Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-15
Three Men Terribly In iured.


staircase of the town hall. They
struck upon the lower stairs. Wood
has bones broken in both ankles,
Hutchins has both bones of one leg
broken above the ankle and some
internal injuries. Worrall is in a
more serious condition than the 9TH
ers with a fractured thigh, fractured
jaw, cut on chin, and internal in
juries in addition to having several
teeth knocked out. Worralls home
is in Jacksonville, but he and his wife
have been working in Charlestown
this summer. Wood is cornet soloist
in the Bellows Falls band. Worrall
is at the Eagle hotel and the others
at their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Robb are spend
ing a short time with Mrs. Robb's
parents, DR.. and Mrs. o. NJ George.
A Democratic caucus will be held
in the opera house Saturday evening
to elect a candidate for town represen-
tative.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Kimball,
ir., of Worcester came here Saturday
for a two weeks visit with relatives
in town.
The pulpit at the Congregational
church will be supplied next Sunday
by Rev. David G. Reid brother of the
pastor, Rev. J. H. Reid.
Three hundred and nineteen tick
cts were sold from this station for the
excursion Wednesday to Boston, a
much larger number than ever before.
Concrete Contractor Bartlett of
Claremont has this week been laying
concrete pavements in the driveway
between the opera house and Wilson
block.
Rev. Davis w. Lusk of Newark, N.
j., supplied the Congregational pulpit
last Sunday in the absence of the
pastor, Rev. ]. H. Reid, who is taking
months vacation.
A party of twelve young people from
Rockingham and vicinity, gotten up
by Harry Stoddard, will leave tomor-
row for a weeks stay at Takiteezee
Lodge. Lake Rescue.
Preston Hadley, a member of the
junior class in the High School, be-
gan work Monday at the Bellows Falls
bakery, where he will remain during
the remainder of the summer.
The Office room formerly occupied
by z. H. Allbee in bank block. has
been rented by Charles E. Capron
who will open a general tailoring es-
Establishment there next Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. H. Osgood who
have been spending some time with
Mr.. Osgood's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Osgood, returned to their home
in Newtonville Saturday afternoon.
A citizens meeting is called in ban
quet hall Monday evening to see what
action the town will take in regard
on the occasion of his visit here Sept,
1.
During the high wind of Monday af-
ternoon, six or eight of the large pine
trees on the west side of the Rock
ingham road, north of the pond road,
blew across the road, delaying traffic
for some time.
Stephen N. Searle, B. F. H. S. '02,
is employed this summer at Silver
Bay, on Lake George, where he is
assistant steward in one of the large
hotels. He intends entering a dem
tai college this fall
The class of 1908, B. F. H. s., came
out about even on their lawn party
held last Thursday evening on the
grounds of No. school building
They seem unwilling to give their
friends just the figures.
The Coy & Babcock base ball team
defeated the Casein Co. nine at Barber
park last Saturday 20 to IL. The
Casein company and team from the
clerks of the square will meet at the
park tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Theresa Wagner Robertson to
Gerald Messenger Welch at Miles
Roches, Ont. Tuesday evening, Aug.
10Th. Mr.. Welch is the junior mem
Der of the furniture firm of George E.
Welch & Son on Canal street.
George F. Ball has been on bust
ness trip during the past week to
Chicago and Milwaukee, in the inter
ests of Derby & Ball. He attended
the annual meeting of the National
Scythe Snath Manufacturers at
Chicago Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rockingham Camp, No. 9440, Mod
ern Woodmen of America, is the name
of the latest fraternal organization at
Bellows Falls. This camp was for
mally instituted Monday evening with
4S new members. Twelve others are
to be initiated Monday evening, Aug
25th.
A Clement rally will be held in
the opera house Tuesday evening,
which will be addressed by Rev. Sam
Small of Atlanta, Ga, and A. P. Childs
of Bennington. Certainly Bellows
Falls is having an opportunity to hear
all sides of the question and "the end
is not yet"
The local post Office has this week
received a Remington typewriter,
United States Special" from the gov
eminent. The typewriter is intend
ed primarily for the use of the office
in making out the regular weekly
money order account and has an I'M
usually long carriage, accommodating
100 characters to the line, as COM
pared with the 70 or 80 on the usual
style of machine. The typewriter
has also a full tabulating attachment.
Before the Republican rally Friday
evening, Mccullough and Stanton"
flag was swung out between Hotel
Windham and opera house blocksA
The band was playing so finely at
the time that no one seemed to notice
the flag and not a cheer of any kind
was heard. Never mind, the feeling
was there and the lack of cheering
may have been caused by the thought
that it might rattle Committeeman
Thayer and Blakley who were ar