Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-10
CONTRACT FOR "clTY HALL"
E. /. Kilburn Will Build 1t for $1s,o5o.

E. |. KiIburn Will Build It for $4,000.
e. |. Kilburn has the contract for
building at $1S,050 the city hall be-
tween Canal and Rockingham streets,
the price to be decreased $500 by the
value of the old building which has
stood there 80 years. which Mr. Kill
burn is now tearing down The police
will have headquarters in the room
formerly occupied by the liquor agency
in the town hall, the hose company in
the engine house on Bridge street, and
the hook and ladder company in a
temporary shed on Atkinson street
while the work is in progress. The
contract calls for completion of the
work February l.
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Mrs. John Putnam, 81, died Wednes-
day evening. She was sister of the
late c.. B. Eddy.
Miss Abbie T. Leonard went We'd
nesday to Plymouth for short stay
with friends there.
Conductor N. ]. Woodfall returned
Wednesday morning from trip
through Nova Scotia.
James H. Williams, jr.. Arthur Will
liams, and Rowe Wales spent the
Fourth at Lowell lake.
D. W. C. Cram, II, died from apop-
lexy last week at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. D. L. Snow.
Rev. D. L. Sanford spent portion
of last week at Lowell Lake, making
the trip both ways on his bicycle
All plans are completed for great
time next Tuesday when Walter l..
Mains show will visit North Walpole.
Richard the seven-year-od son of
Mrs. E. S. Leonard, broke his right
arm Tuesday, by falling from ham
mock.
Mrs. E. E. Ferguson and daughter,
Louise, went yesterday to Chester,
where they are to board for few
weeks.
Miss Webb has closed her boarding
house at the corner of Henry and At
kinson streets but will continue to
rent rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Swain went to
Sunapee yesterday for a weeks stay.
Mrs. Goddard has been there for lit
tie time, entertaining guests.
The Y P. C. U. of the Universalist
church will hold an ice cream social
on F. H. Rabbits lawn this evening,
and the band will give their regular
outdoor concert there.
moy, both widely known and popular
residents, were married at st.
Charless church yesterday morning.
The congratulations of many friends
are extended.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Crippen, Mrs.
E. G. Osgood and daughter, Elizabeth,
and Miss Alice Dascomb have been in
Boston this week and will go tomor-
row to the Seashore at AnniSquam for
a few weeks stay.
Rev. j. B. Howard and family, and
Mrs. Julia Barton and family. who have
been living for some months on the
Seymour Davis place on the West
minister road, moved this week into
the village, their new home being On
West street.
Charles Vincent, a carpenter, sus
tanned a large wound in the abdome en-
which bled profusely by the explosion
of a cannon fire cracker or by wad
from a blank cartridge in a pistol
early Saturday morning. He is now
considered out of danger.
Dana Villas and his sister, Mrs
Emily Parker of Chicago, reached Bel
lows Falls Tuesday afternoon and will
spend few weeks with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Villas on Schoo
by her son, and Mr.. Villas by his two
sons.
DIR. C. T. Clarke and family cele
brated the Fourth by an extensive car
riage drive to Andover, Weston, Lowell
lake, and Chester. His daughter
Marion Clarke. who is attending schoo
at st. Mary's Academy in Burlington
is spending her summer vacation will
her parents.
The following parties celebrated the
Fourth last week by visit to Mr.. ant
Mrs. M. W. Downing at their new sum
mer home In Athens. Mr.. and Mrs
G. w. Osgood, N G Williams ant
daughters, Elizabeth and Genevieve
Miss Alice Dascomb, and Mr. and Mrs
e. G. Osgood and daughter, Elizabeth
Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer j. Davis, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Elliott Mr. and Mrs
Lewis Robertson, A. H. Chandler, L. S
Hayes, William d. Hayes, Miss Abel
B Carpenter, Will Stevens, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Chas. Gates, Mrs. N. P. Gates
and Daniel Edwards spent the Fourth
and Sunday at various cottages a
Lake Rescue.
The range of the Bellows Falls gu1
club at Barber's park was in active
operation Saturday for large part o
the day. The winners scoring thu
largest numbers were G. H. Gibson
121 out of las, and NJ. H. Ray, 119 GU
of las. In the class below TO- the TIVE
making the highest scores were G. H
Lawton and H. A Summers.
Rev. j. l.. Stocking of New Haven
Conn. will preach morning and even
ing Sunday at the Congregations
church. Mr.. Stocking has been re
quested to spend the Sunday in Bel
lows Falls this week as a candidate
for the pulpit of that church, which
was left vacant March l, by the re
moval of Rev. j. H. Reid to Walden
N. Y.
The management of BARRIERS parl
furnished some very popular attrac
lions at the Park on the Fourth, in
Guiding base ball games both morning
and afternoon, three performances o.
the Jessie Beall company, athletic
events during the afternoon, and wind
ing up with a display of fireworks IL