Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-01-10
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1901,
STATE NEWS.
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new century.
Andrew j. Goen OF New Ipswich was
killed January by falling tres while at
wo IN the woods.
The B RE granite manufacturers have
received circular from the QuaIryman's
ASSOCIATION announcing raise IN the price
of granite stock OF 10 cents per foot, to 60
into effect January Is.
The Rev. S. A. Parker of Bethel, while
preaching funeral sermon last Thursday
over the body OF Mrs. G. w. Bailey, was
suddenly stricken with apoplexy and is in a
precsrious condition.
Mr.. Leland, native of Waits6eld, but
who has passed number of years in the
west and Mexico, was in Quschee recent
ly in the interest O. colony which he is
trying to start on the west coast of Mexico.
| The trustees OF the Vermont industrial
school have purchased the Hannaeman
property OF Is acres of land which entirely
divided the state property near Vergennes.
| The house will be converted into a cottage
for small boys.
Lieut.-Col. S. P. Jocelyn, U. S. A, of
Burlington is supposed to be now on the
OCT an on his way home from the Philip
pines. Mrs. Jocelyn intends to 60 to
San Francisco in few days to meet HIM
on bis arrival
John B. Chase, son of G.. M. Chase,
editor of the Lyndonville Union, has sew
cred his connection with the Bristol News,
one OF j. W. K-tchum's newspaper prop
critics, of which he has been editor tor the
past wear.
| Jonathan Carpenter Ross, son of ex-
! United States Senator JoI athan Ross OF
Vermont, died OF pneumonia in private
hospital in New York January /. Mr..
Ross was taken i'll the Thursday before. He
was born in 1866, was graduate OF Dart
mouth college and the Columbian Law
school at Washington. Since 1891 he had
practised law in New York. Elk Senator
Ross took the remains to st. Johnsbury.
The plant OF the Blanchard Churn COM
pany at Nashua, manufacturers Of dairy
implements, which has been in operation
there for the last ten years, giving employ
ment to quite number of mn has been
closed on account of poor business. The
stock and machinery have been purchaser
by Hall Brothers of West Acton, Mass ,
who are engage d in the same line, aud will
be used by them in charging their business
in that place.
Lena Con way one of Manchester, pref
test and brghte young girls, her age be-
ing IA, has been missing from her home for
six weeks. Her parents are distracted
and have exhausted every effort to find
her. She was large OF her age and proud
spirited. Shortly before her disappearance
she was reprimanded by her parents, to
which rsprimand she took exceptions. 1t
is feared that she has fallen int evil hands
Mrs. T. P. Redfeld i, announcing her
intention OF soon presenting Christ church
at Montpelier with beautiful pulpit, adding
another to her many valuable gifts to that
church, among which are the marble altar,
altar eros, and baptismal ever. Mrs
Redfeld is one of the original members of
the parish, being one OF the first communi-
cants to be confirmed in the old Methodist
meeting house in October, 1888, by Bishop
Hopkins.
Mi. Billiard and Capt. A. S. Fleury of
i the United States customs service captured
four Cinnamon at Swanton lately IS they
were walking into town on the northern
division of the Central Vermont, coming
from Montreal. They are being detained
awaiting investigation. They are evident
| ly direct from the Orient, as they a,e un-
able to speak a word of English, wear
their pig tails and other belongings OF the
Chinese natives before they are somewhat
domesticated in thi, country.
| Two representatives of John Sadud &
| Sons, large lumber manufacturers of NAL
| don, Eng, a suburb of London, were in
Montpelier lately to visit the plant OF the
Lane Manufacturing company. Thi, COM
pauy has already furnished the lumber
from its mills and these gentle
men came with the view of placing another
large order as they are to enlarge their
plant. G. P. Pitkin gave the Eng shmen
a sleigh ride, the first they had ever had,
and they enjoyed it immensely.
Mrs. Honora McCarty. the oldest ar
son in Bennington county if not in the
state, Tuesday of last week, saw the light
| of the third century in which she lived. Au-
! thentic information establishes the date OF
her birth in Ireland about 1892, and she
we'll remembers incidents that were con-
nected with the O'Donntll rebellion few
years after. After the death of her hus-
band in Ireland over fifty years ago, she
csUue ~ AmtrlCd anu since tne0 has re-
sided in South Salisbury with son and
grandson.
The exports of United States product,
through the port OF Richtord for the year
1900 amounted to but few Thousand les,
than $4,000,000 in value. This is an
average OF about $1,000 a day. The
quantity of foreign goods taken across
United States territory in bond and sept IN
Canada through this port, and the guam
tity OF United States products shipped in
transit through Canada to United State,
points, each amounted to several million
dollars more annually. When it is con-
sidered that this volume of business north
and west is only small fraction of that
coming from the west and north, the i'm
portance of the business of this little d.
vision of the Canadian Pacific railway be-
gins to be realized.
More than sixty years ago H. F. Dun
ham Of Woodstock began a collection of
Vermont registers, comprising those which