Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-12

is also supposed to have caught from an
engine. The fire was soon extinguished
with little loss.
After eight years of type-setting in the
Times office, Miss Lura Perry finished
work there last Saturday. Miss Jessie
McKensie has begun work in the office.
The Riverside hotel at North Walpoe
has been refitted and Mr.. Murphy, the pro-
prietor, will run hack to the trains, hop
ing some of the transient business will
come his way.
c. W. Osgood and wife and Col f. G.
Osgood and wife went to Boston Wednes
day for the remainder of the week They
were to attend a reception of the Park
street church the evening they left here.
Bellows Falls babies, to say nothing of
children of a larger growth, ought to be
well supplied with milk, as there are 16
different milk routes, besides good many
individuals who keep a COW and supply a
few neighbors.
Rev J. H. Reid has been secured as
Memorial day orator for Bellows Falls.
Rev. Albert Hammatt will deliver the ad-
dress at Saxtons River, and also preach
the memorial sermon in the opera house
Sunday, May %.
Members of the Baptist society are pro-
posing to materially change and enlarge
their church this summer. Rev. G. R. B.
Dodge is this week actively engaged in try
ing to secure pledges for the amount,
$500, which it is estimated the changes
will cost.
A very fine large photograph of the
High school building is to be seen in the
window of Dean & Deans store. Three
large photographs of the building, one ex-
terror and two interior views, have been
sent to Mason Stone, state superintendent
of education, to be used in the Vermont
educational exhibit at the Paris exposition
in 1900
R. NJ. Spaulding of this city has a con-
tract with the International Paper COM
pany to furnish its Bellows Falls mills 1906
cords of pulp wood. He now has quite q
force of men employed on this extensive
contract in the woods in Ira and other
points in this vicinity. The officials of the
Rutland Canadian railroad are also nego
tiating with Mr.. Spaulding for the furnish
ing of a large number of men and teams
for the work on the new line to be built
Rutland News.
There have been more fire alarms in tn,
alarm from box 80 on the island yesterday
about II A. NJ, was caused by fire on the
roof of an old unused repair house of the
Fitchburg road standing near the bridg
over the Connecticut river. 1t was the
same one which was afire Tuesday Just af
ter the grain store alarm. The roof wa
very dry and caught this time from a pass
ing locomotive The whole building wa
not worth what the expense to the villag
> was of a call upon the department, and NJ
other property was endangered.
During the last few days brush fire
have burned in the woods on three sides o
Bellows Falls, and Wednesday the smok
was very offensive at times. An extensiv
one extending the most of the distanc
from the north end of Oak hill to tn
Catholic cemetery below Drislanes in West
minister distance of over two miles, ha
been burning since Sunday. One cover
ing the north end of Mount Kilburn, acros
the river, has been burning and workin
south since Monday. Little damage ha
been done by them at any point as the ter
ritory is covered largely by low brus
only.
Writs of ejectment have been procure
by the Rutland railroad against the owner
and occupants of the seven dwellings o
'The Patch" at the north end of the vi
lage. 1t is supposed the road wish to ad
two more side tracks to accommodate thei
increasing business. Five of these builC
ings were built about the time the roa
was built, so years ago, while the otbt
two have been built in recent years. TIL
road owns the land where they stand an
has always been careful to retain the It'll,
but until now they have never asked fC
the land. Some of the owners have a
ready purchased lots and are building els'
where, while with others it will be hart
ship, they being very poor
Discussion, taken part in by many cit
zens, has been INDUCED in the past wee
regarding the wisdom, or appropriateness
of placing a large cannon offered by I'll
war department upon the lot owned by IL
Grand Army in Oak Hill cemetery FL
some weeks members of the Grand Arm
have been canvassing for small amounts
defray the freight upon it, thinking in IL
absence of any soldiers monument in tow
it would be fitting mark until such tin
as monument could be had. The ladi
of the Relief corps have been saving none
for some years for a monument and no
have about $3.50 Objection is made by
few citizens that it is not slightly or a
propriate emblem to be in the cemeter,
and that the curiosity of boys and oth'
people will lead to trampling upon oth'
lots The cemetery commissioners hay
been appealed to, and wish to- decide
such way as shall meet the approval of IL
largest number of citizens. They are N,
as yet convinced which course to pursu
but by far the largest number of EXPIRE
sions to them have been in favor of lettin
the GRAND Army members mark their ow
lot in such way as seems to them best.