Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-04
ADDISON COUNTY.
NIiddlebury.

The principal social event OF the season
was the marriage Wednesday evening OF
Miss Gertrude Fletcher of Middlebury tC
Mr.. Pierre Stewart of New York. The
marriage ceremony was performed at the
Congregational Church, which had been
very handsomely decorated for the OCCASION
and was followed by a largely attended re-
cept!on at the residence of the brides mother
The Fourth of July is to be celebrated
here after all. The project has been aban
doned two or three times, but will now bi
pushed through.
| "Phin Stewart, SOD of Congressman
Stewart, arrived home from Yale college
Wednesday. Phil has played first base il
the Yale college nine this season, and la!
made remarkably good record in his posi-
| ton.
| Constable Arson w. Frost of Cornwall
arrested a man near Shoreham this morning
on suspicion of stealing horse and buggy
The man stopped carly this morning at t
| Frenchmans house to get his horse fed
which was badly used up. On being asked
the man would not tell wnere he came
from, but said he came from over there
pointing to the mountains, ana said he die
not know where he was going. He inquired
the way to New York. He finally said his
name was Bcmas and that he came from
| Planticld. He did not wait to get his
horse fed but started along. The French.
man suspccting something wrong went tC
Frost and related the circumstances. Frost
followed in the direction the man
| and told him he had better stop and take
care of his horse. The man again asked
| the way across the lake and said he would
leave his team and 90 along on foot. Frost
| finding the man SO anxious to get out OF
| the State, arrested him on suspicion, brought
him to Middlebury and lodged him in Jail to
await developments. The horse is a valua-
| BILE bay mare, weighing about eleven hun
bred. In the buggy which is of open piano.
box pattern, Frost found food box, some jew
lery and a valse containing clothing The
man is about thirty years old, rather rough
looking, and wears small, light colored
mustache. There were found on his person
new revolver and box of cartridges The
authorities are investigating the matter
John W. Martin is to attend the Demo
cratic convention at Chicago next week, and
will afterwards visit ether parts Of the West
on business.
John Baxter died Saturday evening" some
what suddenly, he having been as well as
ever up to early Saturday morning. lis
disease is said to have closely resemDled
cholera, but there are also slight but probably
unfounded suspicious of foul play.
Rev. j. E. Rankin of Washington, ID. e.,
delivered the annual address before the
Young Mems Christian Association at the
Congregational church on Sunday evening
The address was an excellent one. Or. Ian,
kin taking for fhis theme "The mastery OF
life by the adaptation OF mes "o'h u
lfe.' A large audience was present
The Addison county Jail was opened for
the season on Monday, June D. PREVIOUS "
that date the Jail was empty, puI inc ally
ais since have been SO numerous mat on
sunday and Monday the following niue
Juests were entertained in the jail Mrs,
Marian Catlip. Goshen, alleged husband
prisoner Joseph Naylor and Ben Sattley,
Addison. arrested ten days ago for illegal
fishing in Lake Champlain Andrew sears
and Nick Douglas, arrested and jailed Sat
urday for illegal fishing in the lake al Fertls-
burpb Charles Blair and John " Fln'
arrested last week on charge OF roDolhg an
old man in Hancock Richard Ryan, clarg-
ed with committing assault on "nnhr
with an AK, nj Waltham, and 1u'"l IA VT
day and finally Brmas, the flh" he'u
burglar, jailed sunday
Bristol.
Ed Hines was in the village Saturday eve,
ming and bet ween ten and eleven he started
for Newell Hills for whom he works
When he arrived there he thought he dis
covered light ia the barn, and he lmmed-
lately went to the barn and looked in, but
could see no light. He stepped inside and
as he -did 50 the light from dark lantern