Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-03-18
STATE NEWS.

Bennington county listers are to have
meeting.
Newport is trying to organic a military
company.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Willard Of Pawlet
celebrated their golden wedding last Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hart of Huhbartlton
celebrated their golden wedding the other
day.
The fish commissioners will put q quantity
of smelt into Nemphramagog.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Miller OF Ryegate
celebrated their golden wedding March 81.
In Orleans county nearly every town had
difficulty in electing listers under the new
tax law
Barnet village with less than three hun
dred inhabitants has eleven persons irawinr
a pension.
During the past Winter the different mills
OF Groton have got in over $1,000, 900 feet
of logs.
The house of Mrs Rebecca Poolcr OF Fair
field was burned Friday. Loss $4,000. in
surance $3.50,
The death of Thomas Donovan. the old
man injured by the cars at Rutland occurred
on Saturday morning.
tional church in Barre, has resigned his pas
torate on account of i'll health.
Schuyler Corey of Craftsbury. during the
past year, made 5000 pounds of butter from
10 cows and heifers.
Deacon William p Black, who is nearly
SO years of age, has been cashier of the Man
chester bank for over Al years
The Supreme court has decided that Hack
EFT, who stole the town funds of Hartland,
is properly imprisoned, and refuses to let him
out.
| Craftsbury has one man and one woman
| over "a years of age; and not far from 100
people over 20 years of age. or one TO every
14inhabitants.
| Mr.. W. r. Taylor, who not very long AGO
was bell-boy at the Mount Mansfield House,
is now cashier of the ''Vendome," the new
palatial hotel in the Back Bay district,
Boston.
Pat Malloy, who escaped from the jail at
St. Johnsbury in September, 1879, and WHO
has led the Sheriff chase ever since, has
finally been arrested in Illinois and returned
to his old quarters.
The town meeting at Stannard was the
most exciting one held since the town was
organized. After working quite late, the
meeting adjourned without electing board
of listers, as not man in town would accept
the office under the new law.
The little town of Baltimore has decreased
greatly in wealth during the past few years.
No school in town for over two years. Forty
cents on the dollar was voted at the last town
meeting to pay the current expenses of the
town. The town has but one pauper, and he
Is at the asylum at BrattlebOro.
|
ton bears date April 49, 1881 being granted
by the Governor, Council and General As
sembly of the State of Vermont upon the
payment of six hundred and sixty pounds
sterling in the fifth year of the independence
of this State, and signed by Thomas Chit
tenden,, Governor" The town WAS survey
ed in 1882 and made six miles and thirty
nine rods square and contained "a 900 acres
of land.
Anovel and sad case was that of Abraham
W. Whiting of Rutland, 81 years old, whose
death occurred Sunday. Some three weeks
ago he made use of nitric acid for the remov-
al of corns from his right foot and continued
the application till week since. when seri-
Gus inflammation set in, resulting in phleg-
monous erysipelas and gangrenc This
spread over the whole leg and diffusing
through his system finally caused death.
Mr.. John A. Ferguson of Morrisvilie was
Thursday arrested and brought 10 Hyde1ark
for commitment, at the suit of VI. ID. /.
Peck of Hydepark demanding 5000 for the
seduction of Peck's wife. Ferguson had
boarded in Peck's family for the past year
but left abau; ..r.aih ago. Since that time
he and Mrs. Peck have occupied the same
house in Morrisville. At last accounts Fer
guson had not obtained bail HeiS about 30
years old and has been twIcc married and
twice divorced.
A Brattleboro lawyer got hold OF a Chilian
silver dollar the other day and had to work
very assiduously to get rid of it. Finally he
offered it in change 10 a client who studied
up AMI found that il contained only 90 cents
worth of metal, and clme back obiccting to
take it, But the lawyer urged him to pass
it off on some one else. and finally induced
him to keep it by promising to take it back
if he couldn't make ii go. y few days after
he happened to mention the circumstances
chucklingly to 4 north Adams friend
Why" said the latter, who happened to be
an enthusiastic coin collector. I'D have Civ
en- you So fol that piece quicker'n lightning.
1t is very rare coin, and ii will sell in Bos-
ton any day for 81" Now the man of the
toga has to admit that the Joke is on him.
and the worst Of it is that he can't possibly
remember the name of the man on whom lie
passed the coin, 50 as 10 get il back