Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-06
NiddlebHry.

will he quite large.
Middlebury.
Vh-rr vas a one mile skating race at the
Star rink Friday night 10 which Ii, re
were four competitors. John Rivers won
the first money.
Th re have been fr0sts in several parts Of
the county during the East few days and
Frlday morning there was quite furry Of
sno " in Cornwall There was also 81 little
snow storm in Salisbury.
The death of William J. Fish, which oc.
CURED two weeks a!Oat Minneapolis, MINI,
will be q cause Of regret to many people in
Addison county. Mr. + sh vas an unusually
brilliant young man and graduated from
Middlebury college in 1878 at the head Of
his class. His health was never very good
and his carly death was always feared by
his friends. Ms Fish, tC whom he was
married in 1870, died only about two months
ago.
Martin F. Allen of Ferrisblrgh, who was
regarded as probably the winning candidate
for the Republican nomination for Senator
in the northern part of the county, has with
drawn his name from he contest. Howard
Clark, second, Of Lincoln, has joined the list
of competitors for the nomination The
-.
Williams and Henry X. Baldwin both Of
Monkton. The Monkton caucus gave a large
majority for Baldwin, but Bristol. ah,rt
Judge Williams does business, will go stro =
y for the Judge. There are host of Candi.
dates for the States attorney ship, Including
Mr. Hawkins the present incumbent, Hon
George ". :Grtndey of Nergepnes, H. S. Fool
of Mi !debury and Chas F Kingsley of Sails
bury. Hon. F. L Woodbridge of Vergennes
is also spoken Of for the nominai -. r.,. :,
is said that -. &c ;r,n7ertnto people intend 70
nominate Hon. L. ID. Edredgc of Middle.
bury. Altogether, politics are getting lively
and exciting in Addison county.
A. V. Brown had remove from Middle
bury TO Springfield Mass.
MIR. and Mrs. Asa Severance of New FORK,
old residents of Middlebury, are staying in
town.
There was a one mile running race at the
''Star" skating rink Wednesday night and
Jimmy Forest, who won, is credited with
doing the distance in four minutes.
The ladies of the Congregational church
are going to give strawberry festival about
the middle of the present month.
Another burglary was committed in Mid
dlebury Tuesday night. Some one entered
the office of G. g. Peck's Touring mill =,
breaking pane Of glass and pulling out "a
brace which held the window and then
climbing in. The desk was broken open
and the money drawer was thus got at, ba.
it was empty, NJ money having been left
there over night. No attempt was made to
get into the safe. 1t looks like the work of
green hands
Bishop Smith, who died last Saturday in
New York, was in his younger days for Il
couple of years the rector of the Middlcbury
Episcopal church.
Ii c work OF the June term Of court does
not progress very rapidly, no case having
come to trial up to late Wednesday after
nODu.
Fire b,uke out Tuesday night in the pulp |
mill of kingsley Brothers, in Salisbury and |
the building was entirely consumed. The |
fire caught from one of the griudtrS. The |
building prop rty was insured for $1,000
$3.50 in the Pnpnlx of London and $3.50 |
IN the New England of Rutland The loss
above insurance will be about $500.
Vergennes.
Monday, June I'd, was more than forty
degrees warmer than the previous Monday,
May 2G. 1t was "a in the shade the 2i
INST.
Rev. A. A. Robinson of Messina, N Y,
preached in the Congregational church, Sun
lay. His sermons morning and evening
we're received with general favor. Mr.
Robinson is young man OF much promise
s IA graduate of Dartmouth also of Oberlu
'ollege. The disposition of "A large majority
# those present Sunday is to extend to Mr..
Robinson call.
Rev. c. G. Frost has gone to Bristol to
ngage in the temperance work there.
Cornwall.
Harrison Sanford has flock of sheep at
PASTURE in Bridport and the dogs made sad
avOc among them, last Sunday morning,
illing five outright, aud as many more were
, badly bitten that they will die. The
wners of the dogs were not known at last Il,
counts.
Henry Robbins has bad the misfortune to {
1se six of his best breeding ewes by their i
ating poison, which had been carelessly
mptied on the ground where they had ac- +
ess 10 it. :
Lincoln.
Garfield Post observed Memorial day in
ecoming manner. The post was great
, disappointed in not having their speaker,
10 Hon. E. ]. Ormsbee of Brandon. He l Il