Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-02-09
Vermont News.

| - hecehtiy, city physician atleunpt-
ed to remove an ovarian tumor, Mrs.
George w. Preston of Lyndon, had been
suffering with year past. The opera
ton was abandoned as being impossible,
and the patient bled to death in few
hours.
IN. b. Crawford, who is now engag-
ed in getting the wood off a lot in Wood
ford, says scarcely day passes without
his seeing lynx, which has been known
! TO inhabit lodge, near his tract for the
or three years. Rabbits and partridges
are also abundant.
- Mrs. Clarissa Crouch, wife of Da-
vid Crouch of East Rupert, was burned
so as to cause her death, by her clothes
taking fire on Saturday, 9th ult. She
was over 20 years of age, and was ma
tive of Middletown.
= Last Sunday morning, j. II. Ham
mond of Barton Landing came near kill
ing himself. He was broken out with a
kind of rash he felt so uncomfortable
that he washed himself in salt and vine
gar, which drove the rash in. He suf-
fered terribly for while, and then became
unconscious. He was retored by medical
aid
On Monday evening a row occurred
at the saloon of John Healey in North
Bennington. A man by the name of
McCarty and his father, together with
one Handron, got into dispute with
David Niles a resident of Salisbury
In the midst of the dispute, one of the
three hit Niles on the head with an iron
weight, injuring him severely.
Some young men, while out in the
woods on the hills east Of Middebury, a
few days since, freed lynx. They hav-
ing no gun with them, tried to dislodge
the animal by building fire at the foot
OF the tree, when the lynx apparently
discovering their intention, made bound
and sprung on to another tree, and then
made his escape. He is represented as
being very large, aud would nndoubted-
ly have been tough customer to have
handled without firearms
The season for painful accidents
around the West Rutlandquarries seems
to have arrived. Mr.. p Battles, work
man in the quarry of Parker, ellison &
Dewey, while descending the ladder, one
day last week, fell distance of twenty
feet, striking on bis head and shoulders
and receiving serious, if not fatal inju-
ries. On Tuesday Mr.. N. Clifford was
severely hurt by the falling of slab of
marble which he was assisting to take
from one Of the gangs in the mill of
Sheldon and Slason. Hisinjuries though
severe. it is hoped are not fatal.
PRooroRsvILLE.-We clip the follow
ing Proctorsville items from the Rutland
Herald:
;, At the annual meeting of the Proctors-
Vile Library Association, the following
officers were elected Directors-A. W
Richardson, Geo. s. Hill, c. H. Chap
man; treasurer and ibrariau-Kendall
Taylor Mr.. Taylor has had charge of
the library for some years, and has per-
! -. . 4 L.. l,t;o, -, .,,oI a ,,apnor q q
to meet the approval of all.
Mr.. H. C. Robbins of Ludlow, grad
uate of Middlebury College. gave Sc
, lect reading before the Fletcher Library
Association after the election of officers
took place. Mr.. Robbins gave evidence
of possessing a fair voice and having
had good Evolutionary drill. The audi.
ence were appreciative and well pleased
t with his efforts. This is step in the
right direction. We possess home talent
sufficient to have intellectual entertain.
ments weekly, and we sincerely hope the
: work may notrest here. At the close OF
the readings some appropriate remarks
touching upon the condition and status
: of the Association were made by Hon. c.
: H, Chapman. Judge French occupied
] the chair
: Wetherbee & Co. have entered upon
their business in the Pollard store.
e Mrs. Colby from the lower village was
incarcerated at Woodstock, few days
e since. Twelve indictments have been
E found against her for selling the car
r dent, as agent for the notorious Has
: kell. This circumstance has occasioned
0 much talk in Cavendsh and Deighboring
e towns, for this reason the prime mover
: was allowed to pass with three indict.
: ments and opportunity given him to
: skedaddle, while this defenseless widow
] was pursued with unrelenting fury until
j, at last she has been torn from her chill
5 dren and carried from her home. /:
: this justice?
PANTHER.-Thursday evening about
s clock, as H. B. Monaghan. ESQ. wa: