Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-06

them at Lockes Mills, went up Mount
Washington.
All the lawyers of the village left We'd
nesday for Newfane to attend the Sep
TENDER term of court now in session
there. No cases from Rockingham of
particular Importance are to come up,
but considerable local interest centres
in the contest over the will of the late
Mrs. Stoddard of Westminster num-
Der of our citizens having been summoned
as witnesses.
The Bellows Falls Locals won an i'm
portant victory at Russell park Saturday
defeating the South Royalton team, con-
sidered the strongest in the state this
year, to 1. Both batteries did excellent
work and Illngsworth at short accepted
seven chances like a veteran. return
game will be played at South Royalton
tomorrow. In a game at Barber's park
Labor day the Locals won from Saxtons
River to 8.
The contract for North Waipoles new
village hall has been let to Wetherbee
| Brothers, who have begun work on It..
The foundation Is completed and most
| of the lumber is on the ground The con-
| tractors must complete the building on or
| before February LIST, or submit to heavy
| forfets. The total cost will be $500, of
| which Hon. William A. Russell will give
| $4,000. The location is on the west side
| St. Peters church.
The North Walpoe schools opened
| Tuesday with an enrolment of about
| $40 scholars in the nine different schools.
| The new school building, which has been
| in process of erection ethe past few
months, was appropriately dedicated
| last Monday afternoon, in the presence of
| about $50 citizens. Addresses were made
| by members of the school board and by
| Prof. II. Wade Hubbard of Cornell Uni
| versity, who took for his subject Modern
Engineering Education"
| The much discussed breach -of-prom-
Use" case of Nj. Grace Williams VS. VIII
| liam o. Warner, which was set for trial
| in the county court this week was salts
| factorily settled between the parties out
of court yesterday. The suit was for
| $4,000. Both parties are well known in
| this vicinity. Miss Williams lives at Sax
| tons River and Mr. Warner is a son of the
late l. r. Warner of Saxtons River. and
| is now living in Gens Falls. n. Y Mr.
| Warner is connected with the theatrical
| business and was here few weeks ago
with his company filling an engagement
| at BARRIERS park.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy c. Blossom are this
| week arranging to move Immediately
| from their home here to the neighbor-
hood of Poughkeepsie. n. Y, where Mr.
| Blossom has taken farm. Mr. Blossom
| iitiS Aol StNtlil years OCCu1leu Il TeSpOn-
| sible position in the shop of the Vermont
| Farm Machine company his particular
| branch of the work being the balancing
| and adjusting of the rapid running United
States separators and to his skill is, In
| a large measure, due the accurate work
| ings of these machines He has beer
obliged to give up his position because OF
| i'll health and the failure of his eyesight
| His mother and brother will remain here
| for the present.
| The mass meeting of the citizens OF
| North Walpole called last Thursday even.
| ing to decide what could be done for a
| more rigorous enforcement of the liquor
| law, was a decided failure i'm most re-
| spects. Nearly 800 citizens gathered in
| st. Peters hall to see what was going on
| 1t took some time to find people who
| would serve as chairman and secretary
but finally Jerry Wolf and c. ]. O'Neil
| consented to serve in these capacities
| The order for calling, the meeting was
read and suggestions asked on the sub
| ject. Not person was willing to speak
| on either side of the question, and after
| a wait of over quarter of an hour, the
| meeting adjourned In an address to his
| congregation Sunday morning, Father +.
| l.. Wilde, who has been the priest of St
| Peters church since the death of Father
| Hollihan last fall, stated his position as a
| temperance man and said that as a citi-
| zen of North Walpole he intended to take
| the liquor question up and see that. with
| in short time, the numerous saloons
| and dives on that side of the river be
| closed up.