the
outlying districts of the town, having call
ed upon those at Saxtons River, Cam
bridgeport, Bartonsville, Rockingham and
other sections of the town. He was in
Newport, n. H., Wednesday on legal bust
ness.
Contractor Adams began with large
force of men laying concrete walks from
the residence of Q. E. Morgan on Atkn-
son street to the corner of School street,
and thence up School street to the grounds
of Clark Chase, making a much-needed
improvement in the facilities for locomo-
ton in that locality.
The school boys of the ninth grade
yesterday challenged those of the eighth
to meet them on Kings field tomorrow in
a game of base ball. The challenge was
promptly accepted, and although there is
quite difference in the size of the boys,
those of the eighth grade will make a
plucky fight for the championship.
c. L. Barber has raised the roof to a
portion of his long shed on Atkinson
street, making it two stories high, and has
leased it to Mr.. Mace, who will at once
is opposite the dwelling of H. o. Leonard.
This makes another mercantile business
to locate outside of the business section of
the village.
The choir of the Congregational church,
consisting of two quartets, and the juve-
nile orchestra went to Westmoreland last
evening and gave a concert in the Park
, hill Congregational church under direction
I of G. L. Barber. They went down at
o'clock, the express train stopping there
for them, and returned at II o'clock. They
report pleasant and successful trip.
Arrangements have been completed for
Hoyt's comedy, "a Midnight Bell" which
will be presented at the opera house May
%. Mr.. Hoyt's plays are always popular
here and without doubt this one will draw
a good house. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt have
spent but little time at Charlestown this
spring. They sailed for Europe last Sat
urday, where they will remain through the
entire summer.
The delay in beginning the work of erect
ing the High school building is caused by
delay in receiving the plans from Archi-
tect Buckham. They were expected over
a week ago and portion came yesterday,
+ but in so incomplete condition that moth
ing can yet be done as to laying contracts
or securing the material. The building
committee is chatting somewhat under the
unexpected delay in starting the work.
DR.. Campbell and Conductor Woodfall
have changed their plans somewhat for the
Bellows Falls summer excursion. They
are arranging for an extended trip through
the White Mountains, making headquar-
tiers at the Crawford House. They will go
from there by the Maine Central TO Ports
mouth, visiting the Isles of Shoals. Lat
er in the season they hope to have an
other trip to Nova Scotia similar to that
of last year.
A number of residents of our village
own cottages at the Claremont junction
camp grounds and will spend portion of
the summer there. The executive COM
mittee had its spring meeting there Mon
day and F. p. Ball and Rev. j. W. Nara
more were nrasant Committees wera q n