Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-12-21
IN NEW "
HAMPSHIRE.

w. s. p. Sanderson has been appointed
postmaster at CINNAMON.
The extremely low water at Lake Sura-
pee has worked disaster TO the state fish
hatchery plant there.
The property known as the j. G. Moore
farm, situated on the White Oaks, between
,Lakeport and The Weirs, has been bought
oy Il &. King OF New York city fer a
summer residence. The consideration is
stated to be $4,000.
The Epping Savings bank has cir sed its
uoors al d receiver has been appointed in
m 1ne person OF Charles Knight of Exeter.
ne last statement of the bank showed La
pillties of about $4,000 and assets the
same. 1t was closed at the request Ct the
banks trustees.
:, Never in the history Of the railroads was
Inere SO much business transacted at the
Exeter Boston & Maine freight house in
one month as during November. The re-
ceipts amounted to $4,000 more than dur
ing the corresponding month of last year.
Kev. A. c. Fay, pastor of the Congre-
gahonal church in Nelson, and well known
throughout Cheshire county on account OF
ms activity IN the Sunday school work, has
Just received unan m Gus call to the church
IN dll'um, which he has now under consid-
Grafton,
! Inc eighth annual report of the secretary
Oh state. containing an abstract of the an
nual returns OF corporations. is issued by
the public printer under date OF December
l., of
ditons OF 246 corporations organized I'M
der the laws of this state.
The annual meeting of the Woodsum
steamboat company, which operates steam
ers on Lake Sunspee, was held this week
at Concord, and dividend OF four per
cent voted to stockholders. Directors
chosen were: Hosea w. Parker, John
Canty, Claremont; John F. Jones, A.
ferley Fitch, Concord; d. R. and F. M.
WoodSum, ii. J. Wiggin, Sunapee.
Hastings, little village seated amid the
White mountains on the boundary be-
twr en- Maine and New Hqmoshire, is the
most unique town IN the United States, if
not IN the world. 1t contains over 300
lnhabl'an at all times of the year, and in
the winter months, when the lumber camps
are full, the population is doubled 1t has
two large manufacturing establishments,
business houses, fine re- dences,a postoffice,
telephone and telegraph offices, sn electric
lighting plant, railroad, a school ard
cburchts In fact, it has every conven-
fence that town can possibly have, yet it
is not town or city or plantation. or even
an lncorporat ed place, and the visit of the
tax collector is an unknown thing.
At meeting of the governor and coun-
Gil the following were nominated: John E.
Allen OF Keene, to be judge of probate tor
Cheshire county to succeed John T. Alb
bolt, resigned; and Christopher H. Well.
to be police justice of Somersworth, vice
William D. Knapp, deceased. James B.
Crowley was appointed police commissioner
o, the city of Nashua, vice Charles H
Burke, term expired. Judge Allen is the
" ungest son of the late Judge w. H. H
A len of the supreme court. He is native
of Claremont and graduate of Dartmouth
ia the class of 1894 and has practiced law
IN Keene for the past two years. A petit
ton for his appointment was signed by
every lawyer in Cheshire county. Judge
Wells is likewise judge of the probate court
tor STAFFORD county; is editor and proprie-
tor Of tie Somersworth Free Press, and
W the first mayor Of the city OF Somers-
worth.