Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-08
Vermont News.

Grounds, and the State Fair is to be hel
there for the next three years.
- The recent death of Mrs. Danit
Washbum of Stowe, puts the Universit
of Vermont in possession of funds stuff
cient for the endowment of twelve schol
arships. The money was left to the uni
versity by DR.. Washburn twenty year
ago, but was not to be paid until tn
death of his wife.
= On Saturday afternoon, as Mr.. Geo
Langworthy of Middlebury was goin,
home from Vergennes, the tire of on,
wheel of the carriage run off and tn,
wheel Immediately broke down, throwing
Mr.. Langworthy and his daughter who
was with him, violently upon the ground
The former striking upon his head and
neck was severely bruised, but Miss l.
escaped unhurt.
During the absence from home Of
Rev. A. S. Cooper of Milton, few days
since, with his family, some one entered
his house by means of false keys, and
stole notes to the amount of s1,700, and
a certificate of deposit for 81, 900.
T. NJ. Ayers, of Barton Landing,
had his leg amputated, a few days ago,
to stop the bleeding from blood tumor
and died from the effects of the operation
- Mr.. David Francis of Wells, has
made this season, from 45 trees, 427 lbs.
of sugar, or an average of 9A pounds to
the tree. The largest yield per tree re-
ported this season.
= A laborer named James Carrigan
employed among the marble quarries of
West Rutland, was killed last week,
while moving block of marble, by an
iron bar which struck against his throat.
A big fire at Berkshire, Nav LIST
destroyed thirty buildings, including
large portion of the business part of the
village, the only church, school-house,
hotel, stores, shops, &c.
= The st. Adams Messenger says the
demand for the mineral water of the
Missisquoi Spring has steadily increased
during the winter, and quite procession
of teams is daily employed In transport
ing the bottles TO the spring, and return
ing them filled at st. Adams depot for
shipment.
John Bedford, student in the St.
Johnsbury Academy, while running in
a game of base ball, turn ed his foot, and
hitting his left leg with his right foot,
broke both bones of his left leg.
Over 200 buildings will be erected
in Rutland the present season, three of
which will cost about 100000. -
Lyman A. Farnum, of Victory, lost
one Of his eyes on the 9Th inst. He was
chopping and piece of knot hit it.
-Chas. Davidson and Warren Ran
SOM, of Island Pond, killed huge hedge
nog last week, which weighed 40 pounds
md measured 4 feet in length
On Monday evening, of last week,
John Garroty, of Bennington, fell down
by the roadside, and died soon after, from
He was about SO years old,
and hard working, industrious man.
IS. B. Rockwell, of Middlebury, Of
fers $50 in premiums to parties who shall
set out the largest and thriftiest elms in.
that village, and So to whoever will cut
down the most of the unsightly willows.
-Ex-Gov. Smith drives the finest
span of horses in St. Adams, recently
purchased at Malone, N. Y, for 81 800,
and cheap at that.
A man named Brown, employed in
seymour's mill at North Dandy, fell up
on circular saw on Monday afternoon
last, and had two or three of his fingers
cut off.
The new Freewill Baptist seminary
is to be located at Lyndon Center. The
offices of the Passumpsic railroad are also
from St Johnsbury to Lvn-
don.
HE FAMINE IN ALGERIA.-The fam
inc in the French colony of Algeria is
accompanied by the most horrible cases