Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-06
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-1lor WEArnHR--Thc heat which in
ordinary season. would have been distributed
through May and June, has been garnered
up till now and is all let loose at once Fri
day the mercury stood at % for an hour or
two Saturday at 2 P. NJ. it stood at 90 and
wa, doubtless degree or two higher at 3
o'clock. The highest temperature Of June
1854 was IS.
A.,AuLr.-John Reilly, on Tuesday morn
ing last was convicted of an assault on
Charles LaFountaine, and fined Sl0,S6.
--MARy MCPuILLErPs, a notorious charnc =
ter, was arrested Thursday, hy Sheriff Rey-
nolds and brought before Justice Hollenbeck
charged with breach Of the Peace, on Water
Street. She plead :" Not Guilty. was con-
victed however, and fined 5000
---lHoNAs FITz SIMMONS was brought be-
fore Justice IIollenbcck by Sheriff Reynolds,
Friday, charged with unlawful sale of
liquor. lie was convicted on five counts.
and fined 800 and costs. 4 barrel of gin
and keg of brandy found on his premises,
was also condemned and run into the ground.
The natural tendency of rum is evidently to
the gutter, and it is better for it to go there
alone, than in human bottles.
-MrcHAEL MALLORY, Dan Sullivan and
Thomas Gallagher were arrested on Monday,
charged with breach Of the peace on Sunday
morning, between the hours of | and .
o'clock, on Winooski Avenue. They plead
not guilty were convicted, and fined, NAL
lory $1,000 Sullivan aud Gallagher $40
each and costs
Wa HAVE a hcarsay report that the
canal boat II. W. Catlin, capsized near Val
cour Island, in ,quall on Sunday last. and
that one or two hands on board were
drowned
u. +. BRIH.MAGD & Co., finding them
selves somewhat cramped in their old quarters,
have recently fitted up and now occupy new
and handsome store, next door to the old one,
on Church street. 1t is very neat and
pleasant shop, with tasteful front and roomy
interior, we'll lighted and filed with large
stock of iowclry and fancy goods
-Tnr Troy CONFERENCE ACApEMY at
Poultnoy holds 1t. anniversary July 9th, 10th
and llth. Among the exercises will be an
address by Ri Rev j. II HorKrSs of Burling-
ton, an Grafton by R A. PrRME>rER Of Troy
y, Y. and Poem by ALvAH ROE, of Spring
field Mass.
FonI EpwArp IsTITvTr. We have received
a catalogue Of this popular school for the se-
cond academic term, commencing March Goth,
1858, from which we learn twenty are teach
ers engaged in the different department, sand
that during the winter and spring terms there
have been rino hundred and th,rty-n,ne
students in attendance Such prosperity
shows excellent management
-Appl.oS County ha. opened the cam
paign by the nomination Of the following
| Anti Nebraska ticket
Senators-John Pierpoint and Joseph
Warner. County Judges Samuel Swift and
| f. s. IiinmAn. Judges Of Probate. Harvey
| Mun.ell, New Haven district c. G, Tilden,
| Addison district, States Auy.-F F. W ood-
| bridge. SherIf David s Church. BGlf
q. A. Collamer
- TROUBLE IN TuY CoUScIs,-Tho X. \.
| Council at Bratteboro'is e1pelling such OF it's
member, as belong to another " American
party, called the United Americans" The
expelled are printing revelations thereupon,
--SuocKING SuIclpE.-Last week Tues
day, in Woodbury. VT, the wife of Mr. Ora
Lyford took her infant child to a pond in the
vicinity, and with it in her arms threw her
self in The child and mother were both
dead when found,
ADDISON Co CoURr.-frederick Round.
tried for selling liquor found guilty and
fined 10 and costs. In Ponds case for the
boa, .e..r OF Decatur Cheney, it was orLrlp ed
hy the count, in pursuance Of the statute
PROV idcd in such cases - that he he confined
in the State prison at Windsor, in the county
Of Windsor, for and during the term of hi'
natural life, unless previously discharged h,
order of law, it having been adjudged by
the Court that il was unsafe for him to go a
large