Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-25


Clark, on Gage street Tuesday morn
ing. The funeral was held yesterday
morning, with burial at Cambridge
port.
Patrick McDermott and Miss Kath-
crime Mahoney, both of this place, were
married in st. Charles's church Tues
day morning by Rev. Father Reynolds.
They will make their home in North
Walpole.
Mrs. Lizzie M. Ross died Friday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. G.
Hemenway on Kings field The fu-
neral was from her late home Sunday
afternoon. with interment in the fam
lily lot in Walpole.
The following officers of the
Olympian Tennis club were elected
at their annual meeting Tuesday even
ing: President, John p. Lawrence;
vice president, Miss Addie Landon;
secretary and treasurer, N. H. Ray.
A lecture will be given Monday even
ing by Mrs. Fessenden of Boston, presi
dent of the Massachusetts W. c. T. U.
on Universal Suffrage" The place
will probably be announced from the
various pulpits of the village Sunday.
The regular seml-annual business
meeting of the Board of Trade will be
held Thursday evening, May l, at
o'clock in Banquet hall. There will be
election of new members, and proposed
amendments of the constitution will
be considered.
Miss Frances Ellsworth, well known
to many Bellows Falls people as
Aunt Fanny" who was a member of
Rev. j. Il. Fullerton's family during
their residence here, died Saturday
| in Quincy, Mass, where she has made
| her home four or five years.
Charles Wyman, for years a car
| penter working at his trade in Bel
| lows Falls and vicinity, died at his
home on Gage street Thursday morn
ing after long illness, from consump-
ton. The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon with burial in Oak Hill GENE
| terry.
| Miss Emma Bacon, sister of II. c..
and George Bacon of this place and
for many years previous to 1891 a
teacher in our public schools. died at
the home of her sister, Mrs. j. o.
Bergh, in Saltwater, Mimi. April 16.
The body was brought east and buried
| Sunday in the family lot in Oak Hill
cemetery.
| The village hall in North Walpole,
named the William A. Russell hall, in
honor of the man who has done so
much towards the growth of North
| Walpole and whose son was one of
the principal contributors toward the
erection of the hail. is approaching
completion and will be dedicated with
suitable services Thursday evening of
next week.
The Young American base ball club
will open it's season tomorrow by play
ing a team from Springfield High
school at Russell park. A close game
| is expected. The batteries will very
probably be McAuliffe and Cray for
Young Americans and O'Connell and
Adams for Springfield. Games are be-
ing arranged with Brattleboro High
school. both at Brattleboro and Bel
lows Falls.
Rev. L. o. Sherburne, the new pas
tor of the Methodist church, has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George I'm
derwood since the first of the week.
His wife and daughters came yester-
day and are already partially settled
in the parsonage on Atkinson street
reception will be rendered to Mr.
and Mrs. Shelburne this evening in the
parlors of the Methodist church, to
which all are cordially invited.
The scarcity of good boarding houses
in Bellows Falls, which has been
spoken of in these columns before, is
to be increased May l by the closing
up of two more. those of Mrs. Rand
vile on School street and of Mrs
Clifford on Green street When decent
board and room are so scarce and sc
high that factories find it difficult to
obtain sufficient help and to keep it
on that account. the conditions are
pretty bad.
Miss Carrie G. Aldrich, for several
years an employee Of the Casein com
pany and John F. Wright of Saxtons
River were quietly married at the
home of the groom about mile south
of Saxtons River village Wednesday
evening, Rev. G. F. Chaplin performing
the ceremony. After a short time
spent in Boston and vicinity, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wright will make their home fol
the present with the groom's father
near Saxtons River.
Rev. C. r. B. Dodge, who has beer
obliged to give up his long pastorate
in the Baptist church here, will not be
able to give his farewell word to hi:
| III peIoOl, DuI HIS ultS
sage will be read to the congregation
Sunday morning by his able co-worker
Deacon John o. Spring. AS the time
draws near for Mr.. Dodge's resignation
to take effect, the sorrow at the neces
sity for this step increases among hi!
friends here. for it will be great Loss
to the village in almost every depart
, ment of it's life.
At a meeting of stockholders of the
Bellows Falls Trust company held IL
the Office of E. l.. Walker Monday, i
was voted to increase the capita
stock from $4,000 all paid up, to S100
900 half paid up. The following direc
, tors were elected to hold Office unit
, the annual meeting in January: c.
, Howard, o. M. George, ]. c. Day, j. w
Flint, E. l.. Walker, w. G. Belknap
! and F. w. Pierce. 1t is understood thu
directors will hold a meeting within
short time to elect officers. At Mon
days meeting, various questions abou
the management were discussed, ant
: a set of bylaws approved.
Henry B. Fitzsimmons, a resident o
Bellows Falls for over twenty years
, died at his home on Cherry stree
Tuesday afternoon after an illness o
over two months. Mr.. Fitzsimmon
= was a respected citizen of Below
Falls, having come here when younI
: boy from his former home in Brooklyn
: N. Y. He was an employee of Franz
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