Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-06-13
THE TIMES.
SATURDAY, JUNE ID, 1896.
Bellows Falls News.

The ladies' of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union are arranging for a
birthday party to be held June 26. Fur
Their particulars will be given later.
f. M. and j. 7. Wilson went to Athens
and Windham on fishing excursion Tues
day, following pretty close in the rear OF
George Hapgood and f. c. Winnewisser.
Thursday evening James Foley, who
had been found drunk in II. ID. Aldrich's
barn near the station, was brought before
f. l.. Walker, Esq. and fined the regula-
ton So and costs.
Some 25 of the young friends of Charlie
Taylor met at banquet hall Tuesday even
ing, the occasion being the 10Th anniver-
sary of his birthday. Refreshments were
served, dancing enjoyed and most pleas
ant evening passed.
Allbee & Babbitt have secured the con-
tract for furnishing the sewerage, laying
water mains, and putting in the plumbing
at the large summer residence being erect
ed at Alstead for G. r. Villas of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York.
There is quite bit that is instructive to
be gained from attendance upon political
convention, and to the Republican State
Convention which is to be held next week
at Burlington the Boston & Maine railroad
will place on sale reduced rate round trip
tickets which will be good going June 10
to II inclusive, and good returning until
June 1S.
An interesting and well attended pre-
cinct meeting was held in North
Walpole Wednesday evening. After con-
siderable discussion, $1,000 was appro-
priated for concreting streets, and the
treasurer authorized to borrow that amount
on the credit of the precinct. Those living
at the north end want the concreting done
in their part of the village, and those liv-
ing in the south end want their part of the
village improved. John. Carroll, John
Brown, Jr., and Patrick Winn were ap-
pointed committee to do the concreting
and decide where it should be done.
H. D. Ryder kindly furnished the fol-
lowing statistics regarding corporation list
and taxes: Corporation grand list, $685.
917.57, an increase over last year of
$245.59. The total highway tax is
$5983.51 corporation tax, $S97527. The
total number of names on the tax list is
1915 soldiers exempt, %; other exemp-
tons, 2; total of 1891 tax lists Of which
725 are poll taxpayers and 566 other than
poll taxpayers. AS the town grand list is
$38,971.97 and the corporation, $29,917.-
81, all but $90544O of the Rockingham
list is in Bellows Falls, or about II per
cent.
Among the officers elected at Bradford
Thursday for the Vermont Congregations
Minister'S convention were N. G. Williams
president, and c. w. Osgood, deacon
The subject of ministerial home withir
the state for Congregational ministers was
discussed and report of the committee
upon that subject was adopted, favorine
the acceptance of the generous offer of j
H. Converse of Philadelphia, in regard te
a spacious building in Burlington. The
old committee consisting of Rev. E. Hun
gerford, Rev. j. E. Fullerton, Rev. L. B
Tenney, Rev. M. l.. Severance and Dea
w. H. Wood was continued in force to
act in concert with the committee of inves
tigation upon the same subject appointed
at this convention, consisting of Roswell
Farnham, Dea. G.. F. Thompson, Dea. w
B. Howe, H. G. Root and w. G. VaI
Patten. Middlebury was chosen as the
place to hold the convention in June. 1897
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