Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-23


has not yet arrived there will be no morn
ing service on Sunday. The Sunday
school will have a concert at 6. They are
to have a fine orchestra of about eight
pieces.
Rev. John H. Reid spent Tuesday ana
Wednesday in Middlebury.
Miss Gertrude Hayes is spending the
week with her father in New York
The Baptist church will hold their annual
roll call and supper Tuesday evening Dec.
81.
Nearly all, if not ALL the places of bust
ness will be closed Monday, that it may be
observed as a holiday.
DR.. and Mrs f. R. Campbell, who have
been spending some time in New York city,
returned Wednesday evening.
DIR. and Mrs. f. R. Campbell returned
Wednesday evening from New York, where
they have been for two or three weeks.
A c. Halliday and Miss Isabel Chase
were married Wednesday evening of last
week at the home of Rev. f. f. Marggraf.
Mrs. Hapgood and Miss Emma Hapgood,
her daughter, have gone TO Providence,
r. l., to spend portion of the winter with
Mrs House.
Mrs E. g. Osgood and little daughter
Florence Elizabeth, returned Tuesday from
a visit of several weeks at Mrs. Osgood's
old home in Bradford.
Rev. Alfred Hammet has accepted the
call unanin ously extended to him by the
Universalist church, and begins his labors
as pastor Jan. l.
Frank G. Day, who recently moved to
Everett, Mass, has just secured an excel
lent position as stenographer in the office
of the attorney of the New England Life
Insurance company, having an office on
Post-Office square in Boston.
Miss Maude Harris has resigned her po-
sition in the sixth grade of the public
schools, to take a similar one in higher
grade, in the West Lebanon schools. Miss
Harris has taught here but one term.
A concert and ball are to be held Decem-
Der 90 in Union hall. 1t is expected that it
will be very fine affair, as it is to take Il e
place of the usual Westminster club ball
Beedles orchestra is to furnish music.
Henry w. Sabin, who last week Thurs
day attained the age of so years, was on
that day surprised by gathering of Is of
his children and grandchildren, all except
one being present. A dinner was served
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lowell,
near Gageville, where Mr.. Sabin makes his
present home.
Mrs. Mary Holmes has an exceptionally
fine exhibition and sale of fancy articles in
Arms block. Nearly every piece is the
work of herself, and is of high order sell
dom seen in Bellows Falls, and Bellows
Falls ladies are not 10th to avail themselves
of this opportunity of securing holiday gifts.
NJ H. Ray bought the Frank Phelps
woodworking shop at auction Monday af
ternoon. Mr.. Ray held two mortgages up
on the property aggregating $4,000, and
paid $1,000. He began business there
Wednesday morning E. E. Ferguson and
A. B. Platt, who have been occupying one
end of the shop for few weeks, have en-
tered his employ.
The ladies' union of the Congregational
church will hold its annual meeting next
Thursday afternoon, Dec. 30. The annual
church supper and roll call will follow this
Later in the evening will be held the an
nual church meeting for election of officers
and the rental of pews for the next year
These meetings are always held the Thurs
day preceding the first Sunday in January.
William Hall of Bellows Falls was ar
raigned before Judge Holmes this morning
on the charge of an assault on a colored
man named Clarence Butler. The respon-
dent pleaded guilty and was fined s. and
costs, amounting to 81 90, in default of
which he was sent to Jail for "a days. The
assault occurred at the Eagle hotel Satur-
day night, Hall being somewhat under the
influence of liquor, and breaking a pane of
glass from a window in the hotel lobby in
the course of the fracas. He first struck
Butler on the walk in front of the hotel
The assault was wholly without provoca-
ton Keene Sentinel of Monday.
The international Paper company will
cut about six million feet of spruce on its
lands up White river this season. 1t con-
tracted for only $500 cords of poplar this
season. Since the invention of the sui
phite process, poplar has fallen into disfa-
vor for wood pulp and the company now
pays only "a so at the Bethel station, the
former price being So. The company owns
about 80, 900 acres near Bethel, 10000 of
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