Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-26
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

Falls, N. Y.
Mrs. Edward Arms and Miss Caroline
were in Keene at the High school com
mencement exercises Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.. Osgood, accom-
panied by Miss Florence Elizabeth, will
go to Bradford tomorrow for short visit.
Mrs. Hitchcock, mother of the late r.
@. Hitchcock, went yesterday to Clare
mont, N. H., for stay of some weeks with
her daughter.
Rev. j. E. Fullerton and family are
spending this week at the Claremont juno
ton camp grounds, occupying the cottage
of Mrs. H. B. jackson.
A road race of bicycles is to be run Sat
urday from here to Claremont and return,
starting about 8 o'clock. About seven or
eight contestants will start.
F. G. Winnewsser and wife went to Bos-
ton Saturday morning, remaining until
tuesday night, visiting the different
beaches in the vicinity of the Club"
G. Fl. Waite returned yesterday from
Weston, where he had been for week or
more with stock of clothing from the
Blue store, having had very successful
trade.
Miss Sarah Williamson, a former we'll
known teacher at St. Agnes Hall, and for
some years teacher at Las Vegas, n. NJ,
is in town visiting her sister, Mrs. Daniel
Beaton.
The wife of Napoleon B. Largess, for
merry well-known barber here, has be-
gun suit against him for a divorce, based
upon his desertion. His present where
aoouts are unknown.
r. =. Winnewisser and J. H. Busby
went down the harbor from Boston Sunday
on cod fishing trip with large number
OF employees from the Boston Herald office,
yhavlng Avery enjoyable and successful day.
Nearly all the stores in the village have
agreed to close during the entire day July
q, and it being Saturday they will have an
entire vacation from Friday evening until
Monday morning. The grocery stores and
meat markets are all that will be open.
During the past few weeks the Fall
Mountain Paper company have erected an
addition of so by 40 feet to their No. 8
machine rooW for the purpose of adding
more driel\ the machine. There will
be u rolls ~ Sed, making 3S in all. The
addition to the building is of brick and a
very substantial construction throughout.
- S-7 w time table was issued by the Rut-
b9onI ee klroad taking effect last Sunday, and
TcI' the first issued by the company,
Ssitr' having kept the old Central Vermont
on in force until now. There are no i'm
~ rtant changes except the putting on as a
Regular train the Sunday morning train to
Burlington, which leaves at CPS, and
which has run wild for some weeks.
The exercises of commencement at Yer
mont Academy this week have been at
tended by large delegations of our citizens,
some going out every day. Tuesday even
ing party of about GO members of the
Wheel club and the Y. NJ. c. A. Bicycle
club, with invited guests, made the trip
out there together, attending the drill O.
the cadets. 1t was very enjoyable T. 4
in all respects. rir
The second meeting of the credit
Henry A. Phelps, insolvent, was Yrs NJ
the Office of F. A. Bodies before = boid -,
vent court yesterday. The fail arha insoi
red about two years ago. MGeknr re o ,n"T
since Sesided in Ludlow. sPbe,ns no,
ing anu to be $4,000 to SdEho i huI nS'
William Bar $500 asses -n ne n lhaeoted I
weeks in various one of ~ W wic ph OILY
the spring, is D@ingssfbe ,araa o. or meip
m SmUst WISH az shoe about $500 due.
pon nr,s ., no Il "A celebrations of tn,
in ths n /ked for this year, except tn,
IN az = I picnics, and young America.
viii lbbling over. An excursion il
~. d to Lake Walden, over the Fitch
Ioad, where there are number O
OCCASIONAL athletic events booked. TIL,
tickets are 81 each, including admission tt
the grove. The town is quite thoroughly
advertised for the events occurring a
Claremont that day.
Bicycle accidents are numerous Just nov
and too great care cannot be taken il
avoiding them. One day this week j. H
Blakeley had serious collision with &
team in turning around the old mill OF
Green street, striking the horse squarely-
both going in opposite directions at hgf
rate of speed. The horse was partially
thrown, and Mr.. Blakeley completely, in
juring him somewhat, though not seriously
and the team passed over his Wheel Josh
rides more slowly now around the corners
At bicycle race in Springfield last Sat
urday, in which number of local wheel
men took part, John Dennison won
prize of $25 watch, NJ. Greenough S15
watch, Edwin Bush a set of new tires of
valuable pattern and II. Greenough a s.
watch. This is pretty good showing fol
the Bellows Falls contingent. We under
stand that through some technicality the
prizes are all withheld until decision i.
rendered by the League of American
Wheelmen, under whose auspices the race
was held, but it is not thought there i:
much question as to the boys receiving
their winnings.
Monday evening lodge of the New
England Order of Protection was organ
lied here in Grand Army hall, Al member:
being initiated. There were present
numbered officers of the order from Other
localities, including the supreme vice war
den, Hon. L. P. Deming of New Haven
Conn; p. G. W., l.. W. Shaw of Boston
state secretary, D. NJ. Frye, Boston; G. w
for Vermont, G. H. Taplin of st. Johns
bury, and P. G. Warden, G. H. Burch OF
Vergenne. The main feature of the or.
ganizatio1lis insurance of the cooperative
or fraternal class. The leading officer OF
the local organization is Ernest r. Ball
There was public session at which the
purposes and results of the organization
were explained, and ice cream and cake
served by the ladies.
A case of lively sprinting was seen al
the railroad yard Tuesday evening upoI
the arrival of the evening mixed train from
Rutland. Sheriff Lowell was at the depot
in response to telephone message with
papers to arrest a man named Caswell, fol
stealing bicycle at Rutland. Caswell was
f1,a IN, md ha Ia