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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-06-13
New Hampshire Locals.
CHARLESTOWN.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Bradbury will be
at the Barrett house this summer.
r. r.. Robertson's cottage on Main
street is receiving coat of paint.
Charles Rich, the architect at Hano-
yer, is at the Barrett house with his
family.
Mrs. DR.. Judson and Mrs. M. M.
Stiles left for their home in Mortified
Monday.
Miss Agnes Blakelee will pass the
summer in the north of Ireland and
Scotland.
Scrihner & Smiths circus will exhibit
on the Baldwin property on West street
June %.
James O'Leary, late of the Boston
Globe, is spending vacation with his
mother and sisters.
Miss Georgia ID. Work of New York
is spending her vacation with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. w. Bond.
Mrs. j. G. Briggs leaves for Holyoke,
Mass, soon, to spend couple of months
with Mrs. Mary Fiske.
Mrs. E. NJ. Birch of New York is
spending the summer at Woodside with
her mother, Mrs. Paris.
Mrs. j. G. Briggs is laying new water
pipes from her springs east of the village
to her Main street property.
Miss Helen Hubbard is at Madam
Clapps and Eliot Hubbard and family
are settled in their new home for the
summer.
Miss Emma Parker, student at
Byrn Mawr, is passing the summer va
cation with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Henry Parker.
Mrs. e B. Hayward and daughter
Elizabeth of Burlington, Ia, are eX-
pected this week to spend the summer
with Miss Sybil Stebbins.
Miss Hattie Stevens will occupy the
old Stevens homestead for the summer.
George Hubbard of Boston, former
resident Of this place, accompanied Miss
Stevens to CharlestOwn.
The beautiful illustrated sketch ap-
pearing in the old folks column of the
Monday issue of the Boston Globe, is
from the pen of Mrs. III. E. Corbin,
who is a we'll informed and felicitous
writer
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DEERING,


G. B. Sargent has moved to Hillsboro
Bridge.
Rev. Mr.. Ives preached at the church
last Sunday.
Mrs. George F. Ellsworth and son
Earle are visiting in Milford.
Mrs. Harry E. Munroe has returned
to her home inrRoxbury, Mass.
Mrs. Levi w. Goodale is visiting her
children in Milford for few days.
Miss Jennie Carl is working in the
family of H. d. Locke for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. X. Libbey of Will
ton visited at A. j. Lockes last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Mary A. Spicer has returned
after spending the winter in Boston
and vicinity with her daughters.
Mrs. Hattie B. Mann and son Ernest
returned after a ten days visit with
Mrs. Fred A. Peaslee of Henniker.
The ladies meet with Mrs. G. M.
Bum this Wednesday to reorganize
and choose officers for the ensuing year.
Elmer, the little five year old son of
Harry ID. Locke, broke one bone and
fractured the other of his right leg be-
tween the knee and ankle recently.
c. w. Forsaith had the misfortune
recently while driving the team on the
road machine to lose his pocket-book (;
it contained sum of money and valu-
able papers.
Mrs. J. G. Gegg is making number
of improvements on her buildings. She
has added a piazza to the house, is
building carriage house, hen house
and,ice house, also a silo.
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NORTH CHESTER.

Mrs. Weeks of Cavendish has been
a guest of her sister, Mrs. Ira H.
Adams, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Waterman,
and Master Gardie, passed last Sunday
with friends in Ludlow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Spaulding of
Cavendish were the guests of Merrill
Stevens and wife last week.
Mrs. Eliza Barnes of Chelmsford,
Mass, is in town guest of Mrs. r. P.
Pollard, her sister-in-law.
Mrs. Sophia Stearns has not been as
well for several days, and cannot sur
vive much longer, probably.
B. J. Mattocks, wife and son, OF
Brooklyn, n. Y, are guests of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mattocks.
\ Rev. Irving Towseley of Rutland
i,Tesc hed n the church here last Sun
Perry.
Miss Carrie Stevens was among the
number that visited the ruins at st.
Adams last Friday, returning Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wadleigh of
Ludlow, visited their daughter, Mrs.
r. w. Waterman, last Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Wright returned to her home in
Leominster, Mass, last Saturday, after
passing two weeks or more with her
sister, Mrs. G. III. Waterman.
The Ladies' society of the Universal
ist church will have their 10 cent sup
per and sociable at Engine hall Friday
afternoon instead of Thursday as usual.
Quite good number from here
attended the meeting of the Green
Mountain Association Of Universalists
at Ludlow, Wednesday of this week
The delegates from this parish were
Miss Julia Richardson and Mrs. F. M.
Shewin, and from the Y. p. G.. u,
Miss Lena E. Bemis and Mrs. Frank
Holden.
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FELCHVILLE.

Miss Ida White goes to Sunapee soon
as table girl.
81. j. Hewlett has gone to Boston
and Providence on visit to relatives.
Mrs. Bixby of Springfield, former
resident, is in town calling on friends.
Mrs. Nina Slayton is in Boston this
week to attend the graduation at Tufts
College.
1t is with pleasure we announce the
fact that Mrs. Hank White is rather
improving.
MI. and Mrs. Jack Hunter of Wind
sor were the guests of f. E. Conant
last week.
Mrs. Bisby went to Bridgewater last
week, called there by the severe illness
of her father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Magrath of Wood
stock visited his brother Alfred, the
last of the week.
Miss Angie Thomas of Springfield is
spending few days with the family
of her uncle, Otis Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. E. Perkins Wis
item his aged aunt and uncle at West
Windsor the last of the week,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Payne and two
children, of CRANKY, P. O., are the
guests of her father and mother at r..
Hoadley's, her grandfather.
Arthur Davis of Reading drew a
hemlock log to the mill yard that
showed 220 years growth. 1t was three
feet through at the butt and was about
one foot at the time of the Declaration
of Independence, showing that it grew
very slowly the first 100 years, the fast
est growth being between 1886 and
1871.
Rev. J. Hopkins and family were
out for carriage drive last week
between Perkinsville and Downers, and
in some way the horse, carriage and
occupants all went over the bank. The
baby rolling down the bank about 20
feet escaped with bruise on the fore
head, and both Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins
were badly bruised, Mrs. Hopkins
being in a very critical condition. a
very thick underground of bushes broke
their fall somewhat and was the means
no doubt of saving their lives.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-06-13
CAVENDISH.

DR.. and Mrs. Knowlton are at w. J.
Sperry's.
Master Ivor MacFarlane visited at
d. J. Stimets' recently.
R. T. Clark from Saratoga Springs,
n. Y, is at Hotel Elliott.
A party of Vermont Academy stu
dents visited the Gorge one day last
week.
Mrs. Churchill and Miss Helen
Smith of st. Louis are visiting Mrs.
E. l.. White.
Mrs. g. w. Mandigo is away for a
few weeks, visiting friends in Fall
River and Medford, Mass.
The band gave concert and ice
cream party at the Park Saturday even
ing which was quite successful not
outstanding the cool evening.
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ALSTEAD.

Mr. and Mrs. w. P. Wilson are visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. d. P. Kings
bury.
The carpenters are making a big
showing on Marvin's house. Chaplin
has covered the rest of his hotel roof
with steel.
The Kings Daughters will give an
ice cream and cake supper and hold a
sale of fancy articles in the Universali
vestry this Thursday evening.
Hot, dry weather with some cool
nights, unfavorable for growing crops;
apparently hay must be very light un-
less we have long, wet spell very soon.
Messers. Brooks, Bragg, and Dodge
spent few days at their summer fish
ing resort in Washington, painting up
their boats and generally fixing up
their camp. When the weather is fine
and the fish are hungry and willing to
be caught with good jolly crew there
is about solid weeks enjoyment in a
single day. Fish-eat-sleep, smoke,
joke and then eat some more. That's
what smoothes the wrinkles out of ones
face.
Children's Sunday was prettily OBJ
served at the Congregational church
last Sunday. The church was filled
with people and decorated with potted
plants and singing birds. The sermon
was appropriate for the occasion and
the readings, singing, and responsive
exercises were special feature. The
singing by the choir, assisted by Mr..
and Mrs. Kelley and Miss NVilmot on
their comets was fine. In the evening
the children gave fine entertainment,
consisting of Rotations and singing.
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9irn.

In Bellows Falls, May 6, Mrs. A. L. Davis,
aged 30 years, months, and 26 days.
In Rockingham, May 30, Sylvester Perk ms,
aged Il years, months, and II days. Spring
field Reporter please copy.
In Saxton's River, June ), infant child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Farnsworth.
In Grafton, June 10, of diphtheria, Cora
Matt tin.
In Jamaica, June 10, James Farr, aged 50
years.
In East Lempster, n. H., June 5, Roland
Pollard, aged "A years.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-06-13

Hon. Whitelaw Reid received tel
egram Monday stating that his mother
had died at Cedarville, near Xenia,
Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
left this afternoon for Xenia. Mrs.
Reid, the deceased, was born at Rye
gate, VT, in 1904. Her maiden name
was Marian Whitelaw Ronalts. She
married in 1926 Robert Charlton Reid.
They went west soon AFTERWARDS. r.
c. Reid died in 1866.
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mnrrten.

In Unity, N H., June 4, James W. Bascom
of Langdon and Miss Dora V. Reed of Unity.
In Chester, May 81, by Rev. A. J. Beach,
Erwin Bowen of Amherst, Mass, and Miss
Lizzie j. Carrier of Gassetts.
In Hyde Park, Mass, June u, w. E. Stock
well of Bellows Falls and Miss Anna LIE
Bourbeau of Hyde Park, Mass.
In Weston. June ID, by Rev G. n. Krook,
Leon l.. Weston and Miss Eva Shattuck, both
of Weston.
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Bnru.

In Gassetts, June 10, daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Gibson.
In Grafton, June l. a daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs Orlando Rounds.
In Saxtons River, June 5, child to Mr.. and
Mrs Harry A. Farnsworth
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BARTONSVILLE.

Clarence Whitcomb and children are
visiting his sister, Mrs. E. F. Day.
Mrs. A. r.. Corey will entertain the
ladies at the next sewing society June
10.
Ethelbert Towards youngest daugh-
ter is recovering from Inflammation of
the bowels
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Mrs. Weeks Of Cavendish has been
a guest of her sister, Mrs. Ira H.
Adams, recently.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-29
Monkeys WIDOW DEAD,
Did Not Live Long to Enjoy
the Property so Bravely
Fought For.
The Demise Recalls the Interesting
Story of Her Litigation in
California.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. 28.-Mrs. Eliz-
abeth l.. Monkey, widow of John Smith
Monkey of San Francisco, died in this city
yesterday from cancer of the stomach.
She was 81 years of age. Since the death
Of her husband three years ago Mrs. Mox-
ley has been pleading with the courts of
San Francisco to give her, as his legal
widow, part of the fortune left by him,
and last September she succeeded in get
ting verdict from the Supreme Court of
California awarding her half of the estate,
which was valued at S250,00O. The other
half was awarded to Elizabeth Harring-
ton, also known as Elizabeth Monkey, to
whom the whole estate had been decided
by Monkey. Because of the laws delay
Mrs. Monkey died without receiving any
share Of the estate for which she had bat
tied SO long.
Mrs. Monkey was Miss James of Balti-
more, a daughter of the late Tudor james,
and was married to John Smith Monkey in
Baltimore in 1849. Three weeks after the
marriage Monkey caught the gold fever,
and leaving his wife went to California to
seek his fortune. Mrs. Monkey addressed
letters to her husband in different parts of
California, but received no reply. Three
years afterward Moxley returned to Balti-
more, but not to his wife.
One afternoon Mrs. Monkey met her hus-
band on the street, but he refused to go
nome with her. Soon afterward Mr.. Mox-
ley returned to California and his wife
never saw him again. After returning to
California Monkey amassed a large for
tune and three wears ago he died in San
Francisco, leaving fortune of half a
million dollars to Elizabeth Harrington.
Mrs. Monkey Immediately instituted the
suit which resulted in part of the estate
being awarded to her.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-29
CRUISE OF THE CORONET,
The Schooner Yacht Being Fitted
Out for a Scientific Ex.
petition.
Plans to Observe the Eclipse of the
Sun From the Coast of
Japan.

NEW YORK. N. Y, Nov. 28.-The
schooner yacht Coronet, owned by D. Will
lis James and his son Arthur Curtis James,
which defeated the schooner yacht Daunt-
less in a midwinter race across the Atlantic
in 1886, and which has sailed around the
world, is being fitted out for a scientific
expedition to the coast of Japan.
On the afternoon of August next, at
o'clock, there will be total eclipse of the
sun which will not be visible IN this part
of the globe, and it is for the purpose OF
observing this phenomenon that the ex-
petition is being fitted out.
The chief observer of the expedition will
be Professor David Todd, the eminent as
tronomer of Amherst College, who has
been sent out by the United States Gov
eminent at various times to distant parts
of the earth to take astronomical obserTa-
tons.
The yacht will sail from New York early
next week around Cape Horn bound for
San Francisco. Here she will be met by
the members of the expedition early in
April and the long cruise to the coast OF
Japan will begin. The Coronet will touch
at the Sandwich Islands, after which there
will be no interruption in the voyage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-29
NORTHERN LAKES.

They Have q Mysterious Submarine
Current.
Little Shuswap Lake is stated to have a
fat bottom, with depth varying from So
to IA feet, measured from the mean high
water-mark. The deepest water found in
the Great Shuswap was 555 feet about six
miles northward from Cinnemousan Mar.
rows, in Seymour Arm, though the whole
lake is notably deep.
Adams Lake, however, exceeds either of
the Shuswaps, as its average depth for 20
miles is upward of HOO feet, and at one
point depth of 1900 feet was recorded.
In the northwest corner of this lake, at a
depth of Ills feet, the purpose of the scien-
tific explorers was defeated by the presence
of mysterious submarine currents, which
played with the sounding-line like some
giant fish and prevented any measurement
being taken. 1t is a complete mystery
how the currents could have been created
at this depth and scientific curiosity will
no doubt impel other public or private en-
terprise to send second expedition to the
scene this summer to endeavor to solve the
riddle. As the height of the surface of
this lake is 1880 feet above the sea level it's
present bed is therefore only 100 feet above
the sea, although distant zoo miles from
the nearest part of the ocean. DR.. Dawson
and his associates believe that the beds of
some of the mountain lakes in the region
are many feet lower than the sea level
Vancouver World.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-29
An IDEAL THANKSGIVING.

New York Charitable Inititutions Did
Not Forget the Poor.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 2S.-The
crisp air and sunshine made to-day an
ideal Thanksgiving. The churches of
nearly all denominations were opened and
the attendance at them unusually large
At the various charitable institutions the
day began with religious services, after
which an elaborate dinner, with turkey as
the chief feature, was served. The Com
missoners of Charities and Corrections
provided turkey and cranberry sauce for
all under their charge, including the I'M
fortunates in prison. The Children's Aid
Society. the Five Points Mission and the
hospitals were literally remembered to-
day. Quite number of notables now in
the public eye were in the city instead of
at their homes for Thanksgiving. Promi-
nent among them was ex-President Ben
jamin Harrison. Having finished the
business on which he has been East for
the past fortnight. he took the afternoon
train for indianapolis, and so had his
turkey on the westbound train. This
morning, with his son, Russell B. Harri-
son, he attended the Westminster Presby-
terrain Church. Ex-senator Warner
Miller and his eldest son dined at the
Fifth-avenue Hotel.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-29

November 25, insurgents commanded by
Leonico Vidal, wrecked train carrying
200 Spanish soldiers and a quantity of
arms and ammunition. The insurgents
placed dynamite bomb OH the track and
it exploded with terrible force. The loco
motive and the car next to it were torn to
kindling wood and the other coaches de-
rallied. The engineer, fireman and thirteen
soldiers, who were in the coach next to the
engine, were killed by the explosion.
Eighteen soldiers were also killed when the
rear coaches were derailed as they went
down a high embankment. About fifty
soldiers were wounded, some of them NOR
tally. The sold iers who were uninjured
were so Mortified that they surrendered to
the insurgents without resistance. The
arms and ammunition captured were val
ued at many thousand dollars.
Perico Delgado, the insurgent chief re-
parted killed near Banes, is alive and oper-
ating in the Vuelta Abaio district at the
head of 800 men. In an engagement at
Banes, with 800 Spanish troops, Delgado's
men were victorious. Thirty Spaniards
were killed and sixty wounded. The in
surgents lost twenty killed and thirty
wounded. In the Vuelta Abajo district
hundreds of men are leaving the tobacco
plantations to join the insurgents. The
planters complain that the Spanish au-
thorities are unable to protect them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-29
DESERTED IN WASHINGTON.
President and Mrs. Cleveland Attend the
Church Services.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2S.-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland followed their
usual custom to-day of attending Thanks
giving service at the First Presbyterian
Church, of which their favorite minister.
Rev. Byron Sunderland, who married
them. is one of the copastors. Rev. DR.. 7.
De Witt Talmage. who was recently ap-
pointed a copastor OF the church. preached
the Thanksgiving sermon. A large crowd
was present. On their return to their
country home Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
stopped for few minutes at the White
House. They spent the rest of the day
quietly with invited guests. ALI the mem
bers of the Cabinet, with the exception of
Secretary Morton, who is in Chicago, had
their Thanksgiving dinners at their homes
in this city. Secretary and Mrs. Olney
had their daughter, Mrs. Minot, and her
son as guests. Logan Carlisle dined with
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle. Attorney
General Harmon celebrated his first
Thanksgiving in Washington by family
gathering. The Attorney General, Mrs.
Harmon, the Misses Harmon, Mrs. Ed
mund Wright Jr. of Philadelphia. mar
ried daughter; Master Wright, Eugene
Harmon and several relatives of Mrs.
Harmon from Hamilton, Ohio. were there.
The other Cabinet officers had no guests.
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FOUND DEAD IN d HOTEL.
Close of the Career ofa Well-Knotcn Kan
sdS City Merchant.

Close of the Career ofa WelI- Knotcn Kan
sas City Merchant.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 2S.-Between
9 and 10 o'clock this morning Rufus Suits,
formerly well-known merchant on Main
street, was found dead in bed in the Mid
land Hotel. where he had taken room for
a day. Mr.. suits lived with his daughter,
Mrs. Edward Fulton at 1922 Tracy avenue.
Mr.. Suits owned the place, and since Mrs.
Fulton's return to Kansas City four
months ago, she has been with her father.
Mr.. Suits left his home early last evening
and remarked to his daughter, II will
return after a while" That was the last
seen of him there.
Mr. Suits had lived in Kansas City about
twenty years, and nearly all of that time
he had been in the suit and cloak business.
His former home was Troy, N. Y. He
came OF well-known family, his father
owning extensive farming properties. In
Troy Mr. Suits established a cloak and
suit house. When he came here he opened
another store along the same lines, the
firm being the Kansas City Cloak and Suit
House. The location was at 719 Main
street, and there it remained for many
years. He was we'll known to all of the
towns old merchants.
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Distinguished Men Attended the
Banquet Of the American
Society.
UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES
On This Side of the Atlantic the Poor
Received the Usual At.
tention.

LONDON, Eng, Nov. 28.-The American
Society in London gave Thanksgiving
banquet at the Holborn Restaurant this
evening. The dining-hall was deliberately
decorated with the arms of the various
States of the Union, flags and palms.
Over the presidents chair there was a
canopy composed of pumpkins and fruits,
surrounded by model of the statue OF
Liberty. Opposite the seat OF the chair
man there was portrait OF Washington,
decorated with stars and stripes and the
Union Jack. About 400 guests were pres
ent. about half of whom were ladies.
Many beautiful toilets were displayed, but
it was noticeable that only few decolette
gowns were worn. The menu was strictly
National and opposite each dish upon it
was printed an appropriate quotation
from Shakespeare.
James H. Roosevelt, secretary of the
American EN- bassy, presided. Richard
Watson Glider and John J. Collins, Amer
lean Vice-Consul at London, sat on the
right of the chairman and Robert Barr and
Harold Frederic on his left. Secretary
Chamberlain read letter from EN- bassa-
dor Bayard, who is visiting the Duke OF
Leeds at Horribly Castle, in, Yorkshire, re-
GREETING his absence and hoping he would
have another early chance of dining with
the American colony in London. The sec
retary's vain attempts to decipher the re-
mainder of the letter caused much merri-
ment. Letters were also received from all
the American ambassadors and Ministers
in Europe.
The chairman, in toasting the Queen,
congratulated the society upon the happy
innovation of having ladies share in the
festivities, instead of watching from the
galleries. The hospitality enjoyed here,
he said, in no wise lessened the love felt
for the United States.
Mr.. Glider proposed toast to President
Cleveland. He drew a parallel between
the customs and institutions OF Great
Britain and those of the United States,
and incidentally deplored the loss of Mr..
Wilson from Congress. The driving from
public life of such man. he said, would
not have happened in England, and he in
stanced the return of Mr.. Morley to Parli.
ament. He paid high tribute to Presi-
dent Cleveland, and said that he knew Of
nothing nobler than the fight Mr.. Cleve.
land hau mace ZOE noieSt money anu CIVIL
service reform.
The toast to the President was drunk
standing, and all joined in singing the
| ''Star-spangled Banner" Among the
other toasts were Thanksgiving Day" by
Robert Barr, "The Folks at Home" by
Moncure Conway and "The American So.
ciety'' by Harold Frederic.
Orchestral music was played and Ma.
tional songs were sung during the evening