Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-23

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Mrs. Winitred Wright of South Lon
donderry,on the 4th inst. committed sui
eide by hanging herself with an old hoop
skirt, TO "a tree. Foralong time she had
been insane, and had made previous at
tempts at selfdestruction.
The people of Weston have recent
ly raised $4,000, to aid Messrs. Heron
and White to rebuild their tannery re-
Gently destroyed by fire. The act is
praiseworthy, and much to the credit of
the people of that town.
William Martin, an Irish lad about
dozen years Of age, was recently
sentenced to the Reform School by JUS
tice Newton, of Brattleboro, for five
years, in consequence of bad behavior.
1t was not the remains of son bi
Jason Steele of Windsor that were found
to be in such state of preservation, as
has recently been stated in the papers,
but the coffin, which was of mahogany.
The remains, says the Windsor Journal,
were mere dust safely preserved by the
mahogany coffin after burial of %
years.
The Connecticut River Valley Ag-
ricultural Association hold their 18th
annual fair at Brattleboro, September 7,
8 and 9th. The arrangements which are
being made, are likely to make it one of
the best the society has ever had, and we
trust the farmers and mechanics in this
section of Vermont and New Hampshire
will interest themselves in it, and make
full contributions of their products for
exhibition.
= Last week, while Clark Akeley,
an employee in the Brattleboro paper
mill, was oiling shaft, his sleeve caught
in the gearing, forcing his arm into con-
tact with supporting timber in such
mannerthat the flesh was literally ground
from portion of the forearm to the
naked bone. He was alone at the time,
but his outcries soon brought assistance,
and he was with some difficulty released.
- The st JohnsbTy Times is the name
of new and good looking paper just
started at St. Johnsbury. 1t is republi-
can in politics, and appears to be in the
hands of good conductors. Mr.. E. l..
Hovey is announced as proprietor, A.
Ropes, general editor and ID. K. Simonds
local editor-a team long enough at least
to carry a country newspaper on to sue
cess. In case of political pinch our
namesake will no doubt rope in the dis
affected.
- We would call the attention of
lawyers, law students and all business
men to the advertisement of Chamber
Inns Law Book for the People. The in
structions and practical forms given in
this work the best we have seem
They do away with much of the old style
verbosity, which we consider most COM
mendable feature of the work. Some Of
the forms given are not half the length
of the old style. 1t also gives abstracts
or briefs of the laws on important sub
jects as they exist at the present time,
in various States, thus adding much
to the usefulness of the work.
A story has got into the papers OF
one William Marcy of Montgomery Gen.
tire who recently married a young lady
Notwithstanding he was engaged to girl
in Putney. Hearing that on this ac-
count some of the people were going to
give him tin pan scramble, he ran away
to Putney and married his first love. Ig-
norant of his second marriage, his Mont
gomery wife sent neighbor, who went
to Putney on business, to tell him it was
all safe and bring him back. Surprising
the man an officer, come to arrest him
for b;gamy, he cut dirt for Pennsylvania.
leaving both wives behind to ruminate
over the frailties of "poor human natter
PLYMOUTH Daniel Macuen, of Plym
outh on States Attorneys complaint fol
cruelty in beating his horse, was brought
before r. G.. Haven, Esq, at Tyson Fur
mace on the I'd inst. From the evidence
it appeared that Macuen, on the 9th O
, March last, beat his horse, while har.
: messed to a sled, with sled stake, knock
ing the animal down and bruising hin
badly. On the 10Th of June he again
with fence stake some six feet in length
while cultivating corn in the field, knock
: ed the animal down and inflicted wounds
on its head, so that it could not eat fol-
several days without difficulty. The an
imal was brought to the place of exam
ination and presented a sad spectacle o
: bruised and beaten creature.
BENNINGTON CoUNTY.-The Repub
, lican county Convention of Bennington
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