Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-31


academy. Miss Fitch has accepted posi-.
ton elsewhere The fall term of school
at Morrsville academy, opens on WedneS-
day, September .. Professor il. ;. Will
son and Miss Lottie Williams, me einGleht
principal and preceptress of the academy
for the past nine years, Will return; MISS
Bertha lIolbrook, Miss Lottie Tenney
and Miss Nettie Spaulding are the assist
ants: Mr.. Deering and family OF fltGh-
burg, Mass, Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Ho-
mans of Chickopee Falls, Mass, Mrs
Foote and Mrs. Thomas of Rogers Park,
Miss Alice Collins of Hillsboro Bridge, \.
H., Mrs. H. Davis of Minnesota. Mrs, Ed
wards and children of Lawrence, Mass.
and Miss Stlllngs of Lowell, Mass, are
visiting in town.
Mr.. Anderson of Glover, who stopped |
at the Vermont house, one OF our hotels
on Friday night, missed pocket DOCK
containing, as claimed, about SD Slls-
picons were aroused by the absence from |
the breakfast table of one of the inmates |
of the house, T. j. Mcknight by name,
the man who recently discharged revolver
at w NJ. Clark, Mcknight was searched lor,
but no trace of him could bo found. IL
being suspected that took an early train
east on the Boston & Lowell, Yer
mont division, "A despatch was sent to the
officers at Greensboro Point, where
Mcknight has worked for Il few days,
telling them to look out for the man and
} arrest and return him here. The officer
! with Mcknight in charge arrived at noon.
but no trace of the money ur pocket Dook
was found in his purse. circumstances
point very strongly to him as the
= guilty party, although many think that
it is all a "put up job on him. ...
1t is expected that Francis Murphy, the
t great temperance apostle, and Rev. ID.
+ Bolton of Boston, Will again be among the
a speakers at the camp meetings, this sum
= mer Judge H. II. Powers has com
menced work on IA cellar and foundation,
I upon which his present residence VIII DE
t set, aud the erecting of new residence on
= the foundation now occupied Will be begun
, immediately after the old buildings are
. moved.
t The usual observance of children's day
: : at the Methodist church, which was post
8 poned several weeks since on account of
| the measles, occurred at that church on
Sunday. Miss A. Belle Hall and Miss
, Minnie Fitch, who have been at the New
= England conservatory of music have re-
a turned home .... Our base ball team has
= accepted Il challenge to meet the Under
@ hill boys at Cambridge, August S. 1t is
= expected that the Morrisville and Hyde
, | Park teams will meet here August !.
u? Mrs Clement Smith received quite Sc
= we're bruises from falling while attempt
| ing to step into wagon from the steps AT
: | the Methodist church, at the close of the
e concert on Sunday evening. The
= Sunday school of the Methodist church
are to make an excursion trip TO Gilmore
/ pond on Thursday of next week. Mr.
X and Mrs. Smith of Wells River, Mr.. and
- Mrs A. =. Grout of Winchester, Illinois,
- and Mrs. Leach of Enosburgh are visit
ing in town.. Everything goes to show
d that there is no case against L. j. Nc
| Knight who was arrested at Greensboro
Sc Bend on Saturday, and, brought here,
II charged with stealing pocket book con
- tanning Sl25 from an inmate of the Yer
IN mont House here, on Friday night -.
G Messrs. Warren, Gay and Fem, three
ID worthless from Elmore were in town late
tv Sunday afternoon in a decidedly intoXica-
~ ted condition, disturbing the usual quiet
to of Sunday, wherever they went, partic,
~, ularly at the house of Abraham Noe
= where general fight was indulged in
ie Officer Boynton went to Gilmore on Mon
at day evening and took the three into Gus
re tody and brought them here for hear
al ing before Justice Cady Warren and Gay
~ are farm bands and Fem is the proprie
,,1y tor of the pond House" at Elmore. The
he result of the hearing will be given later
he MIR. and Mrs. w. +. Clement former
~ residents, now of Burlington are spend
at ing few days in town. stephen Shep
in ard "a farmer lost the thumb of his left hant
n- on Saturday, the thumb being crushed be
tween the reach of Il wagon and the LOADED
body Professor Wilson and Miss vii
r. liams, principal and preceptress of the
academy, have attended to those duties
Mt very efficiently for three years instead O
70. nine. Arrangements are nearly com
pleted for the annual Methodist CAM
YES meeting which is to commence two week
RI from Wednesday, and to be immediatel,
,e- followed by the annual State Temperate,
nd camp meeting. 80. In the case of the thre
id men brought here to appear before Jus
)rt tice Cady on Monday afternoon, to an
A swer the charge of intoxication ant
is breaking the peace on Sunday, each on
use pleaded guilty and was fined So and costs
in amounting to about SIP each. Children
day was appropriately observed at tn
,o Methodist church on Sunday. A child
~. ren's concert was held in the evening. !;
of The ladies of the Universalist society hel
nd lawn party at Academy park on Satul
m mnu Rev. W. G DEMO, formerly pastor of tn
'Ih S Christian church here is in town fror
,me Ia' Iowa. "A. p. Grout, Esq, former Mo-
I 'cl risville boy, and graduate OF our academy
'at ,oh is in town, from Winchester, Illinois.
ad laS Rev. Clarke Wedgeworth, formerl
.eu Methodist preacher here, was in town o
Tuesday from Bakersfield. Mr. Fire
Fleetwood is at Gid Orchard beach, Main
). The exterior of the rink building
,er greatly improved.
nal Middlebury.
OF The news of Gen. Grants death, a
hes though it had long been expected whe
I'M it was received at last Thursday morning
ed. came like Il shock to the whole communit,
ppy The sorrow and regret is general. H.
the Sheldon first threw out his flag at ha
mast and this was soon followed by IL
two large campaign flags, draped
~
Ter- ing in the town was soon out, and all wa
at appropriately dressed in mourning.
,ck twelve o'clock all the church and 9th,
cd bells in town began to toll in concert al
to continued tollng for half an hour. VIII
,an public action will be taken is not y
vas known, many of our prominent men b
ing absent from town.
DR. and Mrs. w. ii. Sheldon have 7
turned from their summer outing
yde H. Batcheder of st. Louis, formerly
Itch leading lumber manufacturer OF Mlddl
t of bury is in town Thad NJ. Chapman HI
:, a broken ground for two tenement hous
nu- which he intends to build on his lot {
,ars South street. Professors Seeley al
peo- Brainerd have returned from their geol
ow- gcal trip in northern New York oct
wise Der l3, 1864, Edward b. Parker, son
The Eli b. Parker of Middlebury, was torn
tie pieces by bloodhounds, after having c
yde capped from southern prison. While
the Libby prison young Parker entrusted
Lilln lott u he faIIy Lodi to Lis fuI Lnr q