Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-18
VERMONT MATTERS.


master ut North Ferrisburgh, vice NJ. i.
Allen.
5. = Scott, dealer in furniture, etc. at
Bennington is reported to have been at
taChed.
Thieves robbed the postofIice at West
Burke Thursday night of $50 worth of
stamps.
Twenty-Five telephones have been order
ell removed in Rutland since the raise in
rates.
The employees of the Boston and Lowell
railroad are being vaccinated at the rate
of about fifty per diem.
1t is announced that Hon. George n.
Con will take the position us collector ut
Richforl about October list.
During the month of August Thede
Sheldon killed in Montgomery two bears
and PhilO Paxman killed one.
| Louis Martell of Rutland, has lately re-
ceiNed back pension of over $1,000, and
gets monthly one of 81.
| Gov. Pmgree has requested Lieutenant
! Governor Ormsbee to represent HIM at the
re union in the Shenandoah valley.
The Rutland trustees have laid 1O,3O2
! feet of sewer pipe this year, at a cost of
SS293. II, on an average of 500 centsa foot.
w. a, Bliss while repairing the roof of
his house in Highgate last week, fell to
the ground, a distance of about twenty
feet, injuring him seriously.
The Democratic voters of Morristown
Saturday night nominated 6. A. Rich for
postmaster j. C.. Robinson, the pres
ent incumbent, has been postmaster
twenty three years.
\ Newport despatch says The Derby
Alice X. and Mr. Raymond's steamers
have been examined and all condemned,
as not being seaworthy.
The Cniversalist society has bought of
Rutland the lot on West street, between
Grove and Cottage streets, of the French
Catholic society for 5000.
The executive committee of the legis-
lative reunion, will have another meet
ing Friday afternoon, september % at
100 O'Clock at the Bardwell house in Rut-
land.
A horse and wagon were found near
Henry llayward's farm a mile south of
Rutland Friday morning, which was
stolen from Mr. Bond of Wallingford,
Thursday night.
John +. Porter, prominent lawyer of
Troy, \. y, died at the home of his father,
Judge John Porter in Hartford Tuesday
evening at the age of -. He was II brot her
of Secretary of State Porter.
Diphtheria is said to he making serious
ravages in Pownal. Gilbert Starbuck died
on Wednesday morning of diphtheria and
the funeral of Mrs Edgar Merchant who
died of diphtheritic sore throat was held
Sunday. Other cases are reported
The foundation of the new village hall
and grammar school building at Proctor
Is being now laid. On the completion of
this the work ON the superstructure will
be pushed forward with all possible des-
patch.
Unknown parties entered the carriage
house of DR.. :. h, Wilcox, Il prominent
physician in Bennington, Vt, Il few nights
since and totally runined two carriages by
slashing the tops with Il knife and boring
holes in the box and running gear.
a McCarty boy while playing around a
lumber yard at Rutland with two other
boys Saturday afternoon accidentally
loosened II heavy stick of timber which
fell on his leg below the knee, breaking it
badly.
In the research made by ID. Mason x
Co. of Syracuse, y. Y, for material for
: their history of Rutland county, it was
found that the general records of this
tOWn-covering town meetings and the
r like-from $500 to 1873 were missing from
the clerk j office
The Star" Bicycle club has Just been
organized in Nergennes with the follow
ing members Kidder Barnard, Myers,
Cook and Buck. New machines We're re-
ceived by two of the members il few days
ago.
Another Vermonter has attained dis
tinction-this time Raymond =. Camp of
Orange. Sarah w. Cole, Il wealthy Brook
Ign widow has sued him for 100000 dam
ages for breach of promise of marriage.
This Camp deserves his fate.
. The abutting wall next to the highway
, between the Stark Paper company's mill
, and the street in North Bennington tum-
bled down on Wednesday morning max
= ing an opening of about twenty-five feet
in length, and fifteen in height.
William Hayes of North Bennington
: recently fell from the roof of Thatcher
Il
telephone wire with which he came in
contact SO far broke the force af his fall
that no serious injury was sustained.
The church built at Proctor few years
ago by the Union Chapel society was dedi-
Gated yesterday afternoon. Rev. {. C..
Mcintyre of Pittsford had charge of the
services and was assisted by Rev. Mr..
Currier of the same place and by Rev.
Mr.. Mills of West Rutland.
Rutland is rejoicing over concessions
made in freight rates of twenty cents a ton
over the Central Vermont and Rutland
ana Bennington railroads. Stove coal can
now be bought at that point for $3.50,
chestnut at 500 and egg at $500 a ton.
The freghts from Troy are Sl.4O per ton,
and from Larrabee's Point Sl.0O.
Smell poX has reached Sutton, Canada,
eight miles from Richford, Vt. The vic
TIM is railroad man The Southeastern
has notified its employees that they must
ne Ndt'lllllttl OF lCtNt lntlf employ. ne
sleeping ear from Boston for Montreal is
now detained at Richford, and will not be
allowed to 90 further.
OF the fifteen Congregational churches
in Caledonia county there are only two
that have settled Observation-Disclosures Falls
and the South st. JOhushury Eleven
have acting pastors and the church at
Kirby l. supplied by Rev u. w Kelley of
the Lyndon church.
EN-Presdent Arthur's sister is in Fair
field, visiting the place Of her early child
hood, where her brother WAS born. She
now is the guest Of \, :. sherman, who
owns the site where their home was To-
Gated. She was six years old when her
parents moved to Fairfield, and ten when
they moved away, having been gone fifty
years
While Louis Emo. aged II, and another
lad about the same age of Bellows Falls
were cutting drift wood Friday afternoon
. ON the river bank, the axe in the hands
of his companion slipped, cutting IA large
cash diagonally across his left hand,
Ii.