Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-30

on George street. will go today to the
Massachusetts, General hospital In Bos-
for an operation of serious nature.
The public schools will open Tuesday
for the winter term having had a two
weeks vacation. The vacation has been
week shorter than usual, that will en-
able the spring term to close a week ear
lier than in late years.
The electric road was caused much de-
lay and annoyance by the storm of snow,
rain, sleet and ice Monday night and
Tuesday, making but infrequent trips. The
warmer weather Tuesday night restored
the regularity of traffic.
large number of families in town
took their Christmas dinners at Hotel
Windham and at SaXtons River hotel Mon
day The last named furnished 80 din
ners to those not regular boarders Both
hotels are popular with the people, local
and travelling.
N G. williams, who was last week ap-
pointed by Gov. Bell one of the committee
authorized by the last legislature to in
vestgate the state hospital for the insane,
and possibly the penal institutions of the
state, was in Montpelier Tuesday In con-
nection with the duties of that commit
tee
The neighboring village of Walpole,
four miles from here, is just completing
a first class water system and drainage,
while the neighboring village of Charles
town has neither. Charlestown has just
lost it's only first-class hotel by fire.
which could easily have been saved had
there been any fire fighting facilities
projected improvement in the appear
ance of the square is that of the telephone
company which will ask the next village
meeting for authority to place its wires
under ground. The appearance of the bus
mess part of the village is much marred
by the net work of wires and cables over
head, and although the disturbance to the
paving and streets will be very large, It
is an improvement which must soon come
any way in the rapid increase of the tel
| ephone business.
Just what the status of the old toll
bridge will be, in its legal aspect, is un-
certain at the present time. A petition
was recently made to the selectmen of
| Walpole asking that n highway be laid
out across the bride, and that the adjon-
ing towns of Langdon. NARROW and Ac-
| worth be assessed to pay a portion of the
expense of maintenance as they used the
| bridge a great deal. The Cheshire county
commissioners held a meeting last week
| In North Walpole, before whom the pc
! titioners and each Of the towns appeared
| by counsel After a full hearing the COM
missioners decided to dismiss the petition
and they required the petitioners to pay
| all costs of the hearing. In the absence
of highway being laid the bridge would
naturally be termed a private way, and
| the legal rights of passers over it would
| be uncertain.
| The work upon the new steel bridge
over the Connecticut river has been push
ed rapidly the past two weeks. and the
| steel arch across the whole width of the
| river is in place. The first connection be-
tween the sides was made Just before six
o'clock Saturday night in the centre OF
the bridge. Some anxiety has been felt
that a thaw might occur and should the
ice break up in the river before the arch
was completed and the false structure be
| carried away. the loss would be heavy and
delay the completion of the bridge many
months The danger is passed now, as
should the false structure be carried away
| the arch would sustain itself and IT would
not have to be replaced. The ice being
firm gives the workmen who live on tho
other side of the river an opportunity to
go to and from their work without going
around by the toll bridge, as was neces-
STATED by the closing of the railroad
bridge to foot passengers