Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-04-24

charge of the two pulp mills here, al
| though Mr.. Fisher will come up to look
things over, occasionally. Changes of
prOprietOrship in three of our saloons are
| reported to have taken place recently
| ''Iim Neville" the clerk at the Addison
| house, is slowly recovering from severe
! illness . John Mcbride, the veteran bag
gage master at the Middlebury railroad
station, has been in poor health for the
! past two or three months, and is now CON
| fined to the house. Polo CLUB No. =, call
ed the stars has just been organized.
| The membership and assignments are as
follows Sardie Allen, rusher Bert sam
son, back ; Henry Fletcher, back Robert
! Calhoun, goal keeper W. Gotta, point
| Will Ellis, cover point.
| Hon. William Slade, who has been ap-
pointed consul at Brussels, was born
in Middlebury. He was the son of GOV.
| William Slade of Vermont, the brother
of the late l.ieutenant-Governor james
| NJ. Sladc and Is the uncle of our towns
mau James NJ. Slade, ESD. Mr.. Slade has
been representative in the Ohio lcglsla-
| ture, and was for several years consul OF
! the United states at Nice. | NTH four years
ago Mr. Slade was Il Republican and had
been for IA long while the chairman of the
| Republican city committee IN Cleveland,
where he resides. He is said to be
very well oil and not ut all in need of the
salary of his Office =. Rev. >. \ Parker of
Bethel preached his monthly sermon to
the MlUuleDOrN nlNefSallSlS on sunday
evening ...A party of four Middlcbury
trappris, last week, caught 1O1 muskrats
| .Vhe Green Mountain Pulp company Is
intending to build paper mill this sum
mer. and the intention is to put it up near
the lower pulp mill This company has
about a half million feet of pulp logs i'll
Brandon which they intend to float down
Otter creek to their lower mill. The work
of getting the logs into the water was be
gun at Brandon Monday morning. Mr.
and Mrs. Thad. NJ. Chapman have gone to
Boston for brief visit. Building and
repairing have begun quite extensively
this spring, and several new private dwell
ngs are soon to be erected
,..
"h''e hi'er '""''''"'
John GuerniSS house and barn were en-
tirely destroyed by fire about noon Thurs
day, Loss about twenty-five hundred
dollars insured for seventeen hundred.
| Fortunately the wind was in the West
iiI MniIm was "'i 'ii''' save" ''i'ii ''''' ,
S. u
We" "">e"'
The tax suit of Collector Caldwell vs..
Mrs. Sibil Green was heard ON Friday last
before Hon. John +. Roberts of Yer
gennes. Mr.. Charles NJ. Wildes of Mid
dlebury, conducted the PLAINTIFF 5 side, and
Mr.. J. NJ. Sladc the defence. The main
question seemed to be whether the alb
sence of the defendant from town fol
Il lew llOllluS, llCIllNlluS 4NlIill ISl., III
f terrupted her residence. Judge Roberts
took the case home and ut this writing,
his decision has not been received. Mr..
James Barton, former resident OF This
town, Il graduate of Middlcbury college
, and now pursuing his Theological stud
to 90 rs Il missionary to Turkey some time
= the coming fall. 1t is understood that
Il ordinary exercises will be had abut July
I and it is not Improbable that the churcf
of this place will convene an ecclesiastical
council for that purpose. Mr.. George
| Rowland, also Middlebury alumnus ant
>; member of the above named seminary
l was examined Tuesday of last week a
!. ',;'ti,. nS,,rnontinmaI tI, rinistnrs
7,it% ~ vin,y mf rec,iyin'r - i,rnncher,
T. If',,, ,,iG,o ,,r,.D,,,t ,,,1,,t fth"t RI,
Il nnUdiI., ,'Iittad i,i,yoIf a,,centi innoIi,
n w,u
Neii rr;.t,
d "r'''o''
II l.. p. Orcutt has bought Noble Munson'
e loI on Ileasalll street colsLueIttlon Sooo
: n,nd lar'tn nn1ommti. hnpS n,1a p !,
=. ~ ,'iciniti' - u Ahernnthv H. ,,at
,, ti,,n ~ ~, tbo 1oIini fn. IL aI
e o,,t tl,rS ,,'n hnUSa va ISbero r. sn,ne 81,
J teme,ment h",,Se. thot ara tn ha hI,iit RI,
y ,,i,'r uanS"m ne"ni. WeoJor If ,hi
u In S,J I'm " MI ~ Var,,arnaS
"ne nwe hnnaht " - tbn maat market and s,rnrnr'
store If tThns p Ahernethv and hove ia
ken pOsSpssiOn 1900 There is considerable
Interest taken IN the coming prize speak
e ing, WnlCh taxes place IN lloiiey nan
II Aprli -oth. some lhlrty-tWo ol III
e scholarS intend 10 Try lor the prizes :.
If Nelson w heeler mas DouSht piece Oh iah'
a on me RIVER r0au ol -. n. ualge. -.
z mere VII oe Il May uaiiCe Il. me SRn.iii' iai
l. RINK Erlolay, Nay l.,;i alteT ~ bryan
l. anu Da9 I iUn EuuS VI buIil1stoi "ere -
d town edhesday. -: fatrlck Nei
e Dought tne laiid Delohglhg 10 the estate
Is lhe late -; lll9n, Whlcn was soiu ID d
e auction iisC SATURDAY coiSp'er"''o" -
per acre
Cornwall.
The funeral of Mrs. John Rockwell wa
Df attended from her late residence. Sunday
4 April 10, Rev NJ. c. Stebbins ofliciatin9
le The deceased had been an invalid for som
C. time, and was kindly cared Tor by he
1t nephew, William Wallace. and hi
le estimable wife Mrs Hurlburt of Wis
y consin. a sister of the decensed is in town
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