Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-02-21
Vermont News.

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2lst ult, for New York. where they :,
TO be crushed and the gold taken out
DAMAGES REcovERED Ransom f..
ham has recovered $lj6, and costs. IN 4
Orange County Court, of John CLARKE
an action for SANDER, the defendant bavi,.
charged him with being a thief, and sl.,p
ing oil from the store Of r. M. Bin
Topsham.
The late Henry J. Winter of Chefs,
Mass. b,quealhed to the town Of St. Al
bans $1,000, to establish a library, proyiSi
the town raises an equal sum for ,be san.
purpose.
The house and barn Of G. G. FrencI
Hardwick, was consumed by fire on i.
night Of Feb. Il, together with most ofh
furniture. Mr.. French was badly burDs
in endeavoring to save his property.
Island Pond which has 1872 voters, h,
sent AZ volunteers TO the war.
A patent was issued January 2la
John Billiard of Stockbridge, for improve
ment in apparatus for distilline coal o.
A New WAY OF CATCHING FIsA-
The terrible gale Of Jan. 25th, Mr. Al
Oatnnn says, put stop to all fish hoa
and lines--the storm being so severe Ia
it blew the snow in great quantities ns
the river, thus causing it mostly to "dr
up," and flow back, 50 that il enabled an,
amount of men and boys 10 take the bed ].
the river and procure any amount of I'll Z
some Of very large size. The only il
stance of the kind ever known in this vi
lage.- Bennington Banner.
Norman Greenslet Of Bennington, /.
Gently froze three fingers, and, it is fearsI
will lose one or more Of them.
BURNED TO DEATH.--On the eyenp,
of the 9th ult., little daughter Of Hd
land Bellows, of Marlboro. was so badv
burned, in consequence of her clothes tai
ing fire from lighted candle, that she sur.
vived but few hours.
FATAL CAsUALTY.--The Bradford III
egraph says thai Mr.. Oliver Carter, Of tha
town, on Saturday afternoon last week
took bis team and went to the woods for d
load Of wood, and not returning at ihel
proper time, suspicion was aroused iha
some accident had befallen him, and be was
accordingly sent for. He was found Lynn
insensible near the tree he had fallen, and
his horse still standing near by. He vas
carried TO his house and medical aid imme
diately summoned, but the accident ws0
serious that ii was of no avail, and he dea
on Monday evening. His age was about
As years.
BURGLARY AND TnEFr.-The store Of
AFRO Duuon, Esq. of Mclndoes Falls, was
entered the night Of the 10th Of January
and various articles stolen. States alto.
1 ney Geo. w. Cahoon caused the arrest 0
Geo. Blodgett and Henry Bedell Of Mon
roe, n. H.. who were tried before jusiic,
Kent last week on Thursday and bound u
in the sum of $500 each, TO appear at mex
term of County court. They procured bal
Among the corporators named in a BIZ
which has been introduced in Congress /
charter company for a street railroa
through Pennsylvania Avenue in Washing
ton, are d. c. Linsley Of Windsor, an
William b. Hatch, son Of DIR. III. Hatch 0
Burlington.
A NOVEL MARRIAGE CEREMosr.-
Married, at Danville, in the Congregation
al church, Wednesday evening, Feb 5, b
Rev. John Eastman, Mr.. Alonzo Allard .
East Cambridge, and Miss Ellen R. Cur
rier of Danville. The ceremony atiracte
unusual attention and interest from the ia
that the parties married were unfortunate
both muses--both graduates of the De-
and Dumb Asylum at Hartford, Conn.,
both young. active, and intelligent--th
bride being just eighteen, (thus celebratiu:
her natal day. Of slight figure, modest de
meanor, and beautiful complexion, the
bridegroom being some twenty-six, Of aga'
limb and form, and wiihal, said to be an eS
cellent mechanic. The marriage ceremon
was witnessed by a large number of ladit
and gentlemen of the village, and conduc
ed il the usual form, by the officiating mil
ister-Mr. S. E. Davis acting as bridema
and Miss Emily Davis as bridemaid. II
bridal couple were elegantly and tasteful
attired; and standing before the sacred q
tar, were, in the presence of the assembl
and before high Heaven, legally joined
the holy bands of wedlock. 1t was a nov
and impressive scene. The marriage ritz
was first spoken by the clergymen, and thu
repeated or rather interpreted to the bird
party, in the deaf and dumb language,
| 10y rapid movement Of the fingers by
older sister of the bride, which the bird
groom and bride seemed perfectly to q
derstaud, and in answer to the usual que
tion, bowed a cheerful yet silent asser
After the ceremony, many of those prese