Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23
VERMONT NEWS.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY
II is anticipated that subscriptions VIII
be asked from the towns interested, ior .he
purpose of making a speedy survey OF tne
Bristol and New Haven eraneh rlllro ~.
Bristol. Lincoln and StarksDoro are w
towns most interested, and there Is niue
donbt hnt thai they will respond to the
call The road can be built and equipped
for s75. 600. East Monkton and portion
of New Haven will Subscribe literally, ana
II i confidently expected that the lesseeS OF
the Rutland Railroad will be interested IN
helping the project through. for the reason
that the road will open TO them an mex
hansible mine Of the very best railroad
gravel, which it is understood Is much need
ed on that road.
A Bristol recluse. named Day. died re-
Gently. leaving 4 handsome property, and a
batch of pet eats. numbering 36 adults, ana
10 litters of kittens. His meat and drink
for fifteen years was New England rum
The rooms of the Bread Loaf Inn, Ripton,
ofwhich Representative Battell isprOprietor,
have been engaged since early in the spring.
and he has been compelled n make large adj
diiions to his house.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Bennington has an original excitement in
the form Of a haunted house, or peculiar
spiritual manifestations
\ furniture man who, after having pre-
sented some chairs to the pastor oil the new
Methodist church at South Salisbury,
charged them to the clergyman, swore out
an attachment against his body and pro-
posed to send him to jail.
The docket of the county court, winch
commences June 81 at Manchester, l. OF
interest to some six hundred parties besides
LAWYERS. The calendar contains 2ls cases
for trial, besides Is chancery cases.
Rev. \. L. Park, a brother of Hon. 7. ".
Park, is sojourning in the Holy Land,
Mrs. Maria Parker Of Stamford, has
borne 20 children-ten Of whom are boys,
whose united weight when they arrived at
manhood was over two thousand pounds.
Sheriff Crofut has offered 4 reward Of
SI7j for the capture of Lucas, Coyey and
Barrett, who would have been tried at the
june term for robbery. murder and rape;
but inasmueh as the former reward for
Lucas's apprehension in early winter Is Yet
unpaid. nobody seems inclined Ito 20 for
them Croiut even declines TO repair the
Jail
L. c. Oryis, the we'll known and popular
druggist Of Manchester Is going into busi-
nesS at Chicago His large circle of ac-
quaintances in the State viii regret his
emigration.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
Col. Frank Walker, foreman Of Fairbank,
foundry, st. Johnsbury. has been IN the
company : service twenty-five years.
Hon. Austin Corbin. of Newport. y. H.,
now eirhty-twO years old, ha- purchased %
large tract Of timber land in GrOt0n, anu Is
now engaged in getting the lumber ready
for market
William Warden. Of Barnet. recently
found the horn of an elk Moose DEER,
more than two feet in length, embedded SIX
inches under mari. over which were nine
feet ofmuck The ends 0fthe branches have
been broken of. but the horn quite sound
Under the muck were found Goals. showing
that fire. have been built there, with signs
that the location may have once been occu-
pied hy Indians, and tradition asserts that
they had encampmentS near this locality
Charles Wiley and Alphon~o l.. Niehol-,
of Wheeiock. stole a silver PLATED harness
from Laban Gray and were bound over for
trial ia the sum Of Il 600 each.
ESSEN COUNTY.
4 bear weighing llOpouuds was recently
killed in Victory.
The new passenger depot at Island Pond Is
to De five hundred feet long and sixty wide.
The " est Concord Mil Company. whose
wooden factory was burned a few months
ago. has gone into bankruptcy.
f. F. johnson. who has been in the en-
ploy of the customs department at Island
Pond for some time past, has been appointed
mail agent between that place and Port
land.
TRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Messrs. Scott have remodelled and re-
furnished the Franklin House and cottage
five in number-at Hishgate SPRING., and
Will throw the same open u the public on
the lSt of June The Ne>Sr~. Scott have %
high reputation rs caterers OF the pleasure
seeking public. The mineral springs lt
Highgate are famous. the dGcking and boat
ing are superior
The annual meeting of the Franklin
County Medical Society was held at sheldon
on the 18th inst The attendance was large
and the interest taken in its deliberations
unusually great. DR.. : ;. Clark was re-
elected President and Or. Dunsmorc was
elected Secretary. The semi-annual meet
ing viii be held at EnoSburgh.
DR.. ;. ;. Fitch has 50 far recovered from
hi- injuries received in the railroad accident
at Shushan. n Y. As 70 be about Congress
Hall. the fine hotel which he owns at Shell
don Springs.
Charles Larocque while at work in the
tub factory of Smith Wellman 6 Co. Of
Montgomery. accidently fell upon the but
ting saw which cut the left leg about two
thirds off. the artery and one bone of the
leg being severed.
\ grange Of the '' Patrons Of Hu-handry
called the - Tyler Branch was recently or
gained at West Enosburgh.
4 Fairfield mother learned of her daush-
ter'~ contemplated elopement. and on the
night appointed for the flight put some lau-
danum in the girls tea The latter fell
asleep and did not wake up till morning,
and in the meantime Romeo got tired of
waiting and went home Disguised. Ilecoes
with another girl now
LAWOILLE COUNTY
Moses Mcfarland, Of Wateryille, has now
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