Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-07
THE NEWS in VERMONT.
MATTERS OF INTEREST IN OUR OWN
STATE.
Rutiand's New village OHicers Hold their
First Meeting.

RUTLAND, Vt, May 3.-The new officers
of the municipal government met tonight
for organization. Gen. Kingsley, president
of the village read an inaugural address
and the board of trustees balloted till
nearly midnight for street commissioner
after taking SO ballots the board adj
journed till tomorrow evening at 1880,
when the contest will be renewed. An in
teresting incident at the close of the meet
ing was the serving of an order from
Judge Neazey, in quo warranto proceed
ings, to contest the right of d. j. O'Herne
trustee from ward Z, to his seat. p. Cawley
the petitioner alleges that over 20 votes
were cast for O'llerne in the recent vii
lage election by minors and unnaturalized
persons on the day of election. O'Herne
was declared successful by 142 votes to al
for Cawley, but the list was stolen. AL
ready enough allidavits have been made
by persons stating that they were not
qualified to vote, but were fraudulently
registered, to change the result IN favor of
Cawley.
Quite IA Conflagration.
1RASBURGH, VT, April 30.-A fire caught
in the drug store owned by G. II. New
land, here last night at 10 p. IN. twice and
was eXtinguished. At II p. m. it caught
again. The drug store, the old Jail and
Jail house. Thomas G. Fishers residence,
and II. p. Jones q CO. general store
Were consumed with several barns and
sheds. The cause is unknown.
Death in Chester.
CHESTER, May 3.-Parker Stevens, one
of the oldest and most highly respected
inhabitants of the village dropped dead
from heart disease this Afternoon.
W. II. Tibbitts is appointed postmaster
mt Coventry.
\ large candy factory has been opened
in Bellows Falls.
The enrolment at the public schools in
st. Johnsbury is 400.
There are IS children at the Warner
Home in st. Adams.
i. y. Kent has sold the HardWick tan
merry to Emerson Brush.
White Brothers, Barre, have started one
Of their quarrles with p men.
The Bissell Manufacturing company
SHNton's River, has reOrganized
Dorman b. Eaton is recuperating at hi
summer home in Brattleboro.
/ T.. \. Dunton Of ST y bans has bOueh
| the Pavilion at Montpelier.
/ Newport is to have new hotel with al
the modern improvements.
The pond at Gilmore was clear of ic,
/ April 23d for the third time in 90 years.
Owners of stock in the north part of rh
state are paying as high as 81 II ton 70
pressed hay.
Fish Commissioner Cutting put in 10
, 600 trout into the lake at GreensbOrOugl
last week.
The ice went out of Crystal Lake Apr
2l-an unusually early date for its disal
pearance.
Ice broke up in Willoughby Lake tn
. IN Isl Inc -
1903 days.
Or. f. Hamilton of Rutland has sold hi
practice to DR.. c. y. Gale, and will NOV
to Springfield, Mass.
l.. c. Grandy is intending to build
mill for the manufacture of clapbOarC
and shingles at Newport the present SCI
son.
The selectmen talk OF buying the oil
depot property at West Rutland TO COZ
vert it into town hall.
\ young man 10y the name of Clarl
while running logs at Craftsbury, had a
arm broken and was otherwise hurt.
About 10000 pounds of maple sugar an
syrup have been shipped by freight frol
Woodstock thus far this season
John Tecmer and Wallace Ross ii
famous oarsmen, will row for a citizen
purse at Newport June 10.
While Herbert Thayer OF East Emo
burgh was tuOling with revolver recen
: ly he shot bail into his hand.
: W. II. stiles a Co., Montgomery Centr
now run one lpth" might aud day and tul
out 1000 pound butter tubs daily.
r. Murdoch and wife of Middleton
Springs sailed from New York SatWd;
for Scotland to be absent several month
Castleton normal school, Capt A.
! LcaVenWorth principal-has 70 student
: 100 Of whom are doing normal work.
;, The docket of Windsor County Cou
! May term, contains lO4 cases, of WhiC
ID are divorce and 10 are State cases. III
chancery docket contains only IS cases.
4 The docket for the June term of Be
f nington County Court contains 1872 e
4 tries, eight of them being State cases al
t there are 10 cases on the chancery dockt
:; The contract for carrying the mails fro
i BridgeWater to Rutland, SIX round trips
: week, has been awarded to w. l.. Arg
/ of Washington for three years beginnil
l. July |, at 500 a year.
Warner O. Bates of Sherburne recent
u cut his foot across the lnstep and has
Il wear Il board on the bottom of his foot
keep his toes straight.
ii a. c. Slayton of Stowe has recently hi
J. an order for the shipment OF smi
/ quantity of maple syrup to German
i with which he Will comply.
- The 22O0 books for the new Rutland
l. braly have arrived. The library will. it
=. expected, be opened in two or TIN
i weeks.
q Arthur Boomhower of Craftsbury g
- his hand badly cut in sawmill the Ott
+ day. The third finger was entirely {
e oil, and he will probably lose his thum
d As Eugene Burrows was digging dit
y near his fathers residence in BroWnn
e ton, which building years ago was know
t rs the Strong tavern. he found n SDupi