Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-12-16
Bellows Falls Locals.

+. r. Gotta Monday night
Mt. Kilburn Wheel club will observe
Friday evening as ladies night.
The fence around the grounds of H. f.
Stilwell on School street has been removed.
There were AZ young men in attendance
upon the Y. M. G. A. familiar talk Mon
day evening by G. W. Osgood.
Mr.. Corlew of this place says he has been
a constant subscriber Of the TIMES or its
for 81 years next April.
w. H. Bodine has been chosen superin-
tendent of the Sunday school of the Meth
odist church and Mrs. Daniel Beaton
assistant superintendent.
Rehearsals are in progress for cantata
entitled 1.-The Growing Of Christmas TO
be given by the Sunday school children of
the Congregational church on Christmas
eve.
Finnegan's Fortune" an Irish comedy
in three acts, will be given in the opera
house January IA, by members OF the Owl
club. The play will be staged by Henry
Conley.
The newly elected officers of the A. O.
H. for the ensuing year are: Edward Law
lor, president; j. E. Byrne, vice president
M. j. Walsh, recording secretary Patrick
Lawlor, financial secretary P. E. Griffin,
treasurer.
When D. l.. Snow made his usual morn
ing trip to the Island house Tuesday he
discovered that some one had broken into
the building. AS yet it has not been
learned that any damage was done or any
thing taken.
Alexander Hay has been appointed sex.
ton of the Congregational church in the
place Of Waldo Coolidge, resigned. Mr.
Hay is Scotchman and comes here from
Walpole, having been employed year 81
two on the farm of Copley Amory.
The newly elected officers OF the Ow
club for the ensuing year are President
M. j. Walsh vice president, P. P. Cray
secretary, W. j. Mccarthy treasurer, J
E. Brosnahan; executive committee, w
j. Conway, P. Patnode and James Farrell
Last Sunday was observed at the Con
gregational church as Forefathers' day
instead of the Goth, on account of mex
Sunday being their Christmas Sunday. Ii
the evening Rev. Mr.. Fullerton preached
sermon on the Pilgrims, and the music
was arranged with special reference to tn
occasion.
Philip Pendergast, Co. H, 123d regi
ment, D. N. Y. infantry, died Decembe
IL at the Vermont Soldiers home, aged 81
of Bright's disease. He was admitted t,
the Home May IA, 1896, from Below
Falls and was buried in the Home cemetery
He leaves widow in this place and severa
step children.
The officers of the ladies' auxiliary of tn
A. o. II. elected this week for the ensuip,
year are, all being reflections: President
Elizabeth Stack; vice president, Kate Ney
land financial secretary, Dora Murphy
recording secretary, Mrs. j. j. O'Connor
treasurer, Mrs James Blake.
Windham county underwriters held
meeting in Hotel Rockingham Monday
Those present were II. E. and L. D. Tay
lor, S. II. Sherman, c. E. JENNIE and A
w. Childs of Brattleboro and E. S. Leor
arc, E. L. Walker, George F. Ball and j
E. Brosnahan OF Bellows Falls. Mr.. Bro.
nahan was chosen treasurer to succeed MI
Ball, resigned.
Rev. George w. Perry, the Vernon
state geologist and curator of the stat
cabinet, has been secured by the Y. M.
A. to give familiar talk at the room
Monday evening, December %, his subie,
to be announced later. 1t will probab
be something in connection with the DC CT
liarities found in the geological formation
in our state, and will be of much intere
to all.
The Wagner parlor car which has II
since last spring between here and Bosto
arriving here in the evening and returnir
in the morning, has been taken eff ii
patrons of the road along the line secur,
a long list Of names to petition to Il
Fitcbburg road asking that it be ri
through the winter, but the income W
hardly sufficient to warrant it and it W
withdrawn.
A small sized fire in one of Dunha
Bros. show windows attracted quite de
of attention yesterday morning. For ds
and half o. r. Butterfeld had been e
ercising his artistic taste in the constru
ton OF show window novelty. He hs
converted a shoe box into house, and
, give the thing touch OF realism had a
ranged beds, chairs, etc., and in one co
liner a fire Mace for Santa CLANS tn onera