Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-01-25
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Tins MfpctrY stood at ~ b..'w
zero at :. A. n. Sandy, anJ r"ma'h-d
very low throughout the day Mon lay morn
;n- it stood at 4 : htioN, ard GA TN.s-
day morning at - below zero. The lake
shows but few narrow streaks Of open wa
tee. 4 few more hours Of still cold weather
will close it up FOR the winter.
-FoR THE WEsr-Thrcc families Will
leave our Village next Tuesday, hour-l FOR
the West. We wish them all success. some
who leave the East for the West better
tbeir worldly prospects, whilst others suffer
loss by the change. Several OF our friends
at the West, from whom we Lave heard
during the last few months, heartily wish
themselves back again in their old homes at
the east - CaicdoniGn.
---TnE Congregational Church at New
bury was DESTROYED by fire on Sabbath morn
ing. the Is tn inst The wind was blowing
gale at the time, and it was only by great
cxertions that buildings in the immediate
vicinity were saved.
-TuE DhuocRATfC ADMINISTRATOR
District Committee nave ChiitL u '''''Ni'''''
of the Democrats Of this Congressional dis
trict at Hydcpark, on Thursday, February
9TH. 1856, at ten o'clock, A. NJ, for the
purpose of eectng two delegates to the De-
1nocratic National Convention, to be held at
Cincinnati ON the first Monday Of June next
VIZ LEARN, with pain, that our friend
and brother editor c. II. HAYDEN, ED, has
become an invalid. He is seeking resto-
ration Of health at one Of the Brattlehoro
Water Cure establishment search in
which We hope he may be speedily success
full,
-CoBrRN tNp DALTON the ASSISTANTS
IN the Shawmut Avenue tragedy were indict-
cd last week in Boston, on a charge OF man
slaughter in killing William Sumner, at No.
II Shawmut Avenue on the l7th of Novem-
Der last. The offence of manslaughtor is
bailable, and the bail Of the accused was
Fixed at three thousand dollars each the
requisite amounts having been furnished,
they were set at liberty.
-JonN WRlcn1, Esq, has been removed
from the Office of Postmaster at Norwich,
Vt. and Gen. Lewis 5. Partridge has been
appointed in his pacc.-A new Post Office
has been established in Waterford Vt. and
Amos Carpenter Esq appointed Postmaster.
Itis called West Waterford, and is about
halfway between Lower Waterford and Pas.
sumpsc
Edwin c. Jenny, Of Stowe, VI.
young man Of twenty years Of age, while en-
ragged in tendin- n thrusliDr machine. on
TT,.i'.. 20 -, r. -,
A., ,f:.
,LuF,ah :. - fla .hon,1,u ,..,.,1;.,.. 49,,
crushing it in the most terrible manner On
amputating the limb it was found that the
cords and muscles of the neck were drawn
out to great length. The Young man did
not survive the oreration.
po,.ox,,o, u~s Ala, or p,,o,,,
field, Essex Co. was tried some time ago for
poisoning person residing with her, Nni,
to the surprise Of everybody, was acquitted.
We see it is stated that the citizens Of Bloom
field recently disinterred two bodies Of Mr.
Smith and sister who died very suddenly at
the residence Oh MIS- Allen some years ago
lhelr stomachs were iouhd 10 De IN an almost
entire s'ate OF preser'"'iol anu were sc'' ~
D's'on u pe "iai! ecu i"'S nave ie'V''eu
i'tuiii' MN say '''1' u ''4- N'NN' u
p0is0H "ei7 '0'A''
-forR BEARS OF good SIZE were Killed
IN 81 Addison Co. on the 18th inst.
Jamespain, W. l. Richardson Erwin q Brien
and Ransom y brlen, tracked them to their
den, discovered their Whereabouts inside by
string them up WIN pole killed them by
hrlng IN at rahuom' anu 'nen uFe" them OUT
with hook attached to their POLE
-TnE ASSOCIATED AlrvNr of Middle
bury College propose to erect suitable
Monument over the grave Of Rev President
RATS in Middleburv. Liberal subscrintions
have been made and are still coming in from
graduates at a distance for that purpose.
uo -
arrested in Derby, last week, charged with
the murder of his brother in Ascot. c. F.. on
New Years day IIe chose to be tried in
Canada and was carried to Sherbrooke for safe
keeping.
sc,v.Th. Iar,ost railroad scalos ~
tbs world in actual nso !. ana h,l. -,
Messrs. +. Il L. Fairbanks & Co for tho
Mine hin & SchuvIkiu U,rsr Railroad i,
pennsvIvan;a II is one bvndrsJ and ,r,,,,
c,e, lonc and 10 cono,1o o.rsus.oin,n ,,oa
of a hundred tons 1t is used mainly for
weighing coal. eleven carloads at a time
The value of the scales sent out Of the estab-
lishment of Messrs Fairbanks in St. Johns
bury in the month Of October and November
was more than sl33 600. Their freight
bills for the same month exceeded so 600. -
Liberal adrerflsing has had not little to do