Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-12-05
Vermont News.

III tue state, last last week.
Miss Harriet Doty of Wallingford is
soon to graduate from medical college
in New York, after which she will make
tour in Europe.
After Rutland man had courted
damsel and brought her to the altar,
his first wife ruthlessly spoiled the fun
by appearing on the scene.
= Two hundred and twenty seven diff
ferent persons have been committed to
prison at the Rutland Jail, for the year
ending October 1st, 1873.
Over 26 tons of poultry were ship
ed from West Randolph on Wednesday,
10Th and 10th ult., besides two or three
car loads of other produce.
The Brandon graded school boasts
of sending the first young lady to Yer
mont college, Miss Nellie Hamilton, now
in her junior year at Burlington.
- Nathan VIM of WalliDgford, who
recently fell from scaffolding while at
work on building in Dandy, died of
his injuries on Sunday morning 22d ult.
Jennie Warner, the sleeping prodi-
gy," at Highgate, turns out to be insane
and is to be or has been sent to Brattle-
boro. She had not slept for some days
last week.
A young man of North Duxbury
by the name of John Hayes, age 20, re-
Gently had his right hand SO injured by
being caught in thIeshing machine that
Amputation was necessary.
A gentleman who has recently in
spected the lodges of slate in Fairhaven,
reports that there is slate enough in that
town to keep thousand men engaged a
hundred years in quarrying.
j No intelligence has yet been receiv-
ed of the fate of Frank l.. Jones, son OF
Rev. Mr.. Jones of Hubbardton, whose
mysterious disappearance at Schaghti-
coke, few days ago, has caused SO much
comment. Foul play is suspected.
"A Boston Drummer who sent
badly spelled note to one of the waiter
girls at the Weldon House St. Adams,
soliciting an interview, was granted one
and met half dozen of the girls, who
plastered him from head to foot with wet
-four.
- Preparations are being made for
extensive numbering in Ripton this win
ter. In the spring several mills will be
running. Two new ones, in place of
those burned this fall, will be erected,
and with others will turn out a large
amount of spruce and hemlock lumber.
= Mr.. Eli Hoag of Franklin, while
telling tree near the west end of Frank
lin Pond, rec .n.ly, was caught under
the tree and received injuries which it is
feared he cannot survive. The tree
struck him across the upper part of the
body, crushing in his chest and stomach.
The morning train to Richford, as
all know is not fast train. The other
morning there were on board two ladies
with young children, one of whom got
tired and cried Justify. Some one in
quired, what is the matter with that
baby ?" to which venerable gentleman
who sat near replied. at has been SO
long on the road it has outgrown its
clothes"
= Sometime during the past year,
company of men living in Cambridge
purchased tract of land in Waterville,
near Bakersfield line, with the expecta
ton of finding large quantity of mar
BILE. 1t has turned out to be superior
quality of limestone, an article much
needed in that section. The company
have recently built kiln, and intend to
commence the manufacture of lime ear
ly the coming spring.
The will of Ira McAlister of Enos-
burg, who died in 1866, has just been
before the Supreme court of Montpelier.
He gave $1,000 for the education of the
freedmen and the residue of the property
after certain henuests tn his relatives IN
the Methodist Episcopal mission at
Bombay, and as there was no such mis-
sion, his heirs contested the will. The
probate court decided that the residue
named must be handed over to the gen.
eral missionary society for India, the
court of Chancery, ON an appeal, revers-
ed this decision, but now the supreme
court has affirmed it and the money will
be given to the mission.