Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-08
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
800 Gallons Of Liquor Seized at
North WalpoIe.
CONSERVATION Among the Saloon and
Dive Keepers and Many Places
Hurriedly Emptied.


Dive Keepers and Many Places
Hurriedly Emptied.
The conflict of Father wilde of North
Walpole and the liquor dealers of that
place still goes on, and increases in bit
terness and results. This week has been
particularly notable for its happenings,
Wednesday and Thursday being quite ex-
citing days. Wednesday morning, Deputy
Sheriff Moore of Marlboro arrived to
serve warrants sworn out by Rev.
Father Wilde. They went Immediately to
the bottling house of the Crescent Bot
Ting company at Cold River, and finding
the doors locked, broke their way in, only
to find that warning had been received
and the larger part of the contraband
goods already destroyed or hid, by the
owners themselves. The party then went
to the Welssel House, at Cold River Sta
ton, where about $500 worth of goods
were found buried under the floor of the
cellar. This, together with what was
found of any value at the bottling house,
was taken to st. Peters church and
placed in the cellar. over $50 gallons
were found in these two places. Conster-
nation was caused among the saloon and
dive keepers in North Walpole village
and many of these places were hurriedly
emptied of all suspicious goods The
only arrests made Wednesday were those
of Father Wilde, Jerry Wolfe, G. s.
Moore Mccoy, and Edward Stapleton,
charged with illegally Selling two empty
beer barrels. The preliminary hearing
in these cases was held yesterday after
noon before Justice Callahan and they
were bound over under bond to appear
before the county court next April in
Keene to answer to the charge of larceny
The work of seizure and confiscation at
the bottling house went on yesterday
and the value of property found and
seized is variously estimated at from
$1,000 to $4,000. No new arrests or raids
occurred yesterday, as all of the "holes'
are closed and many of the keepers in
parts unknown. If no other result is
gained North Walpole people will learn
what it is to get along without their
liquor for at least few days.
Joshua Simpkins" and his troup play
ed before a good house in the opera
house Tuesday evening.
The ladies of the Universalist church
will hold their annual fair in Union hall
about the middle of December.
Ferguson and Mack in their farce, Nc
Carthys Mishaps, come to the opera
house Saturday evening Nov. 16.
Mrs. Marshall w. Downing returned
to her home here Wednesday afternoon
after a week or ten days spent at her
husbands old home in Swanzey, N. II.
The rooms on the south side of the
second floor of the Gray block have been
rented by Simon Mcleod and will be
opened in the near future as pool rooms.
A harvest supper, consisting of an old
fashioned boiled dinner with all it's ac-
compartments. will be served by the la
dies of the Universalist church in their
vestry next Thursday evening.
Miss Margaret Sullivan began work as
bookkeeper in the shoe store of Dun
ham Brothers, taking the place of Mrs.
NJ. ]. Barrett who has filled that posi-
ton for a number of years very faith
fully.
home missionary meeting will be held
by the ladies' union of the Congrega-
tional church in their parlors next We'd
nesday afternoon. followed by supper at
$50 o'clock served by the young ladies
of the church.
Harry Russell. clerk in the office OF
Wyman Flint & Son, went the first of the
week into the Maine woods in the neigh
borhood of Mount Katahdin in the search
for large game, deer being the particular
quarry. He intends to be gone about
three weeks.
Mrs. Irene Leland, who for the past
Is years has made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Hiram King, ir., on Webb
Terrace, died Thursday morning, Oct. 81,
and was buried Saturday morning from
Hill cemetery.
A. j. Darling died at his home on
Green street Saturday morning and was
buried from his old home Monday. Rev.
c. r. B. Dodge officiating, with inter-
ment in Oak Hill cemetery. Mr.. Darling
has been a familiar figure on our streets
for over 80 years.
Fred II. Rabbit and family have decid-
ed to move back here from White River
Junction, where they have been living
for several years, sometime during the
winter, and will occupy their old home
on Henry street, where DR.. Kirkland
has lived during their absence.
Alex. NJ Macleod, who has worked for
several months for ]. s. Knowlton, liv-
ing on the Saxtons River road and has
been for two years the substitute clerk
in the post Office has this week gone to
work in Cavendish as an agent of the
New York Life Insurance company.
library social will be given by the
ladies of the Congregational church in
the parlor of that church on the evening
of Wednesday, Nov. 20. Several new and
perhaps novel features will be tried dur
ing the evening. AS many as possible are
asked to come in costume representing
some well known book or character in a
book.
Twelve cattle were killed and two
others injured by the flyer Monday on
the Searle crossing above South Charles
town. They were part of a herd belong
ing to George Cory of SaXtons River and
were being driven along the highway
when they were frightened by the train
and ran onto the railroad ahead of the
engine.
Fuller & Farr have opened a drug store
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