Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-07

The slate mills and quarries purpose to
| combine and stop cutting prices claiming
when mill stock sells for ~ cents there is
loss of three cents, H. II Is worth ten
cents in the rough at the quarries
The selectmen of IIighgate Centre have
called II special town meeting to be held
next Saturday. to see if the town will re-
scind the vote taken ut the annual meet
ing fo pay the highway tax in labor.
Last Friday, Il twohorse team owned
by j. c. Parker of Quechee, backed Off
into the river BY great eNertlOn one
horse was saved, but the other, quite
valuable horse, was drowned before it
could be rescued
The listers Of St .Johnsbury have put in
the stock of the St. Johusbury and Lyu-
donvillc banks at par, aud that of the
Danvllle and Lyndon banks at 20 per cent
above par.
ID. w. G. Blanchard of Brainree drew
a load of ashes into his barn recently let
ting 1t stand over night on the floor. The
next morning he discovered that the
wagon was on fire, the flames streaming
up several feet.
The Montpelier Sulphur Springs pro
perty at Newbury has been sold to j. f.
| Wesner Il business man of AcllIon, Ohlo
who has Il gang of workmeu putting 1t in
shape for the reception of summer tour
lists.
At South Reading, Frank Lockwood,
uBci To- W llllt III IL S''lllll b'hNl
ton raised his chamber window and jump
ed headlOng to the ground, distance OF
| some ten feet dislOcatlng his shoulder 10y
the fall.
Among the assignment Of topics to the
graduation class of Chandler scientific dc
| partment of Dartmouth, w. IL. Taylor OF
WheeUck receives Socialism in Amer
icl."
The Rutland street railway Is nearly
completed to its destination in West Rut-
land. Mr.. Iaines hoped to finish up this
week, but IT will probably take two or
three days of next week to finish grading
around the track.
The treasurer's report of the village of
Newport showed the total receipts of the
village from all sources to have been SlO,-
393. 90 and the disbursements the same
amount, less Sl11I The whole tax bill
was S436? 81 and the sum collected Sl222.-
l ~ at an expense to the village of 5000.
Sophia Eula, the three Years old daugh-
ter of Nelson j. Fountain was killed by
the cars ON the Central Vermont road at II
j. crossing between the junction and Mont
peller hlSt week. The steam chest of the
"a locomotive struck her IN the head, crush
ing her skull aud killing her almost in
stantly.
f.. Ely Goddard of Ncrshire is now pres
-. ident OF the Firth Avenue Transportation
' company of New York, which has over
400 stockholders and capital OF 300 ODO
IL The old omnbu,es are to be taken oil the
route the 18th Of May, and new stages put
Il ON.
Mr.. George Dooltle of Bernarlston
G Mass, has recently purchased the Mount
Mansfield house at Stowe, which accom-
.e modates 400 guests, and the Mountain
n house ON Mansfield, which Accommodate
100 Tho large house originally cost 500,
900.
h The contract for the Brooks public Ii
hra1 builflipn at I1rDtt phDrO has hppl
il awarded to Bartlett Bros. of Whately
~ Mass, and work is to begin Monday
There were seven bidders.
10 Frederick Rand, postal clerk between
81 l}rattlebOro and Springfield, Mass, Is /
D" be transferred to the RichfOrd and Spring
T.. field route and Clerk Rankin from Green
- - field is expected to take the short route.
Col. l.. *. Fuller, vice president of tn
E.tey Organ company Of Brattleboro, Vt.
l." is III Atlanta, Ga, accompanied by HI
- wife and daughter, Maud The colOne
IT. has with him DR.. G.. +. Gale, an eminen
physician of Bratteboro VT, who is al
III tending Miss Maud for Il chronic trouble.
IL Hon. c. II. Joyce Of Washington, ID. c
has been engaged to appear with Mrs. III
k, f.. Mason of Rutland, who is charged wit
IN poisoning her ~on-ln law, Don. {. Parker
Owing to Mr. kendall's absence the heal
I'd ing will probably be postponed until mex
IN week Mr. George T.. Lawrence will al
pear for the State with Mr.. Kendall.
he Miss Gerlie Harding, rged II years an
rs Oracle Cooling, aged five years, both {
North PomfreL, had narrow escape froI
49, drowning last week while attempting
IT, cross Il brook. Oracle became dizzy an
fell in. The water was very high an
~, GertIe in trying to save her fell in bl
~, managed to catch hold of the plank an
/" also Of Oracle and held on to ncr until ho
mother reached them and pulled thel
WI out.
ny While Dennis Starr was mt work pettiu
- ONT sinte nj The Snbin quarry. Noul.,lip
II. NIoudnV a mass nf rocks iDn,N him b.