Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-09


There are 46 notaries public in Lamoille
county.
The American House at Montpelier is
closed tor repairs
The annual convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance UniOn Of Vermont,
Will he held in Mortified, next fall.
The Lamoille county bar has % mem
berS, Oue-thlrd of whom are not active
practitioners.
The W. {. L. L. county institute will
be held in Bellows Falls the 18th and 18TH
of May.
About forty different kinds Of patent
medicines are manufactured ut EnOsDurgh
Falls now.
The farm recently disposed of in Castle
ton by \. =. Thornton at auction for 5000
was bought Il dozen years ago for Sl4 900
The rise of the water in Otter creek has
driven the muskrats out of their holes,
many are out shooting them. One man
on Thursday secured eight large ones.
y petition of Insolvency has been filed
against y. j. Crane at Rutland, and u
meeting of the creditors will be held April
II, at lOo'clock d. m
The spring term of Burr and Burton
seminary at Manchester Will begin Tues
day, April &. The same teachers will be
employed as last term.
SANFORD Allen of South Rchford owns
a COW that mas given birth to twin calves
| for TWO years III succession.
| During the quarter ending March 81,
! there We're sold at the pOStOilice at Cas-
| tleton $1,000 stamps of various denomlna-
tons, 5000 postal cards and 2GOO stamped
| envelopes.
Miss Martha Bush of Rochester, who
| broke her arm short time ago fell and
broke 1t again and bruised her face bad
! ly.
The Good Templars OF Roxbury are
preparing to celebrate the 18th anniverstt-
| ry of the organization of their lodge,
which occurs April TO-
T. NJ Tierney was arrested at St Adams
| Tuesday afternoon for assault on Edition
Maloney of the Richford GuzcttC and
gave bail for his appearance at the C. unity
court.
Cyrus Webster of Eden has exhibited
considerable ingenuity in the erection OF
IA miniature log cabin containing 40 logs
and no two are of the same kind of wood
Hugh Savage of Hyde Park had the mis-
fortune to break his right leg above tn,
!, knee last Thursday, while lifting Il buN
j "stll heels" the boy falling over ON /,
him.
William MearS of Barre has sold hi,
F. trOtter, Little Harry" to Il gentleman il
Philadelphia for $1,000.
Freddie a five-year-old son of widow
Abbie Pierce of Barre tell in barn re
Gently and broke one arm at the elbow.
FX-Aldernlan Waite Of New York city
now in custody and charged with bribery
is a nephew of :. NJ. Waite, the Brattle
borO iinanCler now in the House OF Cor
rectiOn.
The Montpelier Gas Light company ha
: reduced the price of gas to s. II IhousanC
, feet, for individual consumers, and from
/ . cents TO one cent an hour for that con
E sumed hourly in lighting the streets.
; The house and furniture belonging t
John steele of Hubbardton were cor
stunned by fire early last Thursday even
: ing. 1t WAS insured for small amount.
g The next annual meeting of the ConneC
tiCut Valley Masonic association Will b
held in 81. Johusbury
William G. Mounds OF Fair Haven hH
Just received Que of the tally-ho CuaChe
that ran on the Glens Falls, Lake Geurg
y and Chester line. 1t Will carry - person'
/ He will put it IN order and run from tn
d. depot to the Park View house. 1t COS
about 500
J. II. r. Bardy, who is charged with SCI
+ tidg fire 10 some of his buildings in Bran
l. don, was to have had Il trial saturday, br
+ he waived examination and was place
u under $1,000 bonds tor his appearance q
e the september term Of the Rutland Coul
st ~ Court.
- The cigar makers in Rutland have o
~ ganiZed union, and have applied to IT.
1t International Cigar-makers union for
!. charter, viii h is expected in a few day
/ 1t has II members, 10 being the smalle,
* number that can form union. This
Il the second union organized in the stat
The first one was organized at Brattl
Il. boro and has about 80 members
d. The town of Middlebury having take
no action TO commemorate he ll1t n nm
VerSary of its organization, Mr.. Henry
oc Sheldon noticed the occasion with a rece
~ ton at the rooms of the Sheldon art IN
\, scum. The furniture, chairs, lamp, clOc
W piano, library, etc, made use of were ov