Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-11
STATE NEWS.

Willie WEIGH. of Franklin. who was
kicked by horse lew evenings ago, died
on Saturday.
Miss Ida Anger was elected Saperin.en-
dent OF Schools OF Sutton, beating college
graduate of the sterner sex by II majority.
The docket of the April term of tie La
mobile county court (Which commences
April 22) contains ITO cases, and there are
% on the chancery docket.
Pleasant Valley has two remarkable boys,
one aged IA that weighs 900 pounds; the
other, aged II, has nicely pieced three bed
| quilts and Is row at work on the fourth.
A LandgrGve woman lost the power of
speech several weeks ago, but has now re-
gained it. This Is the second time she has
been thus afflicted, and no cause is given
therefor.
Mr.. Steadman Darling. of Washington.
near Chelsea line, committed suicide by
hanging, on Thursday. March eth. He had
been insane for some years. which is the
supposed cause. He was nearly IS years
old.
Lieut.. Commander Allan d. Brown. q
son-in-lsw of Hon. Royal Tyler, of Brattle
boro, has won prize of 500 and a gold
medal in the naval academy at Annapolis.
for the best thesis on "Nayal Education fer
Officers aud Men"
John Geer, a gardener, and early fruit
producer, living about two miles from Bel
lows Falls, after preparing for church Sun
day in his usual health, fell dead in his eel
lar, where he had gone on an errand. Tho
deceased was about 30 years of age and IN
married. lie leaves a mother and one
brother. Tho cause of his death was heart
disease.
The Braitleb1ro Refornaer mentions as one
result of the new Canadian tariff that EStey
a Co, who have had very large Canadian
trade, can 10 longer ship their organs there,
ray the exorbitant duties, and make any
profit, and they say that, if the tariff Is
maintained, they will have to erect a factory
in Canada to supply the trade Of that
country. But they sent over six months
supply before the law was enacted.
At West Castlet0n On the 1th of April
last, Matthew D0oley, 81 years cid, was at
work with slate saw, and while stopping
down to adjust some part of tho machine.
he was caught between the stone he was
saving and q pile of slate standing Just back
of the machine and was crushed around the
region of the heart so terribly that he died
in about forty-fiye minutes. Doo!ey's father
was killed In STATE quarry at West Castle
ton some twelve years ago.
The Supreme Court has just decided
pauper case of considerable interest The
Massachusetts, Board of State Charities
found in the asylum at Northampton an
insane pauper woman named Phelps, who |
had no settlement in Massachusetts,, but |
did have settlement in Dover. VI. |
Thereupon the board sent a clerk named |
Wheeler with the woman to Vermont. who |
left her at the house of the 0yerscer of the |
Poor at Dover. But before he returned to
Massachusetts, he was arrested for viola |
ting statute of Vermont. " hich prohibits |
the bringing OF any pauper from q
foreign State into any town of this State |
with the intent to make the town chargeable |
with his support. and Wheeler was also |
sued for the prospective expenses of sup
porting the pauper. The case has been
sharply contested by the State Board of |
Charities. 1t was first heard by the four |
Judges sitting in Windham county in Feb |
ruary, 1873, but the gravity of the questions |
involved induced the court to order a re- |
argument before the full bench at the gem !
CT al term a. Montpelier last November. |
The court now finally decides that the |
statute is valid and constitutional, and that |
the defendant violated it and Is responsible |
for the expenses OF the pauper's support. |
The indictmen. for :hs statute penalty is |
still pending.
WArERyILLE j. ID Scott ard John Man |
chester left here on Tuesday afternoon. and |
the next Saturday morning were IN Denver, |
Colorado.
Frank Page ami some young men from |
Franklin intend to start for California about
the 18th Of this month
A very little sugar has already been made,
but appearances indicate the poorest sugar |
season for many years.
Capt. Moses Mcfarland has grade Jev-
sey calf that weighed 2l5 pounds when |
eight weeks old. The calf had no extra
feed OF any kind. Who beats?
On Saturday evening last our lodge Of
Good Tempiars received ono new member |
and several old members were reinstated in
the lodge. No prospect of this lodge sur
their charter, just yet.
One week from next Sunday The fourth
q uartsrly meeting of the NJ. E. church will |
be held here commencing at 9 O'Clock a. m.
On that das !; txpsctei that Rev j. &.
Langiord will preach his last sermon among
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