Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-15
e has become one of the prominent bust.

he has become one Of the prominent bust.
ness men and among the largest sheep raisels
in that part Of the State. lie deals largely
In cattle and horses, which he finds protita-
BILE, as his ranch is ten miles square lie is
vice. president IN the First National bank at
Fort Collins, Is interested in an irriga,ng
ditch company, With large capital and pros
pectively large profits. Mr.. Brlst Is 10 *
Ing well, but can remain only some ten days
with his many friends here.
Mr.. Chas. St. John Seymour of Monclair,
N. j., brother Of Hon. t. Seymour, is here
in attendance upo1 his very sick brother.
Mrs. Geo. Brush and daughter from Mon
trcal, also Mrs Doubleday from New Jersey
are Or have been here in consequence Of Mr..
Seymoui's serious illness.
Mr.. G.. i. q. Kimball, who was recalled
home from his California trip, GA account Of
his son Charles death, reached here Sunday
last. lie is greatly Frustrated by the loss of
his promising boy and the public generally
are moved with sympathy for his loss.
We are pleased TO see Mr.. Chas Buckley
in town from the New York postofllcc where
he has long been connected with the foreign
registering department. lie can stay but n
few daye.
The continued rain has suspended work.
temporarily, on our streets, which are under
going magical change at the hands of the
highway surveyor.
There is young lad connected with the
school who has been in attendance for three
years and lives one and n half miles from
Vergcnncs, but has never received Il tardy
mark or been absent a day. This would be
matter of surprise, il ii were not that Miss
Ruth Stafford lives with Capt. Isaac Sattcily
Of Fcrrisburgh, whose relative she is and who
has taken her back aud forth, with clock
like regularity through all these years.
MiddIcbury.
The Summer term of school came to a
close Wednesday afternoon, with literary,
rhetorical and musical exercises in the hall.
Considering the rainy weather the audience
was large one and everything passed off
pleasantly. Tie school year Just ended has
been one Of the mos successful in the his
tory of our graded school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. Fletcher cclc-
bracd their wooden wedding Tuesday even
ing and large number of their friends as
scmblcd TO do honor TO the occasion, bring
ing great quantity OF useful articles along
with them. The Middlcbury band rendered
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher and their guests an
acceptable sorenade.
An effort is in progress to raise funds for
the purpose Of getting up u Fourth Of July
celebration here, with what success can not
be told just yet. Commencement day will
come on the Fourth, and the two together
would make a big day in town.
The June term Of court came to an end
Tuesday eXening after a session of only q
week. Last week Judge Powers presided,
but his place was taken this week by Judge
| Neazey. The Nevada silver mining cases
all went o1cr to the next term, the most not.
| able of them. that of Thomas Comins, Of
| Nevada, VS.. Rollln j. Jones Of Cornwall
VT, and John Munson of California, going
| over on the motion OF the plaintiff, whose
case seems not to have been ready for trial
contrary TO expectation. The few civil case.
| that were tried were of minor Importance
and of no particular interest to any body
| but the litigants themselves.
The grand jury were out, and they d,vo
ted the greater part of the day Thursday t
| au effort to find cut whether or no: liquo
was sold in the saloons of j. Brouillett ant
L. Goodman in Aliddlebury, against whom il
| seems, some one had lodged complaints
From the results obtained il would appear
that Middlebury is an exceptionally sDbe
town as none of the large number of witness
Is summoned before the grand jury in thi:
matter seemed able TO remember that the,
| ever drank any intoxicating beverages in til,
| saloons in question, and most of those whC
| could recollect that they had ever imbibed
recollccted also that they had purch lsed thei
liquors in quantities in Boston or somcw her,
else OUTSIDE of hliddlebury.
In State VS., d. Rider, State VS.. IIerber
johnson, State vs.. same, and State vs. N. f.
Rider, charged with selling intoxicating liq
uors contrary to law, bail was forfeited
in each case. In State VS.. II. Is. Colby
charged with the same oilensc, the case wa.
| mol pressed.
All the civil cases set for the jury having
been disposed of by Saturday morning, the
petit JURORS were dismissed until Tues
day morning OF this week, wher
it was expected that the criminal cases would
come on. However, no criminal cases were
brought to trial. Three liquor cases, appeal:
by Middlebury saloon keepers from justice
courts went over to the December term OF
the request of the States attorney, tie de
PENDANTS being apparently anxious for Il tria
at this term. Two cases against David Hal
of l,ipton, growing out of au alleged forgery
in raising the amount of town order wcrt
continued. The most important of The
criminal cases are those against Luther
| blanchard, against whom seven indictment:
for larceny and burglary were found by the
grand jury last June, and these cases having
| been put over two previous terms at the re-
quest OF the respondents counsel, were cx
pected to come TO head at this term. Ban
chard's counsel, however asked for another
continuance, on the ground that their mar
witness, or one of them, was sick in New
York and unable to be pusent. The cour
overruled the motion and the case was order
ed to trial. 1t then appeared that the res
pondent was not in court, bailNwas called il
| the first of the seven cases and the other.
were continued.
| The divorce mill did not run as free a!
usual, only two or three separations beinl
granted, and it is to be hoped that this is al
indication that welded infelicities are on the
decrease in this county, in which it is prob
able that more divorces have been asked fo
years than in any other county in the State
in comparison with the population and mum
Der of marriages. An important part of the
work done at this term was the large nun
Der of cases knocked of the docket by
agreements, settlements and discontiuuances
many Of the old cases disappeared from tht
docket at last.
ShOreham.
The sclectmen have just placed in the
| town clerks Office No. 80 Dicbold's fire
proof safe for the preservation Of the tow
| records.
The remains of John Dclano, who left
| town some eight years since, were brought
| here and Inferred with Masonic honors.
New Haven.
The fifteenth anniversary of Becman acad.
| envy was celebrated in the Congregational
church, New Haven, on Friday the 18th inst
The graduating class numbered seven-tive
young ladies and two gentlemen. In the
| evening the church was crowded to its ut
most, at the concert given by the Hubbard
| Qunlette Club" At this Miss Hortense
llibbard played Chopin ballade, Liszts
| nConsOlniinn y a Schcrzn from Mnnlplsnhn