Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-16

Frank Diggins left Wednesday to ac
cept a position in Clinton, Mass, with F.
J. Kennedy. Mr.. Diggins finished work
at j. j. Fenton & Co.'S last Saturday
night.
Thomas Walsh has the contract for put
ting in the foundation of barn in the rear
of the residence of John E. Brosnahan on
the street leading from Henry street to
the Old Terrace.
f. P. Kidder expects to go this week to
Kansas CITY, Kan, for a visit of some
weeks with his son, Rowe f. Kidder, who
is well known here. The daughter of
Rowe, who has spent the su inner here, twill
accompany him.
The regular paper train from Springfield
due here at 6. GA \. NJ Sunday morning did
not come yesterday. This discontinuance
will be a disappointment to many as the
New York papers have been here bright
and early every Sunday morning during
the summer.
Tracey L. Leonard and Clarence +.
Beckwith were in Newport, n. H., several
DAYS last week They were looking over
the ground with the intention of starting
lunch room there if they were favorably
impressed with the town. They have not
decided the matter.
A running team composed of Daniel
Campbell, Francis Upham, Harry Martin
and William Wood, has been training for
several weeks past. They have challenged
a team composed of the workmen of Con-
tractor Wetherbee to a relay race, which
will be run some evening of this week on
Henry street.
Rodney Roundy, who spent the last
week of his vacation at his home in Rock
ingham with his parents, went to Amherst,
Mass, Yesterday to prepare for the regu-
lar term at Amherst college, where he is a
senior. Mr.. Roundy has been employed
during the. summer in a hotel at a seaside
resort.
George II. Stone, one of the older citi-
zens of Bellows Falls, has been confined to
his residence on Oak street for the past
IS months with rheumatism, and with lit
tie prospect of recovery. He is now en-
tirely blind in one eye and there are indica-
tions of the early losing of the sight of the
other. He is a veteran of the civil war
and II years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Holley of Everett,
Mass, are in town for few days visit
with the family of j. G. Day They are on
their way to the old home of Mrs. iolley
in Plymouth (Vt.), where they will spend a
two weeks vacation. Mr.. Holley has
given up his real estate business and is
employed permanently by large electrical
firm in Boston.
At a meeting of the athletic association
of the Bellows Falls High school held Mon
day evening, Harry Martin, 100, was elect
ed captain Of the foot ball team and Will
liam Barker, '99, assistant 1t is now the
plan of tn boys to form team as soon as
possible, train up and get themselves In
readiness to uphold the honor of the Bel
lows Falls High school among its nelghbors'
Kendall Banning and Harry McKinnon
left Monday for Hanover, N. Ii. They are
to matriculate Thursday as students in the
academic department of Dartmouth Mr.,
Banning is to take the full classical course,
while Mr.. McKinnon has decided to enter
upon the Latin-scientifc course. They
start early in the week, in order that they
might become somewhat prepared before
the opening of the regular exercises.
J.J. O'Connor, a machine tender in the
Robertson mill, has bought the residence
on the Old Terrace occupied by Benz amin
Wetherbee. Mr. O'Connor will not take
possession for some time. Mr.. Weth-
erbee is to move into the Clark Chase
house on School street recently purchased
by him as soon as that is vacant. Mr..
Chase the present occupant, is waiting for
his new house on Atkinson street to be
completed, which it is thought will take
about two months longer.
The new Catholic cemetery was conse-
Grated yesterday afternoon by Vicar Gen
eral Lynch of Fair Haven, who came in
stead of Bishop Michaud, who is ill. He
was assisted by Rev. Father Reynolds OF
this place, Rev Father Corcoran of North
Walpole and Rev. Father Mccarthy OF
Brooklyn, n. Y. The cemetery is situated
on the hill west of d. d. Drislane's farm
and although it has been open but few
years it already contains several fine mon
uments. The impressive ceremony of con
secration was carried out by the acting
bishop, who marched all around the GENE
terry and read the appropriate dedication
A cross erected near the entrance wal
blessed, which ended the ceremony. Abou
400 people went down from the village
the majority walking the two miles. On
account of the lateness of the return hom'
there were no services in the evening a
st. Charles's church.