Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-09-30


State. In Windsor, on the night of the 10Th
Maj. Persons house was entered, and his
watch and $40 stolen. The same night the
house of Chas. Watriss was broken into, and
eatahles taken. the thieves leaving a knife
and club. perhaps for pay. The next night
Col Harlow's house was entered, but the
thieves were alarmed and left without taking
anvthing.-A man named Kennedy who
keeps a boarding CIR on the Con Pass & R.R.
had $3.50 in god in his chest which he miss
ed. and Immediately suspected one of his
fellow lahorars. who was sudde " missing
too. The off,nder was taken at Barton on
the 18th. and carried to Chaalsna Jail. in de.
fault of $500 hail. About $50 Of the missing
money was found upon his nerson.-Cases Of
petty larceny and poc et-picking. are numcr-
Gus. Mrs. Koon of North Bennington had her
pocket picked at Rutland. Snpt ooh while
changing cars.-In Bellows Falls on Monday
night of lost week. three families had all
their washing Of clothes stolen from the lines.
j. Smith of Addison, had a hive of bees
and so hounds Of honey stolen during the
night Of Sept 18th, by a man named Allen,
from West-Port n. Y. The thief was dis
covered next morning rowing for West-port
on the other side of the lake. having waited
all night for a fair wind. lie was overhaul
ed but threw the hive overheard. Next day
he was examined, and in default Of $50
bonds was escorted to Middlebury Jail on
Tuesday, where he will have am pie time to
reflect on the danger of waiting f r a fair
wind to cross the Lake, and the uncertainty
of honey sreculations. The Citisen says that
thieving by scamps from the western
shore of the Lake has been extensively car
ried on in Addison and Panton.
Seneca johnson, who was arrested for theft
in Plttsford, two or three weeks since, but
escaped from the officer, was rctaken a few
few days afterwards in a hay-mow in Pitts
field.
James ODonnell, of St. Johnsbury, and
Edmund Bailey, of Barnet, were arrested a
week ago Sunday for being drunk and dis
orderly, were lodged in Jail over night, and
next day fined SO each and costs.
The house of Hiram Smith, of West Ran
dolph, was destroyed by fire Sept. 10th, to-
gether with nineteen swarms of bees, three
sheep and two cows. The buildings were
insured for 5000.
D. c. Hudson, of East Haven, caught a
Dear ana a cub in a trap, a week ago Situr-
day, and another old bear in another tran.
The old bears weighed about 200 pounds
each.
Mr.. E. l.. Holden, of North Clarendon,
has three Lambs of the New Oxfordshire
breed, which at five m )nths and two weeks
old, weighed l06, Ill and lis lbs.
Mr.. P. S. amberlin. of Bradford, has
raised, the past season, So. bushels of wheat
on > acres of land.
Joseph Otis, of Waterbury. aged rs, was
killei SPIT. 9TH nelr Waterbury Falls. by
the ups.ttIns upon him of his wagon loaded
with lumber. When found about an hour
after the accident. he was dead, his hat
over his face, and his face in the
dust. 1t is supposed that he was So other
ed.
Mr.. David Weed and wife. Of Fulton. Os-
wego Co., y. Y, while riding from Peru.
VT, to Manchester, Sept. 18th, were thrown
from their wagon, the hers, having taken
and Mr. Weed w IS SO much injured
as to cause his death three days aiterward.
Bnjam n St. Clair, son of Mr.. John St.
Clair, of Pownal, aged - years, an operative
in the factory Off. Carpenter, Jr., Il Co.,
OF that town, was caught by the arm in the
machinery. and 50 shockingIy mangled that
he died in less than an hour after. The arm
that was caught was instantly wrenched
from his body.
A son ofJonathan Draper, Jr., of North
Bennington, was struck by the locomotive
of the express train on the Western Vt. R.R. |
Sept. 10th, while walkingon the track. He
Was thrown 20 feet from the track, but not ,
killed, although insensible for is hours after
He is partially deaf, and did no.
hear the whistle. and it was impossible to
stop the train in time to avoid hitting him,
The Oldest daughter of Mr.. Robert Preston
Of Ferrisburgh, while helping her father
fight a brush fire on the morning of the 10th
became surrounded by the flames and before /!
she could escape was badly burned.
Gov. Hall delivers an address before the
Co Agricultural Society at Ar
on the Doth inst, on the subject of
he land title controversy between the set
-lers of Bennington County, and the Govern
nent of New York. Gov. Hall has for many
'ears been accommodating matter relating to
subject, and is now probably more famil-
ar with the history and trials ofthe first set
lers of the County, than any other citizen of
,ur State.
We shall hope to see his address publish
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SERIOUS TROUBLES IN CHINA. By the late
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