Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-06-03

H. p. Conway, of H. D. Ryders Office
started Monday morning for three weeks
trip through Maine umpiring league games
of base ball. Monday afternoon he played
two games at Concord, y II.
Wallace White has gone to Readsboro,
Vt, on business connected with the ma
chine shop of Osgood X Barker. Last
week he was in New York city and Sc
The building which was formerly used
by Wheeler's laundry on the west side OF
Rockingham street, sold some months ago
to a. f. Minis, is now being rebuilt in
and will be used as a dwelling. The
timbers We're found to be in good condition
when it was taken down.
II. B. Davis of the Times Job printing
office is improving only very slowly from
his injury to the spine received some weeks
since. He was able to be dressed for the
first time Monday.
The executive com nittee of the Yer
mont Christian Endeavor union met at
Montpelier Tuesday and decided to hold
the annual state convention at Bellows
Falls, October I, and 6. f. G. Osgood
of Bellows Falls, president of the association,
attended the meeting.
The acreage of corn and tobacco in West
minister will this year be about the same as
for the last two years. The season is from
one to two weeks later than the average
season for these products. The season has
been bad one thus far for young tobacco
plants.
Frank G. Day and wife have completed
packing their household goods and today
go to Putney for few days. Next week
Mr. Day goes to Springfield and Boston en-
deavoring to decide between a number of
different positions which are offered him.
AS yet he is wholly undecided as to his flu
ture location.
A contemplate line of thieving seems
to be gaining prominence in Bellows Falls
just now, that of stealing flags used in dec
oratious. Geo. X. Russell lost three or
four nice ones few nights ago and W. \.
Truax has had one taken which cost -. so
1t was taken from above his bulletin board
and shows base ingrattude in return for
the effort made by Mr.. Truax to give our
people bulletins of news.
The crayou portrait of the late Rev. J.
| Ellsworth Fullerton, which has been bought
by the Christian Endeavor society, was
hung Tuesday in the vestry of the Congre-
| gational church. 1t is an excellent like
ness, the work of Artist Clark, who has a
studio in Arms's new block. Mrs. Fuller
ton is so much pleased with the work done
that she has ordered one made for herself.
DR.. "Jack" Mcdonnell, formerly drug
clerk in town, and who last year gradu
ated from the Dartmouth medical college,
is in town for a week or two. He has been
since January practicing in the city bospi-
tai of Boston. He came to Vermont few
weeks ago in hopes of securing a position
to go with the state troops to the war as a
hospital attache, but the place he wished
was filled. He is undecided as to return
ing to the Boston hospital
The moving of the Gageville school
house, which has been going ON the last
two weeks, was completed Tuesday and the
building set upon its permanent founda-
ton on the lot of John A. Thwing. The
work has been begun on the foundation of
the new school building. The contract has
been made with Builder Henry Willard of
Westminster. 1t calls for a two-story
frame schoolhouse building with two rooms
ON the ground floor finished. The upper
story is to be unfinished until needed. The
district has had two schools some years, al
though the old building had only one room.
A room has been rented in private house.
The contract price is between S2100 and
and $500 and the building will take care
of the prospective growsh of that part Of
Westminster for some years to come.