Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-23

5d'rhc Ihir',-,ishth Annual Tclort or
ford, contain, an interesting sketch Of the
life Of the late Principal, Mr.. LcNis Weld.
WHO wa, for thirty-,ix years devoted tcarhcr
ufthc Deaf a Dumb and the untring aud cn
cicnt Principal Of that Asy lum from ls..o tiil
TAI, death culy IL january of tai. year --
Rev. ". T. Turner, for 81 years tctchcr in
the Nsylar succred, Mr.. Weld as prinriIel.
and hr i, assisted hy dolcu or more teach
cr,. The lj-t Of ru,ii. Tor the year cndjr,
May 18Th lN14 contains 1913 - ot which We
seq are supported 10y the State II Vermont
The institution has always enjoyed the
confidence of the public. and we are sure it
will not want 1t under the care oflir. Turner.
III Ms NJ HOME hND ABROAD.
MOI prirrA iIt HplR.-W Word wa, brought
to Sheriff bowman. Friday. Tint d mur
der had been committed out in the Eastern
part Of Ire town. and with officer Paul. NE i'm
mcdiatoly proceeded to investigate the mat
ter They went to the house Of one t. Allc-
mand. a Frcnchman who lives little east Of
the old Bishop place. and found within.
I'Nllcmand not exactly dead but hardly SEN
siblc. and suffering from the effects ola severe
blow ON the head. 1t appeared from the state
mcnte ofthc women in the house thata French
man, Peter Guycttc, came there, and after an
alteration with the females commenced break
ing in the windows. Th, brought L'hlle-
vl Il. Ia
and IN the ARRAY which followed. Guyctte
struck him over the eye with club some six
feet long and as large as a mans arm. knock
my him s"nscl"ss and a. they supposed Kill
ling lin. After lying inscnshlc for about an
| hour or 80, he showed signs of life however.
| and has probably received no mortal Iniury
| Guyette fled into the swamp, where he was
| found together with his wife, by Bowman and
| Paul after Il short search and was brought
in and provided with quarter, in the Jail
! Liquor had doubles, more or lc>, to DO with
the afflir. The mon have quarelled before. az
We learned.
WI LL,R> that dog supposed to be
mad was killed at the falls Monday after
having bitten several other dogs. There Is a
| great stock Of useless dogs about town, which
should he Immediately shut up or otherwise
disposed Of. See notice from the Selcctmen
- The NLBGE>Nr> hd,pcpdpt, H. G.
Jrpp, Editor. takes the place long occupied
| ~ the IorgNHor IcrmoHtcr It is a fair
looking shoot, and its Editor speaks with the
right tone in lis voice We Welcome him to
tn" ranks
--Jou> DgowN, aged II years. drowned
at West Hartford, Vt. on the -th inst Also
samuel Wiu,iow, Of Putncy, Vt, aged p.
was drowned in Greenfield. Mass. last We'd
nc>day, while bathing.
-iut STATE Musical Convention came
off in Woodstock last week, on Thursday
and Friday, with large attendance. Prof.
Baker. Mrs. Long, and others from Boston.
| gave 's'H to the occasion.
| - ruE GREEN MOUNTAIN homeopathic
| Medical Association of Vermont convened at
Dau,illc on the l4th INST. y goodly numnor
Of rhy-iciaus were present DR.. l.. Ston,,
Of >t. Johnsbury, delivered an address.
-kuLRoAp MATTERS. ON "Wednesday If
last week Mr.. DUNLAP resigned hi, position
as Superintendent ol the Rutland Il Burling-
ton Railroad and f. \ CuAPlN, Esq, of
| kccnc. y. H., the capable Superintendent Of
the Cheshire Railroad has been chosen in his
place Vermont Central stock has been down
to the low point Of - within the past week
| owing to a disclosure Of the fact that an Is
sue of /" 900 shares had been made over and
t,l,, Ia, I,r 6 Il,
| OF this over issue 5000 shares have been re
turned, and the balance, for the value Of
which the Company hold collateral security,
is to he returned soon. 1t is stated that this
issue was without the knowledge of the Di-
rectors. The stock was up to 6s yesterday
join McNAuGnToN. inspired by an un-
wonted feeling Of / ollanthropy, and DESTROYS,
doubtless, of emulatlng the example oflloward
or Mrs. Fry, called at the county jail in this
| place ON sunday morning last, TO visit the
| prisoners. Sheriff Bowman received him
cordially but as John was quite drunk and
| would set bad example to the other inmates
| of the constitution, gave him cell by him
| self. BY Monday noon he had become sober
| enough to answer questions, when he was
| brought before Justice Wales, disclosed that
he obtained lis liquor in Port Kent, was dis
charged and left, feeling quite sure that tho
| internal affairs Of the Jail were we'll admin
iStercd, and inclined to think that he should
for the future postpone indefinitely such cx
| plorinS expeditions after "takin dhrop, or
at least visit somebody besides Bowman
-InE PLNITsBuRG papers contain the
/ details Of the late alleged murder at Clinton.
| The man shot was il seems not a constable,
but a lrishman, named Sweeney, who claimed
| the right to the house occupied by one Aus
tin. lie accordingly broke into the chamber
! of the house with an axe, and WAS in the act
/ of swinging down through an open ,rac" in
the floor with the avowed intention Of putting
7 Austin cut, when he received the contents ot
/ Au>tinS gun in the side of the head, AMI
died instantly. Austin remained in the house
alone with the deceased for more than an
hour, refusing admission tn all and threat
ening to kill any one who should attempt it
At length he was induced to surrender him
self To- the authorities. The deceased left
n wifi and several children. The iurv found
that the killing of Sweeney by Austin was
lrlouipu,.
-l> I'M same town of Clinton, y Wand
on the cycninSof the same day with the above
tragic affair, a Canadian, named Bruno, was
shot by accident having been mistaken in the
dusk for a deer by one of a hunting party -
Bruno left a wife and five children.
A MAN by the name of Arson " iur
escaped from the Jail in Plattshurg, ON the
evening Of the 18th inst Wing had been inn
prisoucd for stealing a horse, hut, WAS con-
sidcrcd subject of persecution, and was al
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