Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03

ID. Holton of Brattleboro upon "Some Of
the sanitary Needs of Our State" Many
members of the Vermont medical society,
who is holding its annual meeting at
Bellows Falls listened to DR.. Holton.
Two Men Hang Themselves.
A special despatch from St. Johnsbury
says that Harvey Flowers OF Burke and
Amos Davis of Passumpsic hung them
selves Wednesday. Flowers was over
seventy years old, and Davis siXty-two
Bellows Falls is trying to start public
library.
The Baptist society at Bristol have de-
cided to extend call to Rev. /. /.
Strong of New York.
The semi-annual meeting Of the state
Medical society is being held at 3 lows
Falls this week yesterday and today.
The following fourth-class po-tuasters
have been commissioned for Vermont:
Glare Trask, Panton Kate Williams,
South Reading.
II. C. McMahon has been appointed
postmaster at Stowe.
Colonel j. G.. Stearns delivers up the
office of internal revenue collector to his
successor. Mr.. &. l.. Spear, saturday, the
21th. General f. d. Sewell, United States
revenue agent, will superintend the trans
fer.
The first annual reunion of the asso-
citation of Former Residents of Pittsford
will be held at the Congregational church
| Wednesday, August ;, at = o'clock .. IN.
The address will be delivered by John |.
Gilbert of Malone. \. Y, and necrolog-
ical report will be presented by Rev. C. C.
McIntire.
Lyndonville is to have temperance pic
mic on the Fourth of July.
The DasSIInpsic y uilronI cop, bo,.a
completely overhauled and repaired the
steamer Lady of the Lake at an expense
of some $4,000. The boat made her trial
trip through Memphremagog on Saturday
under her new commander, Capt. Cleve-
land
The late Dudley P. Hall of Lyndon
Wllled $1,000 to the Lyndon Literary InSti-
tute, the income to be devoted to the edu-
cation of poor scholars in Lyndon, Burke
and Kirby.
John Henkle's furniture shop at West
Brattleboro was burned Sunday night, to-
gether with a stock of furniture belonging
to D. +. Jacobs. The loss is estimated at
5000 to $1,000. Insured in the Lancashire,
London, and New England of Rutland.
The ordination services of Rev. James
l.. Barton as missionary of the American
board were held in the Congregational
church at New Haven on Friday.
1t is announced that l.. w. Reddington
OF Rutland, has consented to deliver the
address at the fair of the Franklin county
agricultural society this fail.
Company +, 2d Vermont regiment. will
hOld Its llrst reunion in TuuDridge, Sep
TENDER Il.
The blue lime stone in the vicinicy of
bennington has been examined by archi-
tects and builders, and is deemed by them
suitable for building the Bennington mon
ument but 1t has not yet been subjected to
the tests of science. This it is now pro-
posed to have done. and accord ngly the
committee of the Historical society have
sent away samples of the stone for this
purpose.
1t is estimated that the annual product
OF the marble quarries of Vermont is L.
100000 cubic feet, with an increase of
about 10000 feet Il year. At two dollars a
foot. S2,4OO,OOO may be regarded as a fair
estimate of the sum annually realized.
Receiver Price sent out Saturday the
checks covering the forty-five per cent di-
vidend to the stockholders of the ruined
First national bank of Brattleboro, which
the controller has signed since the decision
or the supreme court against Waite
The town of PownGl has settled with
William Russell for 500, for the killing
of his little girl. She was thrown from a
wagon by the bad condition of the high
way.
btIHlIBlbu men lOulu Il cup IN one OF
their bear traps on the mountain last
Wednesday, a reward for several years of
tramplng and hunting The cub weighed
only about thirty pounds, and was CON
siderably emaciated by hunger
Oscar Meyer, the condemned murderer
OF krause, seems to have recovered from
his suicidal tendencies and is quietly at
tending to his duties in the shop at Wind
SOr.
Orson 5. Murray. formerly a journalist
and IA man of considerable fame on the
antl-slavery cause from its inception. and
also writer upon anti-reIgiuus questions
who died June t. at his home near Cncin-
natl, OhlO,aged nearly seYcuty-nine wears
was at one time resident of Brandon
and was connected with the Vermont
ltiCgrdph about lN35, and later with the
RCgCHCrutOr.
The sons of veterans are making ar
engagements for holding union camp
meeting at Lake Rescue, Ludlow, some
time III the latter part of July.
The Orange county Institute of the w.
{. T. |. will be held at East Corinth June
Both and July |. The State secretary. Mrs.
j. l." Perkins Of st. Johusbury will be in
charge.
The comptroller of the currency has di-
rected Received Hendce to bring suits
against the Baxter National bank at Rut-
land, the three st. Johusbury banks and
the Brandon bank, on account of their
failure to pay the first part Of an assess
ment recently made on them us stock
holders III the defuuct Vermont National
bank of 81. Adams. The assessment
amounts to 100000 and half of it is now
due.
st. Adams proposes to celebrate indie
pendence day in grand style The pro-
gramme is an elaborate one and includes
street parade, games and sports on the
park, including game of lacrosse be
tween team of Caughnawaugha Indians
and Canadians bicycle and other race "A
balloon ascension and japanese fireworks
The celebration will conclude with one of
the most extensive displays of pyrotech.
mes ever seen in Vermont Excursion
rates will be given on the Central Yer
mont.
Work has been begun on the founda-
ion of Barre'S new town hall, which
promises to be credit to the town. 1t
will he of brick, "a by 100 feet, with slate
roof and granite foundation. The ground
floor is to he divided into four rooms,
which will probably be rented, at least
for the present. The auditorium is to he
60 by 62 feet with seating capacity of
about 500 and the large gallery running