Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-02-14

VI udy OF TWO laSt week no regular |
trains were run on the Rutland Canadian
road. The trouble was at North Hero,
where the snow was drifted to such a
depth as to stop all traffic. The noun !,
taln roads between Manchester and Peru, |
londonderry, Winhall, and Bondville |
We're impossible.
Inc aggregate apple crop the past year
III Grand Isle county, most of which has |
now been sold, is 10000 barrels. Over
5000 barrels were shipped by boat late in
the fall to New York market. T. LKin- |
hey OF South Hero has just disposed of
800 barrels for So barrel, which is more
than three times what apples brought in
the fall.
Four men from Lebanon, N. H., |
Ernest Boomhower, Eli Boomhower, Pc
ter Rushlow and Joseph Neddo, went to
Joseph Tye's house at White River juno
tlon recently and engaged in drunken
brawl, frightening Mrs. Maud Rushlow
SO that she died that night. At hearing
the charge of man slaughter was dis
missed. On the charge of disturbing the
peace the men We're held in 5000 bail
each for appearance at county court.
Ii reports are true, Mrs. L. l.. Beard of
West Concord has a wonderful cat. 1T
not only does all the things an ordinary
cat can do, but in addition is a correct
barometer of the weather. in that it
changes color'with every change of tenn
perature. Puss is full-blooded Angora
OF light buff color, with stripe of pink
from tip to tip and very handsome fell
low If the weather is cold and stormy,
a dark stripe shades the face, down over
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tip of his tail. In bright, clear weather,
these markings disappear altogether. If
all of this is not believed, just call on the
cat some stormy morning when the Their
mometer is nowhere in sight, and prove
it for yourself.
The great Vanderbilt railroad system,
and with it the direction in large de-
gree, of the vastest of American family
properties, will pass before long, under
the control of new executive. This
event will be of supreme importance to-
thousands of stockholders scattered
throughout the world, to far more than
100000 employees, to the managers of
rival trunk lines and to the travelling
public at large. DR.. W. Seward Webb,
member of the Vanderbilt family, will
be the logical successor of Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew, and DR.. Webb will
become one of the three or four most po-
tential men in transportatio circles on
the continent.
A meetingfin the interest of the Yer
mont share in the New England building
sat the Buffalo exposition was held at
montpelier last week. There were pres
{ant at the meeting Lieut.-Gov. M. f. Al
len, J. w. Brock and j. A. DeBoer of
Montpelier, c.. S. Forbes of st. Adams,
lC. F. Ranney of Newport and George
Beckett of Williamstown. Reports from
| the gentlemen appointed to raise funds
| in the different counties were received
and showed that between $4,000 and
$4,000 has been pledged. The appoint
ment of representative to attend the
meeting of the representatives of the
| New England states to confer as to the
plan of the New England building was
left with the governor. This meeting
will be held February Is.
1t falls to the lot of the sheriff of
Windsor county to do all the hanging for
The state, inasmuch as the states prison
| is located in that county. Sheriff Dan
| G. Jones of South Royalton has already
received Doherty's death warrant and
unless a reprieve or new trial intervenes
will proceed to carry out the sentence at
Windsor the second Friday in March.
Mr.. Jones will go to the prison in few
lays to get the gallows in readiness. 1t
will have to be readjuSted somewhat and
repainted. This gallows is the one that
mas been in use for some years and from
| it quite number of murderers have
been swung into eternity. 1t is provided
with two nooses for double hanging, and
| has been so used once, years ago. Sher-
| if Jones has assisted in three executions
at Windsor.
Last Thursday was the SD birthday of
William Maxwell Evarts. The old-fash-
ioned house at Second avenue and Four
tenth street, New FORK, was visited by
prominent men who have been lifelong
| friends of the famous lawyer. Although
| his eyesight is nearly gone and he is no
longer able to go outside of the house,
Mr. Evarts retains much of his former
cheerfulness. He has the newspapers
and magazines read to him and he still
keeps up his interest in the law business
| of his firm, though unable to practise
| Evarts, Choate and Beaman. Mr.. Evarts
| likes to talk of events when he was
| United States secretary of state and of
| the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva
Which met to settle the Alabama claims
| Because of his advanced age it is no
| longer possible for Mr.. Evarts to visit his
| old home at Windsor. 1t is not often
| that he is confined to his bed despite his
age. There was a family reunion at his
| home in the afternoon and evening.
Captain F. B. Andrus of the Fourth
United States infantry has been ordered
to Rutland to start United States re-
cruiting station for this state. He will
be assisted by two recruiting officers
who will come from New York as soon
as the Office is opened The establish
ment of this Office is the result of the new
army reorganization law. The majority
of the men enlisted will see service in a
short time. The troops that are enlisted
will be sent for the present to Fort Slo-
cum, New FORK harbor. The terms of
| enlistment require that all candidates be
American citizens, or those who have de
cared their intention to become such. be
tween 1S and 80 years of age. They
must be men of good character, temper
ate habits and must pass rigid physical
examination. Candidate must know
how to read write and speak the English
language. Minors will be enlisted only
upon the written consent of parent or
guardian Men of good standing who
/ b1,ra sa,,-aI txro xaa - in tho army NOV