Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-21
sTATE NEWS.

/ Barton rcjniced III twenty four Ielow-2cro
weather, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Lyon of West Charles
ton celebrated their golden wedding, January
18Th.
Lincoln boasts ot Aunt IIctty Danforth,
who IN her 9ith year has pIeccd a bed-uult
containing 900 pieces, besides attending to
her usual household duties
This section has ''eninycd' t,,atc - DAYS
of winter weather without rain or tLaw and
excellent seighing all the time until the
: present week, when there came TOO much
snow for good slcirhing. 50. J'iDs.E7y
| 'diC3cHitH.
llr. Ralph Eugbec of Waterford. died the
llth, after few days of sickness, aged 50
years He settled aud commenced practice
in Waterford at the time Of his marriage,
which was about GO years ago. lic attended
constantly to his profession until inur or five
| years since.
While John Higgins Of Eas: Concord. WIS
in the woods chcpflnE, branch broke and
fell, striking his right eye, and teIrlu. IL en-
tJely oat, the ball hanging on his check. y
companion put the eye back in the socket
and Mr.. Higgins will not lose the use If it,
az was feared.
\ few days since at Weston, "a ;wO men
were riding by a h"usr in which the wife OF
one of the men lived, with whom be has
not lived for number OF years. they heard
/ The report 81 pistol anttle hum of a hul-
| let, and looking L.aE, sr, e window being
| closed 9s they si-. S.- " 30 was fire
| cracker that rl.e 81, j'- .ii-h'an Ser nus
/ ba7d
There Is good pr ied That The large
steam saw mill recently destroyed by fire at
| West Randolph viii soon b. result. Ar
/ rangcmcnts have been made between flessrs.
| Tewksbury and Salisbury that the mill shall
| be rebuilt provided 1000 can be- raised by
| the citizens for that purpose. - last ac-
/ counts one half the amDunt ltIj been CON
| tributcd.
! The Essex County HrdH says, that in
| Newark, an eagle feeling the need of a warm
dinner suddenly swooped down upon man,
! fastened its ialous in his face and head, but
| finding his anticipated dinner too heavy for
/ him h. sailed away, hut aoon returned to the
chlrgc, ard with better success than before.
/ for De- carried the mans hat away with him,
| AMI pyrhaus made a boun'iful rcpast fiamit,
/ thinking it a boarding house chicken
II Pennington, Friday morning. johnny
Eeetlorc, - French lad, twelve and n half
years OLD. While at work in Fishers mill was
cau"ht in the gearing and nearly all the
flesh was torn from his left arm from elbow
to wrist 1t is probable amputa;ion will he
necessary. The poor little fellow had Just
recovered from diphtheria, which almost
killed him. The Beedore family has been
very unfortunate. They lost two children by
diphthera 4 few months ago
\ correspondent IN Wos. Rutland writes
that the arrest, trial and conviction Of John
G.. Murphy for stealing medical instruments.
caused great surprise in that place, where
, his people reside, and where he hal always
borne good reputation. TIE correspondent
| states that Murphy. HAHN. rccgiveda clissi-
cal education, was always regarded as a zen
tleman and treated as such in West Rutland,
anil thinks that Incorporate habits and
vicious associations have been the cause Of
the young mans downfall Ills father is an
honest citizen of Rutland, and all Of his rela-
tives are people of good stanling in the COM
Murphy was twice ''plucked' II ;he Medical
College here.
! At the annual meeting Of the Termination
Battle Monument Association vacancies in
the membership were filled as follows. Hon.
II. G.. Root, rics Hon. Asahcl Peck, dcCels-
ed; Major \. b. Valentine rito Hon. :, T.
Hunt, deceased; Col. DIN Scott rdF Hon
Harmon Garfield, deceased Thomas Allen,
| ESD, rice Hiram Barton, deceased. The
following officers were elected; Hon. Benz
F. Prescott, president Hon. Inland Hall
vice-president Hon. Luthcr r. Graves
treasurer; Col. DIN Scott. secretary; Charles
VI. Bliss, Esq. CORRESPONDING secretary.
Hon. Benz. F. Prescott. I. J. Phelns ESQ.
Hon. \. Is. Gardner. Hon. H. G.. Root. Hon
T. W Park Rev Isaac Jennings Major \
II V,lentine directors
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