Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-08
VERMONT MATTERS.

The large trees in the Rutland park
were set out by Gov. Page 30 years ago
Since March meeting the Woodstock
overseer Of the poor has aided twenty two
tramps.
The village meeting at Proctor voted to
build a school house and village hall at II
cost of not over $4,000.
The Rutland county teachers institute
at Brandon opens Friday evening
and continues Saturday.
1t is said that Gov. Pingree hestated
alb ut issuing his Arbnr Day proclamation
lest it might be ignored.
Mrs. Prudence Tanner of Marshfcld,
has been granted II pension of IS Il month,
and has received 81 ,356 arrears.
+. l.. kingsbury of Ludlow has forfeit
ed TO that town under the State tax, SILL
800, and some others are somewhat trou-
bled
The stenograuhers have taken and the
typr-wrtng men have reproduced about
100 .0C0 words of evidence in the Railroad
Page trial.
Miss Julia, daughter of ex-Gov. John
Gregory Smith, is soon to be married to
Oliver Stevens, prominent young law
yer of Boston.
Two car loads of trees were used at
Sutherland Falls by Gov, Proctor, yester-
day, and he employed four hundred men
setting them out
a man supposed to be William Gun
ningham, the murderer of Quinn of Will
Jamestown, Mass, was arrested at Ben
nngtOn, May LIST
Hay is scarce in Waterbury and some
diaries of forty COWS are almost entirely
without hay, living on IL little meal and
what grass they can pick.
Thirteen of the fourteen Ryegate stone
cutters, w 10 We're rearrested, were put I'M
rs N "A a 4 "
Court. All procured bail.
Joseph Brpan of ST. Adams received
word on Friday night that his brother,
Thomas, who left that town for Colorado
about two years ago, had been Shot,
Freelani Kelley, of Newbury, after many
years OF effort to secure pension, has
eventually succeeded, and has been award
ell 81 per month and $500 back pay.
VIM. Brooks of Bellows Falls now car
rics in hi, body a bullet received at Fort
Wagner. He was left upon the field and
YVES supposed to be dead but recovered.
EeN. lhomas Trevillian, member of the
Methodist conference of Bellows Falls, has
beth granted Il leave of absence for three
months and will sail for England May
9th.
The National Educational association
meets ut Saratoga July 4, and j. NJ. Hit
OF Mort hiield, manager Tor Vermont, Will
alran-e things for teachers from this
state
The Supreme Court for Caledonia. Coun-
ty sits May 18th, with Judges Powers,
Taft. Rowell and Walker on the bench.
The County Court sits June ,, Judge Ross
presiding.
John Hartnell of Ludlow committed
suicide Tuesday. His stepmother on going
into his room next morning found him ly-
| ing in his bed with his throat cut, the
| "a bll fu la N
| from ms hand.
Four inmates of the Vermont asy lum at
Brattleboro were discharged under the
law at the last meeting of?the supervisors.
During the past month fifteen have been
discharged and seven admitted, leaving
Alb III the asylum.
St Johnsbury boys are in trouble be,
clerk would pay fifteen cents bounty on
wOodchucks. They bring i'll the tails OF
delunct animals, and the disappointment
is hard to bear
As G.. c. p. Harrison, SO years old, of
| North Danville, was walking across the
room recently, he fell and broke his hip
| 1t is thought he will never recover from
the injury sufficient to walk again.
On Friday little son of Jerry Dion OF
| lrasburg, fell into an unused well which
| mad been left open and was drowned. Hi:
father after quite IA long search fount
| him drn\vnel This il tho second Chile
VIVIAN IIr nion has list yithSn tho iaS
few mains
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cnnmittna to san 1.-THE inhahit,,pts IF RI,
viIin'Ja connot he snnnIied with coal atfni
nric,tS inStand If hai,i, : on,naIIed TO ma,
frhn eytnrtiom,ta nrras r1I,nnsed on In.
viIl.%e NV tbn DelaTnrrnnd Unison ronn
| cnn,n.nt
Ar mae,ing of the directors of tbe 90
danshnr'r AMI Ink ChamnInin rnilron'
co,nnnmT in O%Genshmr|, On Thnrsliov
~ Woh1Tt was eIectnd nresident
tn IN rho vnronrv ranSej nv tbr drath ~
NJ .''' , a,I,inT MINI Sfr 'uenrv Wiili
was nirl.tad IN lin the vacant Mace in tn,
hoard ~ directors
An Italian was killed recently at Reads
boro. by ueing struck on the head by
piece oi rock IRON a blast ON the rock cut
near Neuton's new pulp mill. He wa
not emuIn>cd ON the works. but happene,
to be in oit vicinity.
1t is sail that 1U7 barrels of fish wer
shipped rom East Alburgh from the Is
of Aprll b. the 18th, and over 20 barrel.
from Laco.lc,all caught in Missisquoi Bay