Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-23


Billiard 81 Langmaid of St Adams for a
coal sitter
The annual meeting of the w. c. L. u. |
of Franklin county will be held in May at
Swanton.
The shipment of maple sugar from
Montpelier during the past week averaged
2OO0 pounds daily.
The first number of the Guide to Truth,
a monthly journal edited by Rev. G. II.
Sweat of Enosburgh Falls has appeared.
The village of Brattleboro has reduced
its debt $1,000 during the present year,
leaving its permanent debt only $4,000.
+. w. Keyes, a native of Mortified,
was last week elected mayor of Madison,
Wis, the first Republican mayor since
1881.
\ box Of maple sugar costing Sl,i5 was
sent from Rutland to Los Angeles Cal,
the other day and the express bill was
$500
The Bissell Manufacturing company,
SaXton's River, has reorganzed, and a.
f.. Bissell takes an interest and goes on
the road as salesman.
The Howe Scale company have just re-
ceived an order through their New York
Office for $50 platform scales for the use
of the Argentine Republic.
i. NJ. knight, formerly a leading mer-
chant of johnson, is now II raving maniac,
it is said from the excessive use of cigars.
w. II. Stiles Il Co. of Montgomery Cen
tire are now running one lathe night and
day and are turning out 1000 ten pound
tubs daily.
Oscar Meyer will not have trial at the
April term of Franklin County Court, and
an order for his transfer to Windsor has
been made.
Col. a. f. Walker, who stopped in New
York few days on his way home from
Nassau, \. p, arrived in town Saturday
very much improved in health.
The Brattleboro monument committee
| have decided to advertise for designs and
| building proposals. Major Wales has re-
| signed his place on the committee.
Some sneak thief entered the rooms of
! Ulysses 5. Grant and Oscar Green at the
! boarding house at the pulp mill in tyn-
don, Tuesday. and took SIS from Grant
and Sl5 from Green.
NJ. +. Doyle of Pittsburgh has accepted
j. II. Tracy's challenge to another game
of pool, aud the contest is expected to take
place at St. Adams on Thursday evening
April 29th.
The Bissell Manufacturing company,
| SaXton's River, has reorganlzed, and a.
| f.. Bissell takes an interest and goes on
the road as salesman.
There is II case of small poX in Fayston,
near Waitsfeld, but no trouble is antici-
pated. Over 300 people have been vac
w. A Richardson Of the famous Stew
art house ut Island Pond, who has been
running hotel at Orlando, Fla, during
the past winter, has returned to Island
Pond.
The Mt. Mansfield hotel property at
Stowe has been bought by Mr.. George
Dolittle of Bernardstown, Mass, who
Will take possession and begin repairs at
once
The village boys of Castleton have re
ceived from the Troy conference academy
foot ball association IA challenge to play IA
game of foot ball on their grounds in
Poultney next Saturday afternoon.
John IL. Noyes of Oneida community
fame, died ut Niagara Falls on the 18th,
He was born in Brattleboro September 3,
1911, and was licensed to preach in 1888,
The social organization OF the Oneida or
der was broken up some time ago, and
Noyes left the country in disgrace.
T Rehearsals are being held for a music
festival to be held in Montpelier next
| month. Carl Xerrahn will conduct the
| festival and Blaisdell's orchestra will fur
nish music. Martha Dana Shepherd ha,
been engaged as pianist.
4 Douglas Brace was arrested at St. AL
bans Saturday morning, on complaint o
= James Currie, for stealing sum of money
which the latter left by mistake on "A table
or counter in Dullahan's meat market.
philander Davis of Richford, was ar
rested Thursday in Sheldon by Deput.
g Sheriff Draper, on the charge of burglar
: izlng the store of George Bocash. SOM
q of the stolen jewelry was found upol
Davis, bat he claims the goods were giNeI
> him by friend. Davis now languishe
/ in jail.
= Leslie Pierce, a Lyndonville jewelleT
e has made a curious clock which is con
q nected by underground wires with tn
G regulator in the store and gives STANDARD
+ time, and it stands on II post 10 feet iron
e the ground, the dial being two feet across
IS Oscar Meyer was taken back to Wind
If sor Friday by Sheriff Kennedy, his secOn
5 trial having been postponed to the mex
5 term of court. Meyer declared emphat
l. cally that he would not go back to prise
?, without trial Of his case.
II Work on the bridge from Alburgh t
Z North Island has been suspended of late
but will be resumed when navigatio
opens The contractors are to bring rut
BILE stone for the work from the Natha
Hill quarry on the east side of Isle l.
n Motto, where they will build dock a
a soon as the ice goes out.
~ Only one of the bodies of the four me
" drowned at ReadsbOro recently has bee
- found. a large party from lioosaC
IT Mass, searched the river Sunday fror
IN there to Readsboro', but found nothn
II but some clothing belonging to the info
De tunate men,
y The libel suit of T. +. Leahy of Keen,
Is n. H., against the Brattleboro RctOrme
begun in consequence of the charge thu
Mr. Leahy was deserter from the Unto
army during the rebellion, has been Sc
tied, Publisher Davenport agreeing to r.
tract the charge in his paper and the CHI
shire Rcpubl{cdH, pay all costs and rein
f. burse Mr.. Leahy to the extent of SO.
~ The first meeting of the creditors of !
IL j. Grain, druggist of Rutland was hel
vest prUaV morning at 10 O'Clock in II
probate Office. Claims to the amount
&c 500 were proved, of which $50 is pr
w ferred claim. ~ :. Stearns was appoin
~ ed assignee The liabilities amount