Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-07

Reid each had part upon the program Of
the union conference Of churches at Wind
ham Tuesday They were accompanied by
their wives Mr. and Mrs Reid remained
through the day Wednesday.
The Epworth league Of the Methodist
church served dinner and tea Wednesday
and breakfast Thursday morning in Ban
quet hall of the opera house to any visit
ing Sir Knights and others who desired,
thereby to increase the contents of their
Golfers,
Rev. D. l.. Sanford is in Washington,
u. c., this week attending the trennial
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
church of America, which is in session
there. He went as one of the four cleri-
cal deputies appointed from this state to
represent Vermont in the convention.
The elegant residence being built be
tween Atkinson and South streets by Clark
Chase and George f. Page is approaching
completion. The inside finish is being put
on, and the two families expect to be able
to get into it about Thanksgiving time. 1t
is being made one Of the best finished
houses in the village.
The need which called the Soldiers Aid
society into existence having ceased, 1t
was decided at a meeting held in Grand
| Army hall Monday afternoon to disband.
Acting on the advice of Rev. c. q. Day,
| the money on hand was sent TO Fort Ethan
Allen to be used in buying delicacies for
members of the Third Cavalry sick there.
Mrs George A. Brown of Everett,
! Mass, formerly resident here, has
prominent part in the annual conference
of the Woman's Auxiliaries TO the Y. NJ.
! c. A. of Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
! 1t is the tenth annual conference and is to
| he held at Fitchburg Oct II and ~. She
! delivers an address on the 18th upon How
may district woi k be made more effectivei'
The announcement of the death Of
Frank w. Richards Tuesday afternoon
| came as a surprise to many as very few
! knew of his illness He had been i'll only
since Thursday with heart trouble. Mr.
! Richards had resided in Bellows Falls for
| several years the last two of which he had
! owned a meat market on Rockingham
| street. He leaves a wife and little son, IA
| brother who lives here, two sisters and a
brother elsewhere. The funeral was held
this afternoon at his late home on Cherry
Hill, with burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
The board of cemetery commissioners
| has contracted for an entrance arch to
span the approach TO Oak Hin cemetery.
1t is expected it will be put in place within
a few weeks. Ii consists of two very
heavy granite pillars with caps and bases.
From the top of these an iron arch 20 feet
long of artistic design contains the name
Coax Hill Cemetery The arch will
stand well up the hill beyond the point
where the street leading TO the locality
known as Kings Field" branches from
the road and will be a prominent feature,
adding much to the beauty Of the GENE
terry from the village side.
The officials of the electric road asked
the board of baliffs Tuesday for permission
to lay their track up Westminster street
from the square and down Henry street to
reach the terrace up the back hill instead
of through Rockingham and Atkinson
streets as first proposed The reason given
for the change was because of its being
shorter about 13-20ths of a mile. The
bailiffs decided this new route to be unwise
and refused to grant the request, as they
thought Westminster street from the
square to the top of the hill too narrow for
the road in addition to the present amount
of trrilic over it. They also think the
citizens would be better accommodated 10y
its taking the Rockingham Atkinson
streets route and that many more people
could patronize it.
Two Young ladies of Saxtons River hired
"A team at Fred Rand's livery stable last
saturday to come to Bellows Falls, and IN
some way they lost control of the horse on
the Old Terrace The animal came down
Westminster street into the square at a
fearful speed, with the ladies hanging on
to the reins and endeavoring to stop him
They did not succeed until it passed to the
north end of the square and struck the
team of the Bodine Is. Davis plumbing es
Establishment, which was standing before
their store The two horses became mixed
up, giving time for A. r. Winnewisser t.
secure the runaway horse. The delivery
wagon of Bodine & Davis had a thill broken
out, hut there was little damage to the Sax
tons River team. One young lady jumped
or was thrown out just before the collision
occurred, the other staying in the carriage
until all was over.