Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-17
VERMONT NEWS.


N D11elliptr term OF the ADDISON county
,,t curt commences Tuesday, Dec 14th. The
''rl'ieoury Register predicts a long term
lhe amount Of butter shipped from the Yer
= 80 uepot, Monday, the 10Th ult., consisted
y one hundred ard twenty-four packages.
" H s'.ins i've thousand five hundred and twen-
y pounds. Forty-eight boxes Of cheese
"eie snlpped, weighing twenty-three hundred
an y-seyen pounds. OF poultry, six
thousand seven hundred and fifteen pounds
were shipped.
Mr.. Philip Thomas, a respected citizen Of
Salisbury, was found dead in the wood where he
had been chopplng, on Friday afternoon, the
Sd inst He started for the woods in the morn
ing and announced his lntertion Of returning
about O'Clock P. m Not arriving at the time
he WAS expected. his family became alarmrd;
search was instituted and he was found dead,
lying on his face near log which he had cut in
two. hut still holding lever in his hands. II is
thought he might have been lifting and rup,ured
a blood vessel.
Deacon Samuel Jones Of Weybridge, aged 70.
dei quite suddenly, Sunday the 9th. He was
man who was hell in high esteem by all who
knew him.
Mrs Hiram Chadee. Of Stlrksboro, died on
the 18th ult, aged 64 years.
Mr. Josiah Fuller. Of Huntington, formerly
Of Starksboro, died on the E5th ult., sged
about 60.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
An old reIct. in the shape Of an English door
handle and latch, Is now in use on a door in the
barn Of Mr. Moses Paige, of Bennington. Il
was used on door in the house. which Was
erected some ninety years ago. Il bears the
dste Of its manuf4etuTe. I70l, and contains iron
enough to set up good blacksmith shop
81. - D.
age, = stranger, called st c. Hastings hotel in
South SALISBURY and wanted lodging. which
was given him, he being assigned quarters for
the night with one Of the boarlers Of the house
Slmetme during the night the boy awoke aud
% went through the pants pocket Of his room
mate, taking theretrom some - in money.
alter which he decampetl. taking the road to
North Bennington. tie was pursued and cap
turei in one Of the Railroad wood shells Il
North Bennington, where he mad secreted him
self lie was brought back to south Shaftsbury.
aud all but about - OF the stolen money found
OF his person.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
There Is an unususl amour: OF sickness in
Groton at the present time, the prevailing
disease being diDtleria and putrid sore throat.
Many have had slight attack. and some very Sc
we're ones. while few deaths have occurred.
A meeting has been called to meet at St
Johnsbury, on the oth. for the purpose Of or
gaaizng Farmers Club
The selectmen Of Lyndon are to have cover
ell bridge built across the Passumsic above Halls
mills, in place Of the one taken of by the Octo-
Der freshet, To be completed this winter.
4 singular theft WAS recently perpetrate,l in
Walden. Two boys, one thirteen and the other
seventeen, stole the stones from grave not far
from their residence for the purpose, = is sup
posed, CT cutting them up into foot stones. 1neY
we're arrested on complaint Of the town grand
juror, but were d.schIr-el By the justice on
the ground that they had carried the stones
back. by the advice Of other parties, before the
complaint was made.
Richard Way OF Wheelock, has been confined
70 his bed, nearly in one position, since April
last, and is in truly dep.orlble condition HIS
sickness supposed to be the result Of diphtberia,
which sfter remaining in III system for two or
three years finally settled permanently in his
hip, and now his flesh is lit;e-sllv rottine from
his bones.
The s. Jonhsbury Times says ,hat the TX
ecutive Committee are ssain together looking TO
the interests Of the P. * o. R4ilroai Il Is now
expected that the construction Of 50 miles Of the
road wall be completed and executed this week.
aud that work vii be commenced IN earnest
along the line in few DAYS after the contracts
are executed.
Mr. Nm- Griffin of Burke. died IN that town
recently from the effects Of wounds received dur
ing the late war.
william Fullerton Of Newark fell from pile
Of slabs at Welcome Alhrd's saw mill few
days since, iniuring himself severely. internally.
The distance fell was from forty 70 ffty feet,
hitting on the ends Of the slab..
Es-Fx corSrY.
few days since, as some rivernen were At
Wors driving loSs down the river they spied a
bee hive floating down, as they supposed flll Of
honey. and Que Of their number pulled into the
stream TO secure the prize. Afer some hard
words as TO hos the honey should be divided.
they opened the hive and out came i've
white cats The fellows have been sick ever
since.
FRANKLIN -UNrV.
Ia Fairfield on the Pad inst. Mr.. Thomas
COX 5 horses ran away and coliiei with pile
OF logs IN ,iIlberi's mill yard and one Of them
came out badly bruised, and with one shoulder
disocAted In few minutes Mr.. T. c. Souls
vas on hand with his casting ropes and Drs.
ramton x Sherwood soon had the shoulder
well set, and q valuable horse was slyeL
oRAyGE COUNTY
hr- Asa Low Of Bradford IS repairing the
IAN to his paper mill as FAST as the condition Of
the stream will permit. and it Is thought hi.
mill will be running again in the course of two
lr three weeks.
The Superintendent OF tie Congregational
sabbath School in NeEbury proposed that be
Soald give As much Tor a new Library as suy
'ne Would obtain by subscription The result
u TINS proposition was that in about three
weeks they had an addition ef about 100 vol
lmes to their library.
Hiram Mutt, Of NeEbury, while laving Il
stone wall st the mill in Bolt0nville. had his
hand smashed by a large stone SLIPPING from
he chain thst held it shove the wall. and fell
lpcn the hack OF his baud, which rested upon
he wall. hreaking through his hand and smash
ne bones OF h!s thumb and three fingers
ORLEANS COUNTY.
IL Is stated that tie track on the V.RR
row laid 10 Smiths Mills, fve and one-hs!f
niles from North Derby, which, with what
4, Iid On the northern terminus, completes
'oolt ten miles Of the road. The remaining
'orton Il the road IS row ready l,r the iron.
The next meeting of the Mis.i.quoi Valley
Musical Association will te held a; south Troy.
Dec. H.
Ihe church going people Of Newport were
cry uuch disturbed q few Sabhaths ago BY two
Individuals Who were n work nearly ali dsy.
hinsling building
4 snort time since Mr.. John Robins ut Brown
nston' while chopPing IN George Rice's woods,
vas struck from an unexpected turn Of a tree
'h;ch ne was falling, ami brought down beneath
I, lndiylduals near BY soon came TO his aid
Is injuries were so severe that be was not able
o be removed to his home which vas within
ne mile.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
quarryman named Edward Quinn was Sc
ieusly, If not fatally Injured in Mr. W
'lrRes works on Wednesday the 1T INST A
orti0n Of earth aud rock looseued bv the late
aims, fell into the quarry, a large stone striking
,uinn upon the back OF the heal and throwing
i'm backward down a declivity Of some ten feet
hen taken up, he WAS apparently lifeess, an
gly cash being cut along the back Of the head
ater accounts say he nav recover. The unfor-
mate man had but just recovered from long
lness
Messrs. Wilton & Call of Perkiusyille, are
igOrously repairing ;heir cotton factory. iujur-
by the freshet of Oct 18th, and expect to rua
Q few days
C.. B. Bigeow has sold his farm to J ". Sci
ara Of Baltimore. This is the last farm in
school district to 20 out Of the fam
: OF the first settler.
The highway from DoEners' to Cayend ish, up
lack River, Is repaired 20 as to be Travelled.
SAMUEL Afford, .jr. has contracted to build an
bridge OF l25 feet span across Biaek River. At
Is 50 per foot
Wm. " Shipman Of P,rkinsvile. died OF con-
mption Nov. 30th Rev. Mr.. Cobb Of Sprine-
10, baptized him about an hour and a hSifbe-
re bis death.
Julius c. Coolidge Of Playmouth, was thrown
pm colt which be riding on Monday
1rning, 2gth ult. and was Considerably iu-
rel. The colt in consequence Of being bsled
IN zno-r sfurafia.1 and fell