Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-22
STATE NEWS.

Presiding Elder J. J. Noe. who has been
i'll for some time past, has nearly reco'ereu'
At Brattlehoro there have been ~ snow
storms during the Winter and total laii OIL
50 inches.
The St. Adams Messenger reports that Inc
prosecution of The oleomargarine deaiers
seems to bang fire.
Joseph Rushlo OF Sheldon was accident
ally kicked by one of j. ii. Stuihebeans
horses one DAY last week and died the next
day.
Mrs Mehitabls Danforth, % years OF age,
and the Oldest person in Addison county, IS
very i'll, and is now expected to live but
short time.
Henry A. Miles for seven years past sta
ton agent at Georgia, died Saturday morn,
in.r of consumption His funeral occurred
Tuesday nj Middlcsey, and was attended by
a number of railroad men.
The rcoplc of the town of Addison pro-
pose to surrender their policies held in The
other insurance companies, and increase the
capital stock of their town insurance COM
pany, recently organized, to Sl5O,OOO.
The pooling arrangement between the Zen
trail Vermont and the Southeastern, fas,
railroads relates only to through passenger
traffic from Montreal TO Boston.
A fire at Fairlayen, Tuesday morning In
the upper story of S. Aliens slate mill, de-
s,roycd the roof and portion of the upper
story. The upper story was used by inc
Stewart slate and mantle company as cut
linz shon. lumber room and box shop. Loss
about 5000.
Joseph Bender and Harry Brown, two OF
the prisoners who escaped from the jail at
IIayerbilI y. II. April ., have been caught.
Bender was taken near Lyndonville, VI.
where he had engaged to work for the sea-
son. and Brown was captured near Sher-
brooke. Canada.
The tax law is working well. One West
Randolph man who had a list OF only SioOO
last wear gave in $50, 900 this. Another who
had a list Of $500 gave in about Sl7,oOO
An estate that has never paid scarcely any
thing gave in $40, eco, and so il goes.
Arrangements have been made by Post
! Washburn, G. A. r., of Bradford to have
Gov. Farnham deliver lecture, the subject
of which will he the history of the old Brad
ford Guards, on The second day of May-the
| Goth anniversary of the departure OF the
| Guards for the seat of war. n reunion OF
| the surviving members of the Guards IS also
contemplated but the arrangements for that
are not fully made.
The matter of constructing railroad from
the village of Bristol TO a point in the vicinity
of New Haven, intersecting with the Burling-
ton and Rutland division of the Central Yer
mont railroad ia under consideration by the
citizens Of the above towns and OF the
neishboring towns of Monkton, Lincoln,
Siarksboro and Ripton. A movement is on
foot to have a survey Of the route made nj
once A large amount OF frcighting Is done
by teams from those points, and the growing
business industries of the village OF Bristol
make railroad connection desirable. a
prominent citizen has offered to construct
two miles of the road-bed at his own ex-
pense, and take several thousand dollars OF
stock to aid in its further construction.
At Fairhaven, Tuesday, Henry J. Kiddcr
and Ed. Mccain became intoxicated, and
were arrested hy Officer Thomas Greer.
While taking them TO the lookup the officer
was set upon by roughs, who released the
prisoners. Aftcrward Greer, with theassist-
ancc of George Armstrong and one Thomp-
son, rearrested kidder and started for the
lock up with him. Again they were set up
on by ruiiiaus, who began throwing stones.
One of the officers was hit in the forehead
with a stone, but not seriously hurt. Anoth.
cr stone struck Armstrong on the side of the
head and he fell At first he was thought &c
be dead, but was taken up and cared for,
and revived. During the afternoon and al
last accounts he was delirous. Patrick Car
roll, who threw the stone that injured Arm
strong, escaped and took To The woods. The
latest adyiccs are Ip the effect that lie wa:
captured at Whitehall kiddcr and Mccain
were finally locked NJ. For the last two OF
three weeks, it appears, almost reign Of
terror has prevailed at Fairhavcn in conse
qucncc of the lawlessncss of a number o
young men employed in the slate mills.