Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-17
STATE NEWS.

Enosburgh Falls had a $4,000 ineen.
diary fire. the other day, the losses being a.
follows E. Z. Burt, general store, entire
stock, insurance 81 900. ID. Z. Isham.
tailor. loss $500 no insurance. Masonic
hall and part of the furniture, loss 81 500
insurance 5000. Eagle Hall. loss s., 900
no insurance. Eagle iiote. and all the out
buildings, loss $4,000; no insurance. Most
OF the furniture In the hotel was saved in q
damaged condition; insurance on furniture
small. NJ. A. Kent, dwelling house and
barn. insured. Mrs. Blodah, damage by
water and the hasty removal of goods.
Henry Stone, damage by removing goods.
The houses of q. W. Sprague and William
A. Kendall were also cleared with more OF
less damage. The loss is severe one for
public hall are destroyed.
Bertha Won Hillern. the pedestrian, is to
spend the summer at St. Johnsbury, and
having developed a taste for painting, will
it is said, devote herself TO art in the future.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union,
OF st. Adams, have made provision for fur
nishing hot coffee to the firemen when call
ed into service.
B. 5. Gallup, of Sheldon, is the owner of
the fifty hens. that haye laid during the
months of March and April seventeen hun
dred eggs.
The gold mines at Westfeld are in full
blast, and a number of valuable nuggets
have recently been found.
Albany is taking measures to secure
public library.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Wallace, of Waitsfeli,
celebrated their silver wedding, the other
day.
Thetford Centre has a natural curiosity,
n the shape of a conical-shaped stone stand
ng on an emInence at the base OF a high
hill. Ii is about Is feet high, and its base
10 feet in diameter.
Zoe. an Sugars old daughter of DR.. Rey-
nolds, ofTunbridge, correctly plays a num-
Der OF tunes on the violin.
Thirteen-year old Matte Rowell, OF run-
bridge, caught the other day l73 trout.
The other day carload of fine young
naples was shipped by +, Ii Reed, OF More
town, to Danvers, Mass, for the new State
Insane Asy lum grounds at that place. Hun
dreds of such loads of young trees, now
growing thriitily on land from which the
old growth has been cut for railroad use.
would doubtless find as ready sale in Massa-
chusetts and elsewhere, and 1t might be
ihhuC u -
farmers
A gang of thieves who have long been de-
prodating upon the country has ju4 been
up at North Troy.
Patents have Just been issued to William
Tuggey, of West Rutland, for stone-sawing
machines: and Medai Wright and Prenilss
Wright. OF Montpelier, Tor stone and glass
pollshcrs.
Cecil Graves, his vile, and infant grand
child were thrown from II buck board while
attempting to turn around, at Waterbury,
Monday Mr.. GRAVES broke his cOllar-bone;
Mrs Graves had several slight bruises, hut
the child was unhurt.
A large bed of kaolin has lust been dis
covered on the farm of Hiram AinswOrth,
of Castleton, and it is said to be superior
to any in this country.
Clinton Potter, OF Castleton, was the
other day thrown out of his wagon and
seriously and perhaps fatally injured.
The Montpelier and Wells River Railroad
Company is building Passenger car Tor use
upon their road. This Is the first passenger
car ever bull: in Montpelier,
One attorney, at Montpelier. has already
forwarded to the Pension Office, ut Wash |
ington, ID. G., nearly one hundred applica- !
tons Of the survivors of the war of 1872 and |
their widows for pensions, under the act OF
March o, 1878.