Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-01-24
LOCAL MATTERS.

; ses Jacobs.
Mr.. A. Dow has sold his house and
!, lot en- Canal street to l.. L. Lowell, End,
i for $4,000.
u The ladies of the Congregational
Society will hold their Annual Festival
o at Union Hall, Tuesday evening, Feb.
K 4th.
Shall "big team" be organized in
: this village to attend Rev. Mr.. Murray's
lecture at Westminster 1t would be a
7 pleasant trip.
Mr.. Bridgeman's trout consumed
d irty pounds of meat one day last week
the largest amount they have ever con-
sumed at one time.
- It is very pleasant to hear the little
songsters MARBLE and tune up as you pass
/. DIR. Woods store these winter days. He
I. has them for sale.
h "A snow slide rom Commits furni-
n ture building few days since, smashed
VI the blinds and windows of the marble
;" building next to it.
81 There is still scarcity of laborers
lahere for many kinds of work, and jobs
e 90 undone for want of some one to do
them.
The amount of snow which has fall
len this winter, as kept by Mr.. E. S. Sa-
bin at Saxtons River, is five feet and five
inches, which is an unusual amount for
this section at midwinter.
- Many sheds and old buildings have
yielded to the unusual weight of snow
upon them this winter, unless cared for
u season, and even on some new build
SCI ngs the ice has formed setting the water
". pack when it thaws, causing bad leak
.ge inside Union Hall block has suf-
sred much in this way.
Vi - Mr. T. w. Church who resides
s', nile or so below this village in West
re ninster, was severely injured one day
: asst week. He was telling tree when
imb struck him on the head cutting
evere cash and rendering him sensless.
lie was at once cared for and it is hoped
will soon recover.
An exchange says that an effective
ndtemedy for slippery sidewalks is to
prinkle thin coat of dry snow on the
'Dsvalk, and wet it with warm water from
common sprinkler don't pour the wa
or on. The snow will freeze presently
~ nd freeze rough.
- The printers last week, accidently
=. mitted the name of Col. Asa Went
sorth from the list of directors in the
National Bank of Bellows Falls, and
Iyshough ]. FL. Williams, Jr., is the cash
sr, he was appointed several months
go, and not at the annual meeting.
ed - Capt. Taylor arrested one Alonzo
rrdet, living just across the river, one
lay last week, ON charge of having more
wives then are allowed one man even
the State of New York, and delivered
o aliim to other hands at the depot, who
sstiasook him off for further consideration.
ss We have seen the opal found by
th1aster w. Clarence Dennis, and referr-
add to by DR.. Blake in his communication
th.a another place. 1t certainly has very
q pleasing and valuable appearance, and
tpelext season we may expect grand rush
sIs or opals. Who knows but that this
o ss lace will yet become a grand Ell Dora
'oeo
a ais "A ten cent dodge was played in the
!, .treet one day last week, by a stranger,
81! .Eho went about begging ten cents on the
i've ,retence that he had letter in the post
lffice, en- which there was ten cents due,
api nd which he could not obtain for want
Bos hereof. The dodge was revealed by the
,ffer of one man to accompany him to
- be post-office, which he refused.
Henry III. Hutchins, r. H.
Gould and others from this village, had a
~ harrow escape from injury at Brattleboro
'ni,ne night last week. They were late for
4 = he train home and attempted to get on
While it was moving and fortunately
In we're whirled and thrown far enough
M rom it to escape serious injury. Mr..
Hutchinson had one shoulder somewhat
AIMED and Mr.. Gould had rubber torn
/ IN one foot.
i = There is no better indication OF the
ire. growth of this place than the constantly
pes Increasing business in the post office.
Only few years since 10000 or 1900
hree cent stamps were sufficient to sup
ly the demand per quarter, or about
1000 annually. The past year the de-
nand has been 10000 per quarter and
bis year the demand has begun at 25,-
700 per quarter or 100000 annually,
re r md the sales thus far in January indi-
:a,gg; ; ate still larger increase before the
cred ear is out.
Y The VILLEs OF NEwFANE.-New.
At Is ane is full of villes. There is Fayette