Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-08

feet OF Marble.
-THs NEW BANK of Rutland is organized
as follows
Slason, Luther Daniels, Chas l.. Williams,
u. F. Langdon, II. II. Baxter. William Gil
more, John Il. Page, Edwin MarhAlulc.
Gro. T. Hopes, President; ions D. rAua,
Cashie,.
An assessment Of 500 share is payable
on the 10th of December next.
WILLIAM GEORGE Of North Chelmsford,
II student at Norwich, Vt, military academy,
accidentally shot himself in the former place,
on Wednesday the 23d; while firing at a
target.
-ToN TnrNB, the celebrated little great
man was married at Webster ON Thursday
last to Miss vinton, Of Bridgeport, Ct.
--GloRcE SrANNAUp, young man en-
rloyed in the foundry of Mc,srs. Smith of St
Adams, was struck ON the head by heavy
balance wheel, which fell accidentally, on
Tuesday, and was seriously injured.
"A PATENT was issued May 10Th. 1853.
to Erasmus \. Pond, of Rutland, for improve
inent in pill making machines
-EDwIN BIcKroRD eight years old was
recently drowned while fishing in the Pas
sumpsic.-A little son of g. O. Henry of Bel
lows Falls three years old was badly scallcd
three weeks since by sitting down into pail
Of hot water, and died in consequence on
Monday last
---THE Patriot says a Montpelier lady
went out alone to small stream in that
vicinity, and, after raH,ng Scrcu m,l,s. was
at home again, bringing with her seventy
fine, sparkling trouts-ull of her own catch
ing They couldn't help biting.
-THE New Court House and Town Hall.
at Woodstock, is complete. 1t is a substan-
tal brick edifce. of the @ RomoncS9ue style
of architecture and is pronounced next in
taste and excellence to the State House and the
Town Hall in Burlington. 1t cost SIS GOO.
"A line chestnut horse was sold in Yer
gennes last week to the Agent of an Agricul-
tural society in Maine, for the handsome sum
of 500 The citizen says " Parties are
continually coming from n distance to this
vicinity to secure fine Horses and Sheep
There are single Horses in Addison County
which have higher value than some extern
sive Georgia plantation,-minus the ne
groes'
-REMEMDER KENT, of Calais, says he is
go years old. His father died aged 9S, and
his mother at II. His brother died at 10.
He has five sisters now living whose united
ages amount to 5I2 years. Tho youngest is
aged 1.-THE eldest. So.
--SNAKEs.-The Brattleboro Republican,
is informed that during this spring, different
individuals have killed on one ledge, in Gull
ford, q black snakes, most of which were
from 3 to 81 feet in length
- FlREs.-Tn vcrgcnnes on Wednesday
OF last week, the upper story Of the " stone
block was burned out. Considerable dam
age was done in the - Citizen" printing
Office, and to clothing, hardware, drugs and
books in the stores below, by water The
fire caught from friction matches slowed
away with jar of phosphorus and lot of
wool.-1n Rutland on the same day small
house, owned by John Brislin, was consumed
with its contents. Mr.. Brislin and one or
two others had their hands badly burned
Loss S50O.--In Woodstock on Tuesday even
ing, a building owned and occupied by Mr.
John Pinks, Blacksmith, and by W. H. II.
Slayton as carriage shop. WAS entirely
A., ;,l.g To-. =
which were very valuable, wagon newly
finished, and some six or seven hundred BUSH
oils of coal. There was no insurance
The dwelling house of Rowel Bpwkcr. in
Lunenbursh, Vt, was destroyed by fire,
Saturday the 9th ult \ building in
Ann St, New York, occupied by Trow, print.
or and publisher of the n Y. city directory
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night
together with all the material for the direc-
tory, and an entire edition of lryinc's Life
OF Washington. The manuscript and plates
are safe. The total loss is estimated at from
$4,000 to 800 900 mostly covered by
insurance. In Lowell, Mass, on Thurs,lay
the bridge Of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad
was burned with 10000 worth oflumbcr no,
insured. The bridge was valued at $4,000
In Worcester, on Thursday, sixty thousanC
dollars worth of machine shops. dwelling
houses, &c, was consumed Partially insured
oh. HUNTER, who advcrtses his svs-
tenn of " inhalation" by the column, in the
New York papers has thereby increased his
income to over one hundrsd thousand dollar,
year, so says the \. Y. Tribune. Moral
the more you advertise the more you make.
"A frenchman was accidentally shot il
Ogdensburgh on Sunday of last week !,
brother-in-law of his was preparing for
hunting excursion, and had Just loaded gun
and in the act Of putting on a cap it was dis
charged The contents-a charge Of shot
after grazing woman's head, lodged in thu
face and shoulders Of the sufferer
MURDER.-At Contocookyillc, y. II.
June LIST, negro by the name of Haskell
and a woman who lived with him, brutal
murdered man named Stephen Washer, VIII,
was sent to chop wood near their hut, an,
went to board with them. There was som
difficulty between them, and the man an,
woman together took their axes and struc
him on the head. Afterwards they cut hi
intestines out, aud otherwise mangled hin
in horrible manner, \ negro man name
Frances witnessed the scene
- An extraordinary specimen Of naturu
history was brought to New York, from Cal
lfOrnia q few daVs since in fine 81 TInn,
as Watson, being the bark Of tie Washing
tonea Gisantica,' the largest tree in tn
world. The tree was Of the following cnol
nous dimensions 81 feet in diameter ut Tia
base, 1868 feet in height and lG9 feet to III
hrst branch. The bark was taken of IL
trunk of the height Of It feet, and has bee
landed at New York in good condition.