Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-01-01
NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS.

A central telephone station has been
installed at Peterborough.
| Two turner's in a Wentworth mill turned
out los, 900 bobbins in week.
Eleazor Smith of Alexandria, aged SO,
| is New Hampshire's single surviving vet
eran of the war of 1912.
The annual meeting of the state law and
order league will be held at its headquar-
| ters in Concord January s.
The Centre Harbor Library association
recently received a gift of 800 from
James E. Nichols of New York.
| Robins have been seen in New London,
which is considered forerunner Of mild,
| open winter by the weather-wise.
Farmers in various parts of the state
were engaged on Christmas day in blowing
and other farm work usual to the early fall.
Claremont's town history, recently pub
lished, is said to be so full Of errors and
misstatements of facts as to render the
work practically worthless.
DR.. j. C. Moore of Manchester, the
alleged crooked inancier and banker, has
secured bondsmen and was released from
Jail the day before Christmas.
Two young business men of Laconia
who disappeared suddenly few days ago,
and were thought to have been drowned
while skating, were financially embarrassed
and left town by midnight train.
j. A. Marshall, a railroad brakeman,
was found dead Thursday morning OF last
week beside the track near Whitefeld
Junction. A train OF cars had evidently
passed over him, the remains being hor-
ribly mangled.
Charles Barnard of Hopkinton COM
mitted suicide by shooting, last Sunday,
while his parents were at church, He was
25 years old and had been at one time an
inmate of the insane asylum but was sup
posed to have recovered.
Mrs. Joseph Fagnaut Of Greenville pre-
sented her husband Wednesday morning
of last week with pair of daughters.
She is his fifth wife. He was already the
father of 25 children, when his JOY was
increased by Christmas gift of twins.
Charles Lawrence, 10 years old, was
skating at Morin's ledge, Nashua, Sunday
morning, when he broke through the ice
and was drowned His body was recov-
cred in short time. His comrades unsuc-
| cesstully endeavored to rescue him.
A Rochester druggist has paid the sum
of S276 in settlement of threatened
action by lady for mistake in preparing
prescription. 1t is said he put up cor
rosive sublmate instead of calomel, which
was used as preparation for the eye with
injurious effect.
The annual encampment of the Grand
Army in the department of New Hamp-
shire will be held in Concord on February
| 13 and IA. 1t has been decided to remove
the headquarters of the department from
Lakeport to the state house in Concord,
where they are to be located permanently
The pastors at Nashua had much to say
on the temperance question last Sunday
They called for more vigorous enforce
ment of the prohibitory law. Rev. DR..
Beard at the Pilgrim church severely crit
icised the police officials. a vigorous
renewal of the liquor war is expected and
there is much consequent excitement.
The police committee of Somerswort
has dropped one regular and one special
officer iron. duty for alleged misconduct
Christmas eve and appointed George Hea-
ton and William Clarke instead. The
regular officer was appointed by the cit,
council and refuses to recognize his dis
charge unless given by the council. He
has retained counsel in the case.
At the annual meeting of the Dairymen'
Association held in Lancaster last weel
Thursday and Friday these officers were
elected: President, j. NJ. Connor o
Hopkinton; vice presidents, c. III. Water
house of Cornish, George Philbrook o
Tilton; secretary. j. L. Gerrish ofConto
cook treasurer, n. j. Batchelder of An
dover; superintendent, w. ID. Baker o.
Quincy.
The will of the late Vasta Nj. Abbott 0
Concord was probated December 9th
BY it the following bequests are made
j Five thousand dollars to the town of Penn
broke, to care for burial lot; $4,000 t.
the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, Concord
1900 to the First Congregational society
Pembroke; $4,000 to the Old Concor'
Female Charitable society, Concord
ZOO to the New Hampshire Centennia
Home for Aged, Concord; $4,000 to tn
Concord Y. NJ. C. A.; $4,000 to tn
Orphans Home, Franklin; $500 to PEN
broke Academy, for the tuition of worth
residents of that town.