Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

storm of the season passed over this sec
tlon early this morning, raising brooks,
outlying roads and laying fiat corn and
grain.
About 5000, 600 feet of logs are in the
river at Bellows Falls and only one
third of them will be taken by the paper
company.
Widow Howard, mother of Horace
Howard of West Randolph, committed sui
eide Tuesday morning by hanging. No
cause is assigned.
Francis l.. Stone, a recent graduate at
the. Theological school, Canton, n. Y,
will be ordained to the ministry in Roch-
ester Friday afternoon.
John Pickard, Il graduate of Dartmouth,
principal of Black River academy in Lud-
low, will resign to accept the principal
ship of the Portsmouth, n. H., school at
$500 a year.
Among the patents issued to inventors
for the week ending Aug. 4, 1883, was one
TO William II. Prime, Richford assignor
of one-half to ;. b. Foster, Chicago, ILL.,,
for nursing bottle.
During Il thunder shower, Friday after
noon, lightning struck the dwelling house
of Frank Hubbard at Rochester, damag
ing it badly. Three persons were in the
house at the time but no one was injured.
Company II. 14th Regiment, Vermont
volunteers which is to hold its reunion
for 1855 at Windsor, August II, had from
first to last PIP men. At the first reunion
held at South Royalton in 1883, 32 answer
ed roll-call.
Charles Davis, employed at Levi Bar
nard's, i'll Ludlow, attempted suicide Sun
day night by cutting his throat, but the
incision was not deep enough at the vital
spot. The reason is said to be that the
course of his love ran not smoothly.
Some twelve or fifteen of the recently
appointed mail weighers met Monday at
White River Junction and received in
structions from Mr.. Fitch of the Boston
office, who has charge of the weighing de-
partment of the New England postal ser
vice.
On the lst day of August Elisha Moody
of Waterbury found several apple bios
SONS upon one of his trees growing among
the apples so that he picked from his
orchard, apple-blossoms. and ripe apples
while he had last years apples in his eel
lar.
Two prisoners escaped from the st. Al
bans jail Monday night by cutting the
fastenings of the trap door in the closet
and proceeding to the cellar, where they
had an easy time removing the stones
from the wall and digging their way up
into the street.
The government has sued John B. Page
and w. II. b. Owen of Rutland bonds
Messina, Italy, for an alleged shortage in
his accounts of about $1,000, which Owen
claims he paid for the care of INDECENT
soldiers, but which the Government now
disallOWs.
The safe of S. l.. Smith, storekeeper and
postmaster of North Pownal, was broken
into Wednesday night by burglars, who
took the tools used in forcing the safe
from the Troy and Boston railroad compa-
ny's freight house. The safe door was
drilled and then blown open. About Sis
was stolen.
The governor of the State of Iowa has
offered $500 reward for the capture and
charged with murder Yates was born in
Vermont near the Canada line and was
sent to the reform school from Highgate,
going West in 1888. He murdered COM
panion on the railroad.
A village meeting was held at Barton on
Saturday evening to consider the question
of putting in village water works, and q
committee, b. NJ. r. Nelson, BENZ. Moss
man and Geo. II. Blake, were chosen and
instructed to thoroughly investigate the
matter and report to an adjourned meet
ing to be held on the evening of the 10Th
inst.
Mr.. Fullerton of Manchester and Mr.
Stickney of Ludlow were in Rutland
Tuesday to meet with II. +. Field on bust
ness connected with the coming legisla-
tive reunion. Everything promises well
for the meeting in October. The commit
| tees are receiving letters not only from all
over the State but from distant parts of
the country In relation to it. All the rail
road companies of the State promise their
| cooperation, and reduced rates are also as
sured from rs far westward as Chicago.
A business meeting of the Vermont di-
vision of the League of American wheel
| men was held at Brattleboro last week,
Rutland being represented by Chief Coun-
sellor c. G. Ross and w. j. Bagley. +. f.
Dubois was elected secretary and treas
| urer and j. w. Drown representative of
the Vermont division. j r. Bates is the
| Rutland representative. A general dis
| cussion was had on matters of interest to
bicycle riders in Vermont, measurement
of the roads, etc. The best bicycling roads
III this section are said to be to the west
ward of Rutland.