Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-02-15

another column, that tie month OF January,
this year. wa not so cold as January 1865,
in this Place. South Of us, however, it Is
called tie ccldest month in many years.
RoUsE's PoINr.-The citizens Of ROUse's /
are endeavoring to raise $4,000 to put up .
mills ior saving lumber, and have secured |
half the amount. 4 charter will be applied |
for, ior the Rouse's Point Laundering and /
Manufacturing Co.
VERMONT STATE FAIR.-At meeting Of
Directors Of the Vermont State Agricultural |
society. held at the American Hotel in this |
city last week, 1t was voted to hold the !
Annual Fair at Brattleborc on the 10th,
llth. l2th and 18th Of September next
The Detroit Post defines the Crosby Opera
House affair as q mutual insurance OF one
hundred and ninety-nine thousand people
out Of two hundred thousand against grow
Ing wealthy al the turn Of a wheel, and
united effort TO be out Of pocket 10 the e1-
tent OF at least Eve dollars each.
SuIcIDE.-George Pearee, an American,
formerly Of Reading, in this State. commit
ted suicide, on Monday. in Rutland. in the
cellar Of Mr.. LaPlante, in whose employ he
had been as a carpenter. lie was a man OF
about forty years Of age ard Of steady habits.
though subject to occasional fits Of insanity.
II is understood that Carlos Baxter, Esq,
Collector of Internal revenue for this dis
trict, desires to be relieved Of the labors and
responsibilities Of that Office, and that his
successor in the Office will shortly be an
nounced. We suppose that Hon. 4. J.
CRANE of Huntington is likely TO receive the
appointment.
SINGULAR FATAL AocIDEST.-In Malone
last week Monday boy Of Is, named Hast
ings, who was sitting on 4 fence watching a
freight train pass, lost his balance and fe!l
of; be struck face down on the snow and
slid head forward down the embankment,
under the wheels Of the train, and was
instantly crushed.
TEE Wilson Es1A1K.-There Is to be an
adjourned meetIrg Of members OF the Wilson
family, at Essex Junction on the Goth inst,
to hear the report Of their gent, Mr.. Fisher,
IN England, with reference to the immense
estate in that country to which they are
said to be legal heirs.
The Rutland Herald says rhubarb had
nothing to do with the late case Of poisoning
in that village, Mr.. Clark not having had
particle Of rhubarb in bis house for SIX
months. The food on the table has been an
alyzed but 10 trace OF arsenic or mineEa
| poison WAS discovered.
Hon. Prosper Merrill Of Felctville, has
subscribed one thousand dollars for the e.
tablishmeni Of Home for orphan children
IN this State.
We have such " Home" already e-tab
lishei, IN this city, which would be very
glad OF Mr. MeTrill's money
TIE Snlr CAvAI.-A meeting Of the
friends Of the Cbamplaip Canal improve
ment was held at Stanwix Hall IN Albany
on Wednesday. Resolutions IN favor Of Sc
curing ship navigation between the Hudson
River, Lake Champlain and the River St.
Lawrence, we've adopted, and Committees
appointed to urge forward the project.
HARD CAsE.-The Troy Tunes Of the 9Th
inst. says that lady who resides in Schen-
ec:ady recently went to her parents
home, in Bennington, Vt, to have her
mothers care in her confinement. Owing
to i'll feeling Of her father toward her hus-
tand she was driven away almost with
curses. She was passing through Troy on
her way back, when on the evening Of the
4tb, she gave biith TO a child in the street.
FROZEN To DEATH.-Mrs. Thomas Conner
was frozen 10 death on the Lake between
Point Trembleau and Port Kent, week ago
| Wednesday. She and her husband were
gong to Schuyler Island on foot, found the
ice unsafe, and had TO return. Mrs. Conner
became exhausted, and her husband wrap
| ping her Up, left her on the ice; but before
| he could reach tie shore and return with
help. she bad persisted.
NEw ELEVATOR The Ogdensburgh r R.
Co. Is PREPARING to put Up new grain ele-
/ vator, at Ogdensburgh, on the site Of the
ore destroyed by FIRE in 1865. The new one
will be of brick, FIRE proof, with capacity to
store 565 goo bushels, and will stand on
/ 1861 piles. which have been driven in the
river. The machinery will elevate the grain
from two vessels at once. The receipts Of
grain at Ogdensburgh last season were near
ly 3 .OOO, 900 bushels.
HEAVY FIRES IN RUILASD.-Despatche
from Rutland Sunday announced the des-
hDOtlou " uIt VI hut eitdM tdN Mill anu
buildings connected with the marble works
of Sheldon & Slason in West Rutland. Loss
$4,000. Insured for SIS, 900.
The Gas Works of the Rutland Gas Light
Company were also destroyed by FIRE Sunday
morning, for the second time recently. Loss
$1,000. covered By insurance
Mr.. PEABoDY's new benefaction, which
was announced BY telegraph the other day,
is one million dollars, to be held by Robert
G. Winthrop and other prominent men. in
trust, the income to be used and applied for
the promotion and encouragement of intel
lsctual, moral and industrial education
among young men Of the more destitute
portions Of the south western States, the
benefits to be distributed among the entire
population without any other distinction
than need and opportunity of usefulness. In
addition bonds OF Mississippi issued to the