Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-30

| destroyed Mr. Wood is native of Rich
| ford, and was Il member of Co. \. Sth Yer
mont regiment
County Commissioner Wilcox Of Iq-
! mobile county reports that during the past
year lUH3'5 gallons of liquor was sold by
authorized agents in the county. THIS
amount does not include ale and porter
| that was sold or what was sold by unau-
! thOrized persons.
The Barre MISREPRESENTATION has order
ed $50 worth of new books, the 800 vol
| umes now constituting the library are be
! ing re numbered and covered, and Il new
catalogue Is soon to be published.
Another new engine has arrived for the
Passunpsic road. 1t is n coal burner,
! heavier. 1t is called the "Hubbard Hast
ings' in honor of the gentleman of that
name who was % years cashier of the
road.
Thirteen OF the granite quarries at
Barre are being worked with about two
thirds the help required, and additional
men are being employed. When in full
operation the quarries will employ con.
siderable more help than in previous years
| The outlook Tor a prosperous season is en-
cOuragiug, and Il third more granite is cX.
pected To bequarried.
Alison Mills, about rs wears old Of AL
| banN, met with quite u serious accident
NulI' Np'llllU WITH lO'Nltu pistol Inc
other day BY some means the pistol was
discharged prematurely, the ball striking
| his LETT leg six inches above the knee on
the inside and came out below the knee
Joint ON the outside of the leg, making a
hole elght or ten inches long. The ball
was found in his boot leg
W. \. BurnhAm, brakeman on the Cen
trail Vermont railroad, had his left leg
badly damned by the cars in the depot
yard at Rutland, Wednesday morning
He was helping make mp the freight train
which leaves for st Adams about II
O'Clock, and in attempting to remove a pin
from the car coupling he fell and the car
wheel ran over his ankle He received Il
compound fracture of the bones in his leg
/ and the ankle bones were dislOcated so
that he may have to lose the foot and il il
/ is saved it will always be stiI.
j. \. Church of Brattleboro has ordered
Il new 30 horse boiler, to take the place OF
! the one exploded last week The work Of
| rebuilding the engine house and repairing
| the shop will be begun next week. The
1 subscription fund in aid Of MIR. Church
now amounts to about 500.
l.. f. Adams of Brattleboro left Tues
day for the Vermont Live Stock company 5
ranch in Dakota This week Freeman
| Scott Will start with carload of young
. bulls which ID. :. Pratt has been collect
/ ing through the winter for shipment to
/ the ranch. They are mostly high grade
animals, some Of them from Mr.. Pratt S
own herd
The smith Granite company, of WeSter-
ly, X. l., has drawn and submitted de
sign for a soldiers monument, such as
they would like to erect in BrattlebOro.
The total height of the monument built
from this design would be 81 feet three
inches the height Of the shaft is II feet
and of the statue seven feet. The statue
would be of either granite or bronze rs
the committee might select, the price be
ing the same in either case.
\ board of army officers consisting OF
Co.. Thomas l.. Casey, Lieut.. Col. w. =
Craighill and Major l.. Gillespie, corps OF
engineers appointed by direction of the
president in Washington Monday to de
termlne whether the money already raised
together with that appropriated 10y con
gress III 1881, is sufficient to complete the
proposed Bennington battle monument il
accordance with the design which ha:
been approved by the president The
board will report to the president through
the secretary of war.