Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-25
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

ously Ill since last Friday afternoon
b" Mrs. o. e. Hall and son Of Claremont
have been calling upon friends here this
week.
An open air band concert was held last
evening at the corner of Henry and South
streets.
Last Saturday the Bellows Falls Locals
defeated the Chester nine in an interest,"
ing game, to 2.
The infant child OF Mr.. and Mrs. M. ].
Butler died Sunday after a brief illness,
and the body was taken Wednesday to
Bradford for interment.
Tuesday, September 5, is the date of
the annual reunion of the Windham
County Veterans association, to be held
this year at Barber park.
Last week the millinery Stock of Mrs
c. H. Shepardson was damaged some
what by IRE that was caused by the
overturntng of an oil stove.
A special train Sunday carried nearly
100 local members and friends of the
Ancient Order of Hibernlans to Keene to
take part in the dedication of a mon
ument in st. Joseph's cemetery there.
A 40-hours' devotion at st. Charles's
church has occurred this week, the SER
vice commencing Monday morning.
Father Reynolds was assisted by five
other priests and the attendance was
large.
c. Osgood Jones, who has for nearly a
year had charge of the Young Mems as
ISOLATION work here, has accepted a po-
sition in the physical department of the
Portsmouth, Va, Y. NJ. c. A. He will
take charge Sept. l.
A meeting is to be held here in the
near future by the toll bridge commits
sioners of Vermont and New Hampshire,
this being one of various places they are
to visit preparatory to making reports
to the legislatures of the two states in
reference to the proposed freeing of the
Connecticut river bridges, and paying for
those already freed.
Monday afternoon fire was started in
the grove back of the residence of F. l..
Thompson and gained so much Roadway
in the dry brush that a telephone message
was sent to the fire department and the
steamer was sent, down. The firemen
took water from the Saxtons river at the
lower end of the basin and made quick
work in extinguishing it.
The former Bellows Falls firm of Coy
Babcock company, wax paper manufac-
turers who have been the past few years
in Bennington, have made an important
real estate deal there the past week, dis
posing of the property which they bought
for about $4,000 for a much higher figure
They will continue the business in Ben
nington in another location.
The Eloise Ellison company, billed for
a siX-day stand at Barber park this
week, went to pieces Wednesday owing
to serious "scrapping" between them
selves, and the rustic theatre has been
lonesome since, the cars of the electric
road being labelled mo performance at
the park tonight" The Ben Mack COM
pany, here last week, will return for next
week.
Additional facilities were given Bellows
lows Falls last week by the placing of a
new line Of mail cars between Boston and
Rutland on the day express train each
way. For Boston and way stations this
mail closes at o'clock p. m. and for the
north at 2.45. Four fully equipped rail-
way post offices pass through Bellows
Falls now on the route up and down the
Connecticut river, also the same number
on the route from Boston to Rutland in
each "a hours.
The village meeting Saturday evening
to see If the voters would rescind their
previous action to cut down the grade of
School street, at the head of the stairs,
35 inches was in session but a few min
utes and voted not to change the former
decision, so to So. The street commits
sioner will now do the work, making an
important change at that point. The re-
suit as far as being an improvement is
in doubt, depending upon the way in
which it is done. The meeting voted
$1,000 to do the work.
The services of the Congregational
church next Sunday will be held in Union
hall again and Prof. Towne (colored) of
Atlanta university will be the speaker
He will have with him a quartet of the
university students who will have charge
of the music The following Sunday, the
first of September, Rev. ]. T. Stocking
will be back from his vacation which is
now being spent in the Adrondacks, and
building will be completed so the service
will be held there again.
P. H. Gobie e. Co., printers, have been
making some important additions and i'm
provements during the past month in
their office. A large sized cylinder job
press, manufactured by the Miehle Manu-
featuring Co., has been installed, and
new and additional room secured in the
adjoining block. Two new machines for
perforating and binding are being put
in place. The electric power is being
changed so as to be distinct from that
used by the Bellows Falls Times, and al
together the Office is indicating marked
prosperity Mr.. Gobie is having all the
patronage he can attend to, and is making
a decided success.
Mrs. Charles H. Sawyer, of Newton
Centre, Mass, we'll known here to many
friends because of long residence in town,
died at her summer home near Ellsworth,
Maine, Wednesday night as result of an
operation to remove an abscess. The fu-
neral is to be held in Newton Centre to-
morrow. She was a sister of the late
Hon. William A. Russell, and her family
came to Bellows Falls soon after Mr..
Russell came, about 1873, living here until
six or seven years ago, when they moved
to Newton Centre to be with their only
daughter, Mrs. s. w. Wilder. jr Mrs.
Sawyer had been seriously i'll but a few
days, but the news came as a shock yes
terday to her friends here.
The sudden and unexpected death Sun
day Of Mrs Edmund c. Bolles at the
residence of Mr.. Bolles's father, F. A.
Bolles, caused sadness to many friends
Although not In robust health, the sud-
den passing away was entirely unexpect-
ed, Mr.. Bolles being absent upon an ex-
tended fishing trip. Mrs. Bolles and her
son had recently spent two weeks at
Plymouth, Mass, with Mr.. and Mrs. f.
A. Bodies. She was about the house dur
ing the day Sunday, as well as usual, and
suddenly fell to the floor and died within
a few moments. Mr.. Bolles is connected
with his father in business. Previously
they had lived at White River Junction,
where Mr.. Bolles had been the manager
OF the telephone company's business.
An intoxicated man named John Harry,
VINO lives in Walpole, made an error in
trains at the railroad station Wednes-
day and in endeavoring to make his mis-
take right lost foot. He boarded
the mail train for Rutland at noon think
ing 1t to be the train for Charlestown,
and diScORerirR pniataLa tha