Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-13
VERMONT MATTERS.


-1...s s1-ls
was burned ana '"o H'"i! p"lI'I'lS o"u
ed by j. EStcy a. Co., adjoining, was bad
ly damaged Saturday night. The fire
,i,rtod In tln fnrn,n,, hundinr ocrunird
hv Nnssrs Arnstrnnt, prs filters and
plumbers and Fowler & Wells, shoe
makers. ne ne latter pu,iullE was occ.l- ,I
Hr poyl,ins ins.n ~" iniiJin,rs ,,t ti,natpa
at 5000 on stock 29OOO: partially insured.
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Mrs. Henry TAFT OF W OOdslOck TOOK a
uoSe Ol TouSh On Td'S dpout hooH Ht'ui
day, and died at o'clock the same even
illti ~ ia pFS n'o,"' H'iI 'it, ''''''
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oi norS'S "c'oHT 'hc I"'ii""i 'i"'N "'
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jnIT thn Eu,r md he sustained other in
jurics One of the horses owned by
Joseph Balteil ol kIpton was Killed.
KILLED Inv q spriupinr Ui,d.r.
tdtAl dCclt"nt occurred III W hlncN,
near Brandon, last "Wednesday afternoon.
While Henry Brown and his son Charles
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~ ms ,''' V,'' O','''"7 iiV''
me No'u9 WIN il"'t ol lpIN, ''!t nIiltcr
- 'i.' :, 80, 49,
i'th'Io"N lViNc "'''' h'l,3N NM NiiS ltHS Nll
brown ana ms Soil' ne la'ilef, VINO was
SeNoIH9 c"' acIoNS tht laCc' ItC"NeIc'' :
puU 'He son cNpIreu III o CLOCK llc next
illorhllE
Hanging Dead in His Barn.
Randall SL,oal li,i,,, I'm tbo t,,v, of
NCi'''"ii ''N'''' "N''i7 ~ U''' Wv" VI
H"u"uI!, was I"'thu IIui'y Hl"lilIl'S
hanging dead to Il rope in his barn. Mr..
Skecl WIS a farmer, sixty years old and
highly esteemed. NO cause for the act Is
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''"er""ir .Sn'Sm"ri"n ,,'. 'S'e"F'''S ''er
Mrs. MehItable Dan1orth, Who mas just
passed Ihe one huHureu'h anniversary Oh
nei VI I'll at i''i''o1 ""9 a ie',''ei, Vi i''i
u 'o,i "u' '9 ''.' '''i' wv,
.2ne ""' 'o. az ~" ! ~ i.i.l'' y. -
March Isl, ''o'' ana caiiIe Win Her pa
rents to burlington when about four years
OF age. vt that time there was no hnIsh-
eu hou,e IN tlie Plice' oiily a clear,flG ana
and She rrn~rnhers and rnrounts v,ith mi.
nation the events of her childhood. She
was fourteen years of age when Washing
ton died, and remembers well the military
display made in connection with that
event. She has lived to see the fifth gen
Grafton of her descendants, and represen-
Uatives of each were present at her birth
day reception. This was given at her home
in Bristol last Monday, and was attended
by numerous relatives ana friends, who
presented Mrs. Ddntorth quite sum OF
money and numerous presents. Her
HheHeHs NHn '"htl 'ni. i"''i .'IIi ~, :
Dantorth ,ils ND every day in her easy
chair and amuses herself in making PIN
cushloHS winch she gives ~ mtintht"eS to
ntr iI'e"'.S, auu Al'li Atl'li iie'Vie pm
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hehdaIl 9heels' a@ed 90 years, commit
ted suicide by hanging yesterday morn
inc, at BraudOn
Rum Over Passing Team.
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ERNEST tHc Hp'H'S son ol NcN' "a H.
Scott of Chester, was ran over by II team
Thursday and narrowly escaped instant
death His head was badly cut and he
was otherwise severely bruised
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\ hearing was held before Chancellor
Royce Yesterday morning, on the petition
of certnin urerrrrcd creditors for nm order
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uecIttrlHI 'Ic IHAU coiipdlS apSoIutcIy
the nrtfrrrrJ clnins in mil. ,s providrd
Inv thn churtpr N.,,rs Larrini,i ON and
S3tTnrd ,,,,,n',j r,,,. tLn ,,rsfarrl1 ri,,i,,'
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romnnuv me cLnnccIInr made an order
rivinlf lie counsel for the Trust cnInnnny
rs well MS any of rh4 general creditors till
the Isl of Nav to lille au answer tn thu
aforpsafd petirion.
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The Washington county court was call
ed to order Wednesday, Hon. H. Henry
po,y.r. hain,, urn.i,lir,, iudga ,vitb NJ
rTsh.,. .,,1 TAI u C,nntnn o..i1,.,,,
fiS'er an" "e" l. o'"iI'"l "7'lnt" "I''
judges. prayer was offered by keY. T. 4
Frost. On call Of the jury list twenty
two cases were set for trial by iury. but
most of these viii probably be discussed oI
without trial me first ease fo, trial i,
town of Roybury vs.. Central Vermont
railroad a "road case, i'm which the ruwI
of RoXbrIrv WAS sled for damages in con
senuencr of nm accident that nccurred +,
one 4. n. Frnesrtt at n certain railront
crossin~ Onitra large amount of dam
ages was recovered from said town. nnt
the town now seeks TO recover the sam,
of the said railroad. ). &. ShertleI anC