Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-04-04
Bellows Falls Locals.

Frank Diggins had finger caught IN a
door yesterday and severely pinched.
A. H. Bissell has moved all his stock of
groceries to his new quarters on Atkinson
street.
Rev. f. f. Marggrat has been chosen to
deliver the Memorial day address at Mid
dlebury.
C. A. Smith, formerly with w. II.
Bodine & Co., is now in the employ OF T.
Fleming.
New awnings have been put over the
entrances to Pierce's drug store and Weth-
erbee's restaurant.
Clark Chase will build new dwelling
in Chase court this spring, situated next to
w. S. Eaton's.
The w. G. T. U. will meet in the par
lors of the Methodist church next Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock.
George Evans, employed at the Fitch
burg railroad yard, was injured quite badly
last Sunday by fall.
Miss Gertrude tombstone, a trained nurse
who was here as the guest OF Miss Alice
Jackson, is attending Mrs. H. W. Thomp-
son.
Mrs Horace Thompson is has been
seriously i'll with bilious attack, at her
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improved
II. w. Keene and gang of men went
to Woodsville Thursday to make arrange
ments for the spring log drive of the Fall
Mountain Paper Co.
Capt. w. H. Taylor was in Boston
Wednesday attending the session of the
Supreme Colony, Pilgrim Fathers. He
went as the representative of the John Kill
burn colony.
The number Of dogs registered Thursday
morning, the time when the tax was
doubled, was $780, against 1852 at the same
time last year; another indication Of dawn
ing wisdom among the people. The whole
number registered last year was 1876.
The firm of Thomas Gould & Co,
dealers in electrical supplies, is defunct
after an existence of month or so with
quarters in the Gray block. Mr.. Gould
has position in Somerville, Mass, as SUI
perintendent of the electric light works,
and +. j. Reid, his partner, has gone to
New York.
A contemporary contains the following
regarding the genial L. E. O'Brion: Mr..
O'Brien is outspoken in his denunciation of
the course of the democratic party and has
renounced his allegiance to it. AS he has
for some years been prominent in the
councils OF that party locally, the change
is somewhat important, as he gives the
reasons for the change fearlessly.
A contemporary is authority for the foi-
lowing: ga long distance telephone trans
mitter was placed in the Church of the
Messiah at Montpelier last week, and Rev.
j. Edward Wright was enabled thereby to
speak to four widely separated audiences
at the same time, the entire service being
perfectly audible in Burlington, Rutland
and Bellows Falls. The Easter service
will be transmitted to Boston next Sunday
by the same MEANS"
j. A. Eaton received a letter from F. E.
Parmenter of Rutland yesterday, stating
that well established business employing
125 or $50 hands, was seeking desirable
location. The letter was handed Z. S.
Leonard, secretary of the board of trade
and he telegraphed that representatives of
the company would be entertained here, if
they saw fit to look the field over. The
conditions of location are subscriptions to
stock to the amount of $4,000, furnish
ing a building with IA, 900 feet of floor and
room, and exemption from taxation for five
years. 1t is not thought that anything will
come of the matter.
The Phoenix Fire Insurance company of
London, one of the oldest and strongest
companies in the world, recently came into
the state to do business. Their represen-
tative for Bellows Falls and vicinity is f.
l.. Walker. In this connection it is inter
esting to note what an outside insurance
company has to do in order to enter the
state. A statement, accompanied by $50,
has to be filed with the insurance commits
sioners at Montpelier, and So paid if
license is granted to do business in the
state One dollar is also paid annually for
each agent the company has in the state
and tax OF per cent on all premiums
collected.