Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-11
small fight has been particularly in very

small flight has been particularly in very
bad shape.
The local commandery of Knights
Templar will 60 to Springfield to take part
in the parade there Decoration day. There
are 10 or 20 members of the commandery
who live at Springfield and the organiza-
ton has never visited that village before.
The Knights will act as escort to the
Grand Army post on that day.
A brother of John A. Bush, named
George Bush, and who formerly lived in
Bellows Falls, was very seriously injured
recently in Manchester, N. H., by an cleo
trio car which struck him as he was cross
ing in front of it. At first he was consid-
cred as fatally injured, number of bones
being broken, but he is still living and con-
sidered as slightly improving.
A meeting of citizens has been called to
be held at banquet hall Saturday evening
at 7: AS TO see if our village will take meas
ures to celebrate the Fourth of July this
year. 1t has been several years since any
public observance of the day has been had
here, aud our residents have gone TO neigh
boring towns to find their celebrations.
Among the younger part of our people
there is strong desire to celebrate this
year ourselves.
The rails of the electric road have been
laid through the square this week, about
60 laborers being employed, and the work
in the immediate vicinity of the depot is
being pushed Just now. The rails will be
laid complete the whole length of the line
except the bridge near the Barber farm by
the middle of next week The trolley and
feed wires are practically completed
Work is going forward rapidly upon the
large brick car barn and storage battery
house just beyond the cemetery John O..
Spring has charge of the brick laying for
the company.
The firm of contractors, Holbrook, Cab
OF & DAILY of Boston, who last fall built
the handsome Fitchburg railroad bridge
here, have taken contract to build sec
ton of the rapid transit tunnel in New
York city, for which they are to receive
two millions of dollars. 1t is about one
tenth of the whole length OF the great
bore under the city. The results of their
work in Bellows Falls, and the ease and
rapidity with which the bridge here was
built, cause them to be very pleasantly re-
membered locally.
Almon l. Bodies, son of Lawyer F. A.
Bodies, has received the appointment as
census enumerator for the district includ-
ing the village of Bellows Falls. Richard
j. Wolfe has the same position for the re-
mainder of the town of Rockingham
Byron Robinson, who was an applicant
for one of the positions, has received the
appointment for the town of Springfield
There was no application sent in from
that town by any resident and as Rocking
ham had an extra applicant he was given
the Springfield territory.
Russell l.. Albee, son of George B. All
bee, is just now at his home here on ten
days fuTlough from the u. S. S. Monon.
gahela, where he s an apprentice in the
navy, ranking as second class. He left
Bellows Falls last August and was for a
time on the training ship at Newport, r. l.
In December he went on TO the Mononga-
hela and has since been to Barbados,
Windward Islands, Porto Rico and at va
rious places along the coast of the United
States. He is to report for duty May 1G
on the U. S. S. Wabash at the Charles
town navy yard.