Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-11-10

= Another poor girl has died in Vir
GINA, from the use Of tobacco, at the
age of 100. She was an orphan.
Oranges and lemons are worth only
six and eight cents u bushel in the Bra.
lillian markets, this year, and no one us
es them except for pickling.
- The bed of the Mississippi seems to
be filling up at a rate which threatens,
in the course of time, TO seriously affect
navigation during the dry season,
William ii. Oskins shot his wife
dead at Philadelphia on Monday even
ing, she having threatened TO obtain a
divorce on account of his drunkenness.
- Chinaman' account of the Chi
cago calamity as follows "Melican Ilish
boy take kelusene lamp and milk COW
COW kick over lamp; up go Chicago.
- WATERFOWL claims to have been the
first place in New England to hold a
Chicago aid meeting and send supplies.
They rallied for that purpose ON the first
receipt of the news.
- An assassin lately assaulted Vir-
ginia doctor with bowie-knife, which
he drove through IL letters and two
plugs of tobacco in his breast pocket, but
failed to puncture the doctors skin.
- An attempt TO set the woods in
Westchester county, n. Y, on fire, Mon
day, was partially successful, but the
people turned out and succeeded III sub,
DUNG the flames. Twenty acres were
burned over.
- An Iowa circus company have been
unfortunate this season. A few weeks
ago they had $4,000 worth of horses
burned up in wisconsin, in the Chicago
1 fire they lost $1,000 worth of cuts and
plates aud, last week, their $4,000 cam
ell died.
- The constaDcy of love is beautiful
ly illustrated in the case of an aged coup
lie in Wisconsin, who have been engaged
to be married 80 years, and during thai
time have never been out of jai togethe
long enough to have the ceremony solem
nized.
4 man in Lanesboro, Pa, has
flock of about 40 turkeys, which hav,
been the constant associates through tn,
season of numerous crows in that yicini
ty, aud made common cause with then
against the dense swarms Of grasshoE
pers. That is the proper disregard c
: caste.
- In the thriving new settlement c
: Vineland, n. j., the women have star
ed full even with their brethren Tn
, largest dry goods store in the place
owned and managed by two ladies, an
customers are served by girl clerks. Th
cash boy is the only male intru ler o
the scene.
A gentleman, engaged in invest
D eating the charges OF carelessness again,
2 the workmen in the Scranton mine,
found afterward that, during the invea
tigation, he had been given an open ke
+ Of powder to sit on, while he held
e lighted candle in his hand.
- Northern Iowa, though counties
e hordes of potato bugs have spent til
D season there, never had so large and mic
! a crop of potatoes as this year, and it
now doubted whether they were genuin
: bugs or little agricultural angels in di
guise.
g - Judge McKinstry of Mobile latel
) drew pistol in playful Southern wa
IS on an associate, but finally thought be
/ ter about firing it and returned it to h
pocket, when it exploded, indicting
y dangerous if not fatal wound in b
own back.
- An aged body-snatcher in Cincil
8 nat; named Cunningham, who has sper
: his life and earned his bread by Robin
J graveyards has just died, after shown
Is how honestly he followed his professic
by disposing of his own body to the do
, tors, as he had so often disposed of 9th,
. peoples.
A farmer at Youngsville, Pa,
u short time ago left home with his famil
It nag, but getting into state of great pc
i plexity by too free use of liquor, he tie
: his horse to tree in the woods and mac
his way back ON foot. When be becam
sober he commenced a search for the al
: imal and after ramble of several da,
: found him where he had left him starve
/ to death.
s = A little girl who loves to pray, OF
night was very tired and sleepy, and WI
!. getting into her little bed witho,
? saying her prayers. But her man
: ma told her to kneel down first and pra,
] So she folded her little hands, and said
+ please God, remember what little Pc
i lie said last night; she's SO tired to-nigh
Amen"
j "A dashing young foreigner, wi
d called himself Count Hamburger, late
" wooed and won New York lady, who
mother paid his wedding bills, runnir
up into the tall hundreds, because
draft on some great expectations in Il
old country, which he was waiting fc
didn'tarrive in time. Finally things we
missing from the house, which only