Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-02

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few scratches Of smsll notoriety constitute the
other injuries. They cravled out OF the car
thanking Providence that it was no worse
A Greeley Club has been organized at West
R,ndolpb. IL is composed almost entirely OF
Democrats with tprinkling of Liberal hepuo-
| licsns.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
William Wood Of Poultney, carpenter, on
Tuesday last, received severe injuries from fall
ing from building upon which be was a.
/ work
Augustus Cyr, a highly respectable young
nan Of Vest Rutland, WAS rudely attscKei Dy
several diIorderly fellows,on Friday evening iAst'
and pretty roughly handled. The principle Of
/ fender hsils from Port Henry
The Csstleton correspondent OF the Rutland
! Herald is advised Of good number OF Old
| stsuuch Democrats thst will not support the nom
| inee Of the National Democratic Convention, and
and not more than thirteen kepubIcsos VIII
support him or vote for him.
Charles E. Graves. NJ. A, of New Haven,
/ Conn. formerly Of Rutlsnd, has been chosen a
member Of the Corporation Of Trinity College,
/ Hartford. Conn
The Republicans of East Wallingfosd are
making prepsr.tions. and will rSite, at az early
dsy. a rplendid new Grant and Wilson flag
Rutland County Liberal and Democratic Con-
ventions a. Rutland. Aug. 18th.
A Greeley club has been organized in Dan
/ bury.
wISDuAM COUNTY.
The village housewives of Jamaica hSye been
greatly annoyed for few weeks by new specle
/ Of meth. called, BE- them. the blsck moth. It
D = s,,,.
is made un Of two alternating rings Of black snd
1 grey. tie blsek beng much the wider snd 60
/ giving tia black appearance. Il has been and
stll Is very destructive. Several ladies have
Lost their dresses, carpets sh.wis snd led clothes
and other woolen goods Of every description. The
/ loss ia dollars Zni cents can not be less thSn
$3.50.
Joel Told. of Lend lnieriy, has lost by diseafe
seyen horses within tae pat eighteen month";
The PEOPLE Of sIxton'a River have increased
Their sabscrirtioa for the propoIed Baptist sca1
/ emv At that plsce, ever $1,000 they intead
1 70 carry the whole mount up to $4,000.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The hsrns. carrisrs-house and other outbuili-
I irgs connected with the Consul Jarvis mansion
ia Westhersfeld were burned on Friday fore
noon. The house was saved by cutting away a
L a
cut Of doors and is greatly damaged. The fire
vas caused by children firing Ere crackers in
the barn The loss viii reach several thousand
dollars ana is fully covered by insurance. The
old homestssd is now occupied b Major Hunt,
= con in-lsw Of the Colonel.
The proprietors Of steam mills in Andoyer
have topped running most Of their machinery.
Ths town Of Andoyer is thoroughly Republic
/ ; L. II
lose lie present reputation by voting any other
than the straight Republican ticket this fall.
Calvin Robinson q has beer appointed post
master st South Realing in place Of s. Howe,
resigneI.
On Taesisy afternoon list Plymouth was viz
tel with tie heaviest shower Ct the season. The
rsin fell in torrents in Black River valley for
three hours filing the river snl its tributaries
TO Overlooking. Some damage vas done to high
ways and individuals, in the injury Of hay and
other crops, but to no great extent
On Monday, July Sta, George Strong xnj
Hosea Gisln were srrEicusd before Henry +.
P.nney, Eco, Of Plymouth, On c5mpisin; Of
VIM T Merrill, Tor stealing hive Of bees and
the honey therein, some tvo yeafs sz0. The de-
fe7dents asked jury, who fJ1ai gerii1t
sesinst them for SO All costs, whsreup3n an
srpesi Vas taken to the Coulty Court. The
evidence developed the fsc, tbst they were uo5
lhe Only guilty pArties-
Oae dsy sst week Irs Sualer, SOC q VII
iAm Sumner of P.ymocth, caught $ besr 10 4
trap on the mountain.
About O'Clock on Weiaes isy evening, 5aly
T.. heavy thunder shower caused the rise Of =
small stream nesr the stage rcei from Feiohville
20 Woodstock which resulted in considerable
sAmaee.
A bs7n or the brock. soa.h OF Reading HI,
o-nei By \. Sherwin, Was carriei away.
s JsTn At H.mmondsgi.,e, formerly owned
by DR.. q. ". SherEia, vas also TssAs Z
sway.
The r1Li Wss WASHED away neag the new stone
house Of c. Wsrlner. and the bridge near +. =
Flelcher's was rendered impossible.
IN Wet Windsor the meadows above B-oSnz-
vile were flooded snd covered with sand and
flood wood. running the grsss Sud JtheC growing
rops
Ia Czveniish = ue" bridge s5rosJ branch u
Black River WAS swept away.
The stsge do net pass OYER Reading Hill the
night Of the flood, or for come days after.
The water is said to have been bigger thsn IN
be zrest ireshet CT 1868
iNo lamllles were c1mrell-s 10 FacStc tleii
house One Nr Emerys hs4 severe struggle
20 o5cspe in sesz'a, tie f9oi came un5n them 60
suddenly.
By the lte-sity Of Geo. L. Balloon, Esq
proprietor Of tbe e Proctorsyilie Mills, and
the accumulation Of the quarterly dues from
the shareholders, cooIy number Of neT books
I have been psce1 upon the shelves Of the Proc
torsyille Librsry Association. This Association,
/ planned feF years ago sni in the beginning
mainly fcstere1 sud encoursgelb y 4. D. Hsger,
nov Of st. Louis. and Melvin Wright, now Su-
perintendent Of the Star Spring Of Saratoga.
hss done much good in the encouragement given
to the youth Of Proctorsyille From the inter
est Of the So .0G0 fund, given ty the lste Judge
Fletcher to sustain the Eetcher Library, an sd
di.ion has slso beer made 10 that branch Of resl-
ing material in both Villages.
The former residence Of the Rev Warren Skin
ner, enc Of the fathers Of the Universalst So
ciety. in Csvendish, standing in the outskirts Of
the viIisge, has been unoccuped during the pres
ent season thus fAr, and Pat Defmond, with
other reckless boys, hsve recently peltei the
house with stones, so inst hardly pane Of glass