Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-01
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.
President Webb's Train Wrecked.

President Webb's Train Wrecked.
President w, Seward Webb and sew
eral officials of the Rutland railroad,
had a narrow escape from death in a
rear end collision at Bartonsville at
745 o'clock Saturday morning. DIR. Webb's
train consisted of the observation loco
motive, Nehasane, the doctors private
car, Elsmere, and the palace car, Idler.
The train was on a siding here over
night, and when a start was made at
I25 the engineer was told to make all
possible speed. The morning freight
train lost time, and the special ran into
it on rounding a sharp curve. The crew
of the freight train heard the engine on
the special whistle, but the engineer of
the special could not hear the whistle of
the freight engine because of the wind,
and so kept on at full speed. The Nehasane
ran completely under the caboose of the
freight train and threw it 30 feet from
the track. The Nehasane was badly
damaged. The engineer and fireman es-
capped miraculously by jumping. All
of the occupants of the cars were badly
shaken, and the steward, who jumped,
struck a telegraph pole and was serious
~ injured. The Nehasane was so badly
damaged that 1t had to be taken to
Buffalo, y. Y, for repairs, and the
wrecked cars were drawn to Rutland
Fritz and George Arson went to Bos-
ton Wednesday.
An account of the attempted robbery
at Dr. Webb's car appers on page /.
James Wiley OF the Chase Furniture
Co. began Monday two weeks vaca-
ton.
The family of DIR. Kirkland, who have
been at Lake Rescue a week returned
yesterday.
E. B. Searle has been in Bolton. Mass.
where Mrs. Searle is spending a number
of weeks at her old home.
Allie C. Moulton of Providence, a form
err we'll known Bellows Falls boy. is
| spending a two weeks vacation with
| friends.
Local knights Templar are making ex-
| tensive preparations to attend the an
nual field day meet at Brattleboro the
| first of October.
John E. Babbitt has bought an auto
mobile making the second owned in
| town. VIM. A.. Hall has had one for
| two years or more.
| Ira A. Adams of the o. D. Gray cloth
ing company started Monday upon a
| two weeks vacation. to be spent largely
| at his home in Grafton.
| Cushing Adams and his mother went
| Thursday morning to bingham, Mass,
| for a stay of some weeks and Mrs. Arson
went this morning to the same place.
| Printers ink has been successfully
| manufactured from casein recently. and
| it is thought that it can be placed on the
market at one-half the regular price.
Two interesting games of ball were
| played Saturday, the Casein Co. winning
from the Young Americans 81. and Coy
& Babcock from Vermont Farm Ma
| chine Co. 90
Stilwel & Pelky. miliners. dissolve to-
day and the business will be carried on
| by Mrs. Stillwell. Miss Pelky has
made an engagement for life, into which
she will soon enter.
Father Reynolds has been since Mon
day in attendance upon the annual sum
| mer meeting of Catholics being held near
| Plattsburgh He will return to Of
ficiate Sunday usual.
Mrs. c. w. Osgood has been spending
the past week with the family of Chas.
II. Sawyer at their cottage at Lake
| Sunapee Mr.. Osgood is still at Silver
Lake, n. Y, where he will remain some
days longer.
James Mcdonald, piper for the Casetn
Co. started yesterday for a month s
visit with his parents at his old home in
Prince Edwards Island. His brother,
Daniel, who is employed by the same
company, returned recently from a
similar trip.
VIM. w. Allen II. A. Fullam and Har-
nv Hardy will leave tomorrow for San
Francisco to attend the biennial con-
vention of the supreme lodge of the
United States of the Knights of Pythias
and of the uniformed rank of the same
order They expect to be absent -four
weeks or more.
Extensive repairs and changes are tc
be made in the interior of the clothing
store of ]. J. Fenton & Co. The en-
tire interior is to be rearrnged, the
cases changed, the stairway to the base
ment placed nearer the centre of th'
room and a new department opened ir
the front half of the basement Wher
completed the propretors will have one
of the most commodious and handy
stores in the village.
The concretng gang of ]. B. Bartlett
who have been doing considerable worF
! the last six weeks for the village com
pleted their work yesterday and aftel
doing a few small Jobs at North wal
pole are to go TO Ludlow. Sidewalks
have been laid the whole length of th'
west side of Church street, north O.
School, and also a portion of the Length
| of Laurel and Church Place as wei
as redressing and repairing the old con
crete nearly the whole length of Atkin
son street.
. A meeting of Republican voters wa
held in banquet hall Tuesday evening
| to discuss the formation of Republican
club. About 25 were present, including
. the town committee ana representatiN'
of the state committee. Plans for tn
aggressive carrying forward of the loca
work were fully discussed and agreed up
on. The voters present were enthusi
astic in their support of the regula
nominee of the party and club will
a full list of officers and committees VII
be organized at the same place thi
, evening.
9 The establishment of parochial school
in Bellows Falls has been fully decides
as not to take place this year as was
first announced when the old Higl
school buildings We're bought by tn
Catholic church. Nothing has bee
done toward putting them in shape t
| accommodate the schools, and IT is pos
sible there may not be for some year
. | to come The church has made wis
: movement in securing the land and build
ings for whatever they may desire I
future years, and now will not be in an
hurry to carry the movement forward
A village corporation meeting has bee
| called by the bailiffs in response u