Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-10-28
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. %, 1896.
Bellows Falls Locals.


tering the employ of his brother, Lewis, in
Springfield, Mass, in the bicycle business.
The house on Westminster street be-
longing to Guild and Wetherbee, which
was partially destroyed by fire recently, is
being rebuilt.
Evangeline, daughter Of DR.. A. j. Park
err, had the misfortune last week to fall and
dislocate her shoulder. However, she is
improving rapidly.
Conductor Obrey of Windsor began
Monday serving as yardmaster here for the
B. & M. The road heretofore has had no
yardmaster. Mr.. Obrey formerly was a
freight conductor, acting as sub.
Leila A. Stevens, young Miss of Char
lestown, sent in some ripe raspberries last
Saturday, picked that morning that were
as rich and juicy as those usually picked
three months earlier.
The officers of the Ladies' Auxiliary, A..
O. H., Mrs. c. j. O'Neil, Mrs. James
Blake, Misses Elizabeth Stack, Dora
Murphy, and Alice Flavin go to Manches-
ter, N. H., tomorrow to attend state
convention.
There will be social dance in Lovell's
hall, Rockingham, next Tuesday evening !;
Weeden's orchestra will provide music,
with DR.. E. w. Knight and N. L. Divoll
floor directors. Election returns will be
announced in the hall throughout the even
ing.
j. B. Finlayson and wife, who went to
Prince Edward Island in August, have re-
turned to town. They spent most of the
time in Charlottetown, and say there is no
place like it for summer resort. Mr.. Fin
layson says he and his wife caught 81 trout
one forenoon which weighed so pounds.
Sunday was lively day about the rail
way station. One large gang Of men
worked all day laying the new ties and
walks over the B. and M. iron bridge, and
another gang laying pipe from the engine
house to the station where new steam heat
ing apparatus has been put in. This will
be a great improvement over the old
method of heating by stoves.
The B. and M. road will carry Sunday
mails hereafter, giving mail service seven
days week instead of six as heretofore.
Mails at the office will close at o'clock
Sunday nights and leave for the north on
the II o'clock train Sunday night and for
the south on the 4.45 train Monday morn
ing, thus giving the same service as on
week day. This. Sunday service extends
from Springfield, Mass to White River
Junction. The first mails were carried
last Sunday.
DIR. E. w. Knight and DR.. Morrison
returned from their hunting expedition
into Maine Saturday evening and report
a splendid time and good success. They
killed four deer, each shooting two, and
DR.. Morrison shot fine moose weighing
over 1000 pounds after tracking it for three
days. George X. Russell, who started
with the party, was taken with severe
attack of rheumatism and obliged to return
to Boston soon after reaching Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tinker announce
the marriage of their daughter Grace Eme-
line Tinker to Rev. Ozora Stearns Davis,
Phi. D., on Tuesday, November II, at
noon in the Methodist Episcopal church at
White River Junction. The young people
will be at home after December at Spring
field, Vt. Mr.. Davis was graduated from
Dartmouth college in 1889, from the Hart
ford, Conn, theological school, studied
abroad for two years, and at present is pas
tor of the Congregational church in Spring
field.
The town hall is now in probably as good
condition as it ever was. The roof has
been thoroughly looked over and patched.
Many holes were found and in some Of the
cutters and corners it was found that no
tin had ever been put. The chimneys from
the roof up have all been re-laid, much Of
the interior re-painted and the library wing
newly rooted and handsomely repaired in
side. The entire building is now in a
good state of repair.
The cast in wang" with the exception
of one or two small parts is identically the
same as last season. Albert Hart, who
has played the part of Wang for the past
two seasons has been retained for the same
part again this season. Mr.. Hart has
proved the most wonderful success in that
most famous role and it has been said by
some Of the best critics that Mr.. Hart is
even better than his famous predecessor.
The part of .'Mataya" the Crown Prince
of Siam will will be in the hands of Miss
Norma Kopp who achieved a great success
in the same opera last season as Gillette. :"
Miss Kopp is the right one in the right place.
Wang in all its magnifcence and glory will
be seen at the Opera House, Friday even
ing, October 80, for one performance only.
The Columbian whist club met in Odd
Fellows hall Monday evening for the first
| time this season for PLAYING whist and