Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-09-17
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and broke one leg while having little
playful scutlle.
Joseph Pascal of South Walden has
been held in $500 bail for nearly killing
Thomas O'Brien.
Alex Shackett of Burlington has been
sent to the house of correction for 30
days for beating boy.
Floyd, the eight-year-old son of Frank
Packard Of Winooski, recently fell when
running and broke his shoulder.
Customs Officers Hartman and Twom-
bly, of the Canaan customs office seized
last week 1900 pounds of dutiable wool,
but no one has as yet claimed the prop
erty.
William Mascot, the burglar who rob-
bed the Booth cottage near Vergennes,
was captured last Friday by Sheriff
Middlebrook, near Whitney's Island, on
the lake. The stolen goods were recov-
cred.
Ernie Doyle and Frank Blay of Nor
ton were thrown from carriage few
days ago and both were badly hurt.
Blay was intoxicated and the accident
was due to his running his horse around
a sharp corner.
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ever known. was born in Cabot and was
| buried in Norwich, where, few years
since, there was nothing to mark his
grave save mullen stalk.
Prof. A. b. Bishop, a former principal
of the Woodstock high school has secured
the principalship of the Clyde-on- the
Hudson high school with IA assistants.
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from list of 100 applicants.
Cabot boasts of almost centenarian.
James Eddy is 80 years of age. He
voted for Tippecanoe in 1910, and hopes
to be able to vote for the grandson fer
the second time in 1892. His mind is
very clear, and he bids fair to round up
his 100 years.
Three thousand nine hundred sugar IL
censes have already been taken out in
the United States, Including cane sugar,
sorghum, ETC., and of these Vermont has
taken out over two-thirds, while her sis
ter state across the lake, so far as heard
from, has taken out the sum of one.
In the case of ellison VS.. the Delaware
& Hudson railroad, the jury has rendered
a verdict for the plaintiff of $780, The
cause of action was for turning stream
of water at West Rutland in putting in a
side track, so that it filled the quarry of
the Dorset Marble company, damaging
the machinery.
The attendance upon the public schools
of Rutland at the opening of the fail
term, exceeded the capacity, although
two large and commodious school build
ings have been erected within few
years. Another is demanded at the
house of correction, so rapid is the growth
of the village in that direction.
The steamer Harry M. Bates, on Lake
Bomoseen, Castleton, was burned Sep
TENDER 8. The boat, which was large,
new and commodious steamer, being able
to carry 100 passengers, had just finished
the season. The fire is thought to have
been the work of an incendiary. The
boat was worth about $2500 and was in
sured for $500.
The first school house on Jefferson hill
in Newbury was built about 20 years
ago, of logs. Recently there was an old
fashioned picnic on the site Of the old
school house. The feature of the gath
ering was the presence Of % people who
had attended school in the old log house,
the eldest of whom was Miss Waddle,
who was 81 years old.
A jury has been empanneled in the
somewhat notorious case of the estate of
Madison S. Manley VS.. Miriam A.
Staples. 1t was heard at the September
term in 1890, went to the supreme court
which remanded it for re-trial. d. E
Nicholson, Joel G. Baker appear for the
plaintiff, Butler and Maloney and Charles
H. Joyce for defendants.
Rev. Jonathan n ,ble, DID,, of Wash.
ington, native of Tinmouth, has been
visiting the old homestead and relatives
who occupy it. His father, Hon
Obediah Noble, was among the most
prominent citizens of Rutland county
three-fourths of century ago. DR.
Noble is well known in Troy, N. Y, and
is one Of the oldest graduates of Williams
college.
The annual meeting of the St. Johns.
bury and Lake Champlain railroad was
held at St Johnsbury, September 10, and
the board of directors elected comprised
, G. E. A. Bartlett Of Chelmsford, Mass,
George G. Lord of Newton, Mass, Sam,
uel G. Lawrence of Medford, Mass, Will.
liam Il. Hart of Boston, G. S. Page OF
Hyde Park, George W. Hendee of Nor.
risville, Franklin Fairbanks of it. Johns.
bury, H. E. Folsom of Lyndonville, and
S. c. Shurtleff of Montpelier.
There was narrow escape from a
frightful calamity at the Mallet's Bay
avenue school building in Winoosk
Wednesday, September 8. There were
some 20 pupils standing in the school
room when the floor suddenly sank sew.
eral inches. By the good discipline OF
the school panic was prevented and al
went out quietly. An investigation
showed that the supports in the cellar
had given way and had there been a
stampede the floor would undoubtedly
have collapsed and many fatalities would
have resulted.
The st. Johnsbury Caledonian is au-
thority for the statement that Mrs. Eliza
, Swan, of that town, has the rare distinc.
ton of having seen both President Har.
risons. When William Henry Harrison
was president he happened to be travel
ing through Ohio and Mrs. Swan helped
cook breakfast for him of which one
of the features was large cake. Mrs
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