Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-03


that he told hetruth. There was no evil
dence TO connect him at all with the
naked man wholwas seen the week before
by two parties In Langdon and Alstead,
and who was thought by some to be the
missing photographer, Earl Waldron.
The mystery of the disappearance of the
latter in the middle of May is still as
great as ever.
The annual picnic OF the Sunday school
of Emmanuel chtrch was held at Barber
park Tuesday. ami was largely attended.
Mrs Alanson s Underhill had the mis-
fortune to break one of her arms We'd
nesday by a fall at her home on Atlxin-
son street.
The first Republican rally of the cam
paign occurs neIt Monday evening at
the opera house With Hon. Frank Plumley
and George II. Piouty as speakers.
The Bellows Falls Canal company have
been making extensive repairs upon their
dam recently. Al diver and his assistant
have been engaged near the New Hamp-
shire end of the liam stopping a number
of leaks.
Warren F. Balbu OF Hanover N. H.
former well Known business man of
Bellows Falls, who has been spending
the last two or three weeks at Hotel
Windham. returned 10 his home at Han
over, Monday.
August II, two weeks from today. the
| three Oranges Of the town, those OF
Bellows Falls. Stations River and Rock
| ingham. win unit in an annual Grange
picnic at Barber park. and It is expected
1t will be one of The largest days of the
park season.
Mrs. Edward kirkland and children re-
turned wednesday evening from
months stay at Salisbury Beach, Mass,
where they had Occupied a cottage with
the family Of Ms. Kirkland's father,
Prof T. n. Chase and with Mrs. A. NJ.
Hallenbeck and gTpndson.
The first and sectnd advertising cars of
the combined Waller L. Main and Cum
mins's Wild West shows have been here
during the past we,k upon different days
and a liberal corps of workmen have
posted the town fol the show which is to
be given in North Walpole Tuesday.
Aug. II.
The Van Camp Packing company of
which The Phoenix said two weeks ago
that they might be- induced to locate a
| condensed milk factory here, have exam
ined Bellows Falls. as well as dozen
other Vermont towts, and at the present
time II is thought that st. Adams stands
| the best chance of securing the plant.
Col. Winston Churchill the noted nov
| elist, and the populhc candidate for gov
| ernor OF New HAMPSHIRE. is to speak at
Walpole next Monday evening at the
town hall on the political questions of the
| day. large number from Bellows Falls
| are intending TO take advantage OF the
| opportunity of hearing Mr.. Churchill, and
| II Is expected some arrangements will be
| made for public teams to carry the peo-
| pie down.
| Bellows Falls seems this year to be par
| ticularly favored" by severe thunder
storms. and last Saturday afternoon the
1 aNWaNNa gNu~ Ia al. l.. -.
village-at the barn of Elijah w. Brown
on Atkinson street, and an electric light
| pole on Pine street During a storm three
weeks ago lightning struck in FIVE diff
| ferent places. an experience never equaled
here before.
The Viola Wilson stock company. which
| had been advertised for a stand this week
at Barber park, went TO pieces last week
in Rutland and failed to put in an APP
pearance here. The park management
advertise the May Hillman stock COM
pany. which win commence their en-
gagement Monday night The company
was here last year and was popular witt
those who patronized them.
Charles f. Whitman. a local dealer ir
kerosene and gasoline. whose business Ii
opposed to that OF the Standard Oil com
pany has this week been subpoenaed tC
appear before the court at jamestown. N
Y, where the cases of the United State.
against the Standard Oil company anC
the different railroads is being tried. Sta
ton Agent Switzer was there and tes
tilted two weeks ago.
The ranks of our new local militia com
pany, Company f. will be full tomorrow
morning when they start at $50 upoI
their trip to Mt. Gretna, Pa, for a ter
days encampment. The company in
cludes in its ranks some Of the fines
young men of Bellows Falls. It's of
ficers are bright young men of higl
standing and II is safe 10 say no compan!
from this state win average higher in al
that goes to make up true manhood.
An arrangement very satisfactory L
the employees of the international Pape
company was the result Of last week
conference in New York. The employs
have been granted their request for
three tour day instead Of two as hereto
fore, and the day of the common laborer
is TO be reduced from ten hours TO min
with the same pay. The latter chang
will take place the first Monday in Sep
TENDER, but the time OF changing the tou
at Bellows Falls is uncertain yet. tn
company agreeing to begin the new ar
rangement September l at some one o
their is different plants, and continu
making the change at one or more eac
month until all are upon the new SEIZED
ule. When Bellows Falls is TO be change
has not been announced.
A telegram received here Tuesday CAV
information OF the death in Brooklyn, n
Y, of 2. d. Crosier, who until recent
was a business man of Bellows Falls
first owning the bakery on Canal stree
and later the livery stable on Bridg
street Mr.. Crosier had been I'm all healt
for the past two or three years, but hi
death was somewhat a surprise to hi
many friends here. His brother, Guy I
, Crosier and his wife went TO Broobly
last Friday, summoned there by his Sc
, rious Illness and were with him at tn
end. Mr.. Crosier went TO New York las
winter and engaged in the bakery bust
ness in connection with brother-in-lav
, each managing a separate bakery in dit
ferent parts Of the city. The body reach
ed here yesterday afternoon and the fu
neral will occur this afternoon from tn
home of his wife's mother, Mrs. Ishan
on Rockingham street.
, A hearing was had last Saturday b
} the license commissioners upon the az
plication of Henry H. Davis for a drug
gists license. At its conclusion the II
cense was granted and II is possible no
/ to get a physicians prescription legal
Y filled in Bellows Falls. During the hear
! ing some feeling was shown by a numb'
of persons who had favored the grantin
of a second class, or bottle, license Il
Bellows Falls, and some uncalled Il
things were said in relation to the con
3 missioners not having granted such !
| oil a.. WI.a