Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-22


ton this evening at 73O at lmmanuel
church.
Geo Wiley, living on the Upper mead
ows. father of Walter p. and James o.
Wiley is critically i'll.
Rev. John E. LeBosquet of New Bos-
ton, y. H., preached at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday.
The Epworth league Of the Methodist
church celebrated the 14th Anniversary
of the founding of the general order last
Sunday evening
The Rockingham grand jurors for the
United States court. f. G. Flint and E. L.
Walker, are attending to thgir duties in
Windsor this week.
w. B. Glynn of Saytons River has
bought and put into commission an auto
mobile to be used in travelling about New
England on his business.
Plans are already being made by the
local commando of knights Templar for
the annual field day to be held with Sui
livan Commandery at Claremont Octo-
Der T.
The local organization of Knights of
Pythias Will next Sunday attend divine
service at the Universalist church, lis
tening to a Memorial sermon by Rev. w.
w. Hooper.
Attending the odd Fellows annual grand
lodge at Enosburgh Falls this week from
Bellows Falls are C. Z. Dowlin and E. E.
Nellie Brown represent the Rebekahs.
On Memorial day Kmball Union Acade-
my base ball team will play Vermont
Academy team at Barber park, and YER
mont Academy team will play the heene
High school team at the same place to-
morrow.
williams Terrace" is the new name
for the locality heretofore known as "Wil-
liams Orchard" which is being opened
up and lots sold for building purposes.
Burt place is being extended up through
the ravne opposite its former western
end, to New Terrace.
Rev. C. w. Jackson left last evening
for Buffalo. n. Y, where he will attend
the general conventions of the Baptist
church in session there. He expects to
reach Bellows Falls again Monday even
ing. Deacon c. W. Osgood will speak at
mis- church Sunday morning.
A series of historical sketches of the
town of Rockingham and the village OF
Bellows Falls written by l.. S. Hayes,
are to begin next week in the Bellows
Falls Times and will continue for six
months or a year. Rockingham has never
had a published town history.
Alfred L. Young has bought of ]. A.
Thwing a building lot near Mr.. Thwing's
residence on SaXtons River road, on which
he will erect a residence at once. Cot
tages are already being built opposite
Glynn's blacksmith shop at Gageville by
Frank MACEDONIAN and a Mrs. Burton.
President E. G. Osgood of the Vermont
Christian Endeavor union announces the
state convention TO be held in Barre this
year early in October. Miss Graves of st.
Johnsbury, the state secretary, has been
chosen to represent the state union at
the national convention to be held in
Denver July to IS.
The pulpit of the Congregational church
is to be filled next Sunday by Rev.
James E. Tracey, D. D., of Periakuam,
India. Ii is expected that his wife will
accompany him and considerable interest
is manifested in her visit as she is the
missionary that this church has paid the
expenses of in India some years as a def
mite work.
in a series of lectures at South Ac-
worth, c. w. Osgood is to speak June
upon the topic, Looking and Learning.
f. p. Gay, of the firm of johnson &
Gay, proprietors of the Clark farm on
Rockingham road, died early Sunday
morning, after an Illness of about two
weeks. The funeral was Wednesday af-
ternoon, and the burial in Emmanuel
church cemetery.
The Commercial House. which has been
closed for nearly a month and put in
thorough repair by its owner, H. S. Frost
has been leased by Simon d. Mcleod
who has for some years run the restau-
rant on the stairs leading to the square
Mr.. Mcleod has applied for a first-class
license TO sell liquor, and the commits
sioners will give a hearing upon his appli-
cation June 5, in Banquet hall.
At meeting of the vestry of I'm
manuel church Tuesday afternoon Johr
w. Flint was elected junior warden, w
c. Belknap secretary, w. F. Perley treas.
urer H. c. Elliott, choir master. Jas II
Williams, jr., head usher. The delegates
TO the annual diocesan convention to bC
held next month are Jas. H. Williams
Joshua II, Webb John II. Williams H. p
Bancroft, and four alternates.
Neither the Windham nor the Rock
ingham hotels have as yet taken theil
licenses and begun selling liquors, al
though they have been signed by tn,
commissioners for several weeks. d. f.
Beasely will open his saloon. next week
The restaurant in the depot is the onl,
place as yet doing business under a Ii
cense and they have only a license 70
malt liquors and light wines.
The agitation among the carpenters o
Bellows Falls and vicinity for a nine
hour day with ten hours pay has no
as yet reached a settlement. The dat
set in the petition of the men to thei
employers was for last Monday. but a
yet all employers except Stuart & VIII
son are requiring ten hours work Tn
only men who left their work Monda,
were few in the employ of Contracto
A. M. Buchanan, but they returned t
work in the afternoon. 1t is proba bl
the employers will most of them, If no