Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-06-23

other boys rushed to the place where he
had left his clothes, and were very
much surprised to see his body, through
the clear water, lying on the bottom of
the river After a short time, Maurice
F. Gynn, the blacksmith, was able to
recover the body from the water All
efforts to bring him back to life were
unavailing and the body was brought to
his home here during the evening. The
funeral was held Wednesday morning at
o'clock from St. Charles's church.
William had just passed to the sixth
grade in No. 2 school building, and
among the floral tributes was a cross
from his classmates.
Mrs Clinton Hatch and daughter,
Dorothy. former residents here, now of
Exeter, N. H., came to Bellows Falls
Friday and are spending some time
with friends.
Mrs Dana Villas and daughter of
Chicago reached Bellows Falls Satur-
day and are visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles w. Butterheld on
School street.
Mrs. Jane E. Allbee of II Atkin-
son street celebrated her saith birthday
anniversary last week by making her
annual visit to her old home in Rock
ingham, where Charles E. Weeden
lives.
Henry Lyman, many years ago a we'll
known baggage master over the Fitch
burg road between here and Boston, and
his wife are visiting several weeks with
the family of Clark Chase on Atkinson
street Mr.. Lyman is in i'll health and
has not visited Bellows Falls before in
many years.
Miss Frances r. Osgood went Satur-
day afternoon to Boston This week
she will accompany the families of
ri Gu and WillOnphhN
Wilder of Newton Centre to their sum-
mer home on the Maine seashore, where
she will be their guest several weeks.
Mrs. Minnie Rossman, daughter of AL
bert Derby of School street, died in a
Boston hospital Friday, following an
operation. The body arrived in Bel
lows Falls Saturday afternoon and the
funeral was held from the Derby resi-
dence on School street Sunday at 4
o'clock, Rev. A. C. Wilson of Emmanuel
church officiating. The funeral was
private, and the burial took place in the
family lot in Oak Hill cemetery
f. P. Mcnamara, who has for the
last three years been principal of the
Mount Kilburn school in North Wal
pole, has resigned his position, and at
the beginning of the next school year
will take the position of principal in one
of the leading schools of Norwich,
Conn Mr.. Mcnamara has done excel
tent NOIh III llle SCUOOlS VI MUM w al
pole He leaves this locality with the
highest regard and hearty good wishes
of a large number of personal friends.
John Bowe, who several weeks ago
was severely injured in the arm
by some assailant went yesterday
to he hospital in Brattleboro for
treatment 1t has been thought he
Martin Key, who was held in $1,000 bonds
for his appearance in September, charged
with assaultng Bowe, was released
Tuesday under the bail, which was fur
nished by William Duffy, the Polish
baker of North Walpole Mr.. Duffy
was accompanied to Brattleboro by
Keys attorney, c. II. Williams, where
Duffy qualified before the assistant
judge.
The Rutland Railroad company is now
putting in very substantially built &C.
ment cuvert at a place between Rock
ingham and Brockway's Mills where a
serious washout occurred about year
ago and two engines and a number of
cars were engulfed. The track has re-
manned on a trestle ever since the acct
dent and all trains have been required
TO run slowly past that point, and a
Waterman has been kept there. The
culvert will be five feet high and foul
feet wide, being sufficient in size to take
care of the water which comes from
the side hill above.
When the Boston train backed up tC
take on baggage Monday afternoon "a
o'clock, the brakeman failed to put or
the brakes on the rear of the train Tn,
train continued back across the RUTLAND
railroad bridge, below which was tn,
freight train just arriving from Rutland
The engineer of the freight tried to bacl
up before the coach should strike, Blu
did not act quick enough, and the en-,
of the coach came against the front o
rl,N frfvv tlAA
of the coach a scare. No one was hurt
and the coach was sent to Keene for re
pairs on the rear platform.
Arrangements are going forward rap
idly by the officers of the Old Rock
ingham Meeting House association 70
the fifth annual pilgrimage to the oil
church, which will be made late /
July Professor Hooper of Brooklyn
the president of the association and d
A. p. Pratt of Bellows Falls the secre
tary In the program for this year wi
be addresses by Gov. John A. Mead {
Rutland and DR.. o. j. Lyman, prime
of preachers" of Brooklyn. 1t is ceI
tain that the interest centerng in tn
years Sunday to be spent at the OF
historical building will be even create
than that shown in each of the precet
ging four annual meetings there
Guy W. Powers of Athens, who grad
uated from Bellows Falls high school
1906, will graduate this month from II
University of Vermont in Burlington
He has been given the honor of III
campus grafton at the commencement
exercises next Monday. This is an hon
or of which Mr.. Powers and his fami
as well as the Bellows Falls hig
school, may feel justly proud. Durir
his whole school course here ar
throughout his whole course at Burlinl
ton he has shown marked oratoric
ability, and his work in college fr,
quently has been commented upon fl
Vorably by the Burlington newspaper
and it is spoken of with enthusiasm
his many friends in the college ar
elsewhere.
Miss Flora A Lowell of Springfield
Mass, has been at the home of H.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Lowell
Rockingham road this month, arrani
ing for her marriage which is to tai
place in her home Wednesday. Ii
bridegroom, Otto f. Hoelzel, is forema
for the Gilbert & Barker Manufactu
ing company in Springfield. They W
live in that city. Mr. Hoeze is W,
known in Bellows Falls, having be,
employed some months in the shops
the Vermont Farm Machine compaI
in the summer of 1908. The young pc
pie will receive the congratulations of
large number of local friends as W,
as those at Springfield, where Mi
Lowell has been employed some yea
as head millner for Mile. Jarvis
The Boston & Maine train from L
south due at 307 Monday afternoon RI
off the rails at the curve below the Sa