Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-02
ADDISON COUNTY.
Salisbury.

Mrs. Samuel Nash, who has been living
With her son. Mr.. Edward Nash, at West
for some time, died Friday night.
Ter funeral took place Sunday and was at
ended by large number of friends and
ome relatives from distance.
A West Salisbury debating club has de-
,idcd that change of patty rule would he
beneficial TO the country.
Mr.. Charles f. Kingsley Of this place,
who has been member OF the Addison
county bar for six or seven years. has been
admitted to practice before the Supreme
Court Of the county Mr.. Kingsley is the
only lawyer in Salisbury.
MiddIcbury.
Henry A. Rowe of this place and j. ii.
Madden OF Glrn's Falls, ~ y, have played
II match contest of fifteen hall pool ut Ticon
deruga, the game Ecing for S2j side, the
winner OF the first eleven games to be the
winner Of the match aud the money. Rowe
won the match very easily, taking eleven
games out Of thirteen.
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 81, Judge
Tourgcc will lecture at school house hall on
"Thc Family OF Fools" W. |. Marshall,
the Western traveller, will conclude the
course on Feb IL, with lecture on the
Yellowstone Park, which lie will illustrate.
I.
afternoon from Philadelphia, where he has
been attending special meeting of the
American Industrial League, called TO take
actonto influence Congress in favor of the
maintenance Of the present tariff rates.
A, Il dance near the village on Saturday
night there was one general melee in which
about every one present took part, and there
were numerous side fights between pugilis,ic
pairs. Some faces came out of the racket
badly damaged.
Mr.. Wilfrcd Allen who for the past six
or seven years has been the landlord of the
Glen house at East Middlcbury gets done
there on the first Of April and his brother
in-law, Frank A. FAIR, will thereafter run
the house. Mr.. Farr was formerly landlord
of the hotel and has now purchased the prop
crty. Mr.. Allen has been all his life hotel
man, and has kept houses in Vermont,
Kecnc. n. H.. and various other places, but
will now finally abandon the business.
Market day, Monday was n busy one The
prices of butter eggs and produce generally
except potatoes declined appreciably. But
ter brought from % to 25 cents, eggs, %
cents and potatoes hold pretty firm at 80
cents.
Considerable interest is manifested in the
| town meeting which Is to be held on Tues
day. There will be large attendance OF
voters present.
There is good prospect that there will he
a large amount OF building done here next
season and work promises to be plenty and
wages good as soon as Spring opens. Besides
the new court house and the new town house
will probably I've built a paper mill, Beck
with & Cos. new store, IL to be completed,
| the Methodist, Society contemplate erecting a
new parsonage and the projected college
boarding house will DO carried to compile
ton. Thcsr, with all the other building and
repairing that will be done as the season ad.
vances will make lively times 10 Middle
| bury.
| Addison county IS now completely over.
run with Western sheep buyears wle arc
| purchasing all the good sheep they can get,
notwithstanding the fact that tho price OF
wool has just fallen five cents pound In
Ohio
The Middlebury Odd Fellows, Lake Dun
more Lodge No II have elected and installed
the following officers n. f. Rider, n. G.
Calvin Foot, V. q. Charles L. Pinney,
treasurer George Il. Langworthy, Jr, secrc
tary.
We have two fire engines and only ont
company to work them. There is talk of or.
ganizing another company, so that there may
DC company Tor cach engine.
Andrew Murdoch, having sold his hous,
aid other Middebury properly, will soon sc
10 Colorado for the benefit ofhis health, which
is in quite precarous condition.
Work hiss bcon recommended on the col
lego boarding house, and the foundation wall
is now being laid.
Mrs. Dr. llalscy has presented her hus.
band with n baby whose weight is three
pounds and ten ounces.
A Canadian Indian who has been chop.
ping five or six cords Of wood per day in the
Ripton woods all winter, returned to Canadl
Tuesday, lie claimed to be the chief mar
in an Indian village numbering sixteen hun.
drcd souls, and SAID that hc was going back
to Canada because he couldn't drink any
"whce.ke' in Vermont without going L
Jail for three months
A. b. Colby, who was in the restaurant
and ice business in Middlcbury for severa
an extensive establishment there on one OF
the principal streets, where he. will do a.larg,
business.
Much disappointment has been occasionet
by The receipt OF Telegram from Judge
Tourgcc announcing that he will be unable
to keep his engagement to deliver u lecture
here on Wednesday evening. 1t is thought
that sickness is the cause Of the failure tC
keep the engagement. No date for judge
Toutgcc's lecture can yet be announced, but
the committee intend to have him, if posi-
bic, at an early day.
A largely attended town meeting was held
at the court house Tuesday afternoon, to sec
what measures the town would take toward:
securing Il site for u new town house, and
erecting suitable building thereon. George
Hammond was moderator and Col. l.. Z.
Knapp clerk. Remarks were made by
Mcssrs. j. NJ. Slade, Joseph Ba!tel. Gov.
Stewart John Martin, Orvis Comstock and
others The question which accustomed
most trouble was whether the town should
procure n new site and give 1t 10 the county
for the erection on it of the projected new
and site and make them do
for the town hoHsc. II this were to be done
it would also be neGe .sary TO pay the extra
cost of grading the site for thu court house
and paying such other expenses as q change
in the plans of the court house committee
might entail. This plan was not very IA
vorably received by the meeting. Another
idea was TO have the town build tho base.
mcnt of the proposed court house and use
that for n town house. Mr.. Charles NJ, Wilds
off ercd resolution to the effect that the
town should not enter into any negotiations
concerning the town house or site for ii
with the court house conn 'ttec The reso-
luton was carried with only one dissenting
voice. A committee was appointed to sec
about procuring site for the town house, to
get estimates OF Its cost, and plans aud speci-
ficatons, tic committee to report in two
weeks. The committee consists OF the
sceclmcn and the following genllement
Calvin Hill, j. David Boycc, ii. B. Wright,
b. 5. Beckwiil and j.. L. Knapp.
At an early hour Wednesday morning ram
began falling and it is evident that break
in the weather is on the docket. We have
had ten or eleven weeks Of steady scighing.
and the Winter so far has been the busiest
one in dozen years But the break has
plainly come, and while great many will be