Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-04-23
Vermont News.

Eddie Meehan of Fairfield has accepted
Richard Henderson's challenge to collar
and elbow wrestling match for $50 side or
more and gate receipts-the match to take
place in six weeks.
Thomas Busbee, Frenchman ga years old,
was instantly killed a mile north of Benning-
ton while walking on the track of the
Bennington and Rutland railroad Wednes-
day afternoon. Both legs were nearly sew
cred and the head crushed
James Seaver of Qeechee, student at the
University of Vermont, had his collar bone
broken Wednesday evening while in the sta
ton waiting for Fort Ethan Allen troops to
pass. Seaver was standing under an arc
lamp, which fell, striking him on the should
er.
The Spanish colony of Montpelier have
published statement protesting that no
duels have been fought with other quarry
men on account of impairment remarks
about Senior Segasta, and that no members of
the colony hav any intentions of leaving for
Mexico as they feel perfectly safe in their
present situation.
Through the activity of G. j. Bell of Wal
den, master of the state grange, this organi-
cation IS rapidly growing throughout the
state. n. B. Galusha, national grange or
ganizer, started oranges in Bradford and
Newbury last week OF about 80 members each
and will soon organize one in the town Of
Ryegate.
At the state hatchery at Roxbury there are
about 1000 900 brook and lake trout and Fish
Commissioner Bailey is distributing these
throughout the state. On Monday he put
40, 900 lake trout into Crystal Lake at Barton
and a consignment of brook trout were dis
tributed through the streams OF Glover.
Willoughby Lake, which received a generous
quota Of lake trout last year, has had 80 900
more fish this spring. Mr.. Bailey says that
brook trout will be distributed in the streams
in Caledonia county in the towns of Danville,
Peacham and Walden.
The supreme court has handed down de-
cision in suit brought by Joseph j. Sullivan
against d. c. Haskins and others of New
York which involved the title to the property
of the Green Mountain Summer Home COM
pany in Woodford, where the company owns
property to the amount of several thousand
dollars. The decision requires that the court
of chancery for Bennington county shall con
vey the property in trust to a trustee for the
benefit of the hondholders who may be desig
mated by majority of the same upon such
terms and conditions as the court of chancery
may impose. 1t is expected that the decision
will settle case that has long been before
the county courts.
A wrestling match took place in Mont
pelier Tuesday night. r. E. Henderson
of Wells River and Edward Desc of St. Al
bans were the contestants, with H. M. Dufur
of Waterbury the referee. Henderson fouled
Desc twice during the first hour and in just
two hours and two minutes Desc won fall
in trip and twitch, catching an attempt to
trip made by his opponent At the end of
another hour and II minutes Henderson got
his man on back heel and won fall. One
fall was made by Desc just previous to this
time. At II minutes past Mr. Dufur an
nounced that the men had agreed to wrestle |
Is minutes longer and if no one won fall to |
call it draw. The crowd was manifestly |
dissatisfied and calls of "take, fake, dirty |
fake were heard all over the room. In ten |
minutes, just 81 minutes past l, the match |
was called draw and the purse of 1926 was |
divided.
Wolcott Dishor of North Ferrisburgh |
charged with being an absconding debtor, |
who was arrested in Rutland by Deputy |
Sheriff L. c. Middlebrook, was tried Wednes-
day before Justice Moulton. Henry Ballard |
of Burlington appeared counsel for the de-
Tense and F. l.. Fish for the guardians of Ar
temas Ball who was adjudged insane month
ago and was taken to the insane asylum at
Waterbury. Mr.. Ball, who owned property
worth about $4,000, week before he went
to Waterbury gave to Dshor $ll00 in cash
and $2S00 in notes in settlement of an i'm
aginary claim tor domestic damages. The
guardians, who were recently appointed,
brought the suit for the recovery of the cash
giving up Of the notes and part of the cash.