Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-20
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.


held Friday at 10 a. m. The family have
the heartfelt sympathy of all the townspeo- |
pie. The particulars of the accident were as
follows: The boy, in company with several
Others, was in bathing. None OF them were
able to swim. Bennie happened to get be-
youd his depth and was carried out into still
deeper weter. The boys endeavored TO save
him, hut in vain. Help was near at hand,
had the boys had presence Of mlnd enough to
shout. AS II was no one knew of il until it
was too late. The lad sank in about five
feet of water. The men were fortunate
enough 10 find the body without much de-
lay.
Colchester.
SIR Peter b. Cross Of Colchester Point,
while engaged in clearing II piece of land in
what is known US the "Nye woods on the
rold leading from lcincburg bridge To NAL
lets Bay, had occasion TO remove II large de-
cay,d log, under which he found the barrel
Of an ancient gun. Further search brought
to li.ht the remaining metal work OF the
gun with small portion Of the stock at
| tachc1, u rusty steel tomahawk and lot
of bone beads. The gun barrel, which is
mucG rustcd and worn, Is four feet and
eleven iches in length; the sights arc of
silver, and the metal work of the stock
richly chased and gilded. 1t is evidently Of
the early French manufacture. The lock
has the pan thrown open, as though 1t had
| just been fired when concealed under the
log. The beads are of two varieties, one
of round pearly appearance, the other being
of shor; pieces of bone; the whole find be-
ing, apparently, the valued treasure Of
some ancient "big Ipjun." In former
years numerous Indian relics have been
found on Colchester Point, showing it to have
been favOrite resort of the indians who iu-
habtcd the borders of Lake Champlain.
As Guy Castle was driving f. s. Morton's
cows across the bridge near the cheese fac
tory the bridge broke down, letting three
cows and the boy into the creek below. Two
of the cows die from their injuries, and the
other Is badly hurt. The boys ankle was Sc
verely injured and he was somewhat bruised
otherwise. The bridge was not an old one,
but the timbers were badly rotted.
Essex Junction.
A serious fight between Lyman Hill and
George Wiley occurred in the depot We'd
ncsday night. Knives and pieces OF iron and
anything that came handy were used aud the
men are both well pounded.
w. +. Chaplin had several dollars worth of
clothes taken recently from the yard where
they were put to bleach.
German help is at u discount, in this vicini-
~.
Hlncsbufgh.
The hay crop is excellent, but the weather
is unfavorable for securing 1t. On the 18th
inst, u heavy thunder storm passed over
here and the wind and rain accompanied by
hail did some damage TO crops. The light.
ming made kindliug wood of dozen telegraph
poles.
Rev L. D. Boynton of Elgn, Ill.,, brother
of f,,,r tnuusu,an Hon G., ID RDyuipn on
! his way Fast to spend his Summer vacation
waJ taken with humorIhage of the lungs a,
Montreal, and Obliged to return to his home.
A pleasant episode of the close of school
No 6 was the presentation by the children t.
the teacher. Miss Anna NJ. Dean of Jared liut
edition of Miss Proctor's poems.
Mr.. IL. NJ. Wilson has a Jersey hcifcr that
without extra care or feed makes about two
pounds OF butter Il day.
Charlotte.
How to yet load of hay into the barn be-
tween showers is the study 81 the day.
The venerable Levi Comstock of Shclburn,
passed his Goth birthday in town recently
with bis daughter, Mrs John IL. Thorp. Mr.
Comstock carries his years lightly, makes his
own garden, writes an unusually firm hand
and altogether, the sunset Of his days il
pleasant indeed.
Annie T. Gillette and wife had been mar
ried sixty years July the Sth. The day wa
marked by presents from their children, anc
, among them were two beautiful silver headed
canes.
The heavy rains and winds are lodgns
; grain badly.
Rev. A. p. Mason, ID. D., from Boston,
New England district secretary of the Am
elican Baptist Home Mission society, ia cx.
pccted to preach IN the Baptist church, Eas
village, next Sunday, at II a. m.
Richmond.
= A laige black bear was seen last week
within two miles OF Richmond village going
on to Gecr hill. His tracks have been seer
in the ncghb1rhood for several days
Tho slaughter house of A. b. Edwards
caught fire last Tuesday, damaging the prop.
!, erty some $50. The bucket brigade did goot
. work in saving the property.
! ST. George.
Ira o. lockwood, Esq. has Just returned
from quite long sojourn in the vicinity o.
A Lake George. Among the curiosities which
S he brought home is an Indian stone pestl,
G and gouge which were ploughod out some 81
e wears ago by the venerable George w. Hub
S bard and presented by him to MIR. Lock
: wood.
A Austin Mckenzie has been granted pen
; sion of SO per month, with amount
. ing to little over $500.
The many friends of Uncle Amasa Ishan
: arc pleased to see him out IN lis yard ant
I garden once more.
IL Milton.
An ARRAY occurred Saturday between
: Peter Brunell and john Shortsleeves
/ During the fracas Shortseeves kicked Bru.
nell in the abiomca, injurng him SO thai
he had to be carried home. He has sine,
1 been in prccarious condition and doubts
1 are entertained as to his recovery. Both
Y men were said to he the worse for liquor.
: Friday, the 18th, it was reported that Johr
c Crotto had been robbed of his pocket book
4 Containing $l75 in bank bills and $500 il
= bank certificates. A stranger who happened
c into his barber shop was arrested and search
, ed and nothing being found on his person
d he was relieved Officer Ashley was busy il
D the interest of Crotto during the night, bu
= nothing was brought to light. The strange
t stayed ut the Elm Tree House all night, TAX
. ing the carly train for Essex Junction. Fol-
: some reason Crotto aud Constable Landol
e followed. They found him at the Contra
l House and procured one knight to get hin
! to play cards and see if he had any money
hnlgnt rtpoitcu TINT hc plpuuCcu cSV vi
/ and So. lie was arrested, brought to Mil
Y ton, and arraigned before b. Fairchld, Esq
: States Attorney Russell, G. w. Writers ant
: II. +. Powell appeared for the State ant
t complainant, and j. +. Wheelock for respon
+ dent. The facts developed were that thu
$ respondent Or, ito, g. Mayville and w. Nc
: LalIcn, sat down in the south end Of tn,
. Milton Tons rial Art Gallery" and played
= poker. According to the testimony of tn,
proprietor Mr. John Crotto. during tn,
a games played the respondent lost quite
= portion of the money he had and won nothing
But the proprietor also had his wallet takei
and the contents as above stated. The res
pondent had only about SIG when he enter
ed the gallery. Henry L. Alhin of Mon,
peer testified that he saw the responder
tnkn a 81 lill ont of lis nnrknI Alter he lnf