Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-04-19
Bellows Falls Times.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1899.
Bellows Falls Locals.


day.
H. V. Durham passed Sunday at his
home in Mortified.
Miss Nellie Davis is about again after a
sickness of two or three weeks.
o. l.. Perham has purchased farm in
Putney and intends to move there soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Allen Of Chester
attended the funeral Of j. E. Bodies Mon
day.
Mrs. Curtis Chapman of Everett, Mass,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.. Huntley Of Clare
mont have been recent guests at Rev.
Albert Hammatt's.
The Bird club will meet with Mrs. G. E.
Howard Friday evening. Mr.. Wilson OF
Langdon will deliver an address.
Misses Winifred Neyland of Fitchburg
and Margaret Neyland of Boston are visit
ing their sister, Mrs. j. E. Brosnahan.
Mrs. George A. Goodspeed sailed for
home last week, and will probably reach
Bellows Falls the latter part of this week.
j. S. Wilson writing at Kansas City last
Friday said: weather hot as blazes
down this way and summer suits are in de-
mand."
Miss Margaret Cray, who for the past
two years has been employed in the Office
of J.. E. Brosnahan, finished work there
Saturday night.
w. c. Putnam, who has been quite sick
with pneumonia at the home OF bis brother,
John Putnam, on the Old Terrace, is at
present slowly improving.
L. Perbam has purchased farm near
Putney Depot and will move onto the
same May 1. The house he now lives in
on Green street will be rented.
| Manager Fox at Brattleboro refused to
allow the Della Fox company to play in
Brattleboro Saturday night because Della
was still unable to take the stage. Ticket
holders got their money back.
Supt. E. G.. Murphy of the International
Paper Co. presented Joe Villette and
Henry Hewitt with $40 each last week tor
the good work they did at the pumps on
the night Of the Towns hotel fire.
The rebuilding Of Towns Hotel, the
erection of the new Suter block, the con-
structlon of the electric road and the ordi-
nary building and repairing Of the season
will give Bellows Falls busy appearance
this summer.
F. G. Winnewisser purchased the Mrs.
Holbrook house of M. H. Murphy last Sat
urday. Mr.. Winnewisser intends to make
extensive repairs on the house and will
occupy one tenement himself and rent the
other one.
Park Mellish, who for the past four
years has driven the delivery team OF the
American Express company and has been
popular with all classes, finished work for
the company last Thursday and has been
succeeded by George Webb.
The ire in Towns Hotel threw 26 peo-
pie out of employment, but many Of them
have secured new jobs. F. B. Harwood,
the popular clerk, has gone to his home in
Willimantic, Conn.,, but will return when
the hotel is rebuilt provided w. S. Dun
ham continues as landlord.
J. H. Holton, president of the Electric
Road company, came down from Burling.
ton Monday. 1t is understood that the
directors of the road are well pleased with
the action of the town at the special town
meeting and that work on the road will be
begun soon and pushed to completion a.
rapidly as possible.
B. M. Dimick, who located here as ar
attorney last December, goes to Onsett,
Mass, this week where he will practice hi,
profession. Onsett is place of about
5000 people on Buzzards bay and is only
one and one-half miles from Gray Gables,
the famous summer resort. Mr.. Dimick
will be the Only lawyer in Onsett.
A. A. Halliday has been elected vice
president of the Vermont State Horticul
tural society. He has also just been ap'
pointed member of the fruit committee Of
the American Pathological society tor the
state OF Vermont. The president Of thi.
society is G. L. Watrous, Des MONIES, la.
secretary, William A. Taylor, Washing.
ton, D. G.
The funeral Of Mrs. Emeline H. Russell
was held at the house at 80 Monday
morning, Rev. F. W. Lewis, pastor Of the
Methodist church, officiating. G. w
IOsgood, c. H. Sawyer, c. L. Barber
Daniel Beaton and N. P. Gates acted a,
bearers. The remains, which were taker
to Lawrence, Mass, for burial, were
accompanied by Mr.. Sawyer, who return.
tomorrow.
There are many people in town who see
an opportunity to build really fine hote
for Bellows Falls on the RUNS of Towns
Hotel. Let the building go up story o,
two more, they say, convert the entire