Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-19
WINDSOR COUNTY
BETHEL.


ings as to land damage on the White
River railroad Friday night until next
January D. Two claims were uncontest-
ed. In about twenty claims the testi-
mony of the claimants was heard and
few claims were not reached. On Friday
morning the commissioners and attorneys
took a ride over the road to Inspect tho
damage.-The seloctmen are constructing
a sewer through the main street AMI a
portion of River street of Bethel village
to empty into White river at the River
street bridge.-Tne Woodbury. Granite Co.
are employing a present about 10 hands
at their shed and about 20 on their quarry
in addition to teamsters engaged in draw
ing from quarry to shed. The elevation
from the track of the Central Vermont
railroad to quarries has been found to be
about $50 feet instead OF nearly 800 as WAS
first rcported-Thc ladies of the Catholic
Church held a sale and supper Tues
day evening from five to eight o'clock,
which was followed by a dance. on
Wednesday evening they gave
dance. during which a lunch was
sorved.-'rhe gentlemen of the Universalist
Church gave n very pleasant chicken pie
supper at the church parlors last Wed
| nesday evening. clearing about s25-The
Rev. G. b. Johnson of Burlington will
oticate at Christ Church next Sunday
morning Mt the usual hour. with celebra-
| ton of the holy communion.-T was
a meeting of the Bethel board of trade
| Wednesday evening as to the matter of
| the Richmond Underwear Co. locating at
Bethel. But no definite action was taken.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Il. Graham died Sunday morning from
sudden attack Of bronchitis, the child
being the seventh child and the only son
Of the famly.-Edith Soper, the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Soper.
died last Wednesday from a sudden at
!
! William Batchelder OF White River June
ton and the Hon. J. c. Enright of Wind
sor were in town Saturday on business.
Charles Clapp of Lowell, Mass, is in
| town purchasing cows.-Clayton Sawyer
/ is at work 1T Aston Nef's.--The Misses
Brooks finished their schools in Sharon
village and are at home.-Mrs. Frank
merchant here. but lately Of Montana.
visited his brother Ernest f. Moody
| while on his way to Waterbury, The
| senior exhibition of the s r. n. is
| to be held next Friday oVening.-Mrs. Lot
tie LathrOp has returned to her home in
| Now Hampshire. -Messrs Lincoln and
| Horton Of DGhton. Mass. are III town
buying cows to car to Massachusetts, -
| c. =. Abbott has purchased of ]. II. Wal
do his interest in the mill property and
his house in Broohlyn.-Miss stella Slack
| of Manchester. \. RI, who has been n
! guest OI IltT SiNltT, hTs. ttIlIu'Is LOWS,
returned to her home on Monday.-Mrs.
! Emily McIntosh has returned from Pro-
violence. r. !, She was accompanied by
! her nephew who is to remain till after
| THANKSGIVING Miss Fannie Slack, a
nurse in DR. Clark's retreat in BurlinR-
ton, who has recently been visitor at
Charles Vests, has returned.-The Rev.
| sherman Goodwin began his pastorats
| ut the Congregational Church on Sunday
last.--Miss Maude Abbott has closed her
school In the Howard district-W. Fl. p,
| Luckett, who has been station agent here
| for nearly three years. has heen assigned
to the Burlington office is station agent
and goes there soon. Charles Il. Southgate
| of RoyaltOn is to have charge OF this of
fice.-1'he repairs on the Bixby-Adams
block are being pushed and the back walls
will soon be up.--M. S. Adams has pur-
J chased the Thomas Prindle place of John
S. White.-Mrs Lucy Doubleday and
daughter, Sarah, have gone TO Englewood,
n. j., for the winter.-Mrs. Lucy Spauld-
ing has moved from the r. r. Galusha
house to that of Mrs. Lucna Dexter. who
has gone to Providence. r. Miss Anna
| Houston has returned from the Mary
Hitchcock hospital-George Bingham has
been i'll with infiuenza.-Miss May Tay-
lor. who has been spending several weeks
with her sister, Mrs Warren Sanborn,
has returned to Pennsylvania-Cha
y. Whitney of Fitchburg, Mass, has been
Mt Mrs. g. =. Whitney's Iately.-Willlam
H. Martin has returned from stowe and