Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

Enosburgh Falls is desolated by two brass
bands.
The Murphy temperance movement has
reached Manchester and Factory Point.
Milo K. Crosby, for the past six years treas
urer of the Wilmington Savings Bank, died
suddenly, Monday morning.
During the year 1877 the Montpelier and
Wells River Railroad made S27 ,664 net
earnings, the gross earnings being SIT. 1853,
and the expenses S49,4e9.
j. B. Ladoo of Westfeld, has bird nest,
which he found in the woods. containing an
old bird and four young ones, the latter ap.
parently not over three days old. The bird
is of a slate color, with brownish yellow
tinge on the tip of the wings and tail.
A suit in chancery has been brought
against W. Ii. johnson, of the firm Of
Flint, johnson & Co.. of Rutland, by his
partners to compel him TO render his &C.
count of the company's business, and ask
ing for the appointment of a receiver
There are now five prisoners in the La
noble county jail-one Flanders for burn
ing the barn of Mr.. Adams, of Eden one
Bradley for bigamy, Truman Fairbanks for
non payment of taxes, and Sewell Brown
and Willard Shippy for larceny.
The origin of the late FIRE in Poultney is
said to be incendisry, AMI the insurance
companies will refuse to pay the insurance
of Randall, grocer. ST 200. and the Misses
Mcclure, milliners, $500, in whose build
ing the fire originated. The Misses Nc
CURE claim 81 900 loss on furniture and
clothing. One of them is semi-clairvOy-
ant, as well as mlliner.
We are informed, on the best authority,
that the statement that Mr.. A. W. Girls
void. owner of the Malvern Farm" had
been taken to New Jersey and sentenced to
State Prison for crime committed in an
insurance transaction, is entirely incorrect.
There was such a report current in Stowe
bat it is entirely without foundation.
Down in Bennington county, where they
endeavor to enforce the liquor law, a chap
adopted the ingenious device of bGrying a
barrel Of liquor in his garden, over which
was grown bed of sage. A tin tube run
from near the top Of tine ground into the
barrel, and by the aid OF a small hand pump
a bottle could be filled from the barrel IN
short time, while he was at work IN the
garden. without exciting anybody's suspl-
cions When the barrel became empty 1t
could be easily retIled through the tube in
the night.
John Marstop, of Corintb, was scci-
dentaly and fatally shot in the abdomen
by school-felow. the other day.
Among ratents recently issued by the Do
miniOn Government are the following
Clothespins, A. Cummings, North Willis
ton, VT; Cloth cutting machine. Mary
Sinnott. Bakersfield, Vt.
Stephen Pike. one Of five pr soners who
broke Jail at Rutland last fall, has been ar
rested at Mendon. 1t is thought that he Is
the perpetrator of several burglaries in that
yiciritv lately, and also the burg larry at
North Ferrisburgh depot
The prisoners in the Middlebury Jail have
composed song touching up each OF the
inmates. the turnkey, jailor and cook. and
set it to pleasing music. So says the Register,
whose savage breast has evidently been
soothed by the sweet refrain.
The number of crows that make their
rOcst In a piece OF woods, in pOmiret, this
Winter, is said TO be beyond estimate. They
come in vast iocks about sunset, and, in the
morning after a great deal of crow noise
and confusion, leave and are sesn no more
during the day.
At East Enosburgh. the other day, the
drug and grocery store OF James Ii. Gess
was destroyed by fire. The upper story be-
ing used by Mr.. Gross for dwelling house.
Only small part of the furniture. clothing.
&c were saved. Some of the drugs, medi-
cines and groceries were rescued. but large
proportion was burned The loss is esti-
mated at from three to four thousand dol
lars. Buildings and furniture were insured
lin the Champlain MutuaD for fourteen
hundred dollars. Stock in store insured
for two thousand dollars.
James Welcb, of Nortbfsld, Mass. about
IS years OF age. was discovered lying by the
side of the road, in the south part OF Gull
ford, recently, in an unconscious state. He
lett the train at Vernon, and being under
the influence of liquor which be had taken
from a bottle found in his pocket, he be-
came bewildered and unable to proceed on
his way TO a relatives where he was going.
He was discovered in the morning, appar-
emily dead, and from tracks in the snow he
had evidently spent the whole night walk
ing or crawling back and forth for short
distance in the snow. The injuries received
from exposure were found to be such as to
render his recovery quite doubtful.