Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-08-10
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1898.
Bellows Falls News.

w. T. Brockway has moved into Walter
Wilson's house on the New Terrace.
Repairs were made on the water wheel
at the electric light station Sunday.
Harley Whitman is camping at Lake
Warren with crowd from Westminster.
The clambakes at Cold River and Lake
Warren took quite a number from here
Sunday.
A very swell rig was seen on the streets
Monday evening with liveried colored
coachman.
Herbert f. Cox had two fingers badly
crushed Saturday in his wood working shop
on Russell street.
About 25 from Springfield who went on
the excursion to Ticonderoga had to wait
here Saturday night for the late night
train.
The sidewalk between the residences Of
A. H. Fisher and 0. M. George was newly
concerted Monday, making marked i'm
provement.
CD. O'Neil will leave with the Brosna-
han-Jackson show Monday. He will 60
as treasurer. Mr.. Brosnahan also expects
to be out with the show for month or two
The boat race, which was announced in
Saturdays issue of the TIMES, was post
poned at the last minute and no definite
time has as yet been agreed upon by the
contestants.
Charlie Murphy, about three years old,
living on the Old Terrace, fell from his tri-
cycle Saturday and broke his arm just
above the wrist. DR.. Allbee set the
broken bone.
B. Fay Mills, the noted evangelist, and
his son, were at Towns hotel for dinner
Monday. Mr.. Mills spoke at Queen City
park, Burlington, Sunday, and was on his
way back to Boston.
Famous and fashionable Narragansett
Pier is the destination of the Fitchburg
Railroad Excursion of August 10Th. Rate
for round trip S1.75 and train leaves Bel
lows Falls at $50 A. M.
A trip that is as good as it is inexpensive
is that advertised by the Fitchburg rail.
road for Sunday, August IA, to Lake
Pleasant. Rate from Bellows Falls 1.25
and special train leaves at Z Am.
The canton of the l. o. o. F. are meet
ing once in two weeks for drill now; they
expect to enter the parade in Boston the
week Of September 1724, when the SOW
ereign grand lodge meets there.
A letter received from Merrill Dodge
states that he is still in the hospital, but is
better. He did not have the typhoid fever,
but stomach trouble. He was reduce
from 1877 pounds to 1874, but has gained Is
pounds since getting better.
No better way to spend Sunday can be
devised than to visit the beautiful Lake
Pleasant. The Fitchburg Railroad Excur-
sion of August 14th makes this possible at
an expense OF only 1925. Special train
leaves Bellows Falls at Z Am.
Eva G. Halliday, wife OF E. j. Preston,
died at her home at so Townsend street,
Worcester, Mass, aged 20 years, 10 days.
She was daughter Of R. F. Halliday of
Leominster, Mass, formerly OF this place,
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A small audience gathered in the Bap-
fist church Sunday evening to listen to a
temperance address by Mrs. S.Louise Bar
ton Of Boston. Her subject was "Can we
afford it" and consisted largely of personal
"reminiscences. A collection was taken for
the benefit of mission with which she is
associated in Boston
At the Vermont state fair, Billings Park,
Aug. 30-Sept. 3, Floral hall will be hand
somely decorated and devoted mainly to
the exhibition of woman's work in its null
tiform phases. Exhibits of domestic,
ornamental and artistic handiwork from
the misses, maids and matrons of Vermont
will be given full display.
A man who claimed to be an ex-sailor
caused quite little excitement on the
streets Saturday night by displaying large
roll of money and about as much of that
which intoxicates. He proceeded to get
rid OF most of the money by investing it
in clothes, shoes and hats, but when last
seen he still had plenty Of the intoxicant.
Sunday night while two young men were
driving down Westminster street the horse
became frightened at a bicy Gle and ran
into the wall at the top Of the hill leading
out of the square. Both men were thrown
from the buggy but we're not injured,
although they were both well shaken up
and the buggy was somewhat demolished.
1t is reported that at the meeting of the
Brattleboro Soldiers AID society Saturday
afternoon it was voted to give to Mr.. and
Mrs. William LAWN, Mrs. Harriet Brasor
Pratt and Lucien Howe testimonial con-
cert in consideration OF the services which
these musicians SO G nerously gave to the
society for the purpose Of raising funds for