Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-17
GENERAL VERMONT NEWS.

A panther was seen at Chester recently,
on the town farm. 1t had been heard in
that locality for some weeks before.
Black River academy has made a pros
porous beginning of its itty-second year,
under the direction of It's new preCeptress,
Miss Belle Chellis, who was the first fe-
male graduate of Middlebury college
and 1873 scholars have already reported.
At Factory Point grand stand is being
erected on the Battenkill Valley far
grounds, which will be l56 feet long, 20
feet wide, and has seating capacity FOR
1900 people. The fair, is to be held Sep
TENDER IS, 30 and 30 of the present month
About $40 have been raised by sub
scription for the purpose of reseating the
! Derby academy with modern seats
The till at the office of the Ludlow
! House was tapped to the tune of SIS to 500
on recent night.
Clayton Wheeler, IA IL year old boy, was
taken To the Reform School at Nergenn es
one day recently to remain during the re-
malnder of his minority. Crime, general
cussedness.
Lovers of antique furniture would be
interested in chest of drawers owned by
Mrs. Isaac Parker of East Coventry, that
descended to her from her grandmother
and has also been in the family over $50
years. 1t is supposed to be much older.
1t is Il handsome piece of furniture of
finely polished wood and beautiful cary
ing, while it rests upon spider legs GER
tainly half a yard in length.
The Vermont Marble company have the
contract to furnish SO, 600 worth of mar
BILE for the capitol at Washington. Part
of the marble will have to be delivered in
a short time but it is expected that it will
be long job filling the contract, as to do
! so will require $50 carloads OF marble, a
good share of which will have to be cut.
Mr.. f. w. Watkins, one of the secreta-
ries of the international Y. NJ. &. A. com
mittee, has sent letters to the Y. NJ. G.. A.
secretaries throughout the state, saying
that the Charleston Y. NJ. G. A. is greatly
in need of financial aid
Gen. Grout has been engaged to deliver
the address at the Windham county fair.
1t is reported that one of the candidates
for town representative at Castletou will
contest the election on account of irregu
larity in counting the votes.
Mrs. James Gibbons, who lives near the
church in Goshen, was seriously injured
last week by the running away of a horse.
Two ladies' who were with Mrs Gibbons
jumped from the carriage and were slight
ly hurt, while she was thrown out, her
arm was badly broken and she was SO
seriously injured on the head that she had
not recovered consciousness yesterday
Little hopes are entertained of her recov
cry. The horse continued to run until
his leg was broken and the carriage
wrecked.
The Brattleboro selectmen have got the
lock up well advanced toward completion
1t occupies space % or 30 feet wide, eX
tending across the whole east end of the
town hall basement, which gives a length
of 81 feet. 1t Is separated from the rest o
the basement by a solid stone wall built
of the brick taken out Of the vault tori
away to make room for the new post
office. The apartment has five windows
and is entered by a door cut in the south
east corner. Four cells will be built o
: solid oak and set in the middle of thu
room, with corridor running all arount
them. In the north end a room is being
finished off where police courts can b.
held, or it may be used to confine prison
ers whom the offices do not care to put il
the cells.