Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-02-18
Vermont News.

Milton, have agreed to accept twenty
five per cent
Wilmington is to have new ma
tional bank, the stock of which is near
ly all taken.
- Hazen Ford, of Barnet, made from
six cows last season, 1888 pounds o
butter besides the butter and milk usec
in the family. The cows are not fancy
stock and had no meal after they were
turned out to grass.
The slate interests of Fairhaven and
Hydeville, Which have suffered gen
eral depression during the past winter
are now rapidly picking up. and orders
are pouring in faster than they can be
attended to.
"A child, whose brief history of q
year and half was singular, died al
Vergennes few days ago. At its birth
it weighed eight pounds and has never
weighed more than that. For the last
year it has only weighed six pounds.
&C. B. Farrell, fish dealer in St.
Johnsbury, was instantly killed Monday
of last week, by kick from his horse.
The horse became cast in the snow in
Danville, and it supposed that Farrell
received the kick while trying to release
him.
w. M. Brown, of Jacksonville re-
Gently took two young ladies sleigh-rid-
ing, and on their return in Wednesday
evenings binding storm, they capsized
The horse got loose and ran away, and
took refuge in secluded swamp, where
he remained nearly three days without
food.
- The passenger and freight depots of
the Connecticut and Passumpsic rail-
road at Barnet were burned on the I'd
inst, the fire starting from the breaking
of a kerosene lamp in the ticket office.
The tickets, books, papers, ETC., of the
station were burned, but the contents of
the freight house were saved
- The work of reconstruction at the
Fairbanks scale works is making great
progress. The new shops are framed
and partly up. The work formerly done
in the burned shops has been organized
in other buildings, and in four working
days after the fire, scales were again be-
ing sealed, packed and delivered.
e. Perry Packer, of Coventry, who
recently left town under financial
cloud, is supposed to have made $4,000
by his failure. His wife and Mr.. Sweet,
a brother in law, have been sued for the
recovery of property supposed to have
been placed in their hands
- The Senate has passed the bill to
pay the First National Bank of st. Al
bans S28,500, the value of United States
notes held by said bank as financial
agent of the United States, and stolen
by raiders from Canada in 1864, but
struck out the clause providing for the
payment of interest on that amount
from October 10, 1864, until the time
of the payment.
Z. d. Ashley, of Milton, father-in-
law of the Hon. Jed P. Clark, was struck
and killed by a locomotive.on Tuesday
evening of last week, while walking on
the railroad track The engineer says
: that he saw the man short distance of
him, but thought he saw him step aside
from the track. The first knowledge
that he had that his engine had struck a
man was when he discovered the flag
staff on the front of the engine bent
and marks of human blood on the COW.
catcher of the engine after arrival al
st. Albans.
- Mr.. Heman Johns of North Hunt
ington is at present afflicted with vari
cose veins on his limbs, rendering ampu
tation necessary to the saving of his life
and fears are entertained that this severe
remedy may prove fatal. He has beer
man of great muscular power, having
accepted challenge from the champion
wrestler of South America, and, beins
victorious, won the belt and watch
which are still in his possession.
Friday evening, the 28th ult, al
affair happened at bridge near Iras
burg village, which came near bein,
fatal. There was road upon the ic
that had been in common use severa
days by lumber teams and general tray
Ell, which passed under the bridge. Fri
day, several persons were getting ic
from under the bridge, and although re
quested to leave the road in good cond
tion, took the ice out directly across tn
travelled path. Mr.. Geo. B. Brewste
and wife came driving up this road &
about nine o'clock in the evening, an
drove directly into the deep water I'll
horse was drowned, and there was
marvellously narrow escape of the e