Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23
SOUTHERN Ns$,suONI

III the prosecutions against john y Ncil
1.-THE so-called jug case have been catered
in the Rutland county caut aud were as
signed for trial Mond.y. bu. Saturday the
counsel agreed upon q staten nj oil facts aud
the case will pass to the supreme court
which sits ut Rutland next January. The
number Of offeuses of selling agreed upon
WAS 3O7 as of second conviction, maEinr
| fine Of s6l4O and costs. THIS uumber il
smaller by $50 uffcn>cs lhen the numhel
charged before the ju-tice, the State having
consented 10 throw oft 100 sales depending
| for proof on the books Of the express com.
pany. Two Of the 10 cases TOR keeping with
intent to sell are to be- taken to the III.
preme court, aud also one of III, toUy seizure
cases where the national express company
enter as claimants, l3l jdy. sea! {. q. Il
having been ssisel at the express olcc.
The Jug cases take N 20 pages If tie
docket of the court
Some Massachusetts, capitalists have Of
gained the West Rutland Matte cpmnu,
to work the Green Mountain o. Mrglu
marble quarry at Wcsl Ruilani which .or
several years has been filled with water.
The State prison nov contains but - con.
victs-the smallest number TOR many yeas.
Mrs. Meaker, whose execution will take
place on the 30th inst, ~ tie State prison,
has quoted down considerably during the
last few weeks Superintendent RICE has
detailed special officer - guard her during
the remainder OF her Incarceration.
In the rifle contest between teams 5t ten, IF
the " orccster and Braltleb0rj Ass 1Ciati1u,.
| the latter won 81 to 9is ont Of possible
1900, Massachusetts target.
The telephone sometimes has amusing
mixtures. The other day the Times ulllce
was called, when the inquiry cIm. clear and
distinctly from mlrke, man in Wtstmin.
ster, who supposed he was Ia king 10 ano'hcl
market here, Can You grind sluc sausage
mea. for me this alteruo1n;' Steam being
up aud the press in good order he of coarse
received favorable rcply.-l'si'2,@ Fai.s
Time.
Mos, OF the Wndhlm county hill road,
have been impossible since the last storm.
The Wilmington and Jackson Stages have
found it impossible To get through and the
mails have been carried on snow shoes. the
snow drifts being from ten &C. fifteen feet
deep. Bra,tleboro tluckucn arc busy cart
ing snow from the do ryarls OF the viii
layers in order that they may sec the street
from their windows. \ SNOW bank ten feet
high is not an uncommon sight On Main
street
Brattleboro has in prospect an interesting
legal controversy. The opponents Of tue
Biatleboro and Bennington r..rlli had
An article placed in tie warrant & rasG,nG
tho recent vote of aid at thr roa |, and were
out in force at town meeting aud lrr'd by
good majority vote n rasei1d. Oaa OF
the leaders in this movement was LAWYER,
but the lawyers on the other side claim that
this vote can have no effect because the vote
OF aid WAS fully completed under the statute
by securing the assent in writing of ma.
jOrity OF the voters and of the grand list.
There are strong arguments on both sides of
this proportion and the legal fraternity
will find their opportunity in such a con.
test
Mr.. David Squres Of Bennington SAYS that
when he lived in POwnal some ifiy-ciIlt or
sixty years ago he knew man named Bum
ford, who had been ore of Burg 'yne's sol.
diets and was nj the battle of Saritngn
Bumford told Squires and o hrs that Just be-
fore the surrender Of the British at Saratoga,
they put three or four hrass cannon into The
river near the mouth of Fish creek. Mr..
Squires says that Bumford went to Saratoga
several times and dragge the river for the
cannon, but could not lind them Would it
not be worth while to make thorough search
for these cannon with tine view to place them
upon the new monument p Tr,R Ptss.
MI. John kudd OF WILMINGTON has quite
an adventure in the snow, last week. lie
was leading horse to water aud. the track
being full of snow, led the animal out one
side along the edge of "A steep enbankment
The horse began 10 founder IN the snow and
MIR. Rudd saw he was nearing the bank and
tried to save him by getting hold Of his head
but was too late, ana 10th went OIL together
Mr. Rudd was buried IN the snow and came
near suffocating bafore he could eXtricatc
himself He lroze the fingers OF one hand
digging his way on. The horse broke his