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

Mrs. Mary Barry died suddenly Saturday
morning Of le.rt disease The funeral oC-
CURED Monday, as also III that OF Mrs. J.
Is. Steele.
Tie Addison county Agricu turil society
will hold its annual meeting for tic election
of officers here IN Junuayl1 The lreasur-
cr's report viii show good balance on hand
after paying all the expenses and obligations
incurred by the county fair held lust Septem-
Der.
Rev. Joseph Cook will lecture at School .
House Hall On Friday night this week. His
subjccl will lie "'lhc Seven Mcdcrn Won
ders of The World" Mr. Cook is no slran-
ger to Mddlebury. lie delivered a lecture
here Two or tbr wears ago, aud before that, |
before be had yet grown famous, he supplied |
the Congregational pulpit he;c for about ten
months
The site for the ucw court house has 10.
y ct been finally decided upon, but it grows
more and more probable that il will he built |
on the site of the old one. Mr.. Clinton
Smith is now making rough estimates of The |
cost Of the building A little land can lie
secured back AMI on each side Of the present
building, ard this will give chance 10 build
II new oBc on the old site and have it US
large as necessary.
Norman w. Smith, who committed suicide
on Dutuluty Ut 'Hlti, VA 'ltclcu hNluIt-
| bury college seven years ago, but didn't
graduate. lie was afterwards FIR me time
II student in the medical college 1T Burling-
ton. He was popular among his associates
while in Middlebury, and was always mcr-
| ~ fellow who seemed about one of the last
persons in the world 10 commit suicide.
Mr.. Anon Wilcox died Tuesday morning
carly, aged about 9G yeas. Most OF his long
life Mr.. Wilcox spent in Nj dlehury and he
was for many years ,insmith and hardware
mcrchlnt. For several years past he was the
oldest living resident OF the town.
The Middehury Register has adopted the
oight-page FORM with patcn. insicc. After
February first payment will he required from
subscribers in advance. The Register has Il
good field, and, under its present manage
ment, will doubtless Re a success
The third forinyhtly meeting Of the Md
dlchury Musical Club WAS hell at Chapmins
music rooms, Tuesday evening The pro-
granme was follows; Piano duet by the
Misses lInmln; vocal solo, Mr.. John Ke!-
j. W. Pitts; vocal duet Mrs Warner
Judd and Mrs Hattie Fletcher; vocal trio,
Miss Helen NJ upper, Mrs. d. Miner ani
Dr. W. II. Sheldon; voc duct, Mr.. George
VI. Rowland AMI Miss Topper; piano solo,
MIS- Professor Austin; and vocal quartet,
DR.. Sheldon, John Kellogg Leo. Rowland
and MIR. Samuel sheldon.
The reported sale by Mcssrs Peck and
Chapman for $4,000 of their
patents for Improvements IN electric
lighting is partly. aud only partly,
true. They sold some Of their patents for
that figure, but did not sell them all. They
were offer Il Il cons dCrably larger sum for
all their patents, bu, refused to sell for the
sum offered
\ German silver ware pedllrr whl halls
from acros the lake, lost on Mo al az "A wal
let cont inug s4a, aud has thus far been un.
able to discover hc.fndor.
The National bank Of Mdilebury held its
annual stuchhul icrs' meeting Tuesday. The
cd hoarI Of directors were reelected, and
the directors reelected Col. Al'crt fletcher,
r. dent Calvin Hill, vice pre,idcL John
q. Wellington, cashier and Charles L. Pin
n.y. teller.
Cornwall.
Mcssrs As. cguy and Iun'lcy of |. icester
Junction have purchased all the wood on the
farm of Charles Stevens. and have cut seven
hundred cords, which they have sold 10 The
lairoad people.
Cornwall sheep men 10 not seem to despair
much over the condition of the sheep trade.
Several We tern dealers have recently been
in town, aud they have purchased a large
number Of iiEc sheep here for shipment to
their homes, and have rail good prices for
them.
The water lpl!y a' almost entircly gvsn
out in many parts of the town, aud only for
tho snow aud ice the farmers would not know
how TO get along.
New Haven.
Next week Thurs lay January 18th, will
occur HE Installation If Rev. Charles :. Sar-
geaut u past n of the Congregational church.
| Mr. Sergeant has PREACHED IN New Haven for
about two years. and he and his amiablc wife
have made fast flicnds Of all their a'Quaut-
ancts.
We, bridge.
Sneak thieves seem TO he growing ubund-
ant and more than usually uu lacluus but
they will need ~ be careful this Winter as
some Wcybrid,e people are prepared and de-
terminel TO give them warm reception.
The proposition to remove the Slas Wright
monument TO Middchury meets with dis
favor in some quarters, but it will probably
be accomplished. The monument has been
almost totally neglected in recent years, the
ratings have been broken and weeds have
been allowed 10 gr)w up around it as they
would A brother of Silas Wright is still,
| living here. lie is III old man of over
ninety years Of age and is still rs stannCh u
Democrat as was his ilusrlus brother
Last summer he walked six miles to Yer
gcnnes in rider To lake tie train there, so
that lie could attend tn. DemCcraic district
convention III Burlington
Bristol.
Warner b. DunshCc has purchased the
Gregory place On West street for $500.
The lecture Of Superintendent llazc,,iuc,
| which was announced for January 8, has
been postponed one week.
Levi lockwood, n man aged cighty-fuur
years, is quite SEX and is no, expected To
live.
The week of prayer is being observed by
the Mc,hodsts ami Baptsts united. Ser
vices commenced in the Methodist Episcopal
hurch Sunday evening.
Addison
George NJ. Willmarth of Addison while adj
justng belt in II saw mill n ar his residence
had his light arm badly broken between the
elbow and wrist, aud sustained other injur.
| cs. DIR. Klddcr was called.
North Fcrrisburs.
Collns's blacksmith and wheelwright shop
was burned Tuesday morning: loss between
two and three thousand dollars; 10 insur-
ance George Palmer, j. V. Dakin and 4.
IL. Davis each lost a chest of tools. Collins
had Just fitted up with new tools fer black
smthiug aud had made recent valuable re-
pairs on his shop. 1t was by hard and coura-
rcous work that Percival II Aliens grst mill
was saved Ii the mill had gone it is very
probable u good part of the village would
have burned.
vergcnnss.
The mercury hos been the length Of the
tube, already, this month. We are above
zero to-day but our threatened "Chalelugay
thaw" caught "A bad cold Monday night and