Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-24
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BENNINGTON COUNTY.

Inc bennington Bonner. says thai the Enpire
'-Hf heel Company of Troy .sre the parties who
have leased the Burden iron works in thst tosn,
aud have already commenced operations
bullet hole from the gun Of Hpssian, who
vas refused a'lnlis= on before the battle Of Ben
sslneicn, h. brei cu-fally preserved By the
NahAy AMI l. nos 10 be seen in the rsar door
u thriT resiieEcc
T. . meeting fthe Directors Of the bennington
'Iu.and Railroad Company is advertised to be
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me benniug,on Banaer states that Commo-
'.'.s'nlit Is yerg likely to come into pos
session oi 'he Bennington & Rutland and Lebanon
Springs railroads
The December Term Of the Bennington County
time in many years the Cour, was ahead Of the
Docket, and no cases were put on trial. being
either settled or put over as they were called.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Two boys about Is years old ran away from
their home in Newbury on the oth-
Stillman Blanchard of Braintree, had 40 tur-
KEYS and chickens stolen from his premises,
one night last week.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Foster Bowen Of Irasburgh fell and broke his
leg November 3d. lie bad broken It about four
weeks before
John NJ. Fairbanks Of Coventry, was found
dead in his bed, on Saturday, Dec. 4. II IS sup
posed that he died Of heart disease as he was as
well as usual on retiring the night before He
was Gs years Of age.
The cellar Of o. NJ. Wells. Lowell, was entered
by a hungry thief. one night last week, who rob-
he'd fhe hanf ha-rcl gFh half = contents
A short time since. I. c. Kinney, Lowell. was
running the machinery in his sash sni blind fac
tory. the shaft running through TO another
room where some belts and pulleys were not
properly detached, AMI one Of the puleys near
the floor, being dry. FIRE was communicated By
friction to the shavinFs. The room wss hllet
with smoke and the flames buguei high, but for
tuuately was discovered in time to be eztnguish-
ed
Ms. Dennis Stewart Of Nes port, some s.
years Of age, fell down and broke her high, on
the oth
G. ". McGaTy Of Glover, intends 10 erec;
crist and saw mill on the site Of the one burnt
few weeks since.
Elier Jarel Gates the Mormon Saint ard
Missionary. has been lecturing in Westfeld, but
without success.
Newport. actutuluE 10 lLt IL tsFs liaa i-ss'i
sn episode in domestic life. in the shape Of
double elopement. One man ran away with the
wife Of another. came there and set up house
keeping While husband No . was OF at work,
No ! come upon the scene, reconciled matters,
and when No. . came home he founl his hearth
stone deserted.
According to the Barton Standard quite AZ
educauonal movement is taking place in that
section meeting Of the citizens has been held
ami 1t was resolved that the time had come ior
gralpg and systematizing Of their schools.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
On the 18th. q man named shannon, while
choppiug wood in the woods a, Center EuIland.
by a misiirectel blow buried bis axe in his let
instep cutting entirely through the foot, infict-
ing a severe and dangerous wound. He succeeded
in removing the sx from his foot ard walked
home unassiStei. Notwithstanding that he be-
come quite weak from pain and loss Of blood
As two gentlemen were driving IN the road
near East Poultney a shoit time since. they met
a drunken man, who ran into them. notwith-
standing they gave him almost the entire right
Of way. Both vehicles were badly damaged.
and the drunken man was thrown 10 the ground
with such force that one Of his arms was broken
Last saturday. while Nr Hosea Benson Of
East Dorset vas i0urneyiug from Paw'et %
panby, he discovered a fox comm, toward him,
pursued by hounds lir. L "lsid low - f-r
Reynari. ami by diut Of little strsJegy. sue
ceeied IN capturing the fox in his sru-
WINDSOR COUNTY
The Windsor Manufacturing Company. Of
Winds5r. are AT work on an orier fr SsD, 900
worth of screE AMI milling michiuls 20 be ship
ped TO Scotland
/ brakeman, q young Freuchn.u, on the
Boston freight train, vas fatally crushed bet
wcen 3 car and the platform, 81 the Windsor
depot. last Ihurs lay night. He was taken mp,
apparently lifeless; bat he re.ivel and WAS
carried t. HlrJlani the same evenin-. p. where he
died on Mon lay morning.
Stockhridce hiss had curious Law suit The
prudential committee Of one school district took
the school record Of another district from
the Town Clerks Office, and f4ilei 10 return 1t in
season for it TO be sent to the Sec-etiry Of State
sccordinc TO the provisions Of the laws. The
district losing their public money thereby. sued
the man Eho failed to return it, an obtained $
judgment sssinst him.
wINDUAM COUNTY.
The Asylum in Bra;tleboro L4s recently
furnished itself with two stem whistles, one Of
> inch bore. the other inch. which are to he