Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-03-12
bellows falls Vimes,
LOCAL MATTERS.

VI L. " Lay h"iNs
- George Slate is elected county COM
missioner, The returns received foot up
Slate 334 to l02 scattering,
= Advertised Letters John b. Hol-
lev, G b. Jones, james A. b. Smith,
Arson Wetherbee, Il, b. Beaumont,
Rose Clark, Mrs NJ p. Whitney.
Merchants and others who may
want extra good bargains in carpetings,
&c., IN Boston, should not fail to notice
the advertisement of G. Abbott & Co.
= The town superintendent of schools
for this county are required by law to
meet at the court house in Fayetteville,
on Tuesday of next week, at ten o'clock
An
81 MIR. G. S, Griswold is this week de-
livering to subscribers the book by Mrs.
Stenhouse, on the Mormons The work
is nicely bound and printed and will be
received with satisfaction.
~ ID. Bridgman's real estate agency
has been lively the past few days, hav-
ing disposed of the Bancroft and Tolman
houses, and an active campaign has
lust begun ON other property.
80 valuable lot of personal proper
~ viii be sold at auction by G. ii.
Roundy and c. S. Tuttle, on Rockingham
Upper Meadows, on Saturday of this
week. The particulars will be found in
our advertising columns.
The democrats of Walpole vii
please consider themselves saluted-the
want of gun only preventing the re-
publicans of this place from returning
their salute of last fall, Wednesday
morning their gun being absent ON duty
elsewhere.
The winter term of our village
schools closed Friday of last week. The
grammar school, taught by Miss Villas,
closed few days earlier on account of
her Sickness. The pupils in the several
school, are all reported as having made
good progress during the entire term.
We see the finely fitted up drug
store of H. w. Pierce at Chester depot
IS offered for sale by Mr.. Bridgman
This place is located SO as to command
very extensive trade from thesurround-
ing country, and certainly the store itself
with all its accessories and appointments
is really fine thing
Rev. Mr. Wilder, in another place,
make notice Of the meeting Of the Yer
mont Conference TO be held in this vii
lage the last of next month. We doubt
not that our people generally anticipate
this meeting Of large and influential
denomination of this State, with much
interest, will give them cordial well
come and hearty hospitality.
On Monday evening last, large
number of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles L. Wheeler, assembled at their
house, the occasion being the tenth ami
versary Of their marriage. A large mum
Der Of useful presents were rendered, and
Refreshments, carried by the company
we're served, and general lively anC
pleasant time prevailed,
AT the annual town meetings last
week, there were several instances in the
State in which ladies were elected super
inter dent OF schools. In this county W.
note that Miss Abbie A. Wellman wa:
elected to this position in Brookline anC
Mrs. Addie Goodell in Windham, boil
of whom we doubt not are well qualified
for the places to which they have beer
chosen
Master Charles Z. Hale, the littl
blind boy of Manchester, Conn, who il
to sing at the Methodist church. in thi
place, Tuesday and Wednesday evening
Of next week. became blind at two ant
a-half years of age and has not seen an,
since. Those who have heard him sin
have been greatly delighted with hin
Hewill sing beautiful selection of 81
cred, Temperance and Ballad Music
admission, 20 cents, children 10 cents.
Capt. Walter Taylor who has su.
fered considerably the past winter, frol
injuries received by the accident that o.
curred to him last fall on the highwa
between Brattleboro and Fayetteville
has rented his house for the year ensl
ing to Rev. Mr. Carter, and with Mr.
Taylor intends this spring to go to n
braska where his brother now resides,
spend the year and if he likes ma
make it his permanent home. The CAY
tain has so long been an institution
this place, having resided here we thin
since about 1887, that he will be missc
much in this community.
The new Bibles donated to the &c,
tral VT road by the Vermont Bible S
ciety have begun to make their appea
anee in their passenger cars runnir
trough here They look very neat al
TASTY, there being four in each car, OIL