Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-12

good share of the time. The number of
those who use the Summerville water in
creases fast, showing that it was just !
what was wanted here.
Isle Ia Motto.
Crops are looking quite well consider !
ing the cold backward weather. The
steamer Reindeer made her first trip to-.
and from this place, last Saturday. Mrs. |
Josie Lewis sprained her ankle badly one |
day last week III. c. Edison, Esq of J
St a lbans was in town last Monday .... !
Services in the Methodist Episcopal church |
twice every sabbath, with Rev. Mr. |
Adams as pastor. Miss May Hill, daugh- |
wego school, on II visit, with Miss Lee as
her guest. Mr.. Royce of St Adams is
the guest of Arthur Hill Leslie Coop
er of Burlington College is the guest of
w. f. Hill, Esq.
w. c. Landons $500 span ran away in
Rutland on Sunday and both horses were
fatally injured.
A gun burst at Chester Monday, while
being fired by Ora NJ. Rhodes, manglng
his hand so as to necessitHte amputation.
The Champlain Association of Univer-
salists will hold its annual meeting with
the parish in Richmond Wednesday and
Thursday, June II and IS.
The northern association of Univ ersal-
lists will hold two days convention at
st. Johnsbury June ~ and %.
The office property of T. Brigham Bish
op & Co., at st. Albans, was sold by
Deputy Sheriff Beeman Wednesday, under
attachment
A lady of Wheelock, VT, has in her pos
session Il certificate of membership from
the Massachusetts Mechanic Association
given in 1900
Capt. George Tucker, who went to the
war as Captain of Company ID, Fourth
Vermont Regiment, died in Colorado City,
Col, on the 23d ult.
H. \. Caswell's jewelry store at New
port was robbed Tuesday night of $1,000
worth of watches and jewelry. There is
no clue to their identity.
The trial of the case of a. j. Willard
againt a. ID. Pike in the Caledonia tounty
Court has resulted in il verdict for the de-
feudant, thus establishing the validity of
the grand list.
Cora. the only daughter of \. II. Tuttle
of the Rutland Herdld, was married We'd
nesday to f. \. Barnaby of New. York, a
real estate dealer. The wedding was one
of the largest and most elaborate ever
known in that town.
Old age and failing eyesight have made
| it necessary for Joseph Alain, one of the
from his ease" in the Waterman office
| at Montpelier where he has been employ
ed for forty-three years.
Capt J. w. Clark of Montpelier has
| sold twenty seven head of fine Jerseys
to G. c. Warren of Waterbury. The herd
consisted of animals varying from calves
| to siX-years old cows, and was sold for
about SIS per head. Mr.. Warren now has
forty seven thoroughbred Jerseys and tif-
| ty grade animals, and intends to keep one
hundred cows.
| H. w. Hubert. son of Rev DR.. c. b.
Hubert of Lyndonville, late graduate
of Union theological seminary, New York,
sails from Norfolk June Is, for Il three years
trip abroad. Mr.. Hubert expects to spend
| a year or more at Beirut college in the
study of biblical orieutalism.
| Following are the corrected figures of
the Montpelier grand list for 1851 Real
| estBte, 81 ,i32, ,2iO.35 personal estate, ST.
533, ,9G3 81 ; polls (92s, less III militia and
| tiremeu). 151 assessed as 100, Sl54.0O {;
total, S3.ll1 SOB. ia net gain of 81 ,O3O
Then lumber of taxpayers this year is l3l2,
| a gain of a.
| The late Hon Luther w. Adams of
| Chester, by a codiCil added two weeks be
fore his death to his will made ten years
ago, left the bulk of his personal proper
ty to his son and the homestead only to
| his daughter. The original will devided
the property more evenly and there will
doubtless be hard contest to break the
provisions of the codicil. The property is
estimated at between 100000 and $4,000
| 1t is understood that in case the South
| Ryegate granite cutters are indicted by
the grand jury now in session, they will
be defended by Gen. Benjamin +. Butler.
Gen. Butler, is, it appears, counsel for the
National Association of granite cutters,
and the present case being the first in
| Vermont and consequently of consdera-
able Importance, the granite cutters will
bring ON their heaviest legal guns
The following gentlemen have been ask
ed to serve on the board of pension exam
iners \. r. Grinnell of Burlington, l..
G.. Butler of Essex, j. l.. Wiswell of
Montpelier, j, f.. Mccomber of Montpe-
lier W. B. Mayo OF Northlield, John ID.
lIanrahan of Rutland, William NJ. Stearns
of Rutland. j. Henry Jackson, now on
the Barre board will hereafter act as
member of the board at Montpelier.
The Orleans county treasurer has issued
n warrant for special tax of ten cents
for the new county buildings at Newport.
The total grand list of the county is S9+,
900 n, made up as follows: Albany, ST.
225 10 Barton, s9,0l6.S4 ; Bloomington,
S3,ll4,22 Charleston, 4:2B,47; Coventry
S4,73l,73; Craftsbury. S6,34O II Derby,
sl5, lis, IS; Glover, s6,OA 10; Greensboro,
81, 344 40; Holland, $3OlS.44 Irasburg,
s6, lac. .W Jay, 81, 1881 Lowell, s., ,6l322
Morgan, S2,602, 10; Newport, 81 ,553 9s
Troy, $5,455.9l; Westtield, s., ,393.2l West
| more, Sl ,ZUC.5O. his Will plOulCc u ldA
under the warrant of S9,499,4S.
Some weeks ago child of Mr.. Aver of
Lyndonville was taken sick with IA disease
which seemed to battle the treatment OF
the best physicians, and finally died. More
recently two other children were taken
with symptoms similar to the first, which
fact aroused the suspicious of the family
physician that the sickness was the result
of lead poison in some form On exam
nation it WAS found that in the well which
supplied the family with water was 4
chain pump which contained in its con
struction more or less of lead compost
ton, and by Il test of the water it was as
, certained that every gallon of the water
contained one-half grain of lead.
Bellows Falls has voted to sewer about
IA mile and n quarter of the main village
street and to levy II tax of ten cents ol
, the dollar to carry out the work. Th'
! treasurer is authorized to borrow tiv'
! thousand dollars to meet all expenses owe
/, the tax levy.
| THREE EFFECTs.--The thousands OF remark
able cures which have been accomplished b.