Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-06-14

- Horace T.. ohtfwfn oil woodstock
recently caught white woodchuck.
Mr.. 4. Smith of weybridge recently
shot large horned OWL which meas ured
from tip to tip Of wings 4 feet inches.
- The Chemical Woks at Highgate,
Falls We're totally destroyed by fire on
Monday night of last week, with all its
contents, including about $4,000 worth Of
acids in store ready for shipment. Loss.
about $4,000. No insurance.
= Hon. Alpheus Bass Of Moretown
one Of the assistant judges of the Wash
ington County Court, fell dead in his field
when he was sowing grain, May Is, aged
sixfy-four years and FIVE months. Sup
posed cause was apopoplexy. lie was
The father of Rev. 4. c. Bass.
- In Lincoln, the other day, two boys
Of Edward Grove, farmer Of that town,
had quarrel with an older boy Of one of
the neigLbors. During the alteration
Grove went into the house, took his gun
and shot his neighbours boy in the breast,
inhicting wourd which the physicians
say will be fatal. Grove was arrested
and is now in Middlebury Jail.
- There have been some changes of
late at North Charleston. N. Fl. Mr..
Metcalf of the firm of Metcalf g. Ham
lin, has commenced building grist and
saw mill on Sugar River in that place and
Smith IL Co., of the depo, store, have bought
the Union store at thecenterof the town. and
will hereafter keep both stores in operation.
- Occurrences in this country some
times assume odd forms when reported
in European newspapers, as for example,
IA gentleman from Windsor now in Eu-
rope, writes, that he saw the late incident
Of killing the panther near Ascutney
mountain, reported thus: "A huge Amer
lean panther was killed near Mr.. Ascut-
ney's house in Vermont"
- The Braitleboro Phenix says that
man by the name of Michael McLynn,
said to belong in Rutland, procured pint
OF gin of The town agent in that village
on the 3D. of June, took it to the depot,
drank and became intoxicated and troub-
lesome, and was put into the lookup;
then brought before Justice Haskins, fined
SIS and costs, and not having money
enough to pay fine and costs both, was put
on board the cars and has gone to parts
unknown
"A little boy five years old, son of
Charles Robertson, Esq, of South Lon
donderry, came very near being drowned
by falling into well, recently. His little
playmate ran and got the drowning boys
mother, who jumped into the well, which
was six or seven feet deep, and held her
child out of the water until help arrived.
A few seconds more would have been fa-
tai to the poor little fellow. He is all
right now, and his mother has proved her
self heroine.
- The dwelling house of Mrs. Caroline
Kidder, in Burlington, near Winooski
Falls, was entered on Thursday night,
when she was absent, and thoroughly ran
sacked, and few articles, of some sixty
dollars value, were stolen. The traces of
their operations show that money was
what the burglars wanted.
"A most shocking accident occurred
at the factory of the Messrs. lockwood
in Bennington, Monday afternoon of last
week. A young lad named Henry Knapp,
ten years old, got caught in some way by
either the belt or shafting which runs
grind-stone, and had his left arm torn
completely off below the elbow. Ampu-
tation had to be resorted to below the
shoulder, the operation being performed
by DR.. Z. n. S. Morgan.
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