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


over ~, 500, 900 feet of lumber have heen
taken out of CRANKY, Victory and Con.
cord this year. ''i" Oon-
me south Royalton families of the Yer
mont colony will go to Dakota about the
middle of August. '"o
George b Howard of Windham o.
years old, shot himself Thursday niaht on
account of failing health
Edward Dana has been appointed town
G,erK Oh Rutland in place Of Miss Isabella
Brown, who did not qualify.
MIS- i. a. Collins, dealer in millinery
goods, Fair Haven, it is reported. has filed
voluntary petition in insolvency.
Three st. Johnsbury women while her
rylng one day last week were freed by
mao pun, which kept them freed for three
hours or more. NV
The thirty-eighth annual Caledonia fair
VIII DE held IN st. Johnsbury Tuesday.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sep
tember 10. l6, II and IS.
Paul Van Der WORT, past commander
in-chiet of Omaha, will deliver the ora
tioh az the coming &. A. r. celebration in
Bennington, August Is.
a passenger in attempting to board n
tram at South Ryegate station on the
Passumpslc road Saturday night, fell nm
der the cars and both legs were cut off.
A carload of spruce lumber shipped
from East Berkshire, last week, was
bound for South Africa. and il to he nsed
in the construction of a school house
The Hon. J. X. Batchelder will deliver n
Grant MEMORIAL address August at
Poultney The Grand Army post will
participate in the ceremonies.
Every Republican postmaster on the
line, OF the Bennington and Rutland rail
road Is replaced with warranted Demo-
Gratis That at Bennington only excepted.
Services in memory of General Grant
Will be held Saturday afternoon at Chester.
under the auspicies of Post Henry G. A. r.
at the town hall Rev. John Cowan win
preach the sermon.
1t tranSplreS that Bennington can fur
nsh two residents who were members of
the legislature in 1927 Hiland Hall, rep
resentlng Bennington, and Leland Fair
bank, from marlborough
young business man of Bratteboro
lnlstook his housekeeper for a burglar re-
Gently and came near raising his revolver
after retreating to closet for protection
from the supposed assailant.
The 9th annual meeting of the Rutland
county historical society was held Satlr-
day on the spot known as 'Bellgo' in the
town of Castleton, about two miles from
the battle ground at Hubbardton.
Among the patents recently issued are
the following: Nathan G.. Williams. as
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pany, Bellows Falls, fruit drer: John
Prince, West Randolph, knife for hoop
shaving machines.
Rochester Hollow hunters spent two
days last week trying to catch an old bear
but without success. They chased the
bear for two days, then she chased them
from the woods and took her two cubs
and marched off to parts unknown.
Fred NewcOmb of Bethel has lost near
ly 200 young turkeys by a disease the
symptoms of which are a small spot of
canker upon the middle of the stomach
and finally spreading until it covers the
whole inner surface and kills the bird.
Norman B. Squires, wife and daughter,
and Miss jennie Mcleod, were thrown
from carriage on Thursday near Ben.
nington, the horses becoming unmanag
able. Mrs. Squires sustained fractured
arm and the others were slightly bruised
1t is announced that l.. 5. Mattock. do
ing business under the style of the Lyn.
don Carriage company, Lyndon. VT, has
had petition in insolvency filed against
him by Chase, Rumney Depot. y. H., and
Randolph A. Knight, at Dummerston, VT
A Wardsboro boy, now in Denver, Col.
writes of getting caught in snow storm
July, D. while ascending Pixies peak He
says 81 had on my great coat and nit
tens, but the wind blew so hard and the
snow was so deep, was nearly frozen"
At the assignees sale of the stock OF
goods of Chopin * Squire at New Haven
VI, the s4IOO inventory of stock sold al
$50 cents on the dollar, and was bid in fol
Charles Squire, one of the bankrupt firm
who will resume trade at his former
store.
At the town meeting in Brandon, Sat
urday to deciSe as to the location of tn,
soldiers monument, after lively dis
cussion of about two hours, vote wa.
ban. lx ball 4
tanned as the location of the monument
by 81 to So.
The estate Of the st. Adams iron ant
steel works has been settled and the as
signees, j. j. Burgess and Willard Pierce
discharged. The only claim against the
company now outstanding is the judg
ment of Mr.. Remington of lion, n. Y,
for about 1900.
Aunt Dolly White of Newbury, cele
brated her lG2d birthday July %. She has
recently lost her eyesight, but her mind il
still clear and her memory very fresh
She repeats poetry and Scripture with the
same precision and dignity as she was
wont to twenty-five years ago.
Mr.. f. p. Stearns, living three miles
from st. Adams on the Swanton road, haG
his house broken into in the absence of the
family recently. The robbers took ava,
with them twenty-five dollars in money
besides effects amounting to forty dollars
Postmaster Redington took charge OF
the Rutland postotfice Saturday morning
with +. A. Field as assistant, in place OF
George ID. futile. Robert Graves, H. w.
Eddy and Jennie Pierce of the old corps
of assistants have been retained and Mr..
Leeds Nelson, formerly employed in the
office, and Anna Keenan, will fill the places
of Messrs Jones and Walker, and Ed
ward Bruten will be janitor in place of
Samuel Mcclure