Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-01-26
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26, 1898.
Vermont News.

wrestling with one of his scholars; he was
| thrown to the floor and the bone in his lett
elbow was fractured.
A remarkable religious revival has been |
going on in Troy Conference Academy at
Poultney. The revival started with the
| church service Sunday evening of last week,
snd meetings were held in the rooms until
8 O'Clock Monday morning. No rectations
were held Monday morning and all but three
| students have been converted.
| A ticket was taken up, the other day, on
| the Boston and Maine railroad, says the Leb-
anon Free Press, good from West Lebanon
to Lebanon, that the purchaser had had for
| more than 80 years. 1t was bought during |
| the war, but never used until this time. 1t
was issued before the birth of the conductor
| who took it up.
The bodies of Fred Bodett and Tom Bur-
neau of Norton Mills, p @, were found on
the bank of brook in Derby Friday, where
they had evidently fallen from the highway.
Their bodies We're on the bank of the brook
hut their heads were under water and death
| had been caused by drowning, A whisky |
flask nearly empty was found in Bodett's
pocket.
The annual meeting of the 4rh Masonic dis
| trict of Vermont, which will he held in Rut-
| land to-day under the auspices of Centre and
Rutland lodges, will be called to order at 2 30
| o'clock, at which time Centre lodge, No. 81,
| will confer the second degree. The evening
| meeting will be called at s O'Clock, when the
grand lodge officers will he received, after
| which the third degree will be eXemplitied by
St. Paurs lodge of Brandon.
A meeting of the three ranking officers of
| the Vermont department of the G A. X. was
held in Burlington FRIDAY afternoon to decide
| upon place of meeting for the next encamp-
ment OF the G. A Il. in June. The officers
in attendance were Department Commander
| +. w. Jewett of Swanton, Senior Vice Com
mander c. T.. S Pierce of Vergeunes and
Junior Vice Commander M J. Sargent of
| south Royalton. 1t wa, decided to hold the
| next encampment either in Burlington or
| Montpelier.
The American Loan and Trust company of
| Boston, which bonded the electric road of the
Barre and Montpelier Traction company in
Montpelier and barre, has sold $4,000 Of the
bonds to j. H. Pierson, j. j. Fl, mn, "A. o.
Humphrey and F. G. Kennedy of Bur ingt,n,
W. .. FERGUSON of Boston and r. O. Rich
ardson of Worcester, Mass. The last two are
mpol taut owners in the Worcester Coustrnc-
ton company which built the road. The
bonds, OF which the issue is mostly all taken,
are gold bearing four per cents.
The body of Daniel Combs was found last
week Wednesday by some choppers in the
woods near Black Falls, Montgomery. Thew
found hole dug into side hill and stopped
up, which attracted their attention. Upon
opening it, they found the body frozen stiff.
| Combs had been missing some eight weeks
| md must have died from hunger and priya-
habits, preferring to be alone, and would
.emain in the woods in the summer for
weeks, living on berries and roots He was
sent to the asylum at Waterbury for a short
time, hut was discharged as not being insane.
He was 80 years of age.
There is one place in the state of Vermont
where the prohibitory law is not dead letter
That place is White River Junction, accord
ing to an exchange which contains in its col
umns the following rhapsody: "Trials in
he municipal court for intoXcaton or breach
of the peace are of rare occurrence since the
prohibitory law has been strenuously enforced
| in this village. An intoxicated man is very
seldom seen on our streets. Sums that u ed
10 be paid out for fines are spent for the ben
eft of individuals and their families. The
Junction is quiet and orderly, great change
in that respect having occurred within the
past year. We have no knowledge of the
amount of liquor that may be procured else
where and drank, but we do know that the
suppression of the rum traffic in this village
has been followed by excellent results visible
to the public" Such state of affairs
approaches the ideal.
1t is reported that an illustrated edition OF
the old historical novel, "'The Green Noun
tain Boys,' will be ISSUED in q short time. 1t
will contain several scenes of historical local
c ties in Bennington. Among the pictures
| will be the Catamount tavern monument, the
house which stands on the site of the residence
| Of Colonel Seth Warner of rev oiutionarv fame
| loomsac river near the place where q success
fnl stand was made by the early settlers o
J. bennington against the first and only Overt
attempt of the New York land claimants t.
dispossess by the sheriff and his posse, 30(
strong. the settlers of the town, from thei
New Hampshire gr lnts. Foot notes will ex
plain the scenes.
Ahont 200 Masons were present at the an
nual meeting If the lst district Monday after
noon ard evening, White River junction
l O. I I ! Il
cations. Among the distinguished Mason
present were Grand Lecturer G. c. Miller 0
burlington. G. r. Montague. G J. W.; o w
Daley, D. D. G. M; NJ. 0. Perkins, P.G.M
George F. Leland. q. S. D., of Springfield
and Edward McGenniss, D d. G. M, of tn
18th Masonic district, Lyndonville. At
o'clock there was a bar quet at the Woodstoc
Inn. A special train brought large number
of Masons for the evening ceremonies, nearl
every lodge in the district being represented
when the Master Masons' degree con
f-rred by Woodstock lodge, G. F. Chapman
w. M. The meeting one Of the larges
and most successful ever held IN this district
An accident occurred at the graded schoc
on Berlin side in Montpelier Thursday ate,
noon in which Leon Huntington, aged
wears, Mabel Lawrence, six years, an
Eugene Carey, five years, were more or les
injured. The little Lawrence girl was quit
-everely hurt and has been unable to atten
school since the accident The children wer
getting their wraps from closet over tn
stairway when the boards over the stair:
which are built on an incline, gave away, Cal
rying the three children into the cellar,
distance of about Is feet. The Huntingto
and Carey boys were not seriously hurt hi
the little girl was at the time thought to
injured internally, and was somewhat out
her head during the night. The boys ha,
been in the habit of sliding on the boards an
r. in doing weakened them to such Q,
- tent that when the children crowded again
We them they gave way.
The supreme court in session at Mon
pelier heard case Friday and ad journe
until Tuesday. The case heard was that
Andrew Aiken village of Wells Rive
i The case comes up exceptions by Il
plaintiff to pro forma judgment for the d
ne PENDANT rendered at the December term
Orange county court. The case is an action
trespass. The plaintiff lives at Wells Riv
and owned mill on the bank of the rive
On April II, 1895, there was very high wat
in the river and part of the plaintiff s da
was carried away. The water cut cham
around the mill on the opposite side fro
the river and washed out the highway.
change the course of the current away fro
highway and prevent further damage topro
erty, the trustees of the village caused t
plaintiffs mill to be burned with all t
property contained, and also caused the ds
to be destroyed by dynamite. The mill sto
on a solid ledge and was not damaged by t
water. The plaintiff claims damages for t
. loss of his property.