Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-07-31
Vermont News.
A son of Ole Bull, the great violin.
list, is living in Bennington.

| Na'N 'SaAANest hibsittiSS hoP ~ iNutiatilu
was damaged by fire to the extent Of
$4,000, Friday night.
In Glover, Mr.. VIM, Flood fell
faom load of hay on the goth inst,
breaking three of his ribs.
AN infant son of Rev. Mr.. Partridge
of Weybridge was stepped on and killed
by a horse, in Colchester, last week.
Miss Abigail Dodge, better known
perhaps by herfamiliar nome dc plume of
"Gail Hamilton" is spendinga few days
at St. Adams. as the guest of Josiah w.
Taylor, Esq.
= Earnest Ballard, q boy eight years
old, living in Salem, came near bleeding
to death from sprained ANGLE which be-
came iniamed and supurated till the ar
teries were eaten through.
While Mr. Reuben Strong of Ber-
lin was driving span of horses attached
to load of hay, Monday last, the hor
ses became frightened, and run away,
throwing Mr.. Strong off the load, killing
him instantly.
Mr.. Samuel Wright of Weybridge
was Frustrated by heat while at work in
the bayfield, one day during the recent
hot weather, and Mr.. Leonard Wright
lost valuable horse from the effects of
the extreme heat.
! David Cutting of Shoreham, COM
mitted suicide by hanging, July 22d. 1t
was probably committed while in a state
of insanity, caused on account of anx-
iety as to the probable result of the i'll
health of his wife.
The special meeting of the Vermont
Historical Society, has been postponed to
August Goth and Dist, at Rutland, at
which time papers will be read by Gen.
Phelps of Brattleboro, Rev. p, III. White
of Coventry. Henry Clark of Rutland,
A. D. Hager of Proctorsville, and others.
: The cupola of the United States
Court House in Windsor, in a thunder
storm lately was struck by lightning
The fluid passed inside and after light
ing up the whole cupola spread out upon
} the roof in the form Of brilliant fire balls
DIR. E. Brewster Of Barton, who
was permanently injured on the fourth Of
July some years since by being thrown
from horse, was again severely hurt or
the 4th this year, by being thrown down
and trampled on by horse while holding
him for his wife to alight from the car
riage.
) One day last week Mr.. John i
Cummings of Montpelier was repairing
moving machine, when, by some acct
: dent, the knives were set in motion, anC
Mr. Cummings had the end of one of hi:
fingers clipped off, as quickly and a:
neatly as . professional surgeon coul'
have done the job.
= The steamer United States collide(
with the schooner w. w. Wright OF
Lake Champlain on Tuesday night Of
last week. Charles Blair captain an(
owner of the latter vessel was killed by
,, falling mast, and steersman Cyril Am
: bio of the same craft was knocked over
board and drowned. Blair and Amblc
were both residents of Burlington.
S A little daughter of Gilbert A. Bar
| Der of Centre Guilford, only two year
. old, swallowed a two cent piece sons
!, eight weeks ago. For nine days sh
could not swallow or eat anything. Fo
! seven weeks this child suffered agony un
4 told. Drs. Ketchun and Webster sue
ceeded in dislodging the nickel from tn
J. breast. where it had lodged, and las
a week it passed away through the bowels
: The patient is doing well. ......
O = The Methodists having given n
i their seminaries at Newbury and Spring
field, have transferred their patronage t
: the new Vermont conference seminary a
n Montpelier, which will be opened il
/. September. S. f. Chester favorabl,,
g known as teacher for IL years in tn
: Wilbraham, Mass, academy, is its prin
0 cipal, and the corps of teachers is WEI
Il filled. Advantageous to accommodate
l. 150students is now being built Its mai
building fronts IA feet and has an l. a
. each end extending back 1853 feet, an
all two and half stories high, in add
?, ton towhichi is middle L of 4 story an
: a half hight. The main seminary buil'
ing will not be put up this season.
% DoGs.-The Montpelier Freeman Civ
70 the following statistics relative to Il
70 dogs.-The grand list of 1867 returns 4
Il h,ousand nine hundred and hiTty-one ta2
able dogs in the State. Rutland is Il
II banner county, having fourteen hundrt
lf y Al :.4.. 500 . o,J PutlqnI tba ho mn