Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-31
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

stay with his family.
l.. H. Barnett of the Casein company's
Office force has been confined to his
house the past week by Illness.
At the Congregational church next
Sunday, Rev. Elmer r. Blake of Charles
town will preach both morning and even
ing.
Barnum & Bailey's circus at Rutland
last Thursday was the attraction which
caused 81 excursion tickets to be sold at
the local Office.
Harry l.. Smith. foreman of the Rob
ertson Paper COS mill, fell over % feet
from ladder at the mill Sunday sus-
tanning broken arm.
There will he no service at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday nor until
August 10Th. MIR. Hooper is having mis-
annual vacation of four weeks.
The paper mill of Blake & Higgins will
shut down tomorrow night for two
weeks vacation and extensive repairs
on the mill and llume.
Mrs. j. T. Ridden and two little daugh-
ters. who have been spending several
weeks at Plymouth, Mass, returned to
their home on Green street Wednesday.
w. D. Damon. proprietor of the meat
market on Atkinson street has notified
his customers that after August LIST his
business will be run strictly ON cash
basis.
George r. Wales has engaged William
Thompson of Ludlow as clerk in his
store. and he will begin mis- duties to-
morrow.
The stock of liquors belonging to the
town has been sold by the selectmen to
ID. f. Beaseley who holds "A license for
selling liquors not to be drunk on the
premises.
High mass was celebrated at st
Charles's church Tuesday morning at
eight o'clock for the Pope. and the SER
vice was largely attended and deeply in
terestng.
Morton G. Wiley returns to his posi-
ton in the Office of the Boston Elevated
Railway company tomorrow, after a
weeks vacation spent with his parents
in town.
Rev. e. +. Pember of Maine preached
last Sunday at the Universalist church
and Rev. II. NJ. Goddard of West Con-
cord occupied the pulpit of the First
Congrega tional church.
Rev e. f. Margraff, a former local
pastor of the Universalist church, was in
town last week with his family. He was
on his way from the Harvard summer
school to his present pastorate at Derby
Line.
c. W. Osgood and family, accompanied
by Miss Hayes and Miss Robbins, VIII.
return tomorrow from a ten days trip
to Silver Bay, Lake George, where they
have been attending "a missionary con-
ference.
VIM. +. Stevens and his bride re.
| turned from their trips to York Beacl,
and Lake Rescue last Sunday. and he
resumed his position as stenographer for
the Vermont Farm Machine company
| Monday morning.
Wheelers band will give its regular
| weekly concert this evening in front of
the Methodist church and the Epworth
| League of that church will serve ice
| cream. cake. and lemonade to all those
| who care to partake.
/ The Duchess Du Barry" theatre
! company. which has been holding forth
| at BARRIERS park theatre two weeks
| completes it's engagement tomorrow
| night. Next week the Howard Stock
! company of Is persons will occupy the
theatre beginning Monday evening with
| the play. Wife for Wife,
Miss Carrie b. Blanchard, teacher of
art in oxford University, Cincinnati
Ohio. was in town yesterday, with Prof.
| William Bartholomew, of Newton Cen
ire Mass Miss Blanchard was on her
| way from Grafton, where she had been
| painting a few weeks with Prof Bar
tholomew.
An alarm of fire was rung in from box
! al Wednesday afternoon about O'Clock
for small fire in a sned in the rear OF
| the residence of George w. Lee on the
Old Terrace. which was eXtinguished
with a garden hose before the arrival OF
the fire department 1t was a case OF
children with matches again.
The large number of S54 tickets wer,
sold at Springfield, 16 from Charlestowr
and about 80 from SaXtons River tc
those attending the "opening of the
" Corner Drug Store " last Thursday
evening To get the large number OF
Springfield passengers over to Charles
town and back the electric road had tC
press into service seven freight cars
with seats built in them, drawn b!
motors.
Harty & Keane, grocers, have move,
their business from Mr.. Harty's resi-
dence on Green street into what Is
known as Granger block on Westminstel
street. NJ. ID. jackson has moved hi:
watch repairing bench into the rear o.
Hussey's barber shop, near the foot OF
the stairs leading into the square. G.. Il
Allbee occupies one side of the store II
Granger block for storage of his plumb
ing stock
Since the opening of the five saloons Il
North Walpole two weeks ago there ma
been. seemingly, a much less amount o.
Falls. The five saloons each side of th'
river seem to do a thriving business
without as great excuses as at first
Last week there was but one arrest fo
drunkenness in Bellows Falls, that of
man giving his name as Manuel Hatch
who was sent to the Woodstock Jail 70
20 days.
James ]. Hackett, 90, son of Jane
Hackett of this village, died July 10Th a
Keystone. Alaska. Young Hackett wa
employed in the local telegraph office
number of years until four years age
when he enlisted in the army and wen
to the Philippines. He served the thre
years for which he had enlisted and re
enlisted in the United States Sigma
Corps in which he was promoted to ser
geant. The last the family heard fror
him he was well and enjoying his duties
A. C. Gibson, a brakeman of the Bos
ton & Maine switching gang, was ar
rested Tuesday evening and had a hear
ing Wednesday before II. D. Ryder
charged with assault with intent to XII
A. II. Farr yardmaster of the road, un
der whom Gibson worked. Gibson Sat
urday evening becoming partially intoXi
} Gated, had an alteration with Farr an
Tuesday night he attempted to use
knife in settlement of the previous score
Gibson was held in $500 bail for appear
. ance at county court and not being abb
to furnish it, was taken to Woodstoc
, yesterday for safe keeping.
Henry " Durham, head chemist 70
the Casein Company of America, VIII