Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-16
STATE NEWS.

Water is running short at st. Adams and
heavy rains are needed.
A signal service station is established on
the highest point of Grandview mountain, in
the town of Addison.
The Montpelier gas company's works have
been rebuilt and repaired ut an expense of
$1,000. The gas is now made of crude
petroleum.
A woman of Dover it is reported, lost the
sight of one eye while asleep. She went TO
bed in perfect health, and awoke in the
morning TO find that the left eye was entirely
blind
According to the Uaiercriter. life insur
ance policies TO the amount of $40 402 were
issued in Vermont IN 1879 Dec. 81 1879,
life policies were in force To the amount Of
SO, 261, 195. Premiums received during 1879,
Sl67, 1877 losses incurred, S15S, 121.
A son of II. W. Barrows, of Irasburg,
snapped his knife for pistol in the even
ing his father asked him for it, and he went
to his room to get it and tried to take out the
cartridge, but the stroke of the hammer sent
the bullet through his hand. lie snapped
back the next day
Capt White with Engineer Luck and a
corps of men with dredging boats have ar
rived at the head of navigation on Otter
Creek river. and will deepen the channel and
remove distractions, the amount of the re-
manning appropriation for this purpose being
about $1,000. From Vergennes Falls to the
mouth of the river, seven mile3, it will then
be navigable for large vessels.
About II o'clock, Sunday night, the barn
on the poor farm in Bakersfield was discover
ol m ha Tho fa,nnc 10 TO- 81
vanced that it was impossible to save it. The
fire was soon communicated 10 an old house
and the ice house, which we're DESTROYED.
with three nice calves, also a large amount of
farming tools. 1t was with the greatest
effort that the woodshed, rranary and house
were saved. 1t was the work Of an incen-
diary.
Charles r. Dimes of Sunderland removed
to Fort Edward last week, where he pur-
chased the stock and trade of one Foley, a
saloon keeper on East street, for Sl30, and
the next day sold the property back again to
Foley for 80 Dimes was accompanied to
Fort Edward by his wife, three children and
John ID. Chase 1t is said that Chase, who
has lived near Dimes about year, is suspect
ed Of improper intimacy with Mrs Dimes
and prevailed upon Dimes to move TO Fort
Edward. After the re-transfer of the bust
ness to Foley, Dimes and Chase went on an
extended spree, and on Saturday Dimes COM
mitted suicide by the use Of laiidanum. The
deceased was 40 years of age and a mason
by trade. lie recently received S400 back
pension.
The net earnings Of the Vermont Valley
railroad for the year ending March 81 were
SAG, 1868. Of this S10,95l was paid for a
new engine house and iron bridge at Bellows
Falls, and 100000 for March dividend,
leaving surplus Of S15,1l2.
The gold claim at Plymouth is owned by
Worcester, Boston, New York and ST. Louis
men. The gold washes out in grains vary
ing from the seize of a mustard seed to that
of pea, and averages So day per laborer.
The stream from which it is taken rushes
down a gulch. in Which some prospecting
has been done for the quartz veins, and the
company will probably put up stamp mill
after some experimental digging.
There is an old lady now living in ST.
Adams 90 years old the LIST Of August who
was married when she was Is and raised u
family of IL children, all of whoa were alive
when she was s. years DID, and all but three
of them are alive now. This ladys husband
was a soldier of the war of 1872, and she
relates with vivid interest the events of those
days.
The Passumpsic railroad instead of using
the patent dumping cars for tn. gravel train,
have devised a novel arrangement for empty
ing platform cars. A pillow OF sufficient
width to sweep the cars occupies the rear of
the train, the engine is detached, the pillow
fastened thereto by a long, rope, the engine
Is then started and draws the pillow over a
sort of grooved way, thus sweeping the en-
arI dict hut, ha Load or,
both sides of the track.
Charles Purple was killed at South Yer
non, the 5th inst, by being pushed of
the hotel steps in sport, his collar bone and
several ribs being fractured.
The new NJ E. Church at Brattleboro is
under contract. The church is to be ready
for dedication by March l, 1891.
Tuesday morning it was discovered that
over 5000 had been stolen from the Stark
House safe in Bennington. The lock is a
combination, WAS found uninjured and
locked, and as no one except the pro
prietor has knowledge of the combination
it is supposed that the safe might accidentally
have been left unlocked, although MIR. Ran
ney is emphatic in the opinion that he lock
ed it when he had occasion for opening 1t
some days ago
j. X. Bracket. A. NJ, PHI. D., of Lewis
ton, Me, u graduate of Bates College, and
who, since graduating from Bates, has been
pursuing his studies at Yale College, has
been elected TO the Principalship of the
Washington County Grammer School and
Montpelier Union School, Montpelier. Since
the resignation of the former Principal, three
weeks ago, the School Committee have re-
ceived twenty-five applications for the va
cancy.