Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-05-11
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

--lniEviNG.-MicuAEL HAtEr, a boy ofl2
or IL years was taken on Monday before Jus.
tico lIollenbeck, charged with breaking into
Mcssrs. BILLIARDS. Store, on Sunday last. and
stealing therefrom Nuts, Sugar, and other
articles lie was found guilty, and was sen.
fenced to imprisonment in the County Jail
for 90 days. and to pay the costs Of prosocu.
ton.
- May acts strangely this year. Tho
spring rains appear to be over before they
have begun. The wcathcrcocks " know no
SOUTH no east, no west, nothing but north.
The fields beg in vain for warm showers and
sunshine, and the cold high dry winds. direct
from DR.. Kane, day after day sweep the dust
in clouds through our streets. We hope for
change before long
- LiqroR Law IN ASD ABOUT BCRLlNG-
ToN.-H. Starkweathcr Of Winooski was
brought before Justice IIollenbeck Thursday.
on charge Of unlawful selling of liquor
He plead guilty and was fined s. 10 and costs,
amounting to Sl6,GO in all.
A-ll Merrill Of Colchester va, also
brought be- ore the same Justice on the same
charge. lie plead guilty and was fined $40
and costs, amounting to $l7,3i.
Geo. Il. lsham, Town Agent Of Shelburnc.
was brought before Justice ITollcnbeck on
Friday Of last week, charged with sell
ling liquor for other purposes than those pro-
viled for by law. lie plead guilty ard was
fined $40 and costs
- LlQroR LAW IL HNLsBURGH On
Monday last lilly W. Burritt was brought
before Justice Nathaniel Miles, in Hines
burgh, charged with sundry sales of intoxi-
eating liquor contrary to the statute lie
demanded trial by Jury, which was grant
cd him. The Jury found him guilty of
nineteen offences, and he was fined ten dollar,
for each offence, making 500 and costs,
! On Tuesday, in the same place, Nelson
/ Burritt, son Of the above, was found guilty
of several violations of the Liquor Law, and
fined $40 and costs. 1t requires considera-
bic capital to conduct the liquor business
after the above fashion.
---MNNE LAW IN VERMoS1.-In Mont
ralor last week. Mr.. Palmer and Mr. Holmes
fer three offences apiece against the law,
wore fined $50 and costs. and tho grocery.
keepers were fined $40 and costs.-ln North
field G. s. Edison wa, fined 500 and costs,
Dennison Platt $50 and costs, and R. W.
Stevens $50 and cost. All plead guilty.-1n
Bennington Mr.. Elisha Wadsworth plead
guilty to the violation Of the Liquor Law,
and wa. fined ttcenty dollars and costs-it be-
ing a second degree" transgression. In
ST. Adams, Mrs. Dillon continues to keep the
authorities in work, Jail or no Jail. The
Messenger says of her
Her lalyship, our readers will recollcct, is
, stopping with Sheriff Burr but even while
under the eye of the Sheriff, she carries on her
illegal traffic by means Of " agents" last
week James Cote was brought before Justice
, Bradley charged with dealing in the 'critter.'
From the evidence the fact came out that 9
| was an agent for Madame, and by her en-
, ployed to peddlc out her rum. Goffe was
l found guilty common seller and fined
| 500 and cost. Goffe called on Mrs D for
payment ofthe fine imposed on him. as he was
acting in the capacity Of agent for her, She
turned him of by saying, "what | say
through the CRATES amt law" The premises
, of Mrs. Dillon were searched and 10 and be-
hold were dragged forth q barrel or two OF
: poisonous rot,gut." Mrs Dillon however
! disclaimed the ownership OF the valuable
: " property which was CONDEMNED and
I spilled. She has not yet had her trial
! Surely Mrs. Dillon is remarkable woman.
= When is the next woman's rights convention
Mrs. Dillon should be there.
e "A Brass BAND CONVENTION is to DO
1 holden at Plattsburgh n. Y, Thursday May
3lst circular signed by James Rice
4 informs us that there will be grand Pro-
l. cession, playing from the different Bands in
S convention assembled with Speeches, Sing
-.
:. tainment. We learn that Bands will pas,
s free to this affair on Lake Chanplain.
n -ARREsT FOR MuRDER.-We learn from
u the Manchester Mirror that Linden Meserve
> ofGotistown, was arrested on Thursday night
l. upon charge of numbering Hezekiah Z
d Brown OF Fairlec, Vermont. The Mirror
It states that on the oath of March last, Meservo
= met Brown in Manchester, and in fit Of
l. anger struck him on the head with pitch.
o fork, njuring him so severely that he died
Il about ten days since.
u -THE ST, LAwRENcE.--The report Of the
le board of engineers appointed to make a sur
e, vcy Of the St Lawrence, has been laid before
the Provincial Assembly. Their examination
IT of the river extended from Ogdensburgh to
and their report states that for the sum OF
n 500 900 there can be excavated Throughout,
10 that distance a channel two hundred feet in
" width. with uniform depth of twelve feet
=. and in places having an unusual swell, thir-
. teen feet. In the course of the survey, tho
j. engineers employed upon it made 5000
r soundings, and expended $3.50 pounds Of
8 poUirr in exparimental hIastinc
% JOIN CAIN, the Irish postmaster of
o Rutland, refuses TO distribute the Herald.
u printed IN that place. to town subscriber,
n through the post-office, His reason is tina
# the Herald is a Know-Nothing paper.
II -THE Montpelier people are talking
5 about lighting their village with gas Some
q one offers to put in works for them for $780,
o 600, to take himself one third, or one half
r the stock and give good guaranty that the
y stock, after paying all expenses, will pay six
per cent. annually to the stock holders for
v three five years, or longer, as the other
d stockholders shall choose.
: -EEv. DR. MERRILL, Of Middlebury
:, died in that place on Sunday last, April 29th
V after an illness of several weeks His disease
was an affection Of the heart. He met death
r. with entire cheerfulness. lie wa. the class,
mate of Daniel Webster at Dartmouth and
. successful competitor with him for the first
r honors Of the class For the last half century he
S has been pastor Of the Congregational Church
u IN Middlebury, which increased greatly under
his care He was born at Audover, Mass, in
: 1850.
i - lns Waterman says " We this
: week record the death of another excellent