Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-09-01
Bethel Local Intelligence.

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j. F. Pease is visiting friends in Spring
field, Mass. fet
Mr.. and Mrs. s. III. Washburn are in
New York this week.
Miss Eva Bent is visiting relatives in
Cam bridgeport, Mass.
Wilbur Spauding is suffering from a
severe attack of sciatica.
Miss Mabel Hutchins is visiting rela-
tives in Fitzwilliam, N. II.
Mrs. G. G. Shaw OF Providence, r. L., is
visiting Mrs. w. II. Dreamer.
Hon. Dudley Chase OF C.aremont, N. II.
was in town Saturday OF last week.
There is an unclaimed letter at Bethel
postoffice addressed to V. w. Curtis.
Mrs. Addie Wade OF Boston is spending
few weeks with Mrs. A. L. StearDs. .
John Foley and family are spending the
week with Mr.. Foley's parents in Warren
Miss Nellie Gillette opened the fall term
OF school In the Finley Bridge district last
Monday.
Mrs. Josephine Develin OF Greenfield,
Mass, Is the guest OF her nephew, Samuel
B. Day, Esq.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Smith and Miss
Squire OF Boston we're guests last week OF
s. q. Bent, brother of Mrs. Smith.
the shoe shop last week without doing
any damage except dentiDg the pipe.
Z. A. Osha mas sold an interest in his
barber shop to Oliver Dutton OF Brook
field and the Arm is now Osha d Dutton.
Mrs. F. H. Moore and children returned
last week after spending a month with
her father, Nathan Robinson, at Waits
field.
Foreclosure proceedings have been
brought by the parties holding the mort
gage on the property OF the Bethel shoe
shop.
Miss AdeIine Abbott died Wednesday
OF last week and funeral services were
held Friday at her late residence on the
Barnard road.
The Bethel second team has arranged
a game OF baseball with the Rochester
second team to be played at Athletic
park Friday, Sept. 2.
The board Of health has issued a IL
cense to G. ii. Kimball to carry on the
business OF butcher In the slaughter
house west OF Church street.
A carload OF cows was CARED from this
station Tuesday to Cattle Buyer Alien OF
Sterling, Mass. The average price paid
was in tle vicinity OF s35.
A meeting was held in the town hall
Monday evening to raise military COM
pany. A committee was appointed to
confer with Gov. Gront on the subject.
DIR. and Mrs. r. 81. Chase, Miss Susie
Chase, Roland Reynolds and AIR. and Mrs.
Rix Williams spent several days the past
week on fishing trip to Lake Dunmore.
Mrs. M. M. Cushman OF Worcester,
Mass, and two children and Mrs. b. NJ.
Peake OF Somerville, Mass, were the
guests OF Nj. Sylvester the first OF the
week.
j. c. Burnett and family wish to ex-
press their heartfelt thanks to their neigh
bors and friends who came so promptly
to their assistance and worked so effi-
GENTLY to save their home. May all have
the same helping hands held out to them
in distress is the wish OF the family.
The cottage of Mrs. NJ. Harrington at
Silver lake has been filed the past week
with party OF young people from Pail
adel1hia. including the following: Mrs.
e. M. English, Alexander Hunsberger, |
Miss c. Lillian Russell, Miss Anna J.
Hayes, Miss 8. W. Goshen, Miss S. Annie |
Russell, Miss l.. b. Ruoff, J. NJ. Hayes and |
the Misses Wood. II
The 4th game in the, championship |
series will be played at Bethel Athletic |
park Saturday .. M, Sept. 3, between |
Rochester and Bethel. Owing to previous |
rivalry the public can feel sure OF a hot |
and interesting game and more so at this |
time from the fact that unless Bethel wins
this game ii stands no chance for the per-
championship which 1t cer-
tainly deserves.
Il. A. Savage died Thursday of last week
OF consumption. Funeral services were
held Saturday at the Congregational |
church, Revs. V. NJ. Hardy Of Randolph |
and wilmond Warner officiating. Mr..
savage was popular young man and had
many friends who will mourn his death /
Among those present from out OF town to
attend the funeral were Wilbur Aldrich
and daughter of Rochester, Frank Putnam
and wife OF Stock bridge, Charles A. Put
nam and wife OF Hartford, Lewis Dow and
family OF Royalton, Miss Bertha George
of Henniker, n. H., q. s. Putnam and
wife and Frank Townsend and wife OF
Barnard and four generations Of the Put
nam family, relatives OF Mrs. Myron
Savage.
Word was received Friday of the death
hat day at Des Moines, Iowa, OF Mrs.
sarah M. Morse at the age of 20 years.
Mrs. Morse was resident OF st. Joseph
ind a native OF Bethel, being a sister of
Augustus M. Marsh and of the late Chas.
Marsh and Joel Marsh. She was born in
Bethel January 16, 1924, and was married
% DIR. John M. Morse of this town, at one
lime a p-acticing physician here. They
removed to Galesburg, ILL.,,
there the family resided until some time
liter the death of DIR. Morse, which took
place Dec. %, 1875. Mrs. Morse's two
daughters, Mrs. w. @. Arnold of Chicago
md Mrs. Edward Schramm OF st. Joseph,
survive her. Mrs. Morse's death was the
,esult OF injuries received from a fall from
passenger train while passing through
he Des Moines yards last Thursday when
yoing from one car to another. The train
vas stopped and the unconscious body of
Mrss Morse was taken to the city. 1t was
ound that her skull had been crushed and
he did not again recover consciousness
life was not extinct for ii hours.