Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-04
STATE NEWS.

The st. Juhnsbury trustees keep their bar
Der shops Shut Sunday. Offenders are hned.
It is stated that the will of the late A. L.
Howard of Townshend bequeaths SlO,Oo 10
that town for the support of the poor
The firm of Roscoe and Lcavcnworth,
merchants AT New Haven village, has been
dissolved, Mr. Ieayenworth retiring. The
Roscocs were the oldest mercantile men IN
New Haven.
W. T.. Howard Of Ripton received severe
blow ON the head FROM aclub in the hands oil
Jim Phcraons lie now lies in critical con
dtion. Phcrsons was arrested, placed under
$500 bonds. which failing 10 procure he was
lodged in jail
Mr.. v cntworth uf Minnesota, formerly al
Slaftsbury, who had his ear cut oil IN the
recent accident on the Bennington ard Rnt-
land railroad has settled with the railroad
company for = 500 lie says he must have
-. 500 for the other car or he shall try to
keep it.
Asa IIcmcnway, ST, Of Bridport, who
celebrated his golden wedding last week,
was born in $500. lie has had four chile
rem, sixteen grand children, three great
grandchildren, two brothers, six SISTERS
twenty-four ncphews and nicccs, twenty
great great nophews AMI niccos.
Alonzo n Brigcs's house in Granville was
burned the 22d. Mr.. Briggs was sick. The
watchers discovered the TIRE about oe!och
III .ne hl:I't anu -hl, pli.5 was /, ;s
ne'sn'i III Wy ~ I,o,,;,,lr ,ho tvnhoid
.nu""' Nv .''', -, ", nno ,,i,l, M insur-
ancc.
a hand car VITA SIN Strti'h iiiti' "n poaiu,
while running al rapid pace Gown h'au9
below south Londonderry, NInoh 1., uos any,
was thrown oil the TRACK ii''I 'i'c u.'on an,
the men were pIohhis'u,usN Na't 'f :.
peiils SoieiS dii' ,.,['' a.''' ~ fn", one of
m'i. 49,, nv" u - . ,iio CO..
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;. bridges oil Manchester VINO coitiac'e,.
with the government 10 iufhish inc quota .,
soldiers iombSt"ncs Desired mas coiipieteu
the number Tor all inc NeW EhsIahu o.a'es
and New lork' ana is now at WorA upon
those oil pennsylvania: one 'housailu illle
hundred and ninety,elght stones were iur-
nished for New YORK state
barn with shed attached, belonging to
Asa }. Rogers, about three miles south of
Putney, was burned Sunday morning at
about three O'Clock. together with all the
contents, including % head of cattle, farm
ing utensils, hay, etc. Inc loss IS estimated
at ; SUI. insured IN inc vermont MUTUAL
Tor S,oo; ohe 'ohh ltiy on nViils III 'nc
neiShDofnooi WIS airesItu Us inc ii''en''aiy
anu heiu III Tue sum oi @ooo'
About two weeks ago the little one-year
old son of a. ~. Bowen of Bethel had symp-
toms of indigestion. A few days ago the
point Of needle appeared in the region OF
the left groin. 1t was extracted and found
to b. needle about two inches long. The
conclusions are that the child swallowed the
needle, and in about two weeks, time 1t found
its way through the intestinal and abdominal
wall to the outside world again.
In reference to the item which recently
went the rounds 10 The effect That STARK
Lodge, |. o. q. f., OF Bennington hau oier-
ed 4 prize of S25 TO the lodge that shall best
cxemplify the initiation and degree WORK
without the use OF books, the olhcers anu
members being clothed IN appropriate COS
tunes, and that the ALTAR would occur IN
Burlington, the Bennington BdRnT says
that what Stark Lodge really dih WAS 10 III,
struct their representatives IN the Grand
Lodge 10 ask that body to olier 4 prize oil
sos. 10 the subordinate lodge IN TINS state
which hest eNcmplicd the work OF the order
before the said Grand Lodge, on or before
| he annual communication Of lSS2.
There was a reunion of Ralph and PAMELA
Waldo's family, at Royaton, Jan II. Ralph
Waldo was horn Sent. 11th. 1877, in ROYAL
ion Vermont and died Jan. 18Th. 1865. He
married Pamela. daughter of Jonathan and
FIizabctb Wheat. Mqrr.h 3lst. 1928. and to
them were born Twelve children, one of
whom died in childhood. The other eleven
are sill living. and met at the old home
stead where they were born and reared.
Five Of the bovs served in the Union army.
In order 10 he rrcsen, nj this family gather
inc two of the bovs came from California.
| ono from Nichicon and two of the rirls
from Massachusetts TIE eleven weigh 200
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