Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-22

down some IL feet and has got an
hpuhuhhce oi nice soft water. Mr. Parker
ueNrrNt@ much credit for this as To the
uepth oi or 10 feet the prospects for
"''er was very diSconragiug.
Middlebury.
CHs'iet"u Moore has been for several
uaNs confined t. his home with sickness.
'.. SECRETARY Parsons Is in the northern
p'', Ui Jht stale ON his VHcatiO accumpa-
h''u ny HIS lhnlly y.....JuniUs +. Sever
"uct' VINO IN company with \. B. Colby.
Ncul 10 leNtS with two carloads OF
lherlnp sheCp about two months ago. has
returned. Mr.. Colby reached home a
couple OF weeks since. "A Almon Wheel
en-, Il lOrmcr resident of MludiebuLV, who
mas pe"n living in Western New YORK the
past lhree years, Is in town.... The gnme
uf base ball between the Middlehury col
Iese hlne and the New llrVen club, which
was To nave been played October IT, was
postponed 10 date to be agreed upOn on
account of the weathpr....E. r. Bru-
neIlt, proprietor of tRe Nashua House,
Nashua, y. IT, and formerly Of Mildlp-
Dury, Is making Il short visit in town ON
ms way home from EllnabethtUwn, N y ,
where he has been a. a witness in a con
tested VIII case =. Mesers. Sidney Ar
thur ana j. y. Hall OF Dartmouth college
nave been spending three or four daNs IN
ioWn on visit to their friends OF tine d.
IA lr!ternlty OF Nddlebury y..... Dar-
WIN Is. HllI, formerly clerk at the Addison
hOloe, Is now very low with CONSUMPTION
..,...Mrs. Eliza (larriugtom Hay, relict
OF the late Charles ID. Hay. died at shore
nam III an early hour on Saturday, at the
age OF y years Mrs. Hay was for many
year, Il resident of Middlebury, and was
greatly respected The iunera took
place IN Shoreham at | O'Clock Monday
afternoon.
Secretary Parsons of the Young Mems
Christian association returned home from
his vacation Saturday. The address at
the association rooms Sunday afternoon
was delivered by Rev. Mr.. Speare, and
there was good attendance. Next sun
day Secretary Parsons will give a report
o' the recent state convention at Barre.
...... Darwin RIDER is in Hartford Conn,
where his noted stallion Mambrino Archy
was t. nave trotted in Il race last week
Whlch was deferred on account of the
weather TIL Monday .....J Sattley
fuelpS, private secretary to SecletarV-
Of " ar EudicOtt, has returned to Wash
inEton alter having made Il ten days Wis
Il to Ola friends in Middlebury and vicin-
ltN......JOhn W. Martin arrived home
Stturda, after having made four week,
visit IN dlilt REM parts OF the West Mr..
Martin owns considerable valuable prop
ery in Milwaukee. Wis, and he reports
that property there is just booming .....
The local butter market on Monday show
ed large receipts hut prices We're duler
than tor the Two preceding weeks, % cents
per pound being the top price paid.
CuderSherltf Joel o Stevens of New
York, with his wife and daughter, are in
town on their way home from Montreal
John a. Fletcher, who has spent most OF
the past two months with his brother
IA Is on the latter's ranch in Wyoming
territory, has returned. .....A. ID. Tupper,
(. ~, .;.,,,;
daughter, Mrs. G.. ;. Murkland. .... Oar
win Rider has returned from Hartford,
Coma. where he went to see Archy trot
and bad the satisfaction of seeing him
win..... Two sides have been chosen for
IA grand hnnt this week Friday. The cap
tans of the hunt are Messrs. j. w. Pitts
and a. b. Colby. and the losing side Will
state secretary Of the y. NJ. c. A., spent
Tuesday and "Wednesday here and Wed
ne>day evening he gave Il talk in the hall
to n good sized aud, nee. ..... Repairs are
going forward rapidly on the Nallette
block The interior of the lower rstoly is be
inG largely RECONSTRUCTED for store ....
On Monday George /. Dimmuck of West
Cornwall shipped 81 head of sheep from
TINS station To Marion. Ohio. other
parties are getting ready to make snip
ments. The fuuer II If the late Mrs
Eliza Hay WAS held at Shorcham, Mon
day afternoon George Nc, ue has
been rebuilding his house on South
street. VIII II. Brewster has return
ed from three weeks nip in Connect
cut and New York .....NlrS. SARAH NJ.
Fletcher (utc Whte) second wife OF
the late Paris Fletcher of Brldpurt
died at the residence of Mrs. j
\. Wright IN MiddI ebury Tuesday morn
ing, at the age of - Years. Tine funeral
Will take place at 10 O'CLOCK Thursday
4 d, ,1
Bridport for intermeut The nephews OF
The deceased VIII act as the pall-bearers
....,.S some unknown persons Tu, stiay
night pushed IA mutton sheep covered
with burrS into the Salvation army bar
racks during the meeting, MISS Tratton.
the lieutenant in charge, expects to be de
tailed elsewhere soon. Only two tick
cts were sold here for the New York eX-
curslon Wednesday.
Danville.
AS the mail train going east on the lake
road was rounding the curve a mile and "A
half east of Danville, October S, the tlHnur
on one of the forward trucks broke.
throwing the engine from the tract and
down the embankment. The engineer
ANA fireman went with the engine, but
We're moi hurt. The baggage car WAS
turned nearly half around and left stand
ing across the track, and the passenger
ear was merely deraled. Aside from be
ing considerably scared none of the pas
sengerS were harmed. This is we believe
The fourth time tnat Engineer Reed has
narrowly escaped death by being dumped
He went through a bridge into the La
noble river at WolcOtt, of the trpstle at
West Danvile, and into the washout at
Pumpkin hill where two men were Killed,
Tunbridge.
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