Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-10


vrys are in progress whereby the monu-
ment site shall consist of II public park
around the site of the old Continental
stOrchuusp. tine objective point of Baum's
expedition in l1II
Middicbury.
Perry Fletcher returned to Boston
Thursday morning to resume his inter
ruptrd studies al the Massachusetts In
stuutc of Technology IAN alarm OF hre
was sounded throughout the town at
about four O'Clock ON "Wednesday after
noon. Hnl when half the people in town
mad arrived On the scene of the alleged
co -lHgration they discovered that three
or four shingles on different parts OF the
roof of "A large Storchousc near the freight
depot had somehow been set ON fire. one
hand engine and the steamer were soon at
the scene and the sparks were speedily
drowned out. 1t is @, tmated that the loss
will amount to fully twenty five cents. ....
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ward ana their son
Winthrop are visiting friends in Athol,
| Mass Mr. Ward is rapidly recovering
! from the effects of his recent accident ....
A great deal of fruit ha. been stolen from
! trees in yards and gardens about the vii
, lage this fail. and some of the sufferers
/ are determined to make the deprcdatOrs
/ pay for their fun in the courts II their
| identity can he legally ascertained The
/ demonstration of hOrsCmen which was
I talked Of and which it was proposed to
! hold here on or about October : did not
! get beyond the lncipcnt stage and the
project, such as it was, seems to have been
entirely abandoned. Next Tuesday there
| will be hearing at the office Of Judge
! Knapp ON a petition of certain parties i'll
school district No. o to he set oil into dis
trict No. 4, which comprises Middlebury
| village and some outside territory.
The horse of A. c. Burwell of Bridport
was frightened Thursday afternoon by II
| bicycle in the road and aquitc serious run
| away resulted. The horse tipped the
| carriage over, threw the driver out and
| did not stop running until he had got
home to l}ridport. a distance of eight
miles. On the way it Is said to h I'VE run
| into and overturned two other carriages.
! The drivers hand and hip were consider
ably injured 90. DR. II. j. MclluEh has re
turned to Middlcbury. intending to re
| locate here and resume the practice of his
| profession. Potatoes are now selling at
the cars for shipment to markets abroad
for about thirty-iivc cents per hushcl, with
ii prospect of bringing higher figures later
in the fall. What potatoes there are in the
county are somewhat smaller than usual,
though the quality as Il general thing is
excellent. 1t is estimated that the yield
Will not De more than 10 per cent per
acre of last years crop, the short crop he
ing due principally to the unusually dry
weather of the past summer. The apple
crop in the county is very large and the
quality is reported to be generally good
Death has been extremely busy in Mid
dlpbury during the past week. six person,
hnvinTtlied dllrinr that time four beinp
children. and five of the six died ON ON,
street The denths includr an infant child
of Joseph L.arock, a onc-vcar-old daughter
of Edward Bond. a five davs old infant
and a fourteen months old child of rhomn,
smith, John Fisher, an old man who
lived at fine extreme north end of Srv.
|
en-vears-old son of Peter Counter who
died Saturday morning of tyDhoid unpu.
mouia. after nm illness of oniy one week
An cirht months old do1rhtrr of NyruI
InnrNyort hv also died q few DAYS nro
An excellent iob of work has been don,
bv our selrctiurn ON thr Cornwall rnlL
tir lone strrn hin cDst of William Ne
mele's nIacr hnyin,, bppn ,rrodrI dawn
and the road over il having been mn il
as Good shane as posSiblr. If wip
n much needed imnroyrurut an,
q the work has been wen done.
Tho farmers ,,rn u,uch dnliuhtnd with ni,I
r4rcnt rains at nitb"r,sh thny rnnna +,
late to briu1 untutnrs mn to ihr nrnurI
sjZp th,y wiIl he of uroni Lrnrtit tn In,
fields Of winter rrain miss ANNA Das
hiell has returned to town after nm lb
sruce Of three or fuur months
Cranes are said TO come hirh in Middle
bury now. especially i'm eases where ;
, pricr is moi agreed unnn before thr rronr
o. are eaten The Green Mountain pull
cnmnnny has benin the rrectInn nf a lrr,r,,
hnnIdin1, n 'usr for the cnuvrni,urr nf m,
proulr rmnlnycd in their new mill
me I'niyrrsniists here had - mrrtino i,
OId Fellows hail sunday niDht thrir firs
nnr far several mnnths Rnv Nr P,rEn,
nf Rrthrl nt1irintrJ and nrr,rhrI - ser
, mon Tbrre is - grrat draI nf si,'knns.
in The vilIn1n nt nrrsrnt and If seems +,
be on the Increase The Inmand for
system nf water works and hnttnr drninny,
il cnnseuunntIv on thn inrransn I,rs1
numhrr If mamie nttnndeI mn,i,rt hnr,
; Monday most nf Them rnnin,, in rho ,,f
} ternnnII ON account Of Inc hrnI,v rnin. nh,
} snlrs of huttrr we're very lnr,tc th, min,
{ price being 25 cents bnt some lois hrin,,
' Inc ~ and ~ cents ner nnunI ~,
. town of Weybridrr loses thr suit yhirJ
! il brought npninsf the towns of CnrnyynIl
Addison and Rridnnrt for the mnintn
nance of n road me costs onninet WV
hriJga ,viIl annunt tn n SIM l,r,,a annn, :,
5 to have nut and kant thn rnId in frnn,
a state
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