Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-29
Bellows Falls Times
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1899.
We RMGNT NEWS.

@. w Brownell redeemed the fifth ward in
burlington Tuesday at the special election
called to ill the vacancy caused by the deaf h
of Alderman j. w. Hayes, democrat, by 100
| majority.
Miss Elsie Leslie Lyde, who made her
reputation by playing Fauntleroy when she
was mere hid and who played last season
with Joseph Je tferson's company,is spending
the summer at Lake st. Catherine.
The friends of Mary Annette Anderson the
| colored girl who led her class at Middlebury
college last month, will be pleased to learn
that she has received an appointment as
teacher in the Straight University, New Or
leans.
| Instructions have been received at Fort
Ethan Allen that the Third cavalry will be
sent to the Philippines. They will not leave
for some time, however. Eight troops will
probably go, A, @, d, K, X, L and M, COM
manded by Lieut.. Col. Vessels
The young three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bert HER, who live at Huntington
Falls, in some way, got in front of a moving
machine Tuesday and had one leg cut off and
the other nearly cut off. The child is doing
as well as could be expected.
At a stockholders meeting of the Vermont
and Boston Telegraph Co. in White River
junction, Thoma, j. Eckett was chosen
president; Charles A. Tinker, vice president;
A H. Brewer, secretary; Myron Il. Wilbur,
treasurer; Charles A. Tinker and Thomas f,
Clark, executive committee.
Ernest Ouimette of Swanton, aged about Is,
narrowly escaped drowning at Maquam Tues
day ate noon by falling from the dock into
The lake, while in fit. His father, Moses
Ouimette, and Eugene Lafarrer saw him
strike the water and went to the rescue. He
came up under the dock and was rescued
with great difficulty. He has been sui ject TO
hts tor some time.
~
one of his hands severely burned at Higbgate
Springs by the unexpected explosion OF
age tirecracker which he was holding. DR.
Allen was called and no serious trouble is an
tlcipated unless lock- Jaw sets in. The crack |
er had been lighted and thrown as usual, and
failing to go off on time, was picked up with |
results. |
day while in the act of picking the pocket OF |
George +. Wattles of Bennington was be-
fore Judge Darling Monday for examination.
He was held for the grand jury and in default
OF $1,000 bail went back to Jail. A woman
claiming TO be his sister was present in the
court room prepared to furnish bail to the
amount of $780, the amount that was imposed
at the preliminary hearing She had the
money deposited in one of the banks to the
credit of the party who was going on the
bond.
While Aldern an Murray A. Kent of Mont
pelier was standing on Berlin street one noon
and peering in the dire ction of China, where
the sewer ditch diggers were at work, he rad
unloaded in front OF his eyes on a shoveltul
OF clay, from depth of 10 feet, a rare piece of
earthenware. II looked like the ever of
jar with the upper su, face gold plated. There
was broken fringe about the edge and fe-
male head stamped on the top. The article |
is a rare piece OF earthenware and has un.
doubleday been in the ground nearly a CEN
fury.
While some young people were bathing at
Queen City park recently,a young man dared |
Miss Michigan of St. Louis, one OF the camp. |
ers,to make high dive from the end of the |
and the young lady Immediately dived Oft the |
dock. She could not swim and when she |
struck was so stunned that she lay on the |
bottom in 10 feet OF water. Jack Withell, OF
Montreal, who is camping at the park throw
ing off his Coat, jumped into the water and |
brought Miss Michigan to the surface.
Milford Lowell of Goshen, 26 years of age,
met with fatal accident last week Monday |
morning at West Salisbury. Lowell,i COM
pany with two other men, was engaged in
carrying hay and was taking it from a large
barn near the station. They took too much |
II ON the bottom of a large pile of bales and
the top of the pile toppled over upon them.
so crushed that he died Tuesday morning He
was buried at Cornwall Wednesday after
noon. One of the other workmen was caught
by the tumbling bales and somewhat squeezed
but Ct capped without serious injury.
Hon. H. G. Ide and daughters are expect
ing Mrs. Isabel Strong of New York city to
spend the month of August in St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Strong's name is closely associated with
Samoa, and with Robert Louis Stevenson,
whose amanuensis she was for many years.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Stevenson, and
IS constant contributor to at least two OF the
New York dailes, besides writing for Serb
ner's, the Century and other publications.
Some years ago Mrs. Strong spent four years
studying art in Paris and she is said to be a
clever artist, as also cultivated and we'll
woman. Her mother is a writer of
note and her brother, the well-known Lloyd |
Osborne, whose frequent articles and stories
are familiar to magszin readers. Mrs.
Strong has consented to give paper at the
August meeting of the Woman's club, ia
vor which will be warmly appreciated by the
m emhars of the cluh