Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-04
SOUTHERN VERMONT
Rutland.

Rutland village has voted to fit up one OF
the rooms in the village hall as lookup, al
an expense of not over $1,000. The present
lookup was designed as a vault for the
village papers and records and is disgrace
to the village.
Work upon the Rutland and Underwater
railroad between Rutland village and West
Rutland will begin as soon as possible
surveyors are now busy upon the final loca
ton of the road, and as soon as the land can
be acquired the grading will begin The
read is to be built in the interest of the
marble business and grows out of the eX.
cessive freigh,s charged by the Delaware and
Hudson Canal company on coal, which now
costs the marble companies S1.j0 tor
more at West Rutland than at Sutherland
Falls.
The Bates House is now being run by Dr.
Mead, the owner. G. A. Swan of the Ham
ilton hotel in New York having failed tC
perform the requirements of the lease, anC
several suits for current bills having been
brought against him, DR.. Mead took posses
sion.
While {. b. Ranney, an old farmer of
Fairhaven, was attempting to cross the rail
road tracks near the depot IN Fairhavel
on the ID. and Ii. road, and was thrown
quite distance Several limbs were broken
and Mr.. Ranney is probably fatally injured
The horse was killed. Ranney was deaf and
freight cars standing on the track INSTRUCTED
his sight
Frank Vim, in the employ of S. w.
Mead near Sutherland Falls, was drowned
Monday evening while bathing in the creek.
VIM was in company with another man
| and not being an expert swimmer got beyond
| his depth and was drowned before his CON-
panion could reach him. His body was soon
after recovered. Mr.. VIM vas about q
years old and unmarried
We have related some surprising facts
about the gold mines, bui the most surprising
event that has happened there so far was the
| finding on Monday of two nuggets by Messrs.
Blum (the president of the company and
Trudo the mining superintendent weighing
| respectfully seven-threc- fOurlhs and eight
and-half pounds, both of the purest virgin
gold. Mr.. Trudo will be allowed TO keep
| the treasure coming thus strangely into ms
possession, while the other has been present
ed to Mr.. Blum as a birthday present.
Wonderful spot those Plymouth gold dig
gings. -Lond0n Tribune.
A freight train from Rutland, on the way
10 schenectady over tne DelaWarc anu luu-
son road, was wrecked a mile and a half
west of West Rutland, Sunday night The
| train was composed of locomotive No. 1913
| and twelve freight cars, IN charge of Con
ductor John Bolster, and the engine was
driven by Engineer Timothy Hurley. The
| tireman's name was Gray. The train was
running at the usual speed when suddenly
the locomotive struck pile of railway ties
that had been placed on the track, cvid entity
for the purpose of wrccking the train. The
engine was thrown from the track aud down
an embankment and buried itself in Castle
ton creek. Five cars were pulled from the
track and smashed, The right leg of Fire
man Gray was severely scalded while he was
attempting to Jump from the train. EDgin-
Ger Hurley escaped injury. Thus far there
is no clue to the perpetrators of the tlendsh
crime.
Windsor county Republican nominations
Senator's Norman Paul of Woodstock, Rollin
Amsden of Windsor, EA. Howe of Ludlow
States Attorney, James Wilson of Bethel +;
Assistant Judges, William NJ. Pingree of
Weathersfield, William G. Danforth of
Barnard Sheriff, Gardner j. Wallace OF
Bethel; High Baililf, Wilson S. Lowell of
Springfield Judges of Probate, John Porter
of Hartford, William II. Walker of Ludlow.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing Lame
and Logan.