Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-09-19
Bellows Falls Locals.


George B. Wheeler is running fine
new delivery cart for the accommodation
of his local patrons. Aa
Charles Williams living on the New Ter
race died of consumption Thursday and
will be buried to-day.
Those who took advantage of the excur.
sion to Montreal are returning one by one.
It is reported that the Rutland road sold
fully 2200 tickets.
frankie, the youngest son OF Q. H.
Nichols living on Atkinson street is re,
ported sick with diphtheria. The house
has been quarantined.
Patrick Rel and Miss Margaret Powers
were married in St. Charles church Thurs.
day morning. In the evening reception
was rendered their friends on Kerry Ave.
nue..
The party who made an exchange Of
hats at the Campaign Supper last Thurs
day evening, taking brown one and leav-
ing black hat, is requested to call at the
TINES office and rectify mistake.
The name Of Moreton A. Durkee may
never be famous in the annals Of history,
but it stands out very prominently since
the placing Of a new sign over his store yes
terday morning ff
Charles Whitehouse, engineer on the
Rutland railroad, shot, one day last week
a monstrous owl in the woods near Minard's
pond. A local taxidermist offered him $40
for the bird but he refused the offer.
Mrs. LAWN, nee Mary Howe, sails tor
Germany next Thursday to begin her en-
gagement of 40 operate performances In
the principal German cities. Mr.. Lawn
will do concert and oratorio work in this
country the coming season and has man.
ager in New York city.
Among those who went to Montreal this
week was Landlord Forbes OF the CONNER
cial House. He says that much Of the talk
about Canadians refusing American silver
is moonshine. While street cars refuse it
merchants and hotel men are glad to take
any kind of money and at face value too
A special meeting Of the Woman's Aux
iliary OF the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation will be held in the Association
rooms Monday evening at 7.3O o'clock.
This meeting is called for the purpose OF
choosing delegates to the Young Mems
Christian Association convention at Man.
chester.
Frank w. Blair, with the assistance OF
Mr.. ODER and four men, cut and put IN
his silos 100 tons of ensilage in five and
one half days. The corn was the southern
reb cob variety and grown on 5 IL acres !;
the heighth of corn was Is feet. 1t was
cut by horse power and No. IL Smalley
ensilage cutter. The feeding value OF the
100 tons of ensilage is equal to 30 tons OF
hay.
Blakley and Brosnahan open the theatre
cal season next month with !" The County
Fair" They have also booked "Shore
Acres, one of the great plays, with the
original company and James Herne
in his original creation Of :" Nat
Berry; the famous opera, Wang; Lii
liam Kennedy, in "She Couldn't Marry
Three; Red Stocking Comedy Co., g In
Old Kentucky; Yale's 50 Devils Auction, "
60 Twelve Temptations" and Brynes Bros
SO Eight Bells"
George p. Geer, 80, the veteran account
ant, died at his home in Springfield, Mass,
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Geer was born in
Bellows Falls and spent his early life here,
going to Boston while young man and
working there as book-keeper and later
going into business for himself there.
About 43 years ago he went to Springfield
to work as book-keeper in Thompson's
express and worked there tor 10 years,
until the business of the concern was
turned over to the Adams express COM
pany. Since then he had worked as an
expert accountant, and for a number of
years devoted most of his time to his
school of bookkeeping, which he estab-
lished about 1881 and sold out about two
years ago.