Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-05

ing association have decided tohold II tenn
perance meeting at the grounds in New
Haven, beginning Wednesday, June .,
and closing the next Monday. 1t is cX-
pected that many eminent temperance
workers from abroad will be present.
G. c. Chase of McIndoes had a re-
markable escape from instant death he
other day. Mr.. Chase and his son Dud-
lev were crossing the railroad track on
traverse sled, when Il freight train knock
ed him off in front of the wheels. He
managed to get off the track, but lost an
arm, which was caught and crushed.
Mrs. Sarah j. Lyman, widow Of Rev.
David Il. Lyman, who died at HilO, Ilaw-
allan Islands, December g. was born in
Royalton. She went with her husband in
1882 to the Hawaiian Islands: where they
have since been engaged in missionary
work. She was 80 years old and her hus-
band died on the islands in 1854.
Asa Hines of Newport met with seri-
Gus accident II few days ago. He had
been fishing through the ice and started
to skate home through Il light snow, car
rying the axe with which he had made his
fishing holes upon his shoulder, when he
tripped and fell striking the axe into the
top of his foot. He corded his leg with
handkerchief and walked home, though
FAINT from the loss of blood.
The winter fellowship meeting of the
Union conference of Congregational
churches was held Tuesday at Bellows
Fails, being fully attended by representa-
tlves of all the Congregational churches
in the vicinity. Among the subjects were,
"PraCtcal methods of church work for
the new year" by Rev II. b. Fisher of
Ludlow, "What is Christ to me-" by Rev.
y. w Alger of Bellows Falls, "Realizing
the Holy Spirit" by Rev w. II. Teel of
Walpole and "a church view of the
amusement question" by Rev J. Cowan
of Chester.
Wales y. johnson, Isaiah Benson, Lib
erty b. Marble, f. 5. Mackenzie and JUS
tin f. Mackenzie of Woodstock, Joseph
c. Parker J. Walter Parker, William
| Lindsey, Albert G.. Dewey, William :,
Dewey and John j. Dewey of Hartford,
owners of mills and dams across the Otta-
quechee river in Bridgewater, Woodstock
and Hartford, have brought a chancery
suit against Milo j, Moore and :. 4.
Cotton of Sherburn, J. \. Madden and
r. ID. Bridge of Bridgewater, and II. q.
Ashton of Somerville, Mass, who own
saw mills and manufacture chair stock
and bowls higher up the river than the
plaintiffs, to compel the defendants to stop
| throwing sawdust, shavlngs and refuse
into the river. The plaintiffs claim it has
filled up their mill ponds SO that they can
not store sufficient water
The National bank of Rutland obtained
a decree of foreclosure against the Howe
| Scale company at the last term of the
Rutland county court of chancery, by
the terms of which the Scale company
must pay 100000 of its Indebtedness to
the bank on or before April and the bal
auce within a year. Otherwise the build
ings, shops and other scale property in
! Rutland will become the prope rty of the
bank. The amount of indebtedness to the
! bank as found and reported to the court
! by \. +. Huntoon of Bethel, the master u
take the account, was: Amount due Octo
Der L. 1851 S!2S.5l5; amount to become
due February 10, 1856, SlOO,3Sl; amount
Of all other indebtedness Of the scale
company to the bank under the mortgage
S3l.1lj: amount of other credtorss
claims besides the bank of Rutland, en-
titled to share in the security of the mort
gage, about SOB, 800. The mortgage upon
which the National bank of Rutland OBJ
tanned the decree of foreclosure is abov,
is Il second mortgage to the bonded in
| debtUQneSS of $50 OO0.