Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-20
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in Bellows Falls during the coming summer
A large number of the crack shots OF the
country will attend.
Rev. c. r. B. Dodge has been ill with
the grip during the past two weeks and
was unable to preach last Sunday He
hopes, at this time, to be at his post next
Sunday, having greatly improved this
week. There were no services held in the
church last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Pollard have left the
Commercial House of which they have
been in charge for some time and gone to
the Rockingham hotel which they will man
age for L. T. Lowell, 2nd. II. S. Frost,
owner of the Commercial House, will run
the hotel in his own name, having two
clerks in charge of the business.
A large number of the friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles l.. Fletcher called upon
them last Friday evening noting the Goth
anniversary of their marriage, making a
very pleasant social affair and leaving a
number of valuable reminders of the oc-
cason. Mr.. Fletcher has been engaged in
tailoring here nearly 20 years,
Henry A. Phelps and family have moved
back to Bellows Falls from Ludlow and are
living with F. B. Phelps on School street.
Il . IL utIBS Is III u ScIlOuo
cally and mentally, being unable to devote
any time or thought to business, although
he rides out short distances, and seems
little stronger than few weeks ago.
The Foresters have made elaborate and
extensive preparations for their third an
nual concert and ball. which occurs tonight
in Union hall. Exner's orchestra furnishes
music, and supper is to be served at Towns
HOtal Tho oto anJ nal have baav,
formed into veritable forest by the put
ting in of evergreen trees, and many other
decorations of an artistic nature.
John E. Brosnahan is this week in Penn
sylvana with the Brosnahan & jackson
Theatre company. The troupe is having a
remarkable success in their tour this win
ter. G. j. O'Neil, who is acting as bust
ness manager for Mr.. Brosnahan, is this
week at home with his family, but will go
back in few days to rejoin the company,
and Mr.. Brosnahan will return to his office
here.
Two extensive closing out sales of mer-
chandise will be in Bellows Falls during
the coming week or two. Geo. r. Wales,
who is to open the Durkee store at 8 to-
morrow morning, advertises $50 00C worth
of dry goods to close. j. T. Keefe adver-
tises his $4,000 stock of boots and shoes to
be closed out. He will put new stock in
to the store which is to be vacated by Mr..
Wales.
The Grand Commandery of Vermont,
Knights Templar, have notified c. H. Will
liams, eminent commander, that they will
attend to the institution of Holy Cross
commandery, No. -, of this place, on Fri
day evening, Jan. ~, at 7:30, in Masonic
hall. 1t is important that every charter
member be present. The commandery has
about 40 members, about one-balf of W HON
live In adjoining towns.
The grip is still seriously affecting this
village, and this week the High school has
been more interfered with than at anv
time in the past few weeks, or at ali.
Both Prof. Crawford and Miss Young have
been absent from their posts part of the
time, but they are both back at the present
time. About one-third of the pupils Of the
High school department were absent Mon
day and Tuesday, but the attendance is
larger the last few days.
A pleasing reception and exhibition was
given Tuesday between the hours of and
by Mrs. Frank Baldwin and her class of
juvenile dancers. The pupils danced the
various fancy and plain dances in a style
of experiences which gave credit to the
teacher. Refreshments were served. In
the evening the adult pupils held TIE floor,
with about As couples on the different lists,
Cramer's orchestra of Claremont, n. II.
furnished the music. Mrs. Baldwin ex.
| poets to remain longer and teach private
class.
Many citizens have claimed the freight
business of the new electric road to Saxtons
River would not amount to much The re.
port of a similar electric road running
from Waterbury to Stowe, in this state
| for the past year is of interest to such
| The most sapguine among the supporters OF
the line predicted that only 300 cars would
be drawn over the road in the last six
months of last year, they being the first
months of the operation of the road The
result was 800 loaded cars drawn, 144 tc
Stowe and 211 to Waterbury. During the
same months the road carried 2S, 600 pas
| sengers.
Considerable interest centres in the an.
nual meeting of the eighth Masonic district
of Vermont. which is to be held here next
Tuesday. A large number of the grand
lodge officers will be here, including the
| grand master and the grand lecturer.
About 100 members of other lodges in
the district are expected The Vermont
railroads will sell tickets at reduced rates.
The first degree is to be worked in the aft
ernoon by the Putney lodge and in the
evening the third will be given by Lodge of
the Temple of Bellows Falls. A banquet
is to be held after the work is completed.
The late VIM. A. Russell left no will, a
matter that is somewhat surprising to many.
He leaves a wife and five children, who
" i'll share his property in accordance with
the law. An item in the New York des-
patches of Tuesday, stating that his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John j. Chickering, the wife OF
| the superintendent of schools of the borough
of New York, had fallen heir to the sum
of 1000, 900 by his death is extremely SEN
sational, and very largely overdrawn in
amount. Mr.. Russell's wealth is hard to
estimate, but the share of each would not
amount to that figure, and it is uncertain
that the total is as large as that, although
it is generally supposed to be some above
the amount named.
Mrs. S. W. Wilder, jr., returned from a
two weeks stay in Boston Wednesday.
Miss Hattie Clark of Saxtons River, who
has some music pupils here, sang soprano
in Mrs. Wilder's place in the Congregation.
al church last Sunday. Mr.. Wilder has
begun work this week in his ew position
as chemist of a prominent Boston firm.
He will reside here for the present, com.
ing up each Saturday. He retains his
drug trade here, and will continue to act
as organist at the Congregational church.
| Bellows Falls citizens regret to acknowl-
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