Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-29
BENHIHcroN COUNTY.
We copy from the Rutland Herald the fol-

1t appears that Mrs. b. has for some time re-
fused to live with her husband on account oil
intolerable severity, and that she had recently
petitioned for divorce from him, though
had not yet obtained it. Her course dis
pleased Burke, and we learn that at various
times since their separation he had threat
ened to take her life On Wednesday eve
ming he went to her residence, where he
found her in company with two of her child
rem. The latter he ordered out of the room,
saying that he wished to speak with their
mother. At his order they retired, when,
alter exchanging few words with his wife,
he deliberately drew a revolver and fred at
her four times, the first shot taking effect in
her forehead, the second grazing her nose, and
the third lodging in one of her hands, and
the fourth entering her abdomen. After
committing the murderous act, Burke sat
down in the room with his wife, and awaited
the arrival of officers, who took him into GUS
tody and lodged him in the county jail He
offered no resistance to them, coolly stating
that he had accomplished his purpose and
that was all he wanted. Mrs. b. was i'm
mediately attended by Drs. E. n S. Morgan
and Love, and though she was alive up to
yesterday afternoon, but slight hopes are
entertained of her recovery. Both parties
were in tolerably good circumstances. Burke
being the proprietor of grocery. and his
wife being possessed of considerable real es-
tate In her own right.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
LARGE CoLTs.-Warren Simpson, of Shelf
field, has yearling colt, which weighs 775
pounds, and Hams Daniels, in the same
town, has one weighing $50. Who can beat
these?
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-A person named Flick
eft having STOLEN a IF from, fba
Lisbon Mining Company, was followed to
Lower Waterford by the sheriff, who found
him at the hotel. Pickett, seeing the officer
after him, jumped from a window and tried
to escape. but his progress arrested by
a shot of the sheriff passing through his
body and, 1t is thought, fatally wounding him.
CHITTEsDKN COUNTY.
At the Linonian Senior Prize debate at
Yale College, Friday evening, Jan. 18th,
upon the question IS Is modern civilization
mainly due to Christianity" the third prize
of ten dollars was awarded to E. W Miller,
of Williston.
LIQUOR SEIzUREs.-J. w. Davis, of Island
Pond, with another officer. seized at Portland,
Me-, on the 18th inst, thirty-three barrels
and one hogshead of whiskey and Jamaica
rum, the whole valued at $4,000. On the
10th, officers seized at Island Pond thirty
cases of brandy and two cases of whiskey.
DIR. S. W. Thayer, OF Burlington, while
driving on the lake last week broke through
the ice and took an involuntary bath After
working nearly an hour he succeeded in get
ting himself and two horses on the shore in
a rather wet condition.
The express train on the Vermont Central
K. r. Saturday evening, while coming around
a curve between Williston and Essex juno
ton, collided with locomotive which was
going to WlllistOn Station for water, throw
ing one of the locomotives from the track
and bruising the engineer and fireman who
jumped from the train. No serious damage
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
DEATH OF Hon. JAMES DAvIs.-Hon.
James Davis, veteran lawyer and esteemed
citizen of st. Adams, died in that village on
the 2lst inst, aged IS years. We condense
from the Messenger the following sketch of
the deceased
Judge Davis was born at North Kingston.
in the State of Rhode Island. Aug Sth 1888.
was graduated from Uuion College in 1909.
was admitted to bar at St. Adams in 1872
In the fall of 1913 he was appointed States,
Attorney for the county, but declined the
appointment and removed to Fairfield, where
he became partner with Hon. Bates Turner
III tIit pIdCIItc OF law 1Dle cOpdrtnersnlp
was broken by the removal of Judge Turner
to St. Adams, in 1915; and in 1916. Judge
Davis opened an Office in Swanton. In the
fall of 1918, Judge Adds proposed to him
which he accepted, and in
January, 1919, took up his permanent resi-
dence IN this town. He devoted himself
with great assiduity to the business of his
office, and was regarded as a sound and ju-
dicious lawyer lie never took upon him
self, however, the duties of an advocate to
any extent, but his preparation of causes
for trial was always full and complete. On
the 18th of February, 1926, he was mar
ried to Miss Esther Palmer, by whom he had
two sons, James. P, now in the customs de-
partment, and Wilbur P. editor of the
Vermont Transcript. In 1898 he was elected
a delegate to the Constitutional Convention,
which met in June and in September 1899,
and in 1880 member of the Executive
Council of the State. In the fall of l843 he
was elected associate Judge of Franklin
County, and reelected in 1874. In 1S45 he
was elected Judge of Probate, and reelected
in 46, ~, 40, '53, '55. His contributions
to the public press were characterized by
gr eat purity and elegance in language, and
were principally anonymous essays, in the
local newspapers. He of rare
mo desty and integrity. The world has need
~ ihoIC ouCH Hell DIS WIS our ucptIlcu iIitHU
he Hon. James Burlington Times.
Fl. A. Lyon of St. Adams has been APP
poi nted president of the northern Vermont
musical association for the ensuing year.
At meeting of the Franklin County
Temperance Society, it was reported that at
Enosburgh, Fairfax and Franklin, the traffic
in intoxicating liquor has been almost Who'll
ly suppressed. In the larger towns of st.
Adams and Swanton g great apathy was
reported.
A new Masonic lodge has been formed in
st. Adams, called Englesby lodge, in honor
of the present Grand Master.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
PIsCICULTURE.-Col.E E. B. SAWYER Of the
gives the following account of
raising trout:
&c Our experiment in pisciculture is prov
ing success this year. Thousands of the
little speckled fellows have already burst the
thin integument which bound them, and are
now balancing over their little pot bellies in
a most comical manner and thousands more
are going to do likewise. Our parent fish
are wintering splendidly. Some days when
the ice is clear thousands may be seen through
1T, and they presented most gorgeous ap-
pearance. Only one of our ponds freezes
over at all, and in that the ice is SO thin that
when the snow is off it can be seen through
as clearly as glass 1t is a great joke to
throw piece of raw liver ON to this clear
ice. A thousand will start for it at once,
and bunting their noses against the ice quite
olently, return with a shamed and disap-
pointed air quite human ! But we are not
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