Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-01-01

society at Nortnnelu mad feStlVal on
Tuesday evening of last week, and $3.50
was realized.
Last Tuesday, Mr.. Silas Under
wood of Danville, as he was leading his
horse, suddenly fell down insensible, and
died shortly after.
They are still hard at work raising
funds for the Lamoille valley railroad.
They have pledged s5S2,OOO, but need
sl6S,0O0 more before they can start.
A child of Allen Spears, of Greens
boro, was fatally poisoned on the 18th
inst, by taking oil of cedar used as a
liniment by another member of the fam
lily.
The brush works of Smith, Clark
y Co, in Bennington is doing rushing
business, employing now some so hands.
They intend to work 200 hands by next
spring.
Rev. VIM. II. Gilbert, Secretary of
the Vermont Bible Society, has accepted
the agency of the American Bible So
ciety for Connecticut and Western
Massachusetts.
- The South Congregational church
in st. Johnsbury have voted their pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Rrastow, leave of absence to
travel abroad, and will continue his sal
airy meantime.
The Montpelier and St. Johnsbury
stage was recently overturned near Dan
vile Green, and eight passengers were
precipitated on the frozen ground, but
wonderfully escaped injury.
= The new steam mill of Messrs. N.
d II. Gallup, of Bloomington, was de-
stroyed by fire on Friday night last,
about II o'clock. The loss is not less
than $4,000; no insurance.
A maiden lady of Moretown recently
sprang from her bed and ran several
rods through the snow, barefooted and in
her night clothes, because of an unfeund-
ed idea that the house was on fire.
The Congregational church at So.
Troy received last week from sister
church, the present of full communion
service, consisting of tankard, eight
goblets, two plates and a baptismal
bowl.
w. Fl. Mathews hired team of 0.
ii. Burnham, of johnson, a few DAYS
since, went to the end of his Journey.
pawned the buffalo robes for his bill,
was arrested on his return, found bail.
and has since left for parts unknown.
A man in Bennington gave his note
to the Bank for $4,000 and turned out
government bonds as collateral security :.
when the bank was robbed his bonds
were taken and he now refuses to nav
the notes till his bonds are returned.
Brooks Bennett of Shrewsbury fell
in fit the other day, while trading in a
Rutland store. When he revived, fiE
teen minutes after, his first words were
What did you say that was ward 9''
his mind resuming its journey at the
place of its sudden halt.
= Case No. 60 on the Supreme court
docket will be argued some time next
month. ltinvolves the rightof Vermont
to tax stockof the Vermont and Canada
railroad, owned by citizens ofother States.
Judge Poland appears for the State and
Senator Edmunds for stockholders
Two men in Morgan went on a
" bender" last week, and one of them
fell out of the sleigh dead drunk. The
other, too drunk to get him back, hitch
ed the horse, took out the robes and Law
down beside him. They were found in
time to save them from being frozen to
death.
Mrs. Dewey of Montpelier fell |
down stairs at the residence of her SON.
in-law, Mr.. II. !. Proctor, on MESSENGER
Street, Tuesday evening, and received a !
painful cut in her forehead over the
right eye, and severe sprain of her
right wrist, besides other bruises and a
shock of the system.
Albert f. Culver, of Wells. died
recently of the effects of pistol shot in
his arm, which was accidentally received |
when he was fixing the lock. A few
days after the accident the ball was ex-
tracted, but the arm kept on swelling.
and day or two before his death il was
amputated. but too late.
"A man named Duchon, about so
years old died suddenly in Newport re-
,ently. He had been at work in the
forenoon. preparing wood, apparently as
veil as usual. He complained of pain
IN his limbs, which continued to increase
followed by cramps and commissions, and
death ensued in short time.