Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-07-18
LOCAL MATTERS.

- The empty reservoirs on School
reet have been repaired, and will be
led in few days.
= The Cornet Band will give their
Zee concert at the band stand, on Fri
by evening of this week at Z o'clock.
LIT. Geo. w. Kingsbury formerly of
Chester, now of the 18th U. S. Infantry,
member of the military commission
Il try Capt. Jack and other Modocs.
q - We hear of one postmaster who
hs been selling official stamps to the
eople, supposing they we're a new style
j stamp for letters.
H. I'll. and S. M. Davis expect to
zen their new drug store in Towns new
tel block the last Of next week. Their
pods are ready, and indeed they have
DIeady begun promising trade the
sst week in the basement
= james Diggins is the first of the
hason to report new pots toes, which he
PIG last Monday, July 14th. They
Nere Early Rose, of good size for table
use, and though not fully ripe, we're very
palatable. First premium on early po-
tatoes to Mr.. Diggins.
= Advertised Letters. George NJ.
Shade, Silas S. Rowell, c. G. Nye, Mrs.
N. j. Morris, w. C. Mcintyre, Henry
Dart, Adams II. Dearborn Charles A.
Curtis, George S. Brown, S. II. Amsden,
]. E. Gale, Locke Fraser, Miss Louise
Kempton. Peter Farrell, John Lord.
- Mr.. E. w. Bancrofl's span of beau.
/ tful bays, of which we made mention
last winter, were sold last week, to a
4 New York gentleman we believer for
1880. Mr.. John Wilmoth has had the
sne and training of these hoses, and may
81 just pride in his success.
- A young man with something of
b astronomical name was up in pine
grove on Tuesday practicing some kind
b gymnastics, when a revolver in his
band accidentally discharged and lodged
4 ball in his thigh, making a severe flesh
kound. DIR. Whitman extracted the
BALL and he will soon be all right again.
= Mike Ready of this place and a
breakmap on the Rutland road, had the
isfortuns to be confounded with one
keddy (who formerly worked in this
Pace fora while, and on his arrival on his
Pain Monday afternoon, was arrested
N charge of being one of the burglars
Tho entered house at Keene last Sat
Arday night. The mistake was soon dis
lowered, however, and he was released.
= Mr.. Bridgnan, in addition to the
0ncrete pavement laid upon his own
wounds, mentioned last week, has laid
The same on 100 feet of the public side
walk adjoining his premises. A similar
work the whole length of the street, and
We may as well include all the streets OF
the village, would give us most substan.
tial and probably in the long run the
least expensive side walks of any in the
State.
AT the meeting on Friday evening
pf last week. relative to course of lee.
lures the ensuing season, a financial state,
hent was made showing that there was
$3.50 on hand over and above the ex'
penses of the course last season, which
h to be added to the fund in support Of
he next course. Messrs. w. III. johnson
6eo. 0. Guild and 0. ID. Gray were
Elected a committee TO make arrang-
nents for the next course, and guaran
Zee paper is being circulated so that We
are tolerably sure of another course Of
lectures next season.
g Mr.. E. Z. Dewey recently accepted
Il invitation from some of his friends
Providence, to make fishing excur
fo1 on salt water, and has been off the
past week enjoying the luxury, the fruits
tf which he has sent to friends at home
IN liberal supply including some curiosi
Pies to inland pee pie. Among them wai
/ a saddle fish whose appearance shows i
10 be rightly named, and the head of 6
/ eword fish whose sword is over three fee
IN length, and whose head is sufficiently
| formidable to make the long, straight
/ And pointed sword dangerous weapon
= At the special corporation meeting
/ p Monday evening, it was voted to hav'
new and larger pipe laid from th'
] terminus of the eight inch pipe laid las
/ JAIL to the Square, the size to be left t,
4he discretion of the water commission
! 4rs. A statement was made before tn,
meeting relative to slate pipe, compar
] alive new article manufactured at North
6eld by Mr.. johnson. 1t was claimed
that it was not only better article fo
1he purpose, but that it could be laid a
! pne third less expense than iron pipe. |
i doubtful, we think, about the expens,
9eing so much less, but the pipe itself, o
hieh sample was on exhibition, wa