Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-07-04
Vermont News,


Dacotah. He has contract for survey |
ing government lands in that territory.
- james G. Barrett. of the Junior
class in Dartmouth, and son of Judge
Barrett of Woodstock, has been chosen
one OF the editors of the Dartmouth
Magazine for the year.
A few days since ii. c, circuit
found an adder in we'll on his premis-
es in the act of swallowing a trout, his
only venture in the fish line. His snake
ship was about eighteen inches long and
the fish was six.
The liquor holders and drinkers
have come to great grief in Northlield.
Sheriff Avery recently seized % hhls. of
liquor, 1t is reported that thirteen bar
rels we're found in the freight depot, a
portion of it consigned to Montpelier.
- Hon. William Hebard OF Chelsea,
who for several weeks has been COM
PEELED to use crutches, from injuries &C.
casioned by fall, on Monday last met
with another fall, but no injury was sns-
tanned that will prove serious.
Allen Balls Of Newport Centre,
was instantly killed, last week while
peeling hemlock bark in the woods. He
had Just felIed tree, which in falling
struck dry maple stub, aud this. flew
back with such force as 10 snash his
head in horrible manner.
- Efforts are being made for gener-
reunion of the Vermont soldiers OF
the rebellion at Rutland, commencing
August 9th and continuing three days,
in regular encampment on the county
fair grounds The reunions have hither.
to been confined to officers, but this
movement aims at getting in the rank
and file as we'll.
= On Thursday night the steam mil
known as Tisdale's mill, in Ripton,-
the mill building owned by Mr.. Tarbell
was entirely consumed by fire, together
with the entire stock of lumber accu
INFLATED around the premises. Mr.. lis
dale who, we learn, owned the machine
ry, loses nearly s4,000-it is reported
There was but a small insurance, viz =
S400 on the building and $500 on engin,
and boiler.
- On Saturday, Dist ult,, Mr. Levi
Hassam, farmer at Mortified, mad
an assault upon A. X. Rice, seriously in
juring him on the head. Hassam ha
been arrested and was TO be examined
before Justice Bradley, on Wednesday
The affair began in consequence Of Mi
Rice, who is a highway surveyor remos
ing some apple trees from the road nea
Hassam's house. Rice at last account
lay in critical condition.
; Those young men, students on Sem
; mary Hill, at Montpelier, took coapl
of damsels to ride, on the Dist inst. o.
: the peaceful Winooski. All went har
PLY till in an attempt to change seat'
all were tipped into the water. Th
channel was quite deep and one of tn
: beaus put for main land, while the othe
! stuck to the boat and Will and Fran
: Dewey, who were boating near by, re;
, cued the girls and escorted them home
A skeleton, enclosed in suit c
clothes answering the description of gal
ments worn by one John G. Rice,
I young man whose sudden Disappearance
from Searsburg, VT, about two year
since, led many to believe he had bee
foully dealt with, has been found IN a
. obscure place in Woodford, and nea
the spot where he was last seen. Rie
being man of dissolute habits, it is b.
). lieved that he died from exposure G
q starvation during debauch.
D "A tender STRIPPING eloped with a
: experienced "grass widow" from Castl,
o ton, recently but getting short of fund
at Albany, the couple were taken int
! service by generous rear admiral of
: canal boat, the boy as driver and th
bride in the capacity of cook. The TO
= mer was speedily discharged for incon
t potency, and the woman had permissio
C to accompany him if she SO desired, bt
r she elected to remain, and the saddene
youth returned to his parents withot
her.
J. 1t is not part of wisdom, to tie
& every body what you think of them.
is quite customary for some of our pc
= nile to saw " thew are not afraid fo IL