Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-12-15

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e cnity. such an event has never happened s
: early in the season before.
: People crossed Lake Chsmplsin, last week, 4
D Llrabee's Point, in Shoreham, on the ice, wit
p horses and seighs Very seldom has such
thing happened before at this season Of the year
BESNIsGTON COUNTY.
e Bennington s having temperance revival
The citizens of Readsboro had quite bes
hunt few days since Two bears making thei
: appearance on the farm of David Currier
within short distance Of his house. the olt
bear hunters started out in pursuit, and tracke'
them 10 the light snow most Of the day, but die
not get a sight Of them. Two days after theJ
were seen again, and there was general turn
out of the bear hunters. After few hours
hunt, the old bear vas shot by Daniel Bishop
The bear dressed two hundred pounds. The
cub was not killed. Among the most active q
the hunters was Stephen Bishop, who is ninety
three years old. father Of Daniel Bishop, AM
who has been one Of the greatest bear hunters ii
his dsy. having killed over forty with bis OWL
hands
The Troy Press Gays Seth B. Hunt, Esq. hs.
bought the entire interest in the mills Of th,
Bennington Manufacturing Company.
The celebrated case Of Enos Adams VS.. tie lst
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trial at Bennington, before Judge Wheeler. 4
number Of the leading bank cashiers in the state
have been summoned as witnesses.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Patrick FAbey. an employe on the Limoillc
I Valley railroad, had s leg smashed from the
knee down, or Saturday, by csrelessness Of some
of the employees while handling rails.
rRANELtN COUNTY.
4 burglsrous sttemp. to do a pretty big
thing in Mf. Olmsted'a store. Oimsted Falls,
Sheldon, Sunday night resulted in getting only
barrel or two Of -four, owing TO inability 70 get
any farther than into the basemeut.
The adjourned term of the Frankliu County
Court closed lis session on Monday afternoon
ORANGE COUNTY.
H. D. Steel. ESQ, fon-in-law Of Calvin Pea
body. OF East Topsham, but a resilient Of Den
yer City. Colorado. los. 5000 in the late Chi
cago fire. The money was Deposited 10 one of
the Chicago hanks, previous to buying goods
with the same fot his trsle.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The saw mill in Barton belonging to !. p.
Baldsin, was burned last week. Loss estimated
aoou, 1000 only partially insured.
Ales Ella Lyman OF LAST bitcLNtiNr D ts
has contracted to furnish the lumber for the
water tank and depot buildings that are coon
10 be constructed on ;ac " great bend o.
the Lsmoilio Valley railroad near thst pis1e.
The Orleans County jail has been tenau,less
for two months.
Il costs Sloai cents 10 break the Sabbath
10 Barton.
The Irssburgh Library Association n5a Owls
je,veeu one AID two hundred volumes of the
best standard works OF history, biography,
science ami tcton. It is purely 3 private
affair. the object OF which ID 60 supply its men
bers wiki tbe best lteratugl.'~ lich aany 90 NOT
feel able 90 place upon the shelves q their OWN
library
The Orleaas County Go9i Templar's Uaioa
will hold their ueIt quarterly meeting with
the Mount Norris Lodge A. Lowell on the 18Th
u December.
The residence ot Mr. Jaues Tee, In Newport,
was burned on Tuesday -ht.
LiN0uLE COUNTY
Geo " Doiy Of M0rrisyie, Will soon put on
the road between South Harlwck aul johnson.
s. iour-horses stage f;tei up good style as
any 10 Northern Vermont. lie proposes O. carry
passengers sud express. aud 2.sl g 90 81 errluI
business IS soon as the cs-s commence running
fron s.; Johusbury.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Lsst SATURDAY a Rutland merchant sui
Boston &" drummer" hal some difficulty ahau;
bill Of goods, terminating in '' set 90, in
which the former got lckei sul the ,l.ter go-
fnei
walinef5ri -aisei >l5l in money. aal from
500 TO $3.50 worth of clothing, bedding. etc..
In all Of the Michigan sufferers.
4 lolge Of Good T.mplar, has been iu,,i-
tutei 10 Tumolth. ulicr tie nali. of Thu
mouth Lodge No. la.
John Cam. editor os the Eunsni C1rf..
10 speaking of their new Town Hal. says: la
few months, the Rutland Toan HsI Will be
finished. lt will Accommodate double the nun
ber that csn be packet into The Opera HtL
Thea people 10 town ami on: ol town can all be
accommodated, aui We hope 90 see the seats free
10 al ca such occaFious, and The people D neftel
By course of free lectures that viii induce our
young men 70 exchange the beer saloons for
something more lasting sni substantial
On Saturday, the 18Th alt F. VI PIumley.
Of Shrewsbury. found the track Of 4 black besr
sui followed it until be came Up 20 hr1iu, and
got g. shot At him. without doing any serious in-
jury. The pursuit was kept up ill wednesday
when Ar. Plumley, accompanied by Leonard
Cjlhlru and josiah Parker, al of Shrewsbury
again succeeded in oyertaking bis bearship. and
opened Ere on him. After nine shots bad en-
tered the body, his beArship finally succumbe1
90 bis inevitable fate and gave up the ghost
The carcass weighed 800 pounds
wINDHAv COUNTY.
Orion Clark, the Sel,-kuown hair dresser Of
BrauIeboro for ten years past, has sold ont, snd
is to devote himself entirely 10 the msnutscture
Of bis preparations for The hair
The library rooms Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, Of Brattleboro, have baen
turned into q billiard room.
Il is said that twenty tons Of turkeys were
shipped from Brauleboro during the two or
three days preceding Thanksgiving.
The citizens Of Fayetteville have purchased
fire eztnguishe-
Barney Gallup, formerly proprietor Of toe
Stage line from Brattleboro TO Jacksonville sud
North Adams, was found frozen dead between
bis house (sbout mile out Of Brsttleboro VII
lage) snd jacksonville, Wednesday morning Of
last week.
J. Estey & Co, of Brattleboro, are preparing
to extend their works by adding two more fac
tories to their organ works in the spring, max
ing eight shops and employing eighty more
men. They have now on their order book 200
organs ahead Of their stock
Dr. Charles Jewett, the veteran temperance
lecturer, lectures in the principal towns Of
Windhnm county this week and next
Athens mas patent swindle case Last winter
an - agent came along with a patent
machine knife grinder, and Herbert Clark
signed q note. which be says he expec ed TO nay
whom hp sold cprtaiu mn m bar cf ha r,aeL=,or
The Middlebury msn has now appeared snd
wants $3.50, which being refused, he has sued
for, and the case gees to the county court
J. c. Tolnsu, sash snd blind manufacturer
Of Bellows Falls. generously presented each Of
his workman with Thanksgiving turkey
About forty persons signed the temperance
pledge at the close of a lecture recently delivered
at Rockingham, by Richard Grogan of Brattle-
boro.
The MessTs Russell of Bellows Falls, have de-
ciiei to build another paper mill in addition to
those they have already built the past season.
1t is to be built near the site of the old iron
foundry.
Wm. Trussel, brakeman on the Valley rail
road, was lately severely Injured by being
struck on the forehead by bridge near Putney
station, while standing upon a freight car. The
top Of his head was completely scalped half
an inch higher and he would probably have
been instantly killed, while half an inch lower
be would probably have escaped all hsrm lie
belongs in Charleston, n. H., and he will
probably recover.
The Vermont Central have recently covered
their bridge at Bellows Falls with tin, which
will insure it against fire.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
little seven year old girl, daughter Of 10
sish G. Bennett, Of Royalton, while ia
neghbor's house the other day. was attacked by
a" pet dog " and badly bitten about the mouth
and cheeks, one tooth piercing the skin 70 ue,rly
as just barely to save the eye.