Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-26
THE BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

J. Ranney Of Westminster, commission
ers, with regard to the relaying of the
highway near the Weston, Corlew, and
Church FARMS which was damaged by
the putting in of the Boston e Maine
double track A few statements were
made on both sides, a petition having
been made that II be laid west of the
aforementioned farms. Nothing definite
was decided, and the hearing was adj
| journed until Aug. 20.
George P. Morrill, of Springfield, Mass,
well known here as the son of julius A.
Morrill,, a former resident of Bellows
| Falls, sailed Tuesday from San Francisco
for the Philippine Islands. He goes there
| to accept a position as teacher Mr.
| Morrill, was a pupil for many years I'm
| the schools here. He graduated from
| Springfield High school in 90, and in 81
| from the scientific department of Yale
| For the past three or four years he has
been assistant in the city engineers Office
of Springfield, Mass. His brother James
| p. Morrill,. graduated last year from the
| Yale Medical School. The old friends
and companions of the two young men
will watch their success with interest.
The success of the season thus far at
| the park theatre, is the company pre-
| senting "Grmess Cellar Door and The
Doctors Surprise" Both farces are of
| the nature of a vaudeville performance
| and are made up almost entirely of spe-
| cialtes. Katherine Camp, the soprano,
| is evidently the favorite, although the
male quartet is proving exceedingly pop
ular. This quartet travelled last winter
with Hoyt's "A Hole in the Ground"
| company, and has been engaged TO sing
| the coming season with Neil Burgess's
| County Fair" One of the. members of
| the company was called away suddenly
this week and her role has been taken
| with success by Miss Maud Twitcher
| an amateur of SaXtons River.
| An alarm from box 81 about 2 o'clock
| Wednesday afternoon brought the fire
department to the old Harris block on
| Canal street, where a brisk fire was
| spreading in the living rooms occupied
| by p. Baldasaro, over his fruit store.
| The fire originated from the explosion of
| a gasoline stove which Mrs. Baldasaro
was using for ironing purposes. The
| fire spread with great rapidity, and II
| was with great difficulty that Mr.. and
| Mrs. Baldasaro and their children, who
| were in the room, escaped. The interior
| of the room was destroyed with all the
| furniture and clothing of the family.
| The loss in the fruit store below was
| only from water and removal. The Bel
| lows Falls bakery and Pierce's variety
| store, on either side, were well soaked.
Edward H Hobson, %, Familiarity
| known as Med" Hobson, a son of Fred
| H. Hobsou who lives on the old terrace,
| has just received an appointment to
| an important position under the United
States government. He learned the ma
| chnist trade and worked some years in
| the Vermont Farm machine shop. He
has since been employed in a machine
| shop in Winchester, Mass. His position,
which he assumed July Sth is that of
| ordinance machinist, and was secured
| through the efforts of Clinton Holmes,
| another former local machinist, who
| holds a position as ordinance inspector
| for the government. The territory COW
| cred by these young men is all of the for
| tifcations north of Norfolk. Va. Mr..
| Holmes inspects the machinery of the
| gun carriages of the larger Notifications.
If anything is found wrong it is reported
| to Mr.. Hobson. who goes to the place,
| and with the aid of local machinists and
| soldiers, remedies the defects. The salary
| of Mr. Hobson is 1920 a year, and travel
| ling expenses His parents and brothers
live here, and they with many friends
rejoice with him in his success.
Mrs. H. B. Davis and daughter, Mel
lie, returned Monday night from a stay
of two weeks at the sea shore.
d. F. Pollard of the clothing store of
| Pollard & newman will go today to
Lake George for a weeks outing.
Frank S. Adams, employed in the
Vermont Farm Machine company,
spent Sunday at his old home in Gil
| sum.
Miss Blanch Newman returned Mon
day from a trip to Keene and Gilsum
/ accompanied by her cousin June New
man of Keene.
Mrs. 1. B. Newman returned Satur-
day from a ten days stay at Booth
Bay Harbor, Me. Her stay was short
ened by illness.
The small steamboat owned by j. H.
Blakely mas been sold to w. c. Bacon
of Deerfield, to which place it was
shipped Monday.
A new base ball club was organized
here last week known as the local base
ball club. The team will play at Lud-
low next week Saturday against a
strong team. Clarence Newman is
manager and Carr Huse, this year on
the Vermont Academy team as pitcher
is captain.
The street commissioners and Bel
lows Falls Canal company have begun
work upon the wall on Canal street
They have erected a large derrick
which is operated by steam power.
The street has been closed, and the
only way for teams to get to the sta
| LlOn is Dy way OF the lSlanQ House.
The wall under the sidewalk has been
settling into the Canal and remarks
have been made regarding it's being
unsafe for travel for some time.
The hotel question is ever before our
minds as being a great source of NOR
LITIGATION to the citizens of this place.
One evening the secretary of a leading
fire insurance company came here on
the 6.55 train, not knowing our lack
of hotel accommodations. He was I'M
able to find any room and hired man
TO take him to Walpole, coming back
in the morning to transact his bust
ness. Another instance occurred when
a special agent of an insurance com
pany unwittingly landed in Bellows
Falls at II p. m. He had time to
catch the trolley car for Saxtons
River, after being refused at both ho-
tells here, because of the lack of room.
Arriving at his destination, neither he
nor the car employees could arouse the
inmates of that hotel. He returned on
the car as far as the car barn, and
walked from there down to the depot,
where he passed the time until the
2.20 a. m. train, which he took to
| Keene. He returned to Bellows Falls
the next noon, having had very UNI
restful night and losing a half days