Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-18
LOCAL MATTERS.

n Spiritual Hall, Bartonsville, next Sun
day August 20.
Two or three organ grinders were
n in town ON Monday, but no murders are
81 yet reported.
-Abenaqui Engine Co. have voted to
attend the fireman's muster at Brattle-
~ boro with full ranks.
Address by Hon. Charles T. Walk
Ter, at the Congregational Church, next
&Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
# - Wednesday was the most thorough.
SAly sticky day of the season, being cloudy
Ind thermometer 9S at that.
- The ladies had inc success at
heir festival on Tuesday evening-the
amounting to 5000.
3 y We are requested to say that there
will be services at Engine Hall on Sun.
day aftt next of which further notice
will be given.
al - Rev. j. Hazard Hartzel d. d. of
ii ALBANY, n. Y, will preach in the Uni
versalist Church at Alstead, n H., on
Sunday next at ! ! o'clock P. NJ.
- Rosalvo Bradish of Perkinsville,
was held to bail ns250, on Saturday on
charge of stealing Col. Butterfeld's wal
let containing s25.
= While playing base ball at West
Brattleboro last week, Robert Wheeler
has struck in the eye by one Of the balls
and had his cheek bone broken.
- We are informed that j. II. Hun
kins Of this place, was arrested at Lud-
bow on Wednesday evening, on charge
of perjury in the Ludlow murder case.
- The crane mentioned last week, as
having been shot by Mr.. Eddy, measured
seven feet across the wings, and also sew
en- feet from the bill to the end of its
tail-making in all fourteen feet
- Some comment has been excited in
Chester by two libel suits recently com
menced by prominent citizens Richard
son VS. Shedd and Rev. Mr.. Foster VS..
g. P. Spaulding.
= Don't fail to read and practice the
sentiments in the article on second page
BY working man." and titled-"Is it
RightY" 1t will answer and is good for
all places of business.
The Farmers and Mechanics I'M
ion will hold their second annual fair on
their grounds midway between the viii
lage of Ludlow and Proctorsville, Tues
day and Wednesday, September 26th
and 9th.
: Master Elmore Peck of Westmin
sser, has our thanks for very liberal
quantity of nice blackberries, the pail
being topped off with buff or white
blackberries, giving them very deli
caie appearance.
Advertised Letters.-Mrs. Lucia NJ.
Peaslee, Alma Whitman, Miss Sarah
vi entworth, G. S. Wilson, Curtis Rand
Mary Foley, Mary Grown, Jim Green,
RI L. Griswold, Mrs. Wansy Nash, G.
r. Gorish.
= Mrs. F. Bancroft has an English
ivy with three branches, which she was
obliged to remove few days since to
make room for painters, and on measur.
ing the same found each branch to be
exactly twelve yards in length.
= We have on our table most beau
tiful and choice collection of cut flowers
from the garden Of Mrs NJ NJ. Whitney
The varieties are almost innumerable,
Nn0ng them one very perfect, called the
Story Pea, which is singular and inter
Ating in appearance and rarity among
~ blossoms.
: We have bunch of rye from Mr..
n. G. Pierce's farm, ia Westminster,
consisting of $50 stalks and 8! feet high,
and all the product of one kernel. The
humber OF kernels is estimated at 3000
He has eight acres of such all cut which
makes $500 bundles, all in good order
and nice crop.
: A gray eagle stole B. H Peeler's
YES from grain sheaf at Vernon, the
other day, and flew with it to the top of
high tree, whence well directed shot
soon brought to the earth the robber and
his plumber. The bird weighed seven
and three-fourths pounds, and measured
seven feet five inches from tip to tip of
wings.
" 9 The Engine house at the soa pstone
quarry of L. B. Darling together with
the steam engine and part of the derrick
at ferkinsville, was destroyed by fire
early Sunday morning. As there was
30 lbs, of powder in the building and no
explosion, there is little doubt that it was
the work of an incendiary, who first
stole the powder and then set the build
ing on fire.