Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-05-30
New Hampshire Notes.

Llttleton'S total valuation is Sl, iOo,'
73l.
There are 63 inmates at the Carol
county farm.
Austin Corbin heads Viewpoints tax
list with $734.S0.
The new Clement opera house at Ber-
lin was recently dedicated.
Rev. Arthur Little will be the orator,
on Memorial day at Rochester.
The Memorial day address at Antrim
is to be delivered by Rev. George w.
Rutland.
Manchester is to have new High
School building at an estimated cost OF
$4,000.
The Tilton and Franklin stage has
been discontinued, after having been
in operation for 40 years.
An unusually large number of cot
tages are being built at Blodgett's
Landing, Sunapee lake, this season.
Corbin's park in Croydon mountain
now contains nine buffalo calves. The
herd at the present time numbers so.
Ike Hartman of Gorham, a noted
hunter, killed a bear on Sugar Hill in
that town recently which weighed 500
pounds.
The selectmen of Lancaster have let
to the Boston Bridge company the con-
tract to replace the iron bridge in that
village.
On account of the prevalence of small
pox, arrangements for the observance
of Memorial day in Claremont have
been cancelled.
Lebanon has voted to build an iron
bridge across the Connecticut in place
of the present structure, which was
weakened by the recent flood.
The annual meeting of the New
Hampshire Alumnae of Mt. Holyoke
was held in Nashua yesterday. Repre-
sentatives from the tru tees, college, and
alumnae were among the speakers.
Eight years in states prison at Con-
cord was the sentence imposed upon
James, alias "Slasher" WEIGH, Thurs
day, in the supreme court for the kill
ing of John O'Brien in Manchester
last March.
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the New Hampshire Horti-
cultural society at Concord it was voted
to hold the annual exhibition at Con
cord October l, 2, and 3, and to offer
$500 in premiums.
A prominent official of the Amos
keag corporation, Manchester, says it
it can complete the repairs made neces-
certainly cost the city $4,000.
Joseph Dow of Bow, well known as
the strawberry king of New England,
having in one year raised over 400
bushels or 10000 boxes of his delicious
fruit, had five acres of strawberries in
blossom destroyed by the recent frost.
A fire at the base of Mount Washing
ton last week Thursday destroyed three
engines, three passenger cars and the
car house, engine house, water tank,
machine shop, and station of the
Mount Washington railway. Loss,
$4,000.
The Philharmonic association festival
held at Manchester closed last Friday
evening with a grand concert which
was attended by the largest audience
ever assembled in hall in that city.
The festival was an unqualified success
in every particular.
The New Hampshire Conference and
Female seminary at Tilton, which has
maintained an honorable place among
the educational institutions of the
Granite State for SO years, will celebrate
it's semi-centennial next month with
an elaborate program.
Active preparations are being made
at CINNAMON for the celebration of the
academy's centennial and the dedica
ton of the new building on June 20
Rev. S. G. Bartlett of Dartmouth Col
lege will deliver an address, and Will
liam G. Fox, Esq, will contribute
poem. Col. Thomas Cogswen will give
the historical address.
AT the adjourned session of the SUI
preme court at Lebanon, recently
Judge Smith made decree for Prof
| Whitcher, Mr.. Brown, and Mrs. War
den to have the reward of $500 which
was offered for the capture of Almy
who murdered Christie Warden. Prof
Whitcher and Mr.. Brown will receive
$1,000 each and Mrs. Warden $500.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
| holders of the Suncook Valley Railroad
last week Thursday the following were
| elected directors: Reuben l.. French
Pittsfeld; Charles II. Carpeater, Chi.
chester; William T. Head, Hooksett
Frederick a. Smyth, Manchester; Hi
ram A. futile, Pittsfield: John c.
French, Manchester, and George e
Kent, Pittsfield.
The executive committee of the New
Hampshire Veterans association has
voted to name the encampment at the
coming reunion in honor of Col
Alexander Gardiner of the -Four
tenth Regiment, who was killed al
Winchester, Va. An invitation will be
extended to Admiral Meade to be the
guest of the association during the re-
union. President Cleveland, Gen.
Miles, U. S. A., Corp. Tanner and wife
Gov. Mckinley, Congressman Reed
and other prominent civilians and mill
tary men will also be invited.
The depot buildings, including ma