Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

hICHlbtN, luty were IcdTIeSleu ny OluCtT
Chase and returned to their old quarters
at Newport.
The Woman's Relief Corps of Vermont
will meet at Brattleboro Wednesday.
There were % births, "A marriages and
80 deaths in SwantOn during the year
1850.
Good hay is worth $125O a ton in Swan
ton and hand threshed rye straw brings
$ll.
The two oldest persons in Bennington
are Leland Fairbanks and Mrs Simon
Morse. The former is in his 93d year and
the latter is 81 years old
The Addison County Temperance soci-
ETY. will hold its annual meeting for the
election Of officers and the transaction of
other business at Middlebury on Wednes-
day, the nth at 1880 p III.
Mr.. Dennings hotel ut Greensboro
Bend was damaged S15 worth by fire Mon
day.
On cutting open Il pumpkin recently
Mrs O. a. Grow OF Evansville found
three seeds with sprouts, and leaves start
/ ed.
will give lecture "Fances and Follies of
/ the Middle Ages at the town hall in
| Westminster Friday evening.
The woollen company of North Harland
manufactured and shipped - cases, con-
tanning over 10000 yards of fall cloth,
during the month of January
O. y. Wardwel at Judge Wheeler's
steam mill in Jamaica is taking IN logs at
the rate of about 10000 feet a day and cut
ting them out almost as fast as received
Malcolm Crawford, son of Henry Craw-
, ford OF Putney, 10 years old, while coast
/ ing Wednesday morning, was thrown
against Il stone post so violently rs to
break his leg.
The amount Of the duties collected at
the port of Richford during the month Of
January was 81, I5f y6-aDOut double the
amount of the corresponding period of
/ last year.
Mrs Hadlcy OF Monroe killed hen
last week and found in its crop 81 brass
shoe eYelets. white button used on an
underskirt a brass ring, and u variety of
pins and needless.
Brattleboro's "protective union of me
I ChanlC~ organized three Years ago to buy
their own meat, has declared a dividend
of ! per cent on purchases and paid be-
sides per cent on It's capital stock.
The CALIFORNIAN Young Mems Temper
ance society that just held its annual
meeting at St Johnsbury was organized
i'm 1896, and will celebrate its semi-ceuten-
NAL at Lyndonville July /.
The Grand Army Post of Richford is
drama entitled, Light and Shadows of
the Great Rebellion.'
The Fail Mountain Paper company of
Bellows Falls have put in the large boiler
room of their mills Il heating apparatus
for utilizing the waste heat from the fur
naceS. All the smoke now passes through
lues similar to those used in steam boil
erS.
Rev. MIR. Demerrit, formerly of Pawlet
and CastletOn has accepted a call as pas
tor of he Congregational church at Derby
ut salary of $lOOOa year.
During the week ending Saturday last,
POS cars of merchandise for export from
Canada to Europe were bonded at st. AL
bans.
Col. Albert Clarke, recently of the Bos-
ton idrCrtjSCr. mas been appointed as
sistaut To President Morey of the Boston
and Lowell railroad.
Ira Church, formerly resident of Swan
ton but now living in Kansas, has present
ed Jesse JeWett post of that place "A ruler
made from a piece of board taken from
the Andersonyille dead line.
, Post Bailey at North Troy held camp
fire at their headquarters Friday evening
! last. An address by DR., j. c. Rutherford,
medical director, Vermont q. \. r.,
speeches and music constituted the enter
: tainment OF the evening.
Arrangements have been made and
: Gov. Pingree will sometime during this
month deliver uu address 1T White River
Junction in the interest Of the Grand
Army Post, and Col. :. NJ. Pingree will
deliver one with the same object at Hart
ford village during next month
, The complaint against AFRO Reed of
Chelsea, the teacher in school district No
3, for assault ON Richard Keunedys son
was Withdrawn, the grand juror having
/, concluded that the teacher did not use eX-
= cessiye force in furnishing his pupil.
! The village census of St Johnsbury il
p completed. The record shows that foI
5 the past year there have been l2l births
! 81 dea, MS and a. marriages in the village
r there are ll2i families and the population
is 1862 Add to this the Summeryille list
r. sG5, and the total population is 5i!1,
r Linn, eight years old, son of c, W
Chadwick of Bethel, while at play il