Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-28
VERMONT MATTERS.


three weeks for repairs.
james II. b. Hunt of North Troy has
been granted Il patent for Il saw-gummer.
The Brattleboro band will furnish
music for the coming muster at st. Adams.
\ catamount has been around on Birch
hill, in Brandon doing some damage to
cattle.
j. b. II. Cushman has been appointed
postmaster at East Charleston, Orleans
county.
Enoch Ives of Tinmouth moved five
aud hiatt acres Of grass in four hours the
other day.
The fair of the Poultncy Industrial So
ciety, will be held III POutney September,
- % and 2i
Jane, daughter of w. b. Spencer, one of
the famous baby triplels Of Wells, died
Friday morning.
The French Catholics of Rutland intend
to pull down the church they now occupy
next spring aud build Il new one.
The Missisquo Valley Methodist camp
meeting opened at Sheldon NJ onday and
continues one week
Adna Browns large farm barn in
Springfield was struck by lightning Fri
day night aud burned to the ground. Loss,
$4,000.
Postmaster l.. w. Redngton of Rut-
land will deliver the Grafton at the Frank
lin county fair to be held at Sheldon.
The Bridgewater cornet band have been
engaged to furnish music for the Windsor
county agricultural fair, September -,
% and "a.
Several cases of burglary and sneak
thieving are reported in the vicinity of
Northfield the past week and one arrest
has been made
Arrangements are being made for the
annual operate festival in Newport. 1t
is expected to take place the first week i'll
September.
An attempt to burglarze j. c. Duke
mans store at South Roylton Thursday
morning, but the burglars were scared
away.
Preparations are being made for fire
man 5 muster at Rutland to be held about
September 10 1t is hoped to otlel $500 in
prizes.
f. Patte, one of the selectmen of Rich
ford, fell from his chair while eating din
ner Sunday and died almost instantly
of apopleXy, aged 80 years.
Receiver Hendee announces that deposit
| tors in the late lamented Vermont Ma
tional may expect, about the 10th of Sep
tember dividend of ten per cent.
| Arrangements are being made for two
day music festival at LyndonVille next
month. The st. Johnsbury, Barton and
Newport choruses will participate.
During II thunderstorm Friday night
| Worcester Benton's barn in Union Village
was struck by lightning and burned
/ Loss about $500; uninsured.
Moses JOY, Jr., president of the Milford,
Mass, water works, has concluded nego-
tlations to put in waterwOrks in Benning-
ton, and work will begin Immediately.
\. q. Bowley, the deputy sheriff who
was accidentally shot a few days ago in
the depot ut Rutland is doing finely at his
home in Newport. The wound is fast
healing
The Black River academy committee
has engaged as principal Henry Kendall
of Cambridge, Mass He is IL graduate of
Harvard and has been teaching in Hamil
ton, Pa.
A barn belonging to Cyrus Cramton in
Tinmonth was struck by lightning in the
storm Friday night and with its contents
entirely burned. The barn was valued al
800.
There is II gentleman residing in Barre
1t Is saId VINO has lived ever since the
railroad was built, that never was on the
Barre train until last Saturday. When
ever he visits Montpelier he goes with
team.
a little child about four years old, be
longing to Il Welsh family that had lately
arrived in this country, while playing il
the water was drawn into Il culvert il
Fairhaven last Saturday and wa:
drowned.
Luther Daniels, for many years treasu
rer of the Rutland Savings bank, and ON,
of the most substantial of the older citizen,
of that town, died suddenly last evening
aged about eighty years.
The society of the Congregations
church at Rutland held Il meeting Thurs
day evening and voted unanimously tC
join with the church in calling DR.. Seaver
The Vermont Central Baptist associa
ton hold their next annual session Il
West Randolph September , and 3. AL
extensive programme has been prepared
Several prominent speakers will be pres
ent.
Thursday will be governors day" a
the muster at st. Adams when the troop,
will be reviewed by GOV. Pingree, ano
there will be sham fight and other mill
tary manpuvres.
Ex-Governor Redtield Proctor has beer
appointed by the governor to repreSen
Vermont in the American forestry con
greSs, which will meet i'll Boston, Septem
Der - % and "A.
Allen Calhoun of Middlebury has con
tracted to put steam heating apparatu
into the graded school building at Bran
don. His men are now doing a like piec,
of work at Burr and Burton seminary
Manchester,
III looks very nucu us IL Vermont were
being worked" by an organized gang o
horse thieves. liveryman Blodgett o
West Randolph has lost team and /
was last heard of in Granville.
A building occupied by Edwin Fisher a
cooper shop, at Lyndon Centre, with tn,
stock and tools, was burned Thursday
This is the first building burned there in
hundred years.
Another rich vein of white marble ha
been discovered at West Rutland, on
farm recently purchased by John o Rouk,
for $500 and on Tuesday a portion of thu
property containing the deposit, was bond
ed for $4,000
Fred Clark of Poultney shot a blu
heron on Monday in what is called thu
little pond, which is the upper end of LAX
St. Catherine, that measured five fee
nine inches from tip to tip, and stood fou
feet and six inches.
While Mr. Henry Ingham OF Nergenne
was returning load of benches that haC
been used at his brothers. funeral thu
load tipped over and II portion of it fel
upon him. He was picked up insensible
JJn Wns severely lint NOT IDnpprpuSlV in