Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-08-18
LOCAL MATTERS.

now running the same.
on. C. B. Eddy will address the
and Wheeler Club in Whiting
Friday evening of this week.
he democrats, at White River
I'm, Tuesday, nominated A. M.
H Of St. Johnsbury for Congress.
r and Mrs. Volk have success.
hing school in operation at the
III hool room with some forty pupils.
lch political party of this place
k hung out very handsome flags.
n Re said to he the largest in the
e democrats Of this town hold
~ at Engine Hall Saturday even
~ o'clock, to form a Tilden and
na6 cks club.
Town d Griswold, on Canal St,
issolved, Mr.. Griswold having
1m his interest TO Mr.. Brown who
NJ eoptinue the business.
bwns' turkeys in the yard near
hbnd House, were observed the 9TH
assembled in convention, drawing
y see who should the next day be
M pp in the dining room.
Hank NJ. Davis, telegraph opera
III this place, and Mrs. Davis, left
TIL Centennial on Monday. The
azs ere crowded that day with par
fIy m above, all for the same desti-
Ayestised Letters G. P. Brewer,
NJ Currier, Nelson Dewing, j G
hberl lake, Henry C. Harrington, L.
[Po1 ers, Mrs. Martha Goodwin, Mrs
J.Shill, Mrs. A. j. Smith, l.. w.
|srn@ q Co.
The village schools will begin the
i'll tefm Monday, September 4th, with
! enfire old board of teachers. The
oellenee of our schools are we'll known
d M therefore call attention to the
keftisement of the prudential COM
a union camp meeting will COM
st Claremont Junction, Friday,
and close Friday forenoon, Sept.
The railroads will carry passengers
Hid one way. Arrangements have
nade for board on the grounds,
ia rent, &c
the republican caucus on Satur-
M. Read was elected chairman |
fHnk M. Davis secretary. /. NJ |
n Nd DR.. Pettengill were elected |
egates to the district convention. The
= business was mainly relative to the
anization of a Hayes and Wheeler
! for this town.
{ G. II. Whitney, charged with steal
Samuel A. Weston's oxen, was brought
re Justice j. ID. Bndgman Wednes-
afternoon, and held to bail in the
lofS500 for trial at the next term Of
county court, and for want thereof,
u b. /. Phelps took him to Jail at
Eetteville, Wednesday evening.
IG F. Arnold, of the late firm of
ks& Arnold, is assisting in the store
abbitt q Hayes for a few days, I'M
tarrival of their new clerk, who is
of long experience in one of the
yetail drug stores in N. H., and
epbi not will prove a valuable ac-
" to the prescription department
6nes trade.
h M are requested to caution the
M the village against using extra
z, and especially to allow any to
y. The prolonged droutb has caused
water in Minard's Pond to settle 81
e during the past week, and as
. is but ten inches of water over the
now, it is but simple mathemati-
calculation, if we have no rain soon,
. when we shall be out of water.
: just as we went to press Thursday
ming Of last week, some of the river
}, belonging to Ross Il Leavitt's
u, performed an unprecedented feat
re talls, five different boats passing
ey trough the rapids each manned
Two men. The men in boat No. l.
Henry Davis and William Doane,
Gorham Spencer, Frank Dudley.
Ben. Mitchell, John Murphy.
: fank Mohawk, Joseph Swartson.
denry Wadleigh and John Muir
3('xice.) Henry Davis also passed
e txice. Three of the boats dipped
Z water but two went over dry. Each
nandled one oar. No such feat is
ssn q have taken place here before.
put for the very low water it is not
'aole such an attempt would have
] mnde now, but the rivermen be-
l ing and conquered. John Ross {
|pAngor, Me, who is spoken of with