Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-30

NEnGEyyEs. excellent stone sidewalk
has been laid on Main street, in front of
Sherman's and Dycr's blocks, and the walk
in front of the Farmers National Bank is
also being relaid with brick.
Col. Chas. H. Joyce was in town on
Monday for few hours, the guest OF Gen.
Geo W. Grandey. ltis hoped the efforts to Sc
cure an address from Col. Joyce on Satur-
day afternoon next, will he successful.
The failure of Ira Bingham, one of the
oldest merchants in this city, is announced.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was
filed in the State court of insolvency July
9th, with liabilities amounting TO SlS,6I9.,
%, and assets of -, 1SS.S2. Creditors in
Boston and elsewhere are represented, but
the majority are in Vermont, one of the
larger ones being his s0n-in-law and his
partner, to whom he had sold his stock of
goods few months previous. MIR.
Bingham has generally been regarded
as one of our most careful and
economical as well as shrcwdcst merchants,
and his failure occasions much comment,
as he has been actively engaged in mcrcan-
tile life, with the exception of three years
spent in New Jersey, for the past AZ years,
commencing in the town of Cornwall where
he spent five years. then seven years at Sud
bury, two years ut Cornwall, eighteen years
ut Ncrgenncs, three years in New jersey
and eleven years at Ncrgcnncs. While at
this city in 1859 Mr.. Bingham invested Sl2,-
900 in the stock of new hame factory then
starting here which failed and drought him
down with it" as he says, but he paid fifty
cents on the dollar and commenced anew.
Fourteen years ago he invested $4,000 in
real estate in New Jersey which has deprc-
ciatcd in value until TO express it in his own
words, The could not sell it for more then
enough TO pay the taxes" The loss on
goods during the last five years has caused
his present embarrassment. Deacon Blng-
ham has for many years been prominent
and influential member of the Congregational
church in this city and he has the sympathy
and suspicion OF large number of people.
Mr.. ARA Finney of Wcsport, n. Y, q
former resident of Panton, was found dead
in the stall of his COW stable on Saturday
evening last. whittier he had gone TO milk
his COW The pail with about pint of
milk in il set near him, and the cow with
ricee, OF ilic broken i"rN n-onnh its head,
was found in the yard near by. 1t is believed
he died from heart disease. His funeral oc
CURED on Monday at Westpcr.
O.. 4 little girl about 10 years of age, daugh-
ter of n laboring man named John Blakely.
residing in this city, attempted TO sell a por-
ton of letter for fifty cents to the cashier
of the Vergcnues bank. Upon examination
il was found to he Il letter containing vouch-
ers for 800 or more, sent by Lieutenant c.
A. Booth. L. s A., who is home on few
weeks furlough, and the vouchers were
mailed to the paymaster at Governors Island.
\ few moments later a merchant returned
to the postmaster another letter, which the
Blakely girl hal left on the counter of his
store, which proved to be one mailed only
one hour previous by the cashier of the Yer
sennes National Bank and contained draft
on the Suffolk Bank at Boston for so 1t
was discovered the theft had been effected
by her passing her hand through the hole in
the letter box located Immediately under
the delivery windows, from whence she had
extracted thcr.