Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-19

breathed his last. He was a man who
will be missed rs much as any man in
town.
st. Johnsbury.
Capt. A. w. Roberts, First Lieutenant
John ID. Orcutt and Second Lieutenant j.
w. Page. the commissioned officers of
Company ID. Vermont National Guard OF
this place went to Rutland, Tuesday
morning, to attend the officers drill.
James l.. Perkins, who is acting as quar-
ternfaster general during Gen. Ide's alb
sence, and Col. William p Fairbanks also
accompanied them. -. Prot and Mrs
Henry Fairbanks have returned from
week S stay in Boston. Johnnie Porter,
son of William Porter formerly of this
place, died at j. 2. McConnick's, Tuesday
noon. John had been i'll with consump-
ton for over year and has for long
time been beyond hope of recovery wv.
G. Hopkins and wife have returned from
Il visit with friendsin Canada.
Mrs. Clara Brainerd has returned from
a few weeks stay in Montpelier DR..
James f. Hartshorn, son of DR.. l.. b.
Hartshorn, has returned from New York
city, where he has been attending the
medical lectures at Bellevue hospital med-
cal college for seven months past The
annual meeting Of the St. .Iohnsbury Y.
NJ. &. A. was held, last Saturday evening,
and the following officers elected Presi-
dent, Prof c. f. Putney vice president,
Foster &. Stevens; treasurer, A. b.
| ANOytS lttolulllS StCIttuIg, l1 ID. lICT dG-
land These with the following from the
board of directors Prof A. l.. Hardy,
Rev. Henry Fairbanks W. ;. Boynton,
Murray Clifford, II. Is. McNece, A. l..
Bailey. This board of officers is nearly
the same rs last year, only one or two
changes being made Post Chamberln
! G. a. r. held campfire, last Saturday
evening. There was the largest attend
ance which they have had this winter.
Capt, A. w. Roberts gave very inter
| IA Nartnnnt roo
ment of which he was Il member. After
Capt. Roberts address, short speeches
were made. A meeting was held in the
q. A. X. hall Monday night to determine
upon some plan by which to try and get
the soldiers home located here. Post
Commander j. A Paddock called the
meeting to order and DIR. q. b. Bullard
was elected chairman. DIR. Bullard said
that one of the corporators told him that
he thought the State would put 500 600 to
/ 100000 into the home before they were
through with it. After DR.. Bullard finish
ed speaking, f. H. Wolcutt was chosen
secretary. The question was then freely
discussed, among the speakers being, N.
putney, f. l.. Hovey, Rev. L. 7 sanford,
+. f. Brown, A. f.. Rankin, Maj. y. p.
Bowman, John Mcdonald Rev. H. Fair
banks, all of whom expressed themselves
in sympathy with the movement. Mo
ton was then made to appoint Il commit
tee of nine persOnS-four from the q. A.
K. Post and five citizens outside of the
Post. This motion was carried. Inc fol-
lowing committee was appointed Or. &.
b. Bullard, G. Z. Carpenter, \. p. Bow
man, and j, A. Paddock. This commit
tee is to canvass the town and see how
much money can be raised and then call
town meeting to try and get an appro-
priation from the town.
There is water famine in Troy, caused
nv the frpaZinO of he apnIlp6urt mi
f. ID. Hines of Pttsford has sold to Ed
ward Hale of Boston a five years old Red
path mare, for $1,000.
OF six families by the name of Rumsey
who moved into the town of Hubhardton
in the years 1873 and 1854, c. 5. Rumsey of
! CaSleton is the only descendant now liv-
ing in the section.
Frank Ellsworth of Benson was severe
~ injured recently while choppng in the
woods. a tree fell on him.
There are nearly 100000 feet of logs al
ready delivered at X. y. PattersOn'S mill
in Crattsbury and many more to be
drawn.
ID. w. Davis, formerly teacher in
Stanstead college, has been engaged AS
an assistant i'll the Derby Line National
bank.
a unanimous vote was taken at the
! Montgomery town meeting to abolish the
liquor agency, and the selectmen were in
structed to buy no more liquor for the
town.
Large shipments of tile, etc, have late
ly been made by the Vermont Marble
company to Cincinnati, OHIO, to be used
in the building of the new court house in
that city.
Dan d. Burditt and F. j. Donahue of
Proctor have gone to Canada to buy sew
eral carloads of horses tor the Vermont
Marble company, who for several years
have bought their supply of horses in that
country.
D. w. Bromley OF Pawlet is in posses
sion of Il Masonic apron which dates back
to 1893. 1t was worn by Jonathan Robin
son, who was a member of the old Hiram
| lodge, from lS3l to 1888.
The April term of Franklin County
Court begins on Tuesday, the 18th of next
month, Chief Justice Royce presiding.
| There are 3l3 court and jury cases on the
docket, and 81 chancery cases.
| A man named Caldwell was struck by
tree while chOpping in Robert McLeod's
woods at Sheldon Springs recently and re-
ceived injuries which resulted in his death
on Sunday. His age was is years.
! 4 small boy named Mills, living on the
! East street, Mddlebury, put out some
bait and drew congregation Of crows to-
| gether recently. Then he fired a shot
gun among them and killed 10 at one
! shot.
Prof. j. II, Kane, principal of the West
| Rutland school left town Saturday with
his wife, for Schenectady, where he will
! in future make his nome.
A. b. Keith, who was recently shot by
De Goals in st. Louis, figured prominent
ly in Bellows Falls in 1879 by his cOnnec-
ton with his suit against the town for
$4,000 damages for injuries, alleged to
| have been received by falling off the walk
near the canal bridge where the railing
was broken, He secured 800. He was inter
ested in several extensive schemes and
was a swindler ON an extended scale.
Terrible Roller Explosion in Wolcott
Killing One and Perhaps More.
MoRRIsvILLE, Vt, March l6-The en-
gine.in w. W. Cates's steam mill i'll North
Wolcott this morning exploded, killing in
stautly Mr.. Tinker of Morristown. Messrs.
Douglass of Stowe, Amsden of Green's