Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-09

L. Grgnon won third time prize, pair
of Keene wood rims In the Onemile nov
ice A. f. Grignon won third, and II. l.,
Grignon fourth W. II. Galway came in
thirteenth. Only II of the original p fin
ished.
The summer meeting of the Rocking
ham Town Sunday school association was
held last Sunday evening in the Baptist
church at SaXtons River. A large num-
Der were present from this place. Mr.
Fitzsimmons, our new Y. NJ. c. A. secre-
tary, was among the speakers and gave an
excellent talk on "The Young Mans OPP
portuuity.'
The heat of the past few days has been
intense here, and what is said to be the
second death from its effects occurred at the
brewery of the Mountain Spring company
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Jo-
seph Rice, an unmarried man about 80
years old, who was engaged in unloading a
car on the siding, became overcome, dying
almost Immediately.
Monday was universally observed in
this village as the Fourth, the stores and
places of business, with very few eXcep-
lions, being closed. On the whole it was
a very quiet day. While a little ringing
and footing was INDUCED in by the boys
at midnight Saturday, the greater part Of
their enthusiasm was reserved for the
next night and at a given signal, on the
stroke of twelve, pandemonium was let
loose and church and school bells, horns,
cannons and crackers did their duty nobly,
and without cessation until o'clock.
The regular Sunday evening lecture of
the Congregational church will be discon-
tinued during the remainder of this month
and the entire month of August. The
meetings of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety will be held in the vestry at > T.. NJ,
and the public will be cordially welcomed.
A far as can be ascertaned this is the
first time in the history of this church
when services have been discontinued,
with the exception of a few weeks while
the church was being rebuilt, when the
services were held in the Methodist church.
Walter Whitman, son of DR.. +. Whit
man, who has been few years the pro-
prietor of a hotel at Little Falls, y. y,
returned to Bellows Falls Sunday night.
He has given up the hotel business, not
having made a success of it financially, al
though he had the reputation of keeping
AN excellent hotel. He went from here to
keene nearly II years ago into the en-
ploy of the New England Telephone com
pany. and was in that line of business at
different points for some years. He is not
as yet decided as to his future business,
but is thinking of accepting a position
with an electric light company.
Mr.. and Mrs. George f. Welch, \. F.
/ Winnewisser and family, Mrs. Wallace
White, c. Z. White Mr., and Mrs. c. W.
Black, Mrs. Kate Black, Walter Black,
Mr.. and Mrs p. l.. Kimball, f. NJ.
Thompson and family, Miss Ruth White,
Mrs. F. j. Tidd and daughters, w. O.
Kemp and family, Mrs Sarah Bennett,
Miss Lula Bacon, " ). Brockway, Mrs
Jennison, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Moore, c.
W. Labaree, Mr.. and Mrs. ). l.. Bennett,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r. Nourse. Mr. and Mrs.
5. J. Coolidge, Mrs. II. F. King, Mrs. King,
Henry King, and many Others are al the
Bellows Falls settlement at Lake
Sunapee.
During the past six months the parish
of Emmanuel church have hoped to erect a
new rectory during the season, and some
months ago an effort was made to raise
the required funds. About $500 was
raised and part of the parish thought it
wise to 60 ahead with the building and il
/ has been understood it would be built, but
| within the past few days the wardens have
| decided it is not best and they will give it
| up for this year. 1t is intended to extern
! sively repair and improve the present
/ building during the summer, while the
| family of Mr.. Sanford are living at Drews-
! vile. This decision causes much regret
with many members of the parish, as well
as other citizens. The present building is
a very old one and in many respects not
what it should be.
A number of important changes have
occurred within the past few weeks affect
| ing the Office of Geo. H. Babbitt, general
| superintendent of the American express.
! Owing to the death of Division Superin-
| tendent Andrew Bunton of Manchester,
| y. H., that Office has been abolished and
the territory hitherto covered by him
has in part been added to that of Division
! Superintendent George II. Babbtt, jr.,
whose office is here, and the remainder to
! that of the Boston superintendent The
| change brings here Leon d. Hurd, for
mer well-known resident, and a stenogra-
| pher named NJ. X. Yoakam from the Man
| chester Office. Our older residents will re-
member Mr., Hurd as schoolboy and young
man employed here in the local express
office, and, later, as messenger. He ar
| rived here last Monday and will probably
bring his family here to reside permanent