Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-09-17
MASSACHUSETTS.

The Standard sugar refinery and the
Bay State sugar refinery company are
dissolved as corporations by Justice
Morton.
The valuation of the personal proper
ty of Falmouth is $s,l76,329 real estate,
81 1924, l34; total, $4,000, 463; rate of
taxation, $3.50 on $1,000.
Swansea's new town hall was dedica-
ted Tuesday. The building is the gift
of Frank Shaw Stevens. John S. Bray
ton read an historical address. The
town is historically famous as the place
where King Philip began in 1875 the war
that bears his name.
The council for the Boston chamber Of
commerce has asked the supreme court
to grant rehearing in the case in which
the court recently sustained the verdict
of jury giving to Neil Mcneil $l4, 200
damages in his suit, In which he claimed
that the chamber of commerce wrong
fully refused to give him the contract
for its new building.
The SPECIAL town-meeting called at
Barre to see if the town would allow and
accept highway as laid out by the
selectmen. beginning near the house OF
Edward d. Cole and ending near the
house eff Franklin Babbitt, was held
Monday, and the proposition was neg.
atived by vote of Sc to So. 1t is under
stood that an appeal will be made to the
unity commissioners.
The Republican editorial associa tior
of Massachusetts has voted to meet al
the Parker house Saturday. The occa'
sion will be of the nature of ratifica'
ton of the action taken by the republic
can convention on Wednesday. Among
those invited will be the nominees OF
the convention, the Republican congress
men and the members of the state cen
trail committee. A reception will TAKE
place at 1870 p. m.
Judge Morton in the supreme court a.
Boston granted petition of the Suffoll
trust company, which has been enjoinet
from doing business, that the company
be allowed until October to continue tt
act as transfer agent and register of Ger
tain corporations for which it has beef
acting as trustee. Leave was also givel
the company, with the assent of the re
ceiver, to transfer to the companie
or individuals entitled thereto any prop
erty held by the trust company.
An old homestead was sold lately a
Bedford which has been in one famil,
for period of 227 years. The farm
was bought in 1864 by Job Lane of Nal
den from John Winthrop, the governo
of Connecticut, who had inherited tn
land from his father, the eminent govern
or of Massachusetts Bay colony. Gov
John Winthrop, the founder of Massa
chusetts and of Boston, received tn
land as grant from the colonial cour
in 1887. His deputy, Thomas Dudley
had a grant at the same court. and tn
two men went out through the wilder
ness in the spsing of 1888 and locate
their farms.
The late Charles w. Nichols of Bos
ton left $4,000 each to the American Bar
fist missionary union, American Baptis
home missionary society, and Norther
Baptist educational society, and Newto
Baptist theological institution; Bosto
Baptist Bethel society, $1,000; Bosto
Young Mems Christian association
$1,000; Clarendon street Baptist church
Baptist church North Sedgwick, Me
Massachusetts Baptist charitable soc
ETY. and American tract society, $50
each. The residue is left equally to tn
American Baptist missionary ,inior
Amf rican Baptist home missionary SOC
ETY., Northern Baptist educational societ
and Newton Baptist theological inst
tuition.