Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-24

4 Mr. Chandler of Eimore, was found dead
=, - 'be5roon on Wednesday afternoon,
last week.
Volney Wiley, of Waterville, q partially ~ },
;rsane nerson has been at BrattleDoro the
ma ut year and returned somewhat improTeu.
last week however, he became worse man
ever and attempted to kill his mother VIZ"
an axe. He is to he sent back 10 the "''
lum.
Miss Alice J. Page of Wateryille, a gra-
dnate of the Normal School at johnson ,n1s
gone to North Carolina to teach the ''''''
men.
Henry Sargent, n fourteen year oiu ooS
of Waterville, while returning IRON
husking was violently thrown to the grouhu
by the other boys with him, and had MS
elbow badly disloeated.
ORANGE COUNTY.
\ Young man named King, from Brad
ford, has mysteriOusly disappeared from
Dunbarton. n. H., where he has recently
been at work as a farm hand. lie had n
timll disposition, and was probably irlgnt-
ened away By miscellaneous person VINO
told him that n sheriff was searching Tor
him. King has borne n good reputation
Parties are searching for him in the fear
tu3l he Has COtuuilttSA SUNNI
The postmaster at Cookville in Corinth
REQUIRES n one cent stamp to be allixed to
postal card when it is mailed
George Blair has been arrested in Groton
on the charge of stealing clothing and
watch and chain from Loren Little at the
Corinth mines. lie was bound up in 500
bonds, failing to procure which, be was
committed to Chelsea jail. He Is from Tan
ada and about 10 years old.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Ambrose Bennett, Of Charleston, OWES a
venerable mare 80 years of age, that he
drove 80 miles in eleven hours one day re
Gently, and two days after drove home IN
about the same number of hours with three
in the wagon.
The store and dwelling house OF Alfred
Alexander, at Evansville, was destroyed by
fire during the night OF the nth inst. The
lower part was used by J. ii. Evans Tor a
business Office. lie also kept a few groce-
ries, kerosene oil and boots and shoes The
upper part has been occupied by two fami-
lies who were moving ont. Homer Bradley
had moved his family and part of his furnl-
ture away and the rest was destroyed.
There was no one in the building that
night and how it caught fire Is mystery.
Ii was insured in the Vermont Mutual for
- 300.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A Young lady last week rode from Rut-
land to Middlebury, on horseback, a dis
taneo Of 81 miles, without leaving her
saddle.
Silas P. Whitney, native Of Clarendon,
died at Whitehall on the i2th inst; lie
was mail agent from Troy to Rutland over
the Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad from
1888 to 1861.
Stillman DOolittle of WallingfOrd, while
hunting squirrels las, week, fell from tree
upon the blade Of an axe which he had lett
projecting from hole, nearly cutting of
his arm at the shoulder. The wound Is
likely to prove fatal, because of the great
loss Of blood it occasioned.
Ira Vail Of Dandy. was thrown FROM his
wagon recently. and badly injured.
\ new marble quarry has been opened in
Brandon and stock company organized
under the name Of the Trojan Marble Com
pany. The quarry is located about a mile
south of the village Of Brandon. The COM
pany are now working some Is or 90 men,
and running a Wardwell channelling ma
chine They are about erecting new mill
for saving and propose 10 push work ener-
getically. The stock Of the company is H..
GOO shares, par value 500 each, and is
mostly owned by capitalists in Troy.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
j. NJ Dana, Of Woodbury., has young
native apple tree in his orchard, the trunk
OF which is only four inches in diameter.
from which he picked 1896 apples the 4th
Of October, this being the third year Of its
bearing.
The house. barns, horse barn and sheds
of Lafayette Doton, in Berlin, were burned
recently The fire took IN the lower barn.
where the bay and grain were, about 100
bushels Of India wheat lust threshed being
on the floor at the time, and It's origin is a
mystery. All in the barns. sheds. etc.
were burned, but the goods in the house
were saved.
wINDHAW COUNTY.
o. ). Howard Of Stratt0n went TO dance
and when he got home it was pretty well
along toward morning, whereat his wife
was not much pleased which She made man
fest to that extent that he retaliated by
kicking her out of bed. Then his s0n-in-
law thought he would take hand in the
game. and went for the old man, whom be
caught and chOked. pom this Howard
IL
and the boy came off with a bloody
head.
\ pistol ball recently entered the mail car
on the Vermont Valley Railroad, through a
window when the train was near West
minister. Fortunately nothing Was hit but
a mail sack.
5. L. Morris, Of the firm Of Hart. Lynde
4 Co, has left Brattleboro for his winter
residence in Palatka, Florida He took
with him four carpenters. who are to be
employed in making an extension to the
Putnam Hotel. which Is there run during
the winter months by the above named
firm By this extension, they make an ad-
tition Of 40 rooms to the hotel
The Connecticut River Valley Medical
Association holds its October meeting az
Brattleboro, October -.
As Luke Rice Of W estminSter, wa, ascend
ing ladder, recently. it slipped or gave
way. badly breaking his left wrist.