Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-05-12

The first threshing machine set up
in Illinois is still running, and killed a
man last year just as effectually as a new
one.
At the Troy police court those who
would escape fine or Imprisonment fol
drunkenness have to take the pledge,
the hardest punishment ofany for some.
- The largest rope in the world has
just been completed at Birmingham, Eng
land, and is about six miles long, five
and quarter inches in circumference,
and weighs over go TONS
We read of girl who was lately
choked to death by her lovers encircling
arms. This is warning to ladies to
keep their alabaster necks out of Oh )arm's
way.
- The Maine Farmer predicts wet
summer, because the winter was charac-
terized by unusual drouth, and zone ex-
treme of atmospheric condition in the
passing years usually succeeds another"
The immigration returns for the
first four months of the present year, de-
velope the unusual fact that the number
from England exceeds that from ell
Their Germany or ireland, the totals be-
ing respectively 976S, 1888 and 9121.
Rev. Mr.. Decamp was shot and in
stantly killed at Chicaville, Ark, on
Saturday, while conducting religious
service, by a ruffian named Handley.
The murderer mounted his horse and
fed after the commission of the deed.
- Princess Frederick is dying a pain
full death from the effects of a burning
green wax taper which fell upon her arm
as she Was preparing Christmas tree
for some poor children at Vienna, and
branded its poison into her blood.
"A woman was lately tried in Read
ing, Pa, for the murder of her son anG
was fast drifting by the force of circum
stantial evidence toward conviction, wher
by an unexpected turn in the evidenc,
it was proved that the boy was alive ane
we'll.
- An overhauling of the career O
William Foster, the New York horse ca
murderer, discloses the fact that Mr.
Pu'nam was not his first victim, as in tn
fall of 1868 he killed James Newman,
hackman, by burling at him brick
which inflicted fatal wound on tn,
head.
Issac Brown recently came befor
the Troy police court for drunkenness
and was asked by the Judge how long
sentence he desired. He at first sugges,
ed four months, but afterwar0 reduce
it to 60 days, In order to be out by tn
4th of July, and the time was fixed az
cordingly.
They have peculiar breach c
of promise case in the St. Louis court,
Louis Bulls has sued father and so
for $4,000 damages, her grounds of a,
tion against the son being that he refuse
to marry her according to promise, an
against the father that he had obiecte
to the proposed match.
"A negro poured bucket of wat,
upon half ton of moulton iron whic
had merely cooled on top at Paducal
KY, the other day, when it exploded wi,
more power than bomb-shell setting
building on fire and sending showers
fluid hot iron into crowd of perso
standing around
Mrs Blaine, wife of the speaker, h,
difficulty with Mrs. Stockton, the he
ter-half of the senator, about a COO
Meeting at dinner table with only Fe
nando Wood between them, Mrs. Stoc
ton leaning forward, said: Il am sor
Mrs. Blaine, that We have anything d
agreeable between u.s." Fernando w
considerably embarrassed, not bav;,
heardt the interesting story about thee
An old Brooklyn gentleman start,
to 60 to Albany, short time since a,
almost as soon as on board the train as
ed the conductor if the next station v
Poughkeepsie, repeating his question
each succeeding stopping place until {
irate official CURLY said be would +
him when they got there, and upon
irving exclaimed: This is Poupbke,
sic. Hurry up and get off. We are
hind time" "Oh, thank you," DELHI
ately drawled the quandam question,
but am going through. My dau,
ter cautioned me particularly to tax,
pill At POushkeepsis That's all"