Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-02
VERMONT NEWS.
ADDISON COUNTY.

recently in Connecticut and brought home
in good condition.
Orwell has had but five town clerks since
its organization. The present incumbent Kos
well Bottom, was elected in 1898, thus hold
ing the office over folty years.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Stephen Iveson, an employe on the Ben
ningtOn and Rutland Railroad, had three
fingers broken one day last week while I'M
loading pig iron at Bennington.
A brass band has been organized at Man
chester
Rufus \. Lamb, long Superintendent of
the North Bennington Boot x Shoe Co. died
in that village recently. He was man
greatly respected.
Wakefield and Brown, paper manuiac-
turers from Portland, Me, have bought the
yaluablepowder mill property in Bennington
They propose to put up wood pulp works
to be used in making paper.
Capt Mark H. Wooster, at one time Com.
missary of the First Vermont Cavalry, has
again taken up his residence in Manches-
ter.
Mai. \. B. Valentine is charging his
knitting mill at Bennington.
Wales W. Puiier, conductor on the elias
tenbury railroad, met with serious acci-
dent recently. While assisting in = wooding
up, " log struck him on the head and in
Aicted terrible scalp wound.
The subject of centennial celebration,
in Peru, the coming summer, is again agi-
tated
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Eight st. Johnsbury boys took the law
recently into their own hands, and attempt
ed to clean out the establishment of X. W.
Ayers, whom they suspected of having i'm
proper intimacy with girl in his employ.
| They collected about Ayers house and were
ordered off. As they did not go, Ayers,
armed with a knife, went to the door, and
hand to hand fight onsued, which resulted
in several sore heads, and boy named Sar-
telle received a stab in the thigh nearly five
| inches long. The boys were each fined -
and costs and Ayers was bound over for ap-
| pearance at court.
By an act of the last Legislature, Prof.
| Henry Fairbanks Is authorized to stock
Passlmpsic river with black bass, between
| the upper dam in st. Johnslury and Ca
| hoan's Falls in Lyndon, and ha- the exclu-
| siye right ITO catch such fish between the
| points named in said river, for and during
| six years from the passage of the act.
The Hardwiek Reporter alleges that Dr.
| 4 j. Hyde recently moved from East Hard
wick to st. Johnsbury, to avoid paying
| taxes on his property, stating he had been
| told by prominent St Johnsbury men that
| he could yet into the list there for $1,000.
- wien he should 90 in for $4,000 or
more.
ESSEX COUNTY.
1t Is estimated that over - .0OO, 900 feet of
| lumber. between North Stratford and Con-
necticut Lake, will be run down the Conucc-
| ticut river this spring.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
4 brass hand has been organized at Rich
| ford,
Albro Rugg of Fletcher, has some sheep
| that are worth possessing, six Of them hay-
Ing given birth to thirteen lambs this
| spring.
\ Grange of the Patrons of Iusbanlry
was organized recently at East Franklin,
with fifty members, to be called Frontier
/ Grange" This is the first Grange prganiz-
ed in Franklin County, and it Is the largest
ever organized in the State.
4. McNall. hotel keeper at West En1S-
burgh, has lately been prosecuted by states
| Attorney Powell for violations of the liquor
law. He plead guilty to three offences. fine
and costs amounting to about forty dollars,
and promised to stop.
LANoILLE corN-A
1t is now denied tn. Dr. Z. =. fairman
was in ans way crimiua.ly connected with
the death Of Mis- Ida Peek of Wolcott.
The spring examination Of teachers flr
this county will be on saturday, May 10th,
and the fall examination on saturday, Nov
| 18th. The next institute for the ceunty will
be held ut stowe. beginning Monday, May
Goth.
Dufing the past four years B. B. Hawse
Las erected Isl buildings in Morri>vlllc, and
Is still at il.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Spring and fall examinations Of teacher.
occur May 81, and Nov 18Th.
Dan Hurlhur, Of Bradford, ana Mr..
| M3oreof bellows rails, have leased the pa
per mil. belonging TO Asa Low.
Res. DR.. McKeen is engaged on the his
t0ry of Bradford. and hopes to complete it
this year. He is now - years old, and his
eyesight is apparently Ia good a@ when a
young man.
| II. Hartman OF Orange. went into the
house Of Bradley NJ. Clark. in Montpelier
10 collect a small debt, whale they had she
small pov there and : now reported as sick
with Il himself II Is said ho was warned
belore he entered the house.
The register of deaths for the last two
years, shows Randolph 20 be a healthy old
town.
Ca-onl,int Inns been made "a, the authori-
.;.,, a-5li,,.t Cborles Mile If Or,ngs fo,
ALLEGED cruelty m an OK belonging 10 him.
the report being that he beat it SD as t.
stave in It's ribs, maceratc its flesh AMI oth-
erwi-e iniuring it go the animal Is compare
tiYoly W0rthlcs-.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Cr,ftsbprv refused Z, bond for the build
inc or the NlontneIier and Black River Rail
road by a vote OF 80 to 60.
NJ D,r;5 C,ot If Parton a-e dinner
III L.r c,,,;l,, ono Ja,. nv r6', ss ,vrji a,
40, - ''o or 'i' asi5re ri,bt yra. ,.rs,
,-',
Inc sutherland rams n'lI, ~. yu-N pam! nav
ht'ed up an apartment ON 'uelI leu'iS, m H7
reading room I3r tnelr ciilp-u4'>' = .l.'
room the CON nv 'i;'i'' ,,; ,o,o' -,
tbe 1e,jine, dailv and weekly nevspapers ol
The rouDtry as well As with the more non
Mar If The montbly maqa.ine-. A means
i tbus furnished for the recreation and in
struction of their employees. and other COM
NAMES and corporationS would do well to
fllow fine EXAMPLE 50 noblv set bv the Suth-
erland rails marble company.
Isaac Wood. son of Rev Mr.. Wood OF
Poultnev. while out duckiug recently had
narrow escape from q aIy lie went
over dam twenty Ieet ulsn'
William llulett died recently at Mount
Tabor aged 100 years 10 months and days.
- al 49, are hryicd in The same varj
~ ,,, e., - ~. -. -.
Inc 'oia"arS anu ii!''lS.'l Nai,.i o. are
10 erect ne" uel'ot Ut r"'l''"''' Tue 'oiii-
ing season.
;. Clifford of Middletown recently at
tempted in fit of dependency to commit
suicide by cutting his throat The wound
did not sever the jugniar VEN, 50 1t Is
thought he will recover.
4 recent number of Frank Leslie's II