Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-13
VERMONT INTELLIGENCE.
Funeral of the ate General j. w. rhel


Funeral nrtbr ,tr General j. w. pheIus.
The funeral services of thr lnto General
J, ". Phelps were held in Christ church,
Guillori, yesterday forenoon, aud wofr
characterized bv thnt samo Simplicity
which marked the life Of Tie d,r,n.rl
The NAN hearers. ,vrrn Ioi Within, A,.
tine. Judge i. ". ClplEc. Jnmcs Daltur,.
B. X. thdmberim, David Abbott of B@a-
tleboro edwin Wrathcrhead. Chnurrry
Bulluck. Jerry Moves and Alfred Brown
of Guilf,rd Vna tr,p,,rot, r.,., ,,,,.o,,,,,
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~, ''' P'''i ,',"'N '"'ht'' TX uu'"'' sur
vice "aH N&'i ny h'F. W. ~. tolhh-, rec
t.bn ; ,,f ,T f,,',I ',.,' .,,,,.' w.
Att r Is. ryrr, "a. the c,.j'rch thr hody was
taken back t. the Generals late home
where il j. to he kept until Monday. in ac-
COrdance with wish of the Gcnri3i'S that
his body should not he buried for ten days
after death. On Monday the remanS will
be taken to BrlttlchorU and placed in al
tomb until spring. when they will he
buried beside his mother in the cemetery
in Gulitord, Besides his wife and his i'm
mediate relatives, half brother and al
nephew from Baltimore, Together with
the General : corsin.Mr. Phelps Of Towns
obseuuics of the Inte Francis G.. ,yhit. ,t
neuniuytnn
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me lHhtFal oi superintendent Francis
{. White was held AT the Second Cungre-
gatiOnal clurrh Bonuiuotnn SUNDAY
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Drought S-N carI"a'S "l people among
whom were several prominent railroad
people from the Central Vermont and all
thr e,ur,lovrs of fine Eourir,,t,,,. and ,,,,t
Innd rn,I,,,. .t,',,, '.'''' u,
l""u i"'l""!' IHI'c 'Hol's"hu persons al
tended the 9bsc4utcs. Rev, DR.. kimball
cGohNuctci the services, assisted by Rrv.
GcoTSe - BALDWIN 81 inc EIptiNt church.
HIS body Was place', IN the revolutionary
cemetery vault at Bennington Centre.
Ahl'iE 'Hnse mentioned Tor Mr.. W hltC :
phtie as IVperhtcndent oI the bennington
ana fa'lanG ra!!rotd are Col. ~ ;. COT
Durh, Col e. \. Merrill, Superintendent
BurIett Of thG Central Vermont railroad, |
H. w 9poH'Td ana j.. ID. BtnHett
Death bofyIou. nIi..S uo,i.
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non. DIES ~ blFIs OF DahNllle dicd at
noon Wednesday, aged - years. He was
the oldest member Of the Caledonia bar. |
L,v I,,.,, t,.,,.,, ,.,,,,.,...,t,i.. 1 49,.
Senatnr ,,,G i,.,I ~ y.nI "'nt @ @on"Ie
dent Of ,ns Cn,"6"nn I't' b,nk SyIS SS,,i P'%S }Io
he was Ctnrr's Attnrnav ana n,.n,,,,,,taJ
tna untnrini,s c1,I,'trtiro tiiI
Al the close IF his ,rr,,,nnnt i}'iI 3tijIn
him in thn I,,, v,it iif ~ i'',I 80"
narrolyy mi.si,,,~ tIs ,I.,,,in - T.,
was an pctiyr orti,innn,. mil r.itlin |
two weeks '''''i "I''l'
a Superintendent Appointed.
ED. Bennett of BENNINGTON ho.p,oon an
noin,ed ,,n,ar,1 .,,,,,ni,i1o,,',a'. oc .' "P
Rnnni,' ,t','',u nui,ril"]utiieilI ' ] ol ihe
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snow Blockade on the st. Johnsbury and
Champlain Road.
Wednesday WAS thc savereet dav of tbe
winter M ~ T,I,,,sIl,,,, r,i., 49, ~ ,'''
1 90 ~, ''ii9'''! lhc 81 I"HhS-
pui! an" Lake Ohailplah railroad was
blocked with snow and trains were four |
hours behind time Tuesday night an en- |
glne on a freight train jumped the track, |
was badly smashed ana the engineer
somewhat injured.
Middicbury.
With one school district yet unrcported, |
there were in Middlcbury last year forty |
nine blrths and s!Xty-iive deaths, tie |