The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-19
BELLOWS FALLS.
Local Thought and Movement.

tcndent. The work of construction Il
10 be begun at once and work Is to bt
pushed rapidly forward. 1t is hoped
that by next spring Bellows Falls will
have high school building that will bt
second to none in the state.
II II Davis has taken down the fence
from around his home on School street
and in place of same has laid curbing
OF CObbIestOnes. greatly adding to the
beauty of his well kept lawn.
The remains of Fred M Barber who
died at PrincetOwn, Mass, Monday MORN
ing, were brought here for interment
Wednesday noon, Mr. Barber was at
one time the senior member of the firm
of Barber & Lucia, manufacturers of
moulding and picture frames In this
town until about ten years ago when
the firm closed out their business and
he moved to where he has since lived,
engaging in the grocery business. He
was man Of genial and amiable dispO-
sition and his loss will be mOurned by
host Of friends.
CUE Accidents. ...
One of the saddest accidents that has
happened in this town for some time &C.
Cured last Saturday night, when Fred
vi Holden who was riding bicycle, col
lided with team driven by Tom Dris-
lane and Frank Mellen. Holden accom-
panied by Elmer Smith, fellow EN-
plOyee in the machine shop of Osgood &
Barker. was riding up Atkinson street
from the south and the team was COM
ing from the north. The team was on
the left hand side of the road and Hol-
den started to turn out when the team
turned into Henry street colliding with
Holden throwing him from the bicycle.
His head struck the curbing. badly frac-
turing his skull and rendering him un-
conscious. He never regained the same
until his death at 6 30 p m Suudayeven-
ing. He was 35 years of age and leaves
II wife. He was an Odd Fellow and a
man of good habits and temperament
and had many friends. His funeral was
held Wednesday with interment at
Springfield.
Court Matters.
The libel suit instituted by Thatcher
Stone of Randolph against l. s Hayes of |
this place for 5000 damages arising |
from circumstances connected with the |
investigating of several incendiary fires ,
at Randolph in 1893 has been discontin- I
ned by the plaintiff, This suit has been
on the calendar of the Chelsea county
court for the past three years but has
been continued by Stone and Low he
finally drops it entirely.
The Republican Caucus-Robb Wins.
The caucus Saturday afternoon had
big attendance especially from Saxtons
River and Rockingham. Hon A N Swain
presided The result was. unanimous
for Judge Read for congressman and
for Stickney the vote was 20 to 20 for
.Grout. The fight over the states attor-
neyship was close, l6l for Robb's ticket
to AS for that of Geo A Weston.
The district delegates elected wore:
Il II Allbee, A Bolles, George II Bah
bitt, George r Wales and + II Pettengill.
State convention: l. NJ Read, L
Hadley, J II Blakley, n l. Divoll and }
Z Alexander.
County convention: j Il Moore, J +
George NJ Cory. f G Osgood, Walter c
Smith, John o Spring, L s Hayes, A F i
and J A Severance.
Vacation Trip Through Canada.
George X Russell and George b ALI
bee are corresponding with transporta-
excursion through the province of Que {
bee. It will probably include a visit
to Burlington with side trip to Fort
Ethan Alien. Montreal, from which the
party will go by boat down the st Law
renee River to Quebec, the Falls of |
near by having a greater '
descent than Niagara, an Indian village, S
fOrette. ten miles from Quebec, and the
Plains of Abraham. During the stay in
Quebec the party will be quartered at
The new hotel recently built, the Chat /
eau Frontenac, the finest IN all Canada.
The party will leave Bellows Falls i
tuesday noon July Dist, stop in Burling v
.on one dav, arrive at Montreal Wednes- g
lay night. i
Leave for Quebec Thursday night by ]
tichelieu ~ Ontario Boat arrive Friday Y
80 III. v
Returning, leave Quebec Saturday p Il
n. arrive in Montreal Sunday a m. Y
Leaving Montreal Monday morning and s
Irrive here at p m. Y
For further particulars apply to Geo s
X Russell or Geo b Allbee. b
Orange County Court Cases. Il
The Orange county court, Judge /,
VI UNISON presiding, which opened at !,
Chelsea June 2 has spent the tune I'M r.
il Saturday night trying the impor !.
ant damage case of Crockett against h
Barre. brought to recover $1,000 for :
u juries caused by defective bridge. :,
1t resulted in disagi cement and will y
be tried again at the next term. q
An important libel case for $1,000,
Thatcher Stone against S. L. Hayes,
arising from reported incendiary fires
IN Randolph in 1893. was expected to g.
open Monday but when called it was b
by the plaintiff. There II
re only:sthree more jury cases: standing T
m the docket and the term will prob d
bly, close tho last of the week. There c
.Te no criminal cases Of Importance. N
Church and Society. b.
The Ladies, Social club held "gentleman's .
sieh," last Friday night. Drive whist was the G.
. der OF the evening and refreshments were p
erved. The ladies' prize was won by Mrs Ed h.
Yard Arms, and the gentleman's by c W But :,
.rfeld. 81
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Personals s.
The family of Thomas Gould of North Wal q;
ole moved to sOmerviile Tuesday where Mr. .
Oud has position as superintendent OF the
Electric Light CO.-Mr and Mrs NJ
ling of No Wapole are receiving the congratu.
sti0ns from their many friends upon the ar n
ival of a new hoarder. Ii is az daughtcr.-Ed -
ward Mcdonald spent sunday with his sister 81
lrs Walter stiles at keene, y H.-Howard W b;
Ierne was in Boston Monday and Tuesday of fe
iis week. -