Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-12
ADDISON COUNTY.
.Middlebury.

uid0feDury.
The MI d!ubury fire company, Washing
ton No. / held its annual election of off rs
Tuesday night. Col. a. s. Tracy was re-
elected foreman; Gcp. Z. Abbey was cleo ed
first assistant foreman W. Z. Langworthy
second assistant, and Samuel 5. Bro Ks,
CLERK
llcgc commenced again on Thursday.
4 project To remove the Silas Wright mon
umrnt from WcS bridge to Midilcbury, and
sci it up in tho South Park, has been con-
sdcrably a. tltcd The friends and rea.
tivts of Wright, among whom is brother,
have given heir consent 10 the arrangement
hut the village Of MiddlcbIry refuses to foot
the bills AMI if tht project is Carried out it
will have to be by private subscription
1t i. repJr.ci that Charles &. Peck and
VIII W. Chapman, have sold their patents
on improved machinery fer el,c.rc light p
ming for $50, 900, Al any rate it is known
that they have Len offered large I'M for
them, but whether they have accepted the
offer or not is another thing.
The annual meeting of the village Of Mid
dlcbury was held Wednesday afternoon, aud
was pretty lively one. james ". Slalc
was made moderator. The repors Of the
trrste,s, auditors and treasurer were read
showing that the financial alfiis
Of the village are in satsiac-
tory condition. Officers were elected as
follows, thee being shurp contests in some
cases for membership in the board OF thus.
tees, all the other officers b ing reelected
without opposition: First tras,ec, a. j..
Marshall: second. o. f. Conl,tock third,
Darwin Rider fourth, d W. IL. Sheldon !;
fifth, c. c. Peck; sixth, r. NJ. Chapman /;
seventh, Joseph Bittull: village collector,
VI. A. Munro treasurer, Charles l.. Pinncy /;
auditors, B. :. Bcckwlth and George l.
Marshall water commissioner, a. ;. Trac y.
1t being the tillieth annive sary nj the in
corporation Of the village, Moderator Slaic
made some pertinent historical remarks.
There were three old citizens present at the
meeting who took prominent parts in village
meetings forty years AZ and there arc three
or four others still living.
There was considerable excitement in thu
village over the news that u cO,0red man and
white girl, who elopcd, II day or two ago
from Rochester, have been traced to this vi
cnity. The facts of the olopement are as
follows Katie. daughter Of Alr. &. NJ
Marsh of Rochester, girl only thirteen
years OF age, became cnamortd Of mu-
lattO about thirty years old, named
John Edwards, and ran away with him last
Thursday morning. The negro had hired IA
team of heavy horses and II wooI-slcd, and
in this unroinantc vehicle the couple SCI out.
as is supposed, for York State, driving d.
rcctly over the Green Mountiih ridge. The
girls father heard of the cl1pemcrt about
two hours aftcrwild and set ont in pursuit Of
the runaways. At East Middlebury the
trail was lost, aud Mr.. Marsh came on TO
Mi !dlcbury TelGgrams were sent 10 Bran
don, Bristol and other places, aud Deputy
..,tF (,
search in this vicinity. Yesterday afternoon
S. S. Gaines, proprietor Of the Stevens House
in yer.ennes, tec.lsphed to Mr.. Rider that
the pair stopped at his hotel Thursday night,
registering as man and wife. The next morn
ing thoy sarted northward together at about
nine O'clock
MiDDLEBuEY, VI, Jan. &C. G. Martin
and L. ID. Emerson Of Rochester found John
Edwards and Katy Marsh, the Roch ser
clippers. at Willshoro, Essex county, n. Y,
last night. Mr. Martin is thu owner Of the
team. The clippers cane nck voluntarily
with them tonight. They crossed the lake
Saturday at Charlotte aud have stayed since
with French family at WillsbIro The
girl told your correspondent that her folks
used to scold her and did not give her what
Other girls had. She was not sorry aud would
do The same again il she took notion, and
one else He claimed that they w,rcmariied
ulong tn road. III gil now says that they
we're not married.
John Edwards, the mulatto was not put
in jail last night, as reported Ii was found
that the girl had gone with lin of her own
free will, and 10 charge could be brought
against him in that connection. The only
ground on which his arrest was possible was
the charge Of having stolen c. &. Martins
team, and from the peculiar circumstances Of
the case ii is doubtful II even TINT charge
could he sustained The parties have all re-
turned to Rochester Edwards was not ar
rested at all, and ut a late hour last night was
given to unicrs and that there was no charge
against him.
The trial of Wilfrcd Allen, landlord of the
Glen House ut Eat Middebuiy, on charge
of selling Ni,ating liquors contrary 10
law, took place Thursday. II, ID. Maynard
appeared for the State and James NJ. Slade
aud j. i. S,aplctnn appeared for the defence
The trial was 10y jury,and quite large num-
Der Of witnesses were examined The jury
brought in verdict Of mot guilty"
Mrs. j. b. Steele, relict Of the late Rev
John b. steele, a minister of the Congresa-
liona denomination, after II prutrac,ed i'll
ness, with consumption, died Thursday af-
ltInNOn. lltI elflcI, Miss I Iltu
here of the same disease last March. Mrs.
Steele leaves three young children. The fu-
neral will take pace Sunday.
The quarrel between the two companies OF
ice gathercrs here has broken out again and is
at a white heat most OF the time. One law
suit has already grown out oil the matter aud
several times personal alterations have been
prevented only with difficulty.
Samuel Brassan, Il young fellow about
twenty years old was up before Justice }. l..
Saplcton Saturday afternoon, charged with
an assault on girl with whom his brother
was going home from dance On the Sa,ur-
day night prSyiOuL The result Of the trial
was conviction, and lirassan was fined
$l4 80, with an alternative sentence of sew
enty- days in the house oil correction. lie
paid the fine, or got somebody to pay it for
him.
The snow on the ice on Otter Creek, near
the Old Nahum Parker place has been clear
cd of preparatory for troltiug, and it is like.
" that We shall have several races there this
Winter.
Il. NJ. Chapman has contract TO furnish
thousands of cords of wood to the pulp mill
company, and he has now in his employ
about every teamster whose services he could
procure, 1t is expected that work will be