Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
LOCAL MATTERS.

- 5. ID. Piper and Co. announce thei
goods at reduced rates and give the fig
nres.
Wednesday evening gave the hes
view Of the comet since its appearance
in this section.
- Milton Farr, a clerk in L. A. Tur
ner's store, sprained his ankle on Wed
nesday, by jumping out of a wagon.
%. ID. Gray hints at some chang
10 his business in his advertisement, auc
therefore announces his goods at reduced
rates.
Judge Poland stopped in town owe
"Wednesday night on his way home t.
~ Johnsbury. lie left this Thursday
morning.
- Ia the base ball contest between
The Motives Of this place and the Stars
of Wslpole, at the latter place on the
Four h, the Stars were victorious by a
score of II to 80
= N. Martin who has blacksmith
shop in the rear of Towns livery stable,
makes an announcement in our adver-
tislng columns this week, and for some
kinds Of work gives his prices.
- The mills have all closed work for
a few weeks while the canal is being re.
paired and enlarged. The dizziness
among the mills will be made up by the
activity on the canal.
There was an attractive presenta-
ton at Towns hotel one evening last
week of huge base ball cap to one of
tbe members of the Actives, which
passed off with much scientific "eclat.'
~ The Rutland Globe is supplied to
subscribers in this village through DR..
Woods. The Globe Is well managed,
lively and enterprising and those who
want the news early will do we'll to 90
in forit.
Ihe Domestic Sewing machine is
said to be popular. 1t is claimed for i t
that its work will rank with the best
machine while they are not so expen-
sive. Geo. 0. Guild has them for sale
snd his announcement is in another col
umn.
= Advertised Letters-C. B. Bailey,
Peter Boshow, A. W. Fay, S. L. Hall,
f. s. Hall, Henry Northrop, N. G. Hill
lard, Barnard McGwin, F. Z. Pratt,
John Burial, Frank E. Wright, j. w.
Moore. Austin Howard, John Boudrant,
Mrs ]. III. Wilder.
L. III. Eastman, the we'll known
book agent, has returned from his west
ern trip. He reports himself well pleased
with the west, especially in a business
point of view, money being more plenty
than in the east, and proposes to return
there in about two months.
= The Hon. james A. Briggs of New
York, made pleasant call at our office
on Monday. His family are stopping at
Grafton for the season. Mr. Briggs is
member Of the state Board of Equaliz-
alton whose duties are many and through
out the entire State.
= In these "hard times it will be
we'll to call on w. H. Movers on Canal
Stseet. He makes thorough business
q cleaning and repairing clothing, max
inc Them last the longer for both ladies
and gentlemen, which in these pinching
days is a valuable consideration.
~ Fenn's Compound Extract of banks
md roots for making beer, can be found
NJ the Bellows Falls Drug Store. 1t is
jnst what your system needs at this time
of the year, and will make beverage
that will be very agreeable to the taste.
A % cent bottle will make 10 gallons of
beer. Try it. %
- The work of building Golfer dam
at the head of the canal has begun. since
which so large bank Of earth near the
. foundation of the railroad bridge has
washed out that the work of completing
the dam has been much increased. The
object is to shut the water out of the
canal during the work of enlargement.
= The next Sunday school concert Of
The Sabbath school connected with the
congregational church will take place
next Sunday evening at 6 o'clock, and
will include new and interesting exer.
eises. Mr.. G. w. Osgood, the superin-
PENDENT takes much interest in his work,
and gives the Sunday school in his
charge much earnest and thoughtful at
tention.
- Michael Torpy's house, on the
Qlker side of the river, was discovered to
be on.fre, by the neighbors, (the family
beng absent at the time,) on the Fourth.
4hey found the fire in but single room
~ eoon extinguished it. The damage
~ light, mainly among some clothing.
3to cause of it we understand, is sup
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