Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16
LOCAL MATTERS.


campaign on Tuesday by picking 100
boxes.
- Arms and Wilson announce for
bale repairs for Woods moving ma
chines.
-Abanaqui fire engine Co. have de
|tided to attend the Fireman's muster at
Rutland on the Fourth.
The farmers of Wilmington manu-
hctured 274,576 pounds of maple sugar,
S5he past season.
- The Baptist church at Jamaica has
4 voted to prohibit the admission of Free
nasons to its membership.
: Ira Angel has closed his store in
Bridgewater, and removed his goods to
Bailey's Mills in Reading.
- Thanks to Geo. Z. Heath for our
M rst box of Strawberries of the season
they were not only delicious, but had
EVIDENTLY been well brought up"
- A few days since, Frost, Derby q
o, received an order for some 600 of
heir scythe snaths for California and al
y several hundred for South America.
= DR.. o. NJ. George has bought of
J. II. Williams, building lot on West
minister street opposite Mr.. Seth Hap
FOODS for $500, and will soon proceed
% erect dwelling thereon.
8 = The long continued drouth was f.
nally relieved on Tuesday by copious
md refreshing shower. 1t was accom-
!. panied with some hail, but we hear of
% serious damage.
- A landlord at Vernon, who turned
\ sick woman out of the house he had
just bought, received an expression of
The locality when he got box that was
aent to his address, containing live
hunk.
A car load of moving machines is
announced by l.. T. Lowell, ID, this
week, and M. w Davis, an enterprising
farmer of Westminster, also has more
lengthy story in our advertising columns
Farmers will please notice.
= In the hailstorm of Tuesday, the
Both ult., Alden Shurtlef of North
Bridgewater had over eighty lights Of
glass broken by the hail and bis neigh
Dor Marston Thomas suffered to the ex-
tent of about forty lights.
= John Scott of Halifax, in default
Of $4,000 bail, has been committed to Jail
70 answer to the charge of firing pistol
with murderous intent at George Scott
Of that place, last Saturday. He was
cyerpowered by several men, who dis
armed him, and probably prevented a
murder.
- We hear of victims to the great
Uxindle in almost every town in this
pounty. Some months since a package
III the notes given in vari us towns were
hfought and offered to lawyer in this
place with tempting fees for collection.
He found ont the swindle and refused to
ave anything to do With them.
= An anti-Masonic meeting was re-
Gently held at Brattleboro, and measures
tAken for an organization. Gen. j. w.
Phelps was chosen delegate 10 attend
The Anti Masonic convention held at
Worcester, Mass. on The 7th, inst, and is
TO report at an adjourned meeting to be
held in Brattleboro, next Saturday at J
o'clock p M.
- Arms & Wilson are selling pow
er for the destruction of the currant
prm. and to protect vines, which we have
Jed the last three weeks with apparent
erfect success. Last year our cur.
INT bushes were nearly ruined by the
wages of the worms. They came again
is year, and on applying this powder
Jon vanished. We have never US
anything in our garden with SO salts.
hctory results.
Two men were arrested at Saratoga
bn Saturday, on suspicion of being the
Rrattleboro bank robbers. n. G. Saw.
Ter, assistant cashier of the bank robbed
nd F. Goodhue one of the directors
4ent to Saratoga on Monday, found they
Nere not the men wanted, being Elliot
Al Wheeler who lives near Brattleboro
and Henry A. Wells of Westminster
They had several hundred dollars il
Brattleboro bank bills with them, which
made the suspicion appear strong for {
while. They were of course released
and no clue to the robbers is yet report
a. except that they are supposed to b.
parties with team traced in the direc
tion of Marlboro.
We hear of good joke upon one
of our citizens who recently had hi
pockets picked. He started early tn,
other morning for Boston, and fell asleep
but this time happily among friends VIII,