Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-11-26
VERMONT NEWS.



\ number Of persons broke into and piilarci
'le mouse ct H. T. Dean, Of West Cornwall a
saoI' tune since. Not satisfied with this, they
preceded to his barn, cut up two siuelecb.r-
"ess and nearly destroyed a caring.
Middlehury seems .airly alive uirb tbiev.s
,.Her sooHer Is one depreciation discovered than
saess s of the ligs, fingered gentry sppear n.
/ if,L I'aer quarter ON the evening Of the
sai que store Of l. r SIyer was broken ofeu
'1' c'y stolen therefrom.
: Diiiiord Parker ami Silss W Benpett vera
t,'J core Justice summons OF Yiddieburv
0H '' 5c o' robbery committed on the t,r-
sun Vi wy 'i-iey, while in a state of intoxi.,
tioh' anu ,nry Neie eacl bound uD in the snm If
S1VO, IL default Of which they we're cor,nitr.I
The town Of fiPtou has built A brsskv.,er
along the river, running thron,b tb., rIscs
where the water generally does the MT d.,
age ii times Of treshets This s-rpc-rra :, ;.
sad, will protect the road from future urdar-
mining, and is very sub-tsntial
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
An old landmark in Bennington known "A
the ''Dimmick Stand was recently DESTROYED bv
hre IL WAS one Of the pioneer tavern stands IN
TIE early history of Vermont being among the
urst on the route to the Hudson River
The cheese house Of M-. William Ames. who
rtslies about one-half mile north Of the village
Oh Last Dorset, wls discovered to be on FIRE be-
tween the hours Of L and O'Clock On Sunday
'ne Iilh' 'ind vas totally destroyed, together with
ms carriage house and cranary. The cheese
mouse cfnuintd upwards Of 800 pounds o.
'heese' which vas destroyed. and in the rranary
was ao2ut 500 bushels Of oats, which were also
Consumed
cAL.DpNIA COUNTY.
4 Mr.. Bem.s Of sPeaaham killed two ot;ers
n one shot, short time since. lie has been
attsrei thirty ins dollars f P tie Two.
The Messrs. Fairbanks Of ST. Johnsbury ,e-
ceived despatch f.0m NV York on Iues law
that Mr.. Merrill, Of their New York house Wa
hr0wn from his carriage and il WA. believed
-.tally injured Nr Merrill has been a MON.
Der Of the scale firm io N-w York fr MANY
. ears
The Caledonia Alanuia-iuria, Co. We,r Bar
net, have nearly completed a th their dams.
and the grist mill viii soon b. running again
"m. G.. SJrobrilge has eommeuoel o. repair B
iam and viii soon be able % a-couIao ia.e Hi.
friends in the saving line
NJ Horace Fairbanks, heal Of the sac
aluisc,Griug firm at =. J,husbury. Def, for
New York, on the ltD, in company vi-a his
family physician. Mr. Fairbanks has been out
d
:, -. 'oi 7''eiAl "eeEs' ana ne gres 3. NeS
o'A " ''u 'ne 'n'eAl'on, u IL ls th'ugnt Hi'is--
''s' VI ''1'-s u4P % Lu-'pe-
ES7fN COUNTY
The lVth anniversary Of the msrrjge Ct Mr.
,nd Mrs John Russell, OF Vest Concord, vil. be
celebrated with a Pearl welding, December first
.L vi anu ~ Al'. hls's- I've .nl-ei walked the
nov, in 'lai v.,;. G''D,r u 80 -'f5l l SPfDgs,
=, "a - = ''-'e "-iler, mas
aesr New York citv. Tbev are 10 b. IN, a -,-.rle
og, ten feet apart. Of u...f.rm -rv... and O., b..
comp stei by the l-t cfNlav reyf The r.r-
,-sct price Is $4,000
LAaoLr COUNTY
6c.o-ii,., r.. tb. r.,..,., ,sp r ,t,.-
an -. - ~ t. l. A-lrii' oelre-
are Fair was quite - success. and +, b,I,D.e 5f
1874 Is left 10 the Treasury.
Laura A. Landau v-s..f ,..-- r.,,,l Ia.
fn. ag,I y v..-. 5...i IN So. d., .,...
q 9li-tA OF bfalu--ve- met with ii Singular
t'c1ent ID the Northeast part ~ II, ,dr.ark,
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