Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-30

| He is doing an office practice only. He
| has a position as examiner for life insur-
ance companies which brings him a good
| income. He does not expect to return to
| Bellows Falls.
There is to be no general celebration of
the Fourth here this year. The stores are
all to remain closed, giving the employees
an opportunity to go elsewhere if they
wish. The Gun club will have a prize
shoot opening at o'clock and continuing
through the day, which will be largely pat
ronized. There are one or two railroad
excursions for the day as well as minor
celebrations in two or three Of the sur
rounding towns
The workmen of Contractor Beckwith
have completed the foundation of the new
block on the west side of the Square and
are this week laying the brick of the first
story. The brick work of the fourth story of
| Towns hotel block is completed and the
roof is boarded but not graveled yet Work
is progressing rapidly upon both buildings.
| The foundations and floor of the first story
of DR.. Gorham's new residence on School
| street is in place and the frame of the first
story is going up.
f. G. Murphy who has for the past year
hold the position of superintendent of the
! Fall Mountain Mills of the international
| Paper company, leaves Monday to assume
! permanently the position of general super
| intendent of all the mills of the Union
| Paper Bag trust Mr.. Riley. his successor,
will reach here Sunday night or Monday
to assume charge at once. He has hired
the elegant residence of Mrs John Robert
son on Westminster street and will bring
his family here next week.
The village of North Walpole is being
| greatly improved again this week by the
| laying of a large amount of additional con-
crete sidewalk, Contractor Bartlett of
Claremont has large force of men at work
and when they are through practically
every street in the village will have these
walks upon both sides instead of only one
side, or not at all, as formerly. The vii
lage is spending $500 in this work and
many individual citizens are having all the
walks around their buildings concerted.
About O'Clock last evening a staging
fell on the new tenement house of II. B.
Fitzsimmons on Cherry street on which
three carpenters were at work clapboard-
ing. The building is four stories high and
the men were at work on the third story
and all went to the ground. Two were not
seriously injured but the third named viii
liams, whose home is in New York state,
riously injured otherwise, it is feared in
ternally. He is now at his boarding house
at Mrs. Ladds on the corner of Henry and
Atkinson streets.
Lewis T. Moseley and Miss Lura Lowell
were married at the Rockingham hotel
Wednesday. They went the same after.
noon to Charlestown, II. H., where Mr.
Moseley will assume the management of the
Eagle hotel which he recently leased. Mrs.
Moseley has for a number of years had i'm
mediate charge of the Rockingham, which
Is owned by her father, l.. I. Lowell Mr..
Moseley has been clerk. There were but
few guests present at the marriage except
the immediate family friends Among
them were Mr.. and Mrs George F. Nose
ley of Vernon, parents of the groom, who
were former well-known residents.
NJ. d. jackson has been appointed watch
inspector for the Boston x Maine railroad
: for the territory between Brattleboro and
Windsor. After July 1 all employees will
, have to have their watches inspected by
l Mr. jackson twice year and hold his Ger
r tificate of the reliability. No employe who
does not carry watch that will run with
t out varying more than 30 seconds a week
will be allowed to hold a position that re
o. quires accurate time, and they must hold
Mr.. jackson is also Inspector of the Rut
land road, but their requirements are mo-
| so rigid The Fitchburg watch Inspector
is located in Boston.
70 W. p. Cassidy died at his home on Chas,
4 Court early Monday morning of heart dis
T. ease, with which he had been afflicted SOM
years, but he was confined to his hous,
= only about three weeks. Mr. Cassidy wa
widely known as a liveryman and forme
a stage driver. At one time he drove stag,
v from Rutland to Middlebury, and later TO
+ many years he drove between BELOW
r Falls and Saxtons River, owning the liver,
stable at the latter place. For four or fiv
years he has been proprietor of the Town
:, hotel stables, owning them at the time 0
u his death. The business will be conducte,
% by his son, William B.. who has been wit
= his father since coming here. The funera
y was from the house and the nterment a
Saxtons River. Rev Albert Hammatt of
ficiated, and the services were PARTIAL
IS under the direction of the local lodge o
Is Knights of Pythas and the Saxtons Rive
d lodge of Odd Fellows, OF which orders h
all - A