Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-22
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

Hi Henry's mnstrels were at the opera
house last night.
The marriage of DIR. Frank II. O'Con-
nor of this place and Miss Bridget Kelley
of Burlington will be celebrated in the
cathedral in that city Dec 20.
Tracy Leonard is to have charge of the
newly furnished billiard rooms in Towns
holel, which were opened to the public
Wednesday. They are in very attractive
condition in all respects.
A young lady student of the Mortified
training school has been sent up to work
for the present in Cambridgeport, and
meetings are being conducted by her In
the church at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Osgood and their lit
tie daughter will spend their Christmas in
Bradford in honor of the 50th anniver-
sary of the marriage of Gov. and Mrs.
Roswell Farnham, the parents of Mrs. Os-
good.
Edgar F. Carruthers of Brattleboro is at
his home here for the present, and both he
and his mother are receiving many ex-
pressions of sympathy in the unfortunate
situation of the Brattleboro paper mill
business.
Geo. +. Davis is this week selling his
entire millinery stock at auction, and in
tends going to New York city to engage
in the same class of work. Last season he
sold his stock out at prices much less than
cost, giving the impression he was to go
out of business, and then opened up again.
Next Tuesday evening the debate of the
Young Mems club will be upon the justice,
or otherwise, of the present war in South
Africa. The audience may expect to hear
some spicy debate, and much solid informa-
ton in great chunks upon the two sides,
which are each, to say the least, debatable.
The Dartmouth Glee club, which was to
have come here Wednesday night, as an
assistance to the funds of the High School
Oracle, did not come, and their concert
has been indefinitely postponed" The
cause was probably the failure of the
school TO make the senior class entertain
ments pay, and it was not thought wise 10
run further risks.
Mrs. Hetty Green of New York has been
stopping at Towns hotel since Wednesday
evening, being here upon matters of busi-
ness. She says the report as to the loss OF
her sons steam launch in a storm off the
Texas coast a month ago was unfounded
as she has heard from "Ned'' both by tel
egraph and mail since the great storm
which was so destructive. She attributes
the origin of the story to the wish OF re-
porters to scare her.
The confectionery and ice-cream store OF
Ernest r. Ball was sold at auction Monday
afternoon to George b. Wheeler for only
$780, The sale was to satisfy mort
gage of $500 held by Mr.. Wheeler. II
is understood that Mr.. Ball is large loser
by his venture, caused to large degree by
having TO move, during the summer, to q
much less advantageous location for sc
many months, while the block was being
rebuilt. Mr.. Ball has the sympathy OF al
citizens in his misfortune He is nov
running the store for Mr.. Wheeler. Th'
store has recently been newly fitted and re
furnished, making it one of the most at
tractive in the village. 1t ought to maxi
a financial success under present circum
stances and surroundings.
A large amount of sympathy is felt II
the hard luck which attended the senio
class of the Bellows Falls High school IL
presenting their play of "Bobbie Shaftoe'
last week. They played to poor houses
and lost heavily by the venture through
which they had expected to realize fai
addition to their graduating express fund. l
was an expensive play to produce, mucl
heavier one than they should have attempt
ed, but they made plucky fight for sue
cess. They were billed for Thursday ant
Friday evenings, and then added a matine
Saturday afternoon as well as another eve
ning's presentation. The result was
heavy loss after months of hard work IL
preparing and rehearsing. Should they at
= tempt some other method of raising fund
they will have strong support because o
} their unfortunate results with this.
J Next Monday evening the Sunday schoo
connected with St. Charles Roman Cathol
ic church are to give a Christmas festivs
in Union hall, and will present a cantat
entitled Santa Claus's Delight" From
huge Christmas tree presents will be dis
? tributed during the evening to the men
3 bers of the school and their friends. TIL
exercises are to open at 9 O'Clock. Th
E same evening the Methodist church wi
[ hold their Christmas tree exercises, CON
e mencing at Z O'clock. At the Baptis
4 church the same evening the exercises wi
be at 1880, and at the Congregations
church the festival begins at 7. All tn
churches will have the usual Christmas oil
servance Sunday, the most of them havin
,, special programs and special music. A
the stores of the village are to clos
,, throughout the day.