Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14
ADDISON COUNTY.

Master Mssons are invited to be present At
Masonic hall, at o. M, on Saturday.
ADDISON COUNTY.
WiddIebury.
nollicc Treadway of shoreham was ar
rested last Saturday and put in Jail in Md
debury on the charge Of assault with intent |
to kill upon Joseph Desnoyers, his hired
man, at Shorcham, last Thursday. AT the
hearing IN Middlebury this week before JUS
tice J. Il. Staplcton, James NJ. Slade pro-
scouting, it appeared that the two men, 'vho |
are each about twenty-five or three years |
old, mad been drinking considerable together
on the day in question. Towards evening
they went off some distance to take care of
some stock and do their evening chores
some way in driving in or out Of barn a
shaft was broken Treadway blamed Des-
meyers for this, which precipiae ed u dispute.
The parties finally got into u row over the
matter and were separated by some person
who had been attracted by the noise They
cooled down then for a time, but Treadway
| subst quenlly attacked his hired man again,
knocking him down under the horse and
giving him fearful beating, pounding him
| rs long as he had strength to keep at it.
| Desnoyers was badly cut up and bruised
about the head and face and bled copiousiy.
| Treadway then, according to the testimony,
took rope and tied up Desnoyers's legs, say
ing that he was going to hang him. Tread
way, however, stourly maintaining that he
| did this to prevent Desnoyers from kicking
People who had been attracted to the neigh
borhood by the cries of DesnOyers then arrlv-
cd aud finally put an end to the fracas, tying
up Treadway and releasing DesnoYers. The
Court after hearing both sides, imposed
the severest fine that the law provides for in
such cases, filming Treadway $50 and costs,
amounting in all to SAT, which Treadway
paid. Desnoyers had previously been ar
rested and fined in Shorenam for intOxca.
ton.
Mcssrs Demerritt and Mason, who have
for some weeks been looking for sheep il
this county, on Thursday shipped to Sar
Antonio, Texas, ftty-three rams. They
were selected from the flock Of Harvey Tay
lor OF West Cornwall, and are probably a.
fine lot OF sheep rs were ever sent out o.
the State.
Tim Neville, formerly of Swanton, whC
has been clerk at the Addison house TO
about three years, has given up that position
and on Thursday started for Kansas.
Charles A. Chapman has just sold his fin
: pair OF bay mares, Bay" and Berry" thre'
and four years old, respectively, to cs-Attor
: ner General Wayne MscVea.h Of Pennsyl
wanna.
l In the rnatter of the recent card playin
sensation 1t is understood that civil proceed
ings to recover the money lost have bee
stopped, the case having been settled by tn
repayment to the one who Clicked OF
portion of the money won from him.
: Eight or nine inches of new snow fe
,i,,l,t nt,1 ,,,;tl, Ia,
= he'd fallen within the few days previou:
there is nearly as much snow now on til
, ground as there was at any time during ID
winter.
Miss Matte Mead is home on a thru
u weeks vacation from Natick, Macs, whel
she has charge of school,
A Mr.. Psrmecc of East Charlotte h,
u hired the old Shackett farm from Hem
: LOthrop of Pittsford for yearly rental
e 5000, and has just moved on to the place.
is one of the best farms in the county
Sylvester L. Rockwell died suddenly Fl
"a day morning. Years ago Mr.. RockHt
70 was for a long time one of the .ii1st prom
J., nent, wealthy and influential men in III
u vicinity. Later on he lost considerat
portion OF the property he had accumulate
rs and In recent years his mind has been great
D. impaired and Ills actions have been som
in what eccentric. He leaves three daughte,
in Mrs. Beaumellc r. Peet, wife Of E. '
r Peet of California, Mrs. Fanny Braner
e wife OF Professor Ezra Brainerd of Midi
e, bury college, and Miss Alice Rockwell, I
L. youngest daughter. Mr.. Rockwells see "
ne Il years. 1t is said tina, he had 9 500
4, insurance policy on biz .fe.
~ Applicants for pensions In this neighb,
"a hcsu are making good many complain
~ ABOUT the delays and methods of the pensi
bureau. In some cases the vrrt aaiie e.
dence has been "alea Eor two and even thr
or times, which puts applicants to apparen,
needless worry and expense.
ms Mrs. F. A. Brown has sold her far,
tn known as the old Stowell rlacc and ccnta
of ing forty acres of land, to Deputy Sheriff Y
le- ~ Sobb, Inc consideration being $1,000.
On The remains of Mrs. Jane Moore; rels,,
w OF the late Harry Moore Of Mnldle b,!.ly, W
died almost tw" tc.!s ago at Des Moiu,
Ri Iowa, %cre brought to MiddlcHH;ury and
T., '''i'U Id ~ west cemetery here Oh F
.-I "ny.
80 ech9oi closed Midday, ana in the event
An Exhibition WAS given in the hall by
on Adelphi and ID. v S. societies. The wea
ST. or was very stormy aud unfavorable and c.
he stouenty The audience war nos a l"-ge G.
~ hit thnsh III b.nyeu the storm and after
,lr cd were well saltied with the enterajnm,
lily which was an excellent one, such as
10y Adelphi society used to give in It's Gather d.
ue. The proceeds 60 to the library and read
room OF the school,
No business OF any accoun, was done
the local markets on Monday.
eb The fGuerGl Of tie late s r. rockv
Dy took place Sunday.
om,, The heavy fall Of snow has Temporal
No., put an end to numbering on the mountp
en-, in this region, The roads are impossible
oIo loaded teams.
ce, Mrs Sophia Bltncy has received not
red that she has been restored to the pens
airs rolls oil the government. She gers back 7
on, for herself and her minor children to
,er, amount OF about $500. Her appicit
Tor restoration has been pending in the p
sion office FOR nearly fifteen years Formc
Mrs. Bltney drew n widows pension,
was remarked, and Of coulse got cut
a,' from the rolls. 1t subsequently, trauspi
Az AZ, that her new husband was already d lrga
~ married man wien he married her, and
NV as she was not in reality his wife, her p
u y sion has at last been restored
Ali day Saturday, Sunday and Sund
J., night the snowstOrm continued and the
WV suit is that we now have more snow on
ou ground than there has been before dur
the season. Indeed it is said that the fall
cry snow was greater than we have hal bet
KY for more than twenty years, The coun
towns hereabOuts are pretty well nigh to-
of ly blockadtd and but few people from
ere of Town have attempted to come to the
lage. All the stage mails got through NJ
day, hut were go d deal behind time
list UiptOn.
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