Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-05-19
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 10, 1897.
Bellows Falls Locals.

Miss Adde Landon is riding new
Heating bicycle.
A number from here attended the 10th
annual athletic meet at V. A. Monday
afternoon.
Judge L. NJ Read is having electric
lights placed in his residence and large
job of plumbing is also being done.
Will Richardson is moving this week
from the G. b. Eddy residence into the
house owned by w. H. Griswold on Green
| street.
All conductors and trainmen on the Rut-
land road will soon be provided with new
uniforms. Hitherto the trainmen have not
worn uniforms.
M. A. Bodwell sold at auction part of
his stock of stationery and supplies last
Saturday evening, w. E Parsons auction
eering.
The fence in front OF E. A. Prouty's res
ldence on School street has been removed
during the past few days and curbing is to
be placed there soon.
The new dwelling being erected by
Wyman Flint on South street is now en-
closed and the builders are pushing it
rapidly toward completion.
The teachers Of building No. 4 are drill
ing some little girls for a red, white and
blue handkerchief drill to be given in the
opera house Memorial day in connection
with G. A. r. exercises.
Arrangements have been made for
preaching at the Congregational church
two Sundays by Rev. Mr.. Wilson of An
dover during the summer vacation Of Rev.
j. z. Fullerton, probably during July.
j. E. Brosnahan has been appointed
local agent tor the Home fire insurance
company Of New York. This company
has capital stock of 100000, assets Of
$40, 1862 224 and surplus Of $2,246, 269
DR.. Stevens of Bradford, who is well
known in this vicinity from having been II
this village every year for some time, viii
again be at Towns hotel next Tuesday
May %. See his adv. in business notices
George L. Burnside spent a portion o
last week fishing at the Moosehead lake
in Maine. He caught some fine fish
although the ice only just having left tn
lakes the water was very cold for the season
F. B. Locke & Co. of Saxtons Rive
J. have shipped two full carloads of mapl
syrup the past week from the Bellows Fall
station to New York. They have pun
chased over 5000 gallons in all this season
! F. B. Phelps was in Boston yesterda
on business. He has large shipment
cypress lumber from the south on the wa,
u and says he can introduce it at a prit
which will make its use as common as pir
or white wood.
President P. w. Clement OF the Rutlar
road came to Bellows Falls last Saturds
= morning in his observation car Nehasai
and took all the section bosses on the roe
over the entire line of the road betwet
Bellows Falls and Burlington.
j. w. Flint has engaged a cottage
Mattapoisett on Buzzard's bay and W
move his family there for the season abo
the middle of June. This cottage is on
IL miles distant from the one occupied
ex-President Cleveland.
= The biennial grand court conventio
p Foresters of America, began in Rutlal
y yesterday. The delegates from the loo
chapter are w. j. King and w. j. M
Carly J. F. Roche as grand auditor, a
j. E. Byrne as grand sub-chief range
are also attending.
N. Three scrapping matches came to t
h q attention of the police Sunday. The ca
of Daniel Connors, who had a little diff
cts ence with Jack Cray near Eaton's jewel
store, occupied the attention of the poll
court Monday evening and Connors "
49, fined S. and costs for disturbing the peat
#. A number of new catch basins have be
put in at different points in the village d,
ing the past week. One in front of M
H. B. Jackson's on Atkinson street, 8
other on Church street, one at the corr
of School and Green streets and one at t
. corner of Burt Place and Atkinson stree
One of the largest maple trees on Scht
street, front of the residence of the !,
Mrs. j. H. Phelps, has been cut down I
ct past week In connection with the TAXI
down of number in the yard of the n
high school building, there have been
: many removed from that immediate loo
ity as to make an important change in
appearance.
DR.. r. G. Flower of Boston, who adv
tised that he would give lecture in I'm
hall last Thursday evening, did not c.
slider it best to open the hall at all ow
to the presentation of Zephra on the sa
evening in the opera house. The doc
was at Towns hotel all day Friday and
big business, patients coming from
directions to consult with him.
Miss Cynthia L. Marvin of Alburi
state super intendent Of the Junior CHI
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