Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-06
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= The Randolph National Bank is
being supplied with burglar alarm,
- Twelve aud half cents bushel
is all that common apples are worth in
Chelsea.
= Some potatoes A Danville man
raised 400 bushels on an acre. A Lyn-
don man dug 1870 from one hill,
- Two men in Woodstock captured
thirty.one eOons in five nights, This is
real specimens luck.
A little boy in st. Johnsbury
changed his diet and swallowed an eight
penny nail, but no harm resulted.
- Fred B. Huse of Hartford was
niche in the temple of fame, because he
husked IA bushels of corn in one day.
Mr. Edward Brownell of Williston,
raised six bushels and twenty-one pounds
OF potatoes from a single.
= The boot and shoe business of Der
by Line and Rock Island is quite brisk
this fall, all the shops running night and
day.
- The old buildings on the lot de-
signed for the new Baptist Church at
West Randolph, are being removed and
work on the new church will soon be
commenced.
- Mrs. Charles Stevens of Charleston,
on arriving at st. Johnsbury, on the
cars, on her way home Friday, found
she had been relieved of her portmonnaie,
with all her money.
= One day last week, as George Russ
Of Hartland, was driving cattle, he pick.
ed up stone the size of hens egg and
threw it at a yearling heifer, hitting her
in the head and killing her instantly.
Moses E. Cheney, Esq, the we'll
known lecturer and singer is quite i'll
with rheumatic fever He says he did
not catch it in Barnard. Barnard is
the healthiest town in the state, etc."
= The Howe scale works now locat.
ed at Brandon, are pretty sure to 90 to
Rutland, as $4,000 of the $780, 900 nee.
essary to secure their removal, has al
ready been subscribed, and the interested
ones are working vigorously.
james Cade of Barnet, was ex-
aiming pistol few mornings since,
when bullet slipped out of the barrel
and passed through his forefnger. Those
who saw james countenance at the
time conclude the thing was surprise
to him.
- The Merchants national bank OF
Burlington will retire 100000 Of their
capital stock on Thursday, Oct 9Th, pay
ing S44 per share, par value $40. Hence.
forth the capital stock Of the bank will
be 100000, one Of the three largest in
the state.
The venerable Stephen Whipple OF
South Salisbury, who has just entered
the ninety-sixth year Of his age, while
visiting his mill few days since, was
struck in the face by broken belt and
Frustrated. He was carried home and
is now slowly recovering.
- The International Telegraph Com.
pany of st. Johnsbury, which connects
with the Dominion Company of Canada
at the line of Highgate, is now extend
ing its line from St. Johnsbury along the
line of the Portland & Ogdensburg Rail
road to the Connecticut River, and alsc
from st. Johnsbury on the line of tn,
Passumpsic Railroad to Wells River. tc
connect with the Atlantic and Pacific
Company.
= Vermont delegates have been APP
pointed to attend the meeting of th,
Woman's national temperance union a
Newark, N. j., Oct. 25, as follows frs
congressional district, Miss Anna ParE
of Bennington; second district, Miss
Laura Moore of Barnet; third district
Mrs Albert Clarke Of st. Adams. Their
respective altsrnates are Miss Lucy J
Bradshaw, Mrs. Edward Conant, of Ran
dolph, and Mary Walker Of Burlington
- Wednesday night, the 9th ult.
the store Of J. B. DAILY & Co. Of Stan
stead Plain, about one mile from Derb,
Line, was entered and some 5000 wortl
of goods stolen. The thief entered
through the front window by taking gu
a light of glass. He then went to tn
livery stable of George McDougall anc
stole team. A man by the name o
Ryan was arrested at Barton, Wednes
day, and the team and goods found il
his possession. Ryan is a painter b,
trade aud halls from Bradford.
DR.. George HI. Tenney, whose dealt
occurred in Boston ON Monday last, wa
widely and favorably known in Burling