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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
TOWN OF wEsrMINsrER.

A bill to divide the town of West
minister is expected to appear this week,
similar to the enc in the legislature of
1872, but | am told there is not likely
to be any such contest between the East
and West Parishes as prevailed at that
time, as they will at least try to agree
upon some of the details of the division,
if one is made and leave the rest to the
legislature
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27

HthoShSE AfaStuy ~ @ASeuhhty VINO
A Missing Man Found Dead-Pro bablt
Murder of Herbet White--The Supposed
Murderer already In Jail ON Charge oil
Arson-other Murders by the same Man
Suspected.
The people of Weathersfeld and vi.
cinity were thrown into great excite.
ment last week by the discovery that
another murder had probably been com
mitted at or near Ascutneyville, about
a mile north of the old meeting house
and about six miles from Springfield.
The history of the case seems to include
a bitter family feud, which with some 9TH
er circumstances we copy from the re,
port in the Boston Journal as follows;
THE FAMILY FEUD.
In the year 1874 oames Weston, a
well,to-do farmer, living one-half mills
north of Ascutneyville, and short dis
lance from Gravelin's house, endeavored
to hire woman to work for him who was
in the employ of Gravelin, and succeed
ed in getting her away for a short time
About this time Gravelin became ac-
quainted with Herbert White, and the
two, while returning from Windsor in
the night, stopped in front of Westons
house, and Gravelin remarked to White
@ / am going to wake them up, and
proceeded to smash the windows with a
club. They succeeded in getting away
before Weston's family could recognize
the assailants, but Gravelin was suspect
ed. In short time White got angry
with Gravelin about a business settle
meut between them, and he and Weston
went before Gilbert A. Davis of Felch-
vile, and White turned states evidence.
Weston then sued Gravelin, and, after
three trials, obtained $1,000 damages.
Gravelin has since threatened to make
it hot for Weston, and has been making
up with White, and they have become
quite friendly again.
BURNING OF wEsToN's PROPERTY.
On the night of Friday, Oct, 6, West
on's large barn, 40 by ITO feet, and a
yoke of oxen, three horses, one thousand
bushels Of corn, sixty FIVE tons Of hay,
one thousand bushels of oats and forty
tons of corn fodder, were burned. GRAY
elm was suspected as the incendiary and
a complete network of evidence has
been woven around him. They found
where he jumped his horse over a fence
and hitched it to a tree, and tracked the
horse back to veins stable. The
shoes were removed from the horses feet,
and were tried in over two hundred
places and were found perfect fit. This
caused Gravelin's arrest.
When Sheriff Rollin Amsden went to
arrest Gravelin the next morning he was
met by the housekeeper, the Potnode wo-
man, and to his inquiry for Gravelin she
replied: "Mr. Gravelin was not away
last night, but was here with me all
night, and it is nobody's business if he
was" On the morning of October 18th
Gravelin was arrested and had his trial,
and in default of six thousand dollar
bonds was committed to Jail at Wood
stock.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
WHITES DISAPPEARANCE.

During all this time White has not
been seen, He was last seen at Grave
Inns house on the afternoon of the fire,
and search has been made ever since for
him
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27

From Abram Mead, Esq, Of Littleton. Ma /
have for several years suhers
verely with Dyspepsia, accompanie3
weakness and nervous irritability, vi
made life burden to me. Nothing
the simplest nutriment could remaa
the stomach without pain. Sound
and windy excavations, uncomfortsa
feelings in the head, bad taste in Ii
mouth, catarrhal symptoms, insctirit
of the liver and bowels, piles genera
debility and a nervous state Of exuem
susceptibility, made up a diseased cond
ton rebellious to ordinary MEDIC
treatment. BY the advice of an en-
nent physician of Boston, | commeBq
taking Peruvian SYRUP at once
gan to experience benefit. After ia
three bottles all these bad feelings j
left, my health is restored, and | Cd
life as we'll as ever. Most cheerfulyl
| recommend PERUVIAN SYRUP"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
EVIDENCE AGAINST GRAvELIN

The horse was found in a pasture in
Greenbush, and persons living near say
they saw Gravelin returning from the
pasture the Sunday after the murder
The harness and gig has not been found
at this writing. The excitement near
the scene Of the tragedy is exciting.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27

A thirty-two page pamphlet, conal
ing treatise ON Iron as a medical ags
and other valuable papers, testimona
from distinguished physicians, cler.
men and others, will be sent free to a
address. SETH w. FowLE 81 Sons p
prietors, Boston.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
MANY PEOPLE HERE.

The general term of the supreme
court began here to-day. Many of those
prominent in the legal profession are
here, which with the meeting of the
state Board of Agriculture, and also of
the Vermont Dairymen's Association,
and the races of Tuesday and Wednes-
day have brought an unusual number of
people to this place, and the streets have
a very lively appearance.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
ARREST OF GRAvELIN's FAMILY.

Gravelin's family, consisting of a
daughter II years of age, Miss Baker,
the housekeeper, a young girl named
Potnode, the hired man, Meader, Frank
Jackson and young man named John
Potnode were arrested by Deputy Sher-
if Amsden, on suspicion of completely.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
ANOTHER ACCOUNT

Iulu dnotHeF ACCOUNT OF some OF the
later details we copy the following;
The well was perhaps twelve feet deep
and two and half feet in diameter.
with enough water in it to nearly cover
the feet of the corpse as it lay in it, head
downward. The body was perfectly
straight and stiff when found. which
would indicate that life had ceased some
time before it was placed there. The
only wounds it had received were two
or three cuts in the back of the head,
evidently made with sharp, heavy in
strument, perhaps an ak, for the cuts
were clean, not ragged as if made with
dull instrument and the skull near the
wounds somewhat broken. Blood was
found on the sides of the we'll, probably
from the head hitting there 10 its de-
scent, as some bruises indicated. The
features were very well preserved and
we're instantly recognized, but decompo.
sition soon began. Some Of Grayelin's
family we're then at Woodstock making
arrangements as to bail, but on their re
turn Friday night they were arrested.
together with the rest of his household.
which consisted of daughter seventeen
years of age, Miss Baker, the house
keeper, a young girl named Potnode, the
hired man Msader, Frank Jackson, and
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
OVERCOATS.

In the way of 0vercoats can show you onsa s.,
largest stocks ever shown in this section oil e9aAS
and at prices so low that no one need 80 SlI9'e
Do not fail to call and examine them. ana n
/ have splendid stock of HATS and CAf' Il
Men and Boys.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
FIERCE DISCUSSIONS.
ASYLUM FOR INSANE.

hear that bill will soon be present
ed for building state asylum for the
insane. The size of the appropriation
to be asked for is not yet developed,
but added to the one wanted for the re-
form school, and still another for the
erection of library building, and you
have total that the tax payers of the
state would probably make short work
of if they could get directly at it.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27
STATE OFFICERS.

A joint resolution for the election of
state officers this week, is likely to go
over till next week, and may be post
poned in whole or part even longer, as
there are bills or inquiries to abolish
some and reduce the number of others,
in the interest of economy.
"FIERCE DISCUSSIONS.
/ notice that some reports sent from
this place to newspapers out of the state,
have it that the legislature has had
fierce or lively time on this or that
question Up to this date there has
been very little discussion on any sub
ject, certainly nothing " ferocious," and
it is matter of some curiosity to know,
when an earnest discussion does come,
how it will be described.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-10-27

Furnishing Goods. Hats, Caps &c. for men 7
boys wear in abundance and prices so low that
poorest in the community need not cOmplain Oh
ragged when it takes SO very little money TO bl
new suit, Large stock good goods and We meal
when we say cur prices will be the lowest OF all
, 1876-11-11
NOTICE..
70 all Whom it may Concern.

To all Whom it may Concern.
VUHEREAS, the Commissioner of the
w General Land Office, in letter dated Au-
gust 2Sth, 1873, ordered that the lands In
township % north range 6 east, i'll the district
Of lands for sale at olympia. W. T.. should be
withheld ''fron disposal as agricultural lands
until the non mineral charac'ef thereof shall
have been fully established And, whereas
George Thomas. Of King county. !" I. who
made pre- enption filing for land in said town.
shin and ;lnge viz: fer lots and :, and the
ne quarter Of lie quarter of section ~, now
makes application to make his final entry OF
said land. and has filed in this Office his afida
Wit declaring that there is not within the limits
OF said land, to his knowledge. any coal o
other valuable mineral deposit, ard that said
land is essentially non mineral land.
Now, therefore. in accordance With lHstruo-
tions from the Commissioner or the General
Land Office, it is ordered that testimony
touching the character of said described land
shall be taken before the Clerk of the District
Court, at his Office i'll the city OF Seattle, '" T.
on the 80 day of December, A. D. 1876, Deelh.
ming at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at which place ana
time all persons having interest Ill the matter
of tine character Of the above described lahi
are REQUIRED to appear, and there and then TO
present such evidence as may serve to tuliy es-
tab,ish the character of said tract OF land.
Given under our hand, at the United Mates
District Land Office at Olympia, v. t.. this Jtt
day of November, A. d. 1876.
j. T. Brown, Register.
ROBERT G.. STUART, Receiver. not u"
, 1876-11-11
EOtice.


z a ;iEpEAS, the Commissioner Of the Gen.
w eral Land uifi.e, in letter datel July s.
1874, ordered that the lands in township %
north, range east. i'll the district of lands for
sale at Olympia, ". T., should be withheld
from disposal as agricultural lands until the
non-mineral character thereof shall have been
fully established And, whereas. Edward
Cassidy, of King County, W. T., who made
pr -emption filing for land in said township
and range viz, for the northeast quarter of sec
rion 2S now makes application to make his
final entry Of said land, and has filed in this
office his affidavit declaring that there is not
within the limits of said land, 20 his knowl-
edge, any coal OR other valuable mineral de-
posit and that said land is essentially non-min-
eral land.
Now, therefore. in accordance with instruc-
tions from the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office, it is ordered that testimony touch
ing the character OF saiE described land shall
be taken before the Clerk CT the District Court.
at his Office, in the City of Seattle, W. T., or
the 30th day Of December, A. D. 1876, begin
ming at three O'Clock P. NJ, at which place and
time all persons having interest in the matter
of the character of the above described land are
required to appear, and there and then to pre-
sent such evidence as may serve to fully es
tablish the character of said tract of land.
Given under our hand at the United States
District Land Office at Olympia W. T., this
3rd day of November. A. d. 1876
j. F. BROWN, Register,
ROBERT T. STUART, Receiver.
no 9-sw
, 1876-11-11
EXPLANATION.

We index by numbers to avoid
repetition. No. l stands Tor boats
built at Seattle; 2 for San Francis
co; 3 for New York; 4, Portland; !;
5, Utsalady; 6, Port Madison; Z,
Olympia; s, Port Blakely; 8, Tum-
water; 10. Seabeck; II, Port Gam
BILE; -, Waterford; 13, Sitka; Il,
Cello, above the Dalles, in Oregon; !;
Is, at the upper Cascades Of the
Columbia. Most Of these boats
were bought on speculation, and
but few OF them are in the trade for
which they were originally built.
This is especially true of @
THE POLITKOFsKY, =+-
Originally a Russian gunboat. but
now used as a tug by the Port
Madison Co. She has the old and
almost obsolete style Of low-pressure
+" cross-head" engine with double
cranks. Tho engine which drives
her was built in New York in 1888,
and once drove a boat called the
Water Witch, a Staten Island ferry
boat. Her name is a positive test
of sobriety. The number of officers
employed in this trade are as fol-
lows, hearly all the masters being
their own pilots
, 1876-11-11
Notice.
To ni Whom it may Concern:

40 n]i ~ nom II may concern:
~ HEREAS, the Commissioner Of the Ger
w eral Land Office, i'll u letter dated July
s, 1874, ordered that the lands in Township %,
north, range east, i'll the istrict Of lands for
sale at Olymnia, W. T, should be Withheld
s.from disposal as agricultural lands until the
nonmineral character thereof shall have been
fully established" And whereas Robert t.
Flynn of King County, W T., who made pre-
cmption filing for land in said township and
range, viz: for the Nv. 4 OF section 2S, now
makes application to make his final entry Of
said land end has fled il this Office his affidavit
declaring that there is not within the limits Of
said land TO his knowledge, any coal or other
valuable mineral deposit, and that said land is
essentially nonminerul.
Now, therefore, in accordance with .IEstrCc-
tons from the Commissioner OF the General
Land Office, it is ordered that testimony touch
ing the character Of said described land shall
be taken before the Clerk of the District Court
at his Office in the city Of Seattle, W. T., on the
3Oth day Of December, "A. D ,1SI6, beginning 1T
| O'Clock P. NJ, at which place and time all per-
sons having interest III the matter OF the char
setter Of the above described land are required
to appear ana there and then present such evt-
dence us may serve to fully establish the char
acter Of said tract of land.
Given under our hand, q. the United States
District Land Office at Olympia, ". T., this 3rl
day OF November a. D., 1876.
J. T. BROWN, Register.
ROBERT G. STUART. Receiver. no?-5w
, 1876-11-11

boat, but her owner sent her out to
this coast, and she has been in every
port between Nanaimo and Panama.
The Anderson was built in Portland,
and contains an engine built origin
ally for little boat called the S. B.
Wheeler, that ran from San Fran
cisco to Benicia, when Heenan-
town" was the capital of the State.
The Libby is another venerable
craft that has done good service.
She has an engine in her that Mar
tin Bulger got out from New York
some seventeen years ago. She is
about the third boat it has driven,
but those engines last forever. The
STERNwHEEL PADDLES,
Or wheelbarrows,' as they are
often called, are being introduced
here to great extent, as they sur
pass all other boats for quick hand
ling in crooked water The North
Pacific, with all her fine power,
would not be safe boat to handle
in the whirls' of the Upper Co
lumbia, because she would get a
different current in one wheel from
what she did in the other, and soon
broach to. Your stern-wheeler, on
the other hand, has the water all in
one place, and with her four rud-
ders can be safely guided through
the most dangerous passages. The
Annie Stewart is the largest boat
of this class in these waters. She
was built in 1864 at San Francisco
by an old Scotchman named Stew
art, who kept an ale-house at the
foot OF Pacific street his partners
in her were two engineers named
Sam and Dewitt Hulse. They in
tended her to run
THROUGH TO MARYsyILLE
In high water, but they never got
that far. She made two trips from
San Francisco to Sacramento when
the tides were low, about 1111aa P. NJ, :,
so that she could cross the "Hog's
Back under full steam, while the
great Chrysopolis-now the G. P.
r. r. ferry boat. at Oakland-had
to lie by at Rio Vista. This led to
her being bought Off at $500 per
month, which lasted five years,
when she was brought to Astoria
after a dangerous and foolhardy
voyage She is very fast, but not
equal to the Bonita or Daisy Aims
worth, on the Columbia river.
Stern -wheelers are the cheapest
boats to run, and are gradually
coming into vogue here, on that
account. The following is a list Of
boats now registered in the Inspec-
tors Office of this district.
, 1876-11-11

The pay of officers is small as
yet, but few of the captains getting
more than one hundred dollars per
month. Indeed the pay of engi-
neers generally equals that OF mas
ters. But the day is coming when
steamboating will be conducted on
a larger and more liberal scale as
the trade grows more extensive !;
and then the pay Of steamboat pilots
and engineers will be as liberal
here as it is elsewhere. Large boats
will be required, and they need
such skillful handling that low
wages will be no object. Our
Sound is the most beautiful sheet
of water in the world, and one day
will boast the most elegant steamers.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-10
BreezeS from the Summer Resorts.

They feel the hard times at Cape May,
and the boarding houses are making the
most money.
The Cottage by the Sea at Long Branch
Is being put in readiness, and the President
will occupy it as soon as Congress adjourns.
The Long Branch Rowing Association
has chosen Mr.. George w. Chiids presi-
dent, he being a handy man to have around
IN case of an accident.
Rocky Point, r. l., consumes on one of
Its best days from 140 TO 200 bushels of
clans, ton Of bluefsh, 125 loaVes of brown
bread and 1000 ears of corn.
They say that there will be no more ho-
tells built on Watch Hill for several years,
and that only three or perhaps four make
any money this year, although it is by all
odds the best patronized place along the
eastern coast Of the sound.
When the Long Branch bulletins say
Unparalleled influx Of visitors Extraor-
dinary rush ofpeople to the favorite resort
Everything full I! p you may know the
counter jumper and the brokers' clerk has
skipped from New York on Saturday night,
and that he viii 60 back again on Monday
morning.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-10
NOTICE TO THE
TAXPAYERS
or
MONROE COUNTY.

In pursuance to an Act of Assembly, entitled
"an Act relating to the collection of State and
County Taxes in the county of Monroe" ap-
proved May 6, 1867, the county Treasurer
will meet the Taxpayers of said county for
the collection of State and county taxes in and
for the following places, to wit: 49,,
In Tunkannock township, Monday July
18th, 1876, at the house of Joseph Newhart.
Tobyhanna township. on Tuesday July IS,
at the house of William Shiffer, and Wednes-
day July 10, at the house of Isaac StaufIef
Coolbaugh township, on Thursday July 90
at the house of jerome B. Shaw.
Pocono township, Friday July 21, at the
house of Charles Brown.
Jackson township, Saturday July %, at the
house of Smauel II. Bossard.
Ross township Monday July 24, at the
house of Jacob III. Stocker.
Eldred township, Tuesday July %, at the
house of Amandus J. Marsh.
Polk township, Wednesday July 26, at the
house Of Joel kresge.
Chestnuthill township, Thursday July q, at
the house of Charles Eberle, and Friday July
2S, at the house of David Everett.
Borough of East Stroudsburg, Saturday July
20, at the house John Barlow.
Paradise township, Monday July 81, at the
house of James Kintz.
Barrett township Tuesday August 1st, at
the House Of John W. Yothers.
Price township, Wednesday August ?, at the
house of Samuel Postehs.
Hamilton township, Thursday August 5, at
the House of Josiah Kresge, on Friday Au-
gust 4, at the house of John Rhodes, and on
Saturday August 5, at the house of Charles
Andrew.
NJ. Smithfeld township, Monday August 7,
at the house of Jacob III. Place, and Tuesday
August s, at the house Of James Place.
Smithiield township, wednesday August Q, at
the house of Simeon d. Bush and Thusday
August 10, at the house of Thomas Brodhead.
Stroud township, Friday August Il, at Peter
Kellers Mill, and on Saturday August II, at
the store of Day. Wilcox & Co.
Borough of Stroudsburg, Monday and Tues
day August IA and 10, at the Treasurer's Office.
Tax papers who avail themselves of this op-
portunity to pay their taxes will be entitled
to an abatement of five per cent. For the con-
venience of tax payers visiting Stroudsburg,
the Treasurer will receive any of the above
taxes at his office before said days
LINFOD MARSH, Treasurer.
Treasures Office, Stroudsburg June Is, 1876.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-10

The public debt was reduced s1,138,-
OBJ during the month Of July.
Delaware this season produced nearly
SIX million quarts Of strawberries.
The Philadelphia Mint coined ,023 $50
pieces during the months Of July.
1t Is noted as an interesting fact that
the wages Of sin have not been cut down.
4 Centennial census of Somerset, just
completed, shows a population of l, 300.
A Clinton county boy, Arthur Dorm
blaser by name, years old, weighs 125
pounds.
The lightning struck the horn of COW
at South Burlington, Vermont, the other
day, shiyering it to the roots, but other
wise leaving the COW unhurt
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-10

Allentown, during June, had ten more
births than deaths.
Bonner, of the New York, Ledqer.
rurallzes at the Water Gap.
Several large circuses have failed this
season from want of custom.
Deer are said to be more plenty in the
Alleghenles than for years past.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-10
Special N Office.

NoTwITHsTANDING the high standing to
which ready made clothing has been brought
under the fostering care of house like WAN
AMAKER BRowNs, Philadelphia, there are
always respectable number of people who
prefer their garments made to order. For
these patrons Oak Hall, magnifcently ao-
pointed custom Department is organized and
In full blast. The best cutters in two hemis-
phereS are employed to meet the demands OF
the incest taste and most fastidious cnlture in
the matter of personal dress. All the newest
styles and choicest selections of home and for
eign make are at the service of their customers.
And at lowest prices.