Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-19

taxation. and urges the peopls to apply

taxation, and urges the peopl, to apply a
remedy.
At Bloomington, the other day, the en-
tire set of buildings, belonging to A. Nc
Donald. were burned. Loss. SO 900; in
sured for $4,000. Cause of the fire I'M
known.
Wilder Knights, Of Coventry, gentle
man % years of age, has, this season, hoed,
and taken care of an acre of corn, entirely
alone. and done considerable other work.
Edward Leonard, of Fair Haven, a Mid
dlebury college student, has Just died from
the effects of hard study. His father, How
ard Leonard, q wholesale and retail liquor
dealer, considers bis present bereavement
and the long continued illness of daugh-
ter judgments on him for his business. and
gives 1t up.
California jack" recently lodged in
Windsor jail for the robbery of Robbins &
Marsh's safe. at Chester, boasts of having
visited every State in the Union, besides
most OF the large cities in Europe. He is
KIN wn as a desperate character, and, al
though he protested that be had never be-
fore been on that road, one of the conduct
ors on the Rutland division quickly recog-
nized him as passenger who had given
him quite tussle in his endeavor to eject
him from the train for non-payment Of fare.
The Democrats of Windsor county have
nominated the following ticket Senators,
d. G. Pollard, of Windsor, q. W. Gates OF
White River Junction, NJ j. Gilman Of
Bethel assistant judges, L. $. Partridge
of Norwich, s. R. StOcker of Windsor !;
Judges of probate. E. B. Baldwin of Sharon
F. W. Marsh of Chester; States attorney
NJ. II. Goddard, of Ludlow; sheriff, Paul
d. Dean. of Barnard high bailiff. C. B..
Carpenter. Of Bridgewster.
Patents have been recently issued to Yer
monters as follows: William A. Woodland.
North Tunbridge. draft adjusters for
ploughs Cyrus A. Dodge. Middlebury,
powder washing machines. Henry T. Cush-
man, North Bennington, mucilage bottle
shoppers, John P. Flanders and Nelson W.
Goodrich, Vergennes. horseshoe nail ma
chimes. Erasmus A. Pond, Rutland,
sphygmograph.
Carlos w. Morse, the embezzling collec-
tor Of Newport. has effected compromise
with the town by conveying to them prl-
yate property. Morse has returned from
Canada and the town will sustain no loss.
Morse had used town funds for personal use,
and being unable to raise money to replace
them was obliged to flee to Canada to escape
cash or convey to the town property
amounting to the deficit
On Friday, the 9Th instant. John Mccall
fry, farmer living near Moretown Com
mon, left home, md has not been seen or
heard of by his family or neighbors since.
On that day he had some little domestic
difficulty, and taking his team, pension
papers, ride, ammunition and his little boy,
about TWO years old he went down on the
river road for the purpose of collecting a
small note. Returning, he had got within
about half mile OF home, when he left
his team, boy. and the note he was to col
lect, and taking his rifle and pension pa
pers went into the woods and has not been
seen since. Thursday, the llth instant
search was made through the woods By q
large party of men, but no trace Of him was
found.
Much excitement prevailed in West Ran.
dolph, the other day. caused by tine finding
of two Legitimate children. The first wa:
found while cleaning out the eistern at the
Cottage Hotel, it being at the bottom, in g
glass lar. and In a good state OF preserva
ton, as the jar was filled with some kind o.
liquor. The other was found near livery
stable, lying on top OF the ground. Bott
were fOe,us about three months old.