Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-07

interest is already manifest In this play |
based upon the Ninety and Nine"
The woman's Foreign Missionary so
ciety of the Congregational church will |
hold its annual thank Offering meeting |
at the home of Mrs. Edward Arms Friday |
afternoon and evening of next week
II. w. Thompson, who has been seri-
ously i'll the past few weeks, Is gaining |
slowly and has been at his office once or
twice this week. He expects to spend
a portion of the coming winter In the
south.
of his daughter in Philadelphia Tuesday
of last week. Mr.. Wardner will be re-
membered as having lived many years
on School street in the house now owned
by w. c. Smith.
Miss Ingenue Fassett will have a paper
on Current Events" at the Montpelier
district Epworth League convention to
be held at Wilder Thursday of next week.
Leon ]. Ball, president of the local
league, has a paper on christian Citizen
ship"
The Howard Hardware company has
received in the past few days over 100
tons of hard coal. but still limit the
quantity sold to one quarter ton lots.
The price is $500 per ton. None of
the other dealers have received consign-
ments.
Madame Waite has taken rooms in the
Edward Arms block, formerly occupied
by Miss Flavln's dressmaking rooms,
where she will hereafter manufacture
her goods that heretofore have been made
in Boston She is making her home in
the family of c. w. Labaree.
Motormen of the electric road, and
employees of the Barber farm at the
park. have for two weeks told large
stories of frequently seeing near the park
a strange animal resembling a lynx,
or catamount. He has been shot at
twice but seems to bear charmed life.
The glass blowers, who have been en-
PERTAINING all this week in Union hall
under the auspices of the Knights of
Pythias, have been drawing large houses
and giving satisfactory entertainments.
with good vaudeville exhibition, and So
cial dancing each evening.
In addition to the deer spoken of last
week as having been shot by Bellows
Falls men, A. L. Field shot one in Wind
ham, and two fine specimens are now
hanging in Crays market sent here by
Louis ]. Robertson who is spending a
few weeks in the Maine woods.
Halloween was more than usually in
evidence Friday night. The boys and
girls on the streets cut up many pranks,
| and number of parties occurred at
residences in different parts of the viii
lage. The largest gathering was that
| of the United Irish League held in Union
| Hail.
The Bellows Falls Machine company
| has employed an expert draughtsman,
| Clarence Faucher of Sandy Hill, N ", to
| take the place made vacant by Wallace
| White. Mr.. Faucher has begun work
and will bring his family to Bellows Falls
as soon as he can find suitable tene-
| ment.
| General Manager George T. Jarvis of
the Rutland road was in town Monday
| with a party of officials, coming from
| Rutland in the directors car "Mariquta."
| Their special left about two o'clock for
| Rutland and the next day they were go
| ing to Montpelier to attend some railroad
| hearings.
| During the past week a number of real
| estate transactions have been made about
| town. f. L. Walker has sold his dwell
| ing just south of where he lives on At
| kinson street to Clark Chase. The house
| is occupied by c. L. Whitman and ID. f.
| Pollard. John o. Wiley has purchased
| of Clark Chase his tenement house on
| South street known as the CLARK house"
and is moving into his new purchase
| this week. Mrs. II. B. Jackson has sold
to Barney Cannon. jr.. her house on
| Cherry Hill formerly occupied by Rev.
j. E. Fullerton, and recently by ii. w.
| Bottomly.
Amlty lodge, No. :. Rebekahs, enter,
| tanned the meeting OF district No 10 last
| Friday evening About 40 visitors from
Keene with those from Brattleboro.' Lud-
low, Charlestown, Springfield, Weston.
| Saxtons River, Proctorsville and Chester
| made total attendance OF about 800.
| The ladies of the Universalist church
| served a banquet in the vestry of the
| church. The evening exercises were held
| in odd Fellows hail. which was deco
| rated with the colors of the order, pink
nd hat, nt,1 do ri,a
exercises of the evening consisted of
speeches. degree work and reports. after
which social hour and light refresh
ments were enjoyed.
j. II. Ward, who was instantly killed
at Mount Holly Saturday afternoon was
well known here being a member of the
firm of Ward & Douglas who have done
work here for the Boston a. Maine road
Mr.. Douglas of the firm has been the one
to stay here but Mr. Ward was here
much of the time during the time while
the road was building the double track
Mrs. Douglas who died here October Goth
was a sister of Mr.. Ward. Mr.. Ware
was run over by the observation engine
Nehasane at a bridge which he was in
speeding with other officials, his head
being cut entirely off and dropping
through the bridge to where others OF
the party were standing.
After the burglaries Friday morning A
II. Brown, and Field & Lawrence of
fered a reward of s75 for the detection
, of the persons, but no clues have come
to light. AS a result of the talk o.
inefficient police service caused by THU
. outbreak and a similar one of som,
months ago the bailffs have made som,
! changes. Chief Thompson has sold hi
auction business and will be on duty ev
cry day from noon until midnight. and al
, additional night policeman will go oil
duty at p. m. and remain until a
; m, but this appointment has not beef
made, but will be made at the week.!
meeting of the bailiffs. A general!
signed petition of business men wal
presented this week asking for this ad
, ditional protection.
The new machine shop building of tn
| Vermont Farm Machine company is pro
crossing rapidly forward the brick worl
: being completed to the top of the win
dows. Contractor +. I. Kilburn hopes L
have 1t closed before extremely col
4 weather sets in. This building, which 1
= 100 feet long, and the lumber She
of the same firm just completed, and tn
very large and high coal building be
p ing built by Field & Lawrence near b.
are making an entire change in the look
of that part of the island from the vii
lage. The storage building of Field
Il Lawrence is this week having its roo
put on and is over % feet high to tn
caves from the track. The coal is I