Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-13
STATE NEWS.

WI anu -iis. I. VI oi"Sh
celebrated their golden wedding, April eth.
A man in Holland has just had pea taken
from one of his ears that had been there at
least five years.
A Morrisville lamb was born with his
heart on the outside of his breast, and lived
several hours. n
The Montpelier band is again without e
leader the wherewith to pay the present one
not being forthcoming.
Hon. +. A. Stewart, of tho Newport En-
press dAd Standard, has sold his interest in
that paper 10 ID. NJ. Camp.
During the first thunder storm of the sea-
son, few days ago, barn owned by Orlin
Leach, in Fairfield, was struck by lightning,
and was burned with its contents, excepting
the cattle that were barely saved.
j. W. Buck of Sheldon keeps ''hotel"
where the ardent is disbIrsed more freely
than the law contemplatcs. Several CON-
plants have been made 10 States Attorney
Rustedt, and on Thursday Buck was found
guilty OF several offences and sentenced TO a
fine of $50 and SCI days in the workhouse
at Rutland
Rev. Henry Gordon of COLA, n. V, &C.
livers the Decoration day address at Man
chester.
The Few grand list of Bethel is S7O16. OF
against 5000 last year.
Gov Farnham has refused the petition of
Theodore Hutchinson of Hardwick for
pardon. lie was convicted of incest in Gale
donia county, two years ago, and sentenced
TO five years in the State Prison.
Mr.. A. \. Belcher, for the past year or
more connected with the iron business at
Plattsburgh, has taken the general superin-
tendence of the FORCES of the White River
Iron Company, located at Bethel and Pitts
field, Vt.
Mrs. Dushan, in the south part of Corn
wall, was 80 years old the ED She is quite
smart, and was knitting for pastime that
day. She bids fair to live TO see 100 years
W. II. Dubois heads the list of Randolph
lax payers, with an assessed property val,i-
ton of 81. 500. Loren Griswold pays on
100000. James Hutchinson, Jr., on S15,-
900, John w. Rowell on SIS, 800, Tewks-
bury " sons, SIS, seq, Col. John B. Mead,
S'525, Ephraim Thsyer doubled 1000.
The following is list of some of the
heavy taxpayers of Morristown: Z. b. Mcr-
RAM, so, 500: p. Il. Gleed, $40, 400; G.. ).
Noycs, Sll, f0S III. ii. Powers, 50, 49i q.
W. llendre, S3469. But three persons were
doubled by the listers for being contumacious
and refusing 10 give their list. Personal
property, Sa31, $50; polls, $500
Webster Whitehall, the man who poisoned
his child in Grnton, has run away. 4 war
rant for hi, arrest has been in the hands of
the officer i.r about a week, who has been
trying Ia lake the arrest, but the criminal
Is still al large, probably lurking around
Peacham rn.i the north part of Groton. The
neigborhn,d has been carefully watched
every hight since the warrant was issued
There beng a question whether the stock
holders ri illa ruined First National Bank at
Brattlchorn could lawfully hold an adjourn
cd meeting and elect an agent who would be
accepa'il, IT, the officers OG the bank and
doubt y h'i;rr the agent chosen nj this time
would I..' l., n.niEed 10y the comptroller, no
meelirs was held Wednesday therefore,
Receiver Price will continue to act us here
tofore.
The officers of the Central Vermont rail
road have decided to erect a passenger depot
nj Brdilluh-.;n. Gnd Il spacious freight hotIsr
rhi- cooperation of Bellows Falls hns vnl
cd SEQ, Oub tur sewerage in the village, and
II committee was appointed take the matter
in hand.
During service at church in sutton,
sewing machine agent called the pastor Il
liar, and was bounced out of the church Ivy
four men Of the congregation.
George Woodward of Pcacham has been
held in $1,000 on charge of indecent assault
ON "A 6 ycur-old girl 1t is alleged that his
wife assisted HIM in his crime.
Louis Burgnync, second advent preacher,
who recently started revival in Walden, |
has been arrested on the charge of adultery
with the daughter of the person at whose
house the elder had been stopping during the
revival lie gave bail for his appearance
next Friday afternoon and was released.
The Dorset marble company. located ut
East Dorset, commenced operations Jan. I,
1851, and their business is increasing rapidly. |
They will have a new shop 1OOx3O feet for
finishing purposes completed in about six |
weeks They now employ 100 men in their |
mill and 10 in their quarry.
Mrs llctsey Graves, widow of Harmon |
GmvrS, died in Grand Isle, May 1st, aged |
nearly ~ years. She was the Youngest |
daughter of Timothy Pearl one If the early |
settlers Of South Hero, and II niece of Col |
Stephen P.arl, former distinguished citi- |
zen of burlington. She resided with her |
husband ut Plattshurgh At the time Of the |
British invasion in 1914. Her husband WAS |
in the battle, and she witnessed the naval |
engagement from the Peru shore After the /
battle she went To burlington on the first /
vcSstl that carried the news vt the result.
Their house in plaltsburgh was occupied lN
British soldiers, hit ON their return they
found the contents pretty much ms they had
left them.
The Montreal liisatSs says detective La
ron nnd IN American officer from Newport,
Vt, have been Tor some time past IN search
If highly respectable and wealthy young
lnly, who suddenly lett her comfortable
home. The detectives traced her to this
city, when it was discovered she had gone
la small village in the vicinity where she
was acquainted witha French Canadian fam