Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-14


soon as principal of the academy there.
Mr.. b. f. sharpe who has been at the
Wesleyan University is spending
his vacation in town with his four sisters
IA cousin of Hon. f.. ;. Dana, from !
Tennessee is visiting at his home. Miss
Daisy, daughter of the Hopkins Squer of
Washington is spending few weeks at
her uncle's, ID. II. Squier's. Mrs, A. q. !
Squier goes soon to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Jessie Jordon of Boston. Mrs. G.
;. Sargent returns this week from the
Summer School of Languages at Burling
tsn..Mr. Fred l.. Hamilton of the class
of 80 Of Beeman academy is stopping in
town few days.
Rochester.
Francis Lyman Stowe, a recent gradu
ate of Canton, y. v, Theological school,
was ordained at the Universalist church
last Friday, August T. in the forenoon.
The services were instructive, impressive
and well received. Prof. Harmon gave u
thoughtful instructive sermon to good
and attentive audience in the afternoon.
.... Memorial services were largely at
tended, saturday afternoon. The re
marks of the different speakers were, in
the main, appropriate and well received
The lessons drawn from Gen. Grant 5 char
acter were impressive and will do good.
Fine vocal and Instrumental music was
interspersed. Public buildings and pri-
vate dwellings were appropriately draped
Ill mourning.
Plainfield.
Memorial services of Gen. Grant We're
held hero on Saturday evening at the
Congregational church. Short eulOgistic
addresses were made by the resident
clrlgymen, MeSsrs. SwimertOn and Sher-
burn, DR.. Smith and O. :. Hoyt, Esq.
The exercises were intersptrsed by sing
/ ing and music by the plainlield cornet
| band, H. II. Dewey of this place and
/ Frank H. Fisher of Burlington returned
on Saturday from weeks trip, camping
and fishing in Essex county. They
brought with them fine specimens of
brook and salmon trout from the ponds in
East Haven.
Starlsboro.
Mr. Henry Hills barns We're burned
Wednesday morning by lightning, with
all this years cut of hay, farming tools,
wagons, harnesses etc. 1t was with great
difficulty that his horses were got out and
saved. There was $500 insurance on the
barns which it is said will barely cover
the value of the hay These buildings
were situated about half mile from the
site of Mr. Hansons barns which We're
recently consumed by lightning,
South Royalton.
f. J. Wood was arrested here on arrival
of mail train north, Monday, by Sheriff
d. G.. Jones' for striking a person with q
800 and costs. Mr.. J. Mudgett of the
firm of J. & q. A. Midget, Tunbridge
was united in marriage 10 Miss Nettie
Clifford of this place, Tuesday evening by
Rev. Mr.. Knapp of Chelsea They left or
the night train for Springfield, Mass
Tunbridge.
The damage to growing crops in this
e. ID surrounding TwnS by the storm O
Monday Dight, proves to have beer
, heavier than was first known. A hearing
in the case of c. Downer vs.. Frank Har
rngton was had before Frank Plumley
Esq, of NOrthtield, to whom the case wa,
referred.
Appropriate services were held at tn,
CONGREGATIONAL church General Grant :,
, funeral day. The house was draped il
mourning. a large portrait of Genera
Grant, draped, was hung back of the
pulpit. Very beautiful floral Offering,
were arranged about the pulpit. The ole
soldiers marched in body from the &
\. r. hall to the church and were seatet
in front. A selection from Revelations
Chapter22, was read by Rev. +. f.. Her
rick. Addresses We're delivered by f. h
, skinner, Esq, and Rev. f, +. Herrick.
Chelsea.
: Van b. Sleeper, city treasurer of Lowell
Mass, formerly of company f. SeconC
, Vermont and Il lieutenant III the United
States signal service, is in town. kdSOI
HI was IL member of company + SecOht
Vermont ... Burnham's coaches brought
+ in Il large number of fresh air children
i, last Saturday. The young Ladies' have
, provided places of entertainment 10
| them.
4 The occasion of General Grants funcra
Y passed without observance in this town
: owing to Il misunderstanding between tn
5 committee appointed by the Grand Arm
Y post and the citizens.
Marshfeld
! Memorial services of General Gran
i We're held ut the Methodist church Sal
l urday afternoon. Addresses We're mad
by Revs Scott Bailey and farnsworth,
q Waterbury.
/, Miss Dora Seegel of this place was MAJ
|, ried last Tuesday to Mr.. Cleveland {
e Stowe by Rev. ;. II. Wheeler.
@ Frederick f. Ely, member of Congres
d from the 9th MASSACHUSETTS, district, wa
If married Monday to Miss Anna daughtt
h of the late Lyman Emerson of Roche,
II ter.
The town of Castleton has an elephal
on its hands in the form of bridges to SUI
port, eleven of which span Casteton rive
= between Ira and Fairhaven town lines,
J. distance of only seven miles
Alfred l4lCOUSc VI IDlNlttlOltl, Nc, Ht
= been arrested at st. Johnsbury, charge
g with stealing Sl25 in money and abou
e that amount of iewelry at Biddeforc
le He returned to BiddefOrd in charge Of tn
y city marshal.
"a Rev. Mr.. Gardner, Baptist minister {
"a Cambridge, \. y, was stricken with APP
If pleXy, Tuesday and died yesterday morl
~ ING in Shaftsbury He had been calle
q there to perform II marriage ceremony t
N 0 O'Clock yesterday morning.
ID The White River Medical society meet
.e at White River Junction Wednesda,
" Aug. 26 Papers will be presented as TO
lows: "Scarlatna, DR.. Il. II. Currier
''Sessions of the Cerebral Hemispheres
DR.. w. II. Smith; Fractures and Disl'
Z cations of the Nertebral Column" Dr. .
p NJ. Greene Return checks will be give
II over the Central railroad.
y, Curtis c. Davis, farmer residing
ID Athens. Vt, committed suicide by han!
Of ing, early Monday morning. PecunaI
n troubles had unsettled his mind. II
T. leaves II widow and seven children.
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