Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-12-28
VERMONT " "
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postmaster at South Albany.
Barrels health officer reports 81 births
ard eight deaths in that city during the
month OF November.
Congressman Powers has introduced q
bill in the House appropriating 100000
for the erection of a federal building al
Burlington.
E F. Brownell, the well-kuown horse
man, has been appointed by Mayor Rob.
erts, chief of police OF Burlington, in place
of Chief Smith, resigned.
The United States senate has confirmed
the appointment of Walter b. Gates, Of
Burli gton, TO be the supervisor OF the - b
census for the district OF Vermont.
The Continental Marble Co., of Dorset,
are chipping trom the Sanford quarry near
Manchester blocks, weighing from 10 to
Ii tons each, to parties in New York
In St. Adams and Brattleboro black
smitt $ have combined to pat up prices of
work. 1t is claimed that tho advance in
prices of all materials max, this more nee
ess ry.
Mrs. Mark Sutton of Searsbury has suf-
fered for years irom what she supposed
was rheumatism. She recently co suited
a physician, who found that her hip was
eral years ego.
DR.. E. E. Beeman Of Montpelier, he,
purchased of parties in Worcester an old
iashiored clock, which be believes to be
over 100 years of age. 1t was made in
England and is constructed of cherry. l,
stands seven feet in height.
Charles Z Perrin OF Monty elier has sold
and shipped to parties in Boston and Law
renee, over $500 pounds of wool. 1t has
all been bought by Mr. Perrin this season,
and he is still taking all that is offered.
H. L. Doyle, the ST. Johnsbury hotel
proprietor, who served sentence in the
house of correction for violating the liquor
laws of Vermont, is now of the firm of
Grpenway & Doyle, pr prietors Of the
Hotel St. Cloud at Syracuse, N Y.
The failure of John P. Squires & Co.,
of Bos on, has also caused the failure OF
Franc Batchelder & Co, of Boston,
owners of the creamery in Montpelier and
creamnries in seven other towns in YER
mont, known as the Capital creameries.
Attorney J. E. Cushman Of Burlington
has ECCSiVcu WOTu tIdt tu6 CdSS Vi Nl Sc
Pruaier of Burlington VS. Mrs Lillian Ash,
to recover $50, 900 for alternating the al
iectons of Mrs. Prunier's husband, is the
tecond case on the docket Of the term Of
court opening in New York, January
Governor Roosevelt OF New Y rk has
appointed Charles H. Beckett, Williams
town boy, and the son Of Town Clerk
George w. Beckett, of that towp, one OF
the five trustees OF the reiol ms tory at
Elmra. His appointment was to fill
vacancy.
An examination of the records of tenn
perature for the past 81 years, which is as
long as they have been main AIMED, shows
that in only two of the years has the tenn
perature on any day in Dect mber b. en-
anywhere near as high as Tue sday. The
average temperature on December 10,
1847, was SO degrees and on December s,
1888, the average was 40 degrees. The
average temperature Tuesday, December
IL, was "a degrees.
A Barre horseman was somewhat taken
back few days ago while attending an
auction sale OF horses in New York. A
nice looking high bred horse was put under
INC bohlhCh NY tbC nuSilJHtC' duO llS Dd
re man started bidding at $780, The next
bid was $1,000, while the horse finally sold
for 500, 0U0. The Barre man asked bis
friends to go out and have cigar with
him.
The report OF the inspector of finance
shows that the Burlington savings bank
stands first among institutions OF its class
in Vermont. with 16329 depositors and
deposit, of $6,576, 879.71. The Rutland
saw gs bank stands second in the list with
10,57S depo,itors and $3,311,5 46 d =
posts, the Vermont savings bank OF Brat
tleb,~o third with 1920 depositors and
$3,17S,7 06 50 in deposits.
A man from Rutland purchased nice
yoke # oxen, weighing about $500, of g
ii. Dudley, of Windsor. On his way home
with th-m he put up for the night with
John Holt of South Woodstock, and on
going to the barn In the morning he found
one OF them dead In the course of the
nigh The stable floor had given way, let
ting them both down through. TIL. dead
one had been in stanchion, while the othe,
one had been chained, and the chain broke
when the floor gave way, saving his life.
Senator Proctor has presented to the
Mark Skinner Library OF Manchester
s'F flowing the Greek Ccoss," by General
HYDE of Maine, lately declared, and 1.-The
Song OF the Rappahsnock" by S. Dodd
who vas a on commissioned officer in the
Twenfy-sixth New Jersey regiment These
books will be of especial interest to surviv.
ing members of the Old Vermont B igade
because of frequent references contained il
them to that organization.
Men who are prominently connec' Ell
with the Rutland Railroad company have
secured charter under the general law.
Of Vermont for company to be known a.
the r ltlsnd Transit mpany, which shall
carry on general shipping business. The
capital stock of the company will be ST..
0OO, 900 divided into 100000 shares Of
stock at par value OF 800 each. Tbs ad.
dition of line steame 8 on the great laket
and on the St. Lawrence would be advan.
tageous to the Rutland Canadian railroad
and the evident object is to make the Rut-
land road great trunk line from the grain
belt to the coast.