Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-09
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rlages IN the '0"1
1865. l.. old his house and /
Mr. Samue, po''l straet Middlebury, to Dr. NJ
lot on Weybridge 90
d, hIl,' On Chapman. one Of the oldest and .
Wightman .i,i1ens of Middlebury, died on |
M last. His age was - years
T-.unos east 80 votes for members OF the |
Councl Of Censors-
r,. .rrna1 school meeting Of the Eastern
-, Of Verrennes was holden on iGesuAy
U.s., and a tax Of l25 cents on tae doIar Oh
.lo ,r9ni list voted for the support oil 'ne
school for the year ensuing.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
u.r.bes,er has had 125 consecutive days Of
sleiahing the present winter.
yr DeDevitt has sold his farm, on the west
b1l in East Dorset, to New YORK company
for $4,000, and the company are ai'''y
rpening marble quarry on 1t.
Quite a contest is going on over the Benning,,
nm Postofice between J. Halsey Cushman ana
JJ c. Cook, the present incumbent
By the destruction of the Bennington Court
House, Sanford & Hawks, furniture oeAiers'
lost 50 500, insured for $1,000; 4 u'rloer
lost all his library, valued at S-'Ooo' no IN,
slrance: and the loss of the County d, estlu l
at $4,000, and the insurance Wa on'y 9o,ooo-
Tho old Coun+v Court files, Probate Court re-
corls and fles-except the last three volumes
- r,rors and furniture, were destroyed,
In, tie I9ie Probate records were preserved by
the safe
6renan's festival was held at Free Library
Han. Bennington, a few evenings since, at
which some $50 over expenses were realized.
Mrs. Eunice Jewett died in Pownal, March
DIST, aged 81 years
CALESDoSIA COUNTY.
The last number Of the Calefoniaa deyotes a
quarter of a column to prove that the famous
trtter dexter is Of morrill, blood, instead
of"Hambletonian The statement, in the eyes
Of experienced horsemen, would be regarded as
equivalent to Blrnum's that the Albino children
we're born Of negro parents. Besides, Dexter's
pedigree is too well known.
Amasa Bemis died in Lyndon on the 18th Of
March, aged 6S years.
The annual County Fair viii be held on the
18th, 29th and 30th Of September next
During the year 1868 Fairbanks Scale Com
pany at St Johnsbury manufactured hirfy-three
thousand three hundred and cighfy-fhree scales
furnishing the Passumpsio railroad with more
than eigaf thousand tons Of freight.
On the eth Of February, Job T. Stewart for
merly Of East Hardwick. was killed by pistol
shot. in Grass Valley, California. He was in
company with others. firing at a mark, when the
pistol Of 5 comrade was prematurely discharged,
the ball entering the left side Of his neck and
passing down to the lungs. Tie died the follow
ing day.
Wm. Henry Oderlirk of Danvile, has gone 10
rarts unknown. woman whom Oder
Kirk brought from New York, accompanied him;
also several sums of money due his father which
he had succeeded in collecting and twenty
ave dollars belonging to J. S. II. Weeks, which
the latter had given Oierkirk to pay fre ght bill
with.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Deer are becoming quite plenty in this county,
They have been driven from the dense forests in
Canada and New Hampshire by wolves.
A young man named Pillsbury Of Island Pond
was recently badly bruised about the arms and
shoulders from carelessness in coupling cars.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
A. X. Wanzer has purchased the saw-mill and
privilege Of Swanton Falls that belonged to the
estate Of Thomas Webster, and is building a new
mill.
John B. Fletcher has resigned the position Of
express agent AT St. Adams, to take an agency
for the National Car Company, and is Superseded
by Thos. Il. Miller, for several years express
messenger over the Central Railroad, between
this city and Boston.
new Methodist parsonage has just been COM
nleiei In St Adams Ii is two stories in height,
constructed of wood, and handsomely finished.
Cool Burgess MINISTRIES performed in St. Al
bans Monday evening.
Hon. II. D. Farrar has sold his farm consisting
# 30 acres to Chapman Smith, for $500.
At meeting of school district No. of st. Al
bans, held the other evening tax Of 70 cents on
the dollar Of the grand list was voted to meet
expenses the coming year.
Charles Dinston, was convicted Of two offences
Of larceny by Justice Sherman recently, and or
dered to pay fines and costs amounting to 500.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
4. T. Dutton has sold his stock farm in Wal
den to Romeo Winslow for $4,000. He has
bought the Mrs. Gooinough farm near South
walden FOR $500.
4 fellow calling himself Geo. Pearl and claim
ing to have come from New Hampshire, re-
Gently stopped some days at the house Of Daniel
Magoon in Potion, under the pretense of looking
up horses lie left suddenly, and took away
thirty dollars ana several articles Of clothing be-
+. longing to Mr. Mag5on.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Seven petitions fn divorce were granted at
the recent session Of the County Court.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
James Jenne. one Of the earliest settlers Of
Derby, died on the oath ult, in his e9th
year.
Milo Burbank of North Troy, has measured
the snow Immediately after eacn storm during
the present winter, and makes the whole depth
thus far tireaty feet.
druggist in Newport recently received the
following order from South Troy, rer5atim 81
spellaiim " Pleas send me one box Of Armey
ich ointment * oblidr me- Some scrip was en-
closed but no name signed and the poor victim
is no doubt still scratching. without remedy
LAMoLLE COUNTY.
The annual county fair this year will he held
on the 22d and 23d Of September
Messrs Powers and Gleed, Of Morrisyille
have purchased a new law library considerably
e1ceeiing in cost the one recently destroyed by
fire.
VIM. Hall and brother, recently Of Hydepark,
own q large mining claim il Montana, which
they are working at great profit ny a new pro
cess. Last year they employed 40 hands, and
paid them Eve dollars per day, in gold. Sever
al young men from Stowe and johnson have
joined them this spring.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Rev. Dr. Silas Aiken is lying dangerously i'll
at his residence in Rutland.
The Congregational church in Castleton was
organized in 1874.
Castleton was chartered by New Hampshire,
Sept. 22d l76l, to Samuel Brown. divided into
seventy shares and the town contains 23,Q40
acres
The sugar makers Of Dandy, the great sugar
town Of the County, are discouraged, the great
depth OF snow making it almost impossible 10
use team in the woods.
) The Rutland incendiaries left for the State
Prison Friday morning.
Ground has been broken for the Bardwell
House extension in Rutland. When the con-
iempIatei improvements are made the hotel will
be the largest in the place
raid was recently made on the rum holes of
Rutland by officer Stearns and several barrels
c0nfscated
Mrs. Dusham, recently discharged from dur
ance vile, where she had been confined an ac-
complies Of the Rutland incendiaries, celebrated
her release in so loud manner last Tuesday
night as to necesstate the presence Of the police
to restore order.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
A chair factory is soon to be built at Felch-
vile, by Messrs. Stearns and Rice. on the old
factory site formerly owned by Hon Prosper
Merrill.
Mrs. Moses ?. Flanders Of sharon, fell on a
ihridge recently, and was considerably injured.
3 Her little babe Of eleven months, was thrown
from her arms down about fourteen feet into
the water, but was wonderfully saved from harm
by the fall, and crawled out to the bank, whence
he was picked up almost frozen. Both mother
and child will live.
Bethel, which has the largest peg factory, i
soon to have the largest tannery in the State. IL
the present buildings, which Is so 100 feet and
three stories high an addition is TO be made o.
three building, one - 20, another a < los
and the other so so feet, and each two storie'
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