Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-09
LOCAL MATTERS.

where shall future town meetingsbe held
We understand the ladies took near
" a hundred dollars at their strawberry
festival held at st. Agnes Hall last week
The national anniversary was mark.
ed in this place on Monday, by throwing
to the breeze the national flag and firing
salute at noon and another at sunset.
- Hon. l.. G. Mead of Brattleboro
died in that place on Tuesday. He was
for long time Treasurer of the Savings
Bank in that place, and in 1S4S was
Senator from this county.
We acknowledge Fourth of July
serenade on Monday night from Young
America. We believe they also called
upon several of our citizens in a similar
manner which we doubt not was appre,
ciated. Save the firing of salute, the
boys got up the only public display that
marked the day in this place and should
have credit for it.
Miss r. G. Dinsmore & CO., dress
makers, are making suits of every de
scription in the latest styles, and their
taste is sufficient to suit the most fastid-
ious. In the line of trimming no one
can excel Miss D., whose genius seems
equal to the demand for variety, which
RACES this year even more than ever
before.
We are informed that a valuable
colt belonging to Mr.. Leach of West
minister, was found few days since in
his pasture shot in. the neck. At last
accounts it was not dead and may recov-
er. Whether the act was an intentional
piece of rascality or an accident is not
known.
The new engine building is so far
advanced that the hall is plastered and
the floor laid, and the first public meet
ing will be held in it this Thursday eve
ming. Stepping into the building day
or two since, we were agreeably surpris.
ed to find so neat and well proportion
ed hall, which will certainly hereafter be
found of much convenience for small or
village meetings. If there is any one
thing of which our people may congrat-
nlate themselves upon, it is that they are
soon to have convenient public build
ings.
The death of Mr.. Stephen G. john
son, announced under the usual head
this week, occurred at the residence of
his brother, w. III. johnson, on Satur-
day last. Mr.. johnson had lived in
Keene for number of years where he
had been in business for some three
years. Failing health caused him TO
dispose of his business some months
since, and only in May last he buried
his wife there whom he has now so soon
followed.
- A team ran away and killed Mr..
Bemis at North Springfield, on the 2Sth
ult.
A son of SAINT S. Judd of Wind
sor, was recently sliding ON the banisters
in the q. S. Court House in that place,
when he fell off, a distance of some twelve
feet, and broke his arm.
MIR. John w. Marsh, son of Charles
P. Marsh, Esq, of Woodstock, has To-
Gated at Springfield, Vermont, for the
practice of law.
= The remains of George H. Steele,
son of Hon. Jason Steele of Windsor,
which have been inferred for % years,
were recently exhumed, and found to be
In thorough state of preservation.
The ladies of the Congregational
society at Saxtons River held straw
berry festival on Wednesday evening
and had a pleasant occasion. We have
not learned their receipts. They also
have our thanks for fine boquet COM
posed of q variety of beautiful flowers,
received all nice and in good order this
Thursday morning.
Chas. Pratt, of Woodstock, g polished
off, his father, Samuel g., SO much the
other day, that the latter had to go to
bed to recuperate. Charles was arrested
and fined, and for the want of green
bax" had to go to Jail. He nturn COM
planned of his father for selling rum,
when the old gentleman was arrested and
fined $500. He gave bail and appealed
On the Goth ult. the people of Do
yer were aroused by the report that a
bear had been seen near the village, anG
turned out with guns to make war on the
intruder. The bear was soon found, ano
one man aimed double barreled gun a
him, and pulled the trigger, and the gun
did not go off, but the bear did. Soor
after the bear appeared again and anoth
er man shot at him, and bruin again wen
Oft apparently unframed, and did no
appear on the stage again.