Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-28

United States Court adjourned Wednes-
day morning to meet in Windsor July c,
at p. III.
Mrs. Kellogg of Swantou committed
suicide Thursday by an overdose of NOR
phine. No cause is assigned for the
deed.
j. Richards of Greensboro caught an
eagle in a trap last week. The bird mea-
sured 4 feet and inches from tip to
tip.
Arthur Knapp of Middlesex was thrown
out of a carriage Sunday, breaking one of
his legs below the knee
Bellows Falls is trying to organize Il
driving park association.
+. II. Miller of Westlield has been clerk
in district No. for "A consecutive years,
and previous to 1862 was clerk four years.
The village trustees of Bennington have
voted to buy 800 hook and ladder cart
for the fire company.
EX-Gov. St. John of Kansas is to speak
on temperance twice III this State in June
at St Adams and Northfield.
William NackeS, one of the best and
| oldest trappers and guides in SWanton,
died last Tuesday, aged 50 years.
Woodstock is now without telephone
| communication with the outside world
the last machine having been removed Il
| few days ago
ment, are to have a basket picnic and re
union on the oath Of June, on the fair
grounds at Morrisviie.
Stephen j. Hastings OF Waterford has
been appointed by GOV. Pingree a delegate
| to the Farmers National Congress to be
held at St. Paul August 25.
Seventeen full cars of lumber We're
shipped from McIndoe- Falls one day last
week by the Connecticut River Lumber
company. They average to ship y cars u
day.
Dr. II. A. Cuttin4 one Of the State fish
commissioners, has just placed several
and-locked salmon ia the P"ssumpsc
river above Paddock's Village, in st.
,Iohnsbury.
Patrick Trainor, an employe of the
burned on the foot by molten iron We'd
nesday afternoon He has been employed
in the foundry for IS years and this is his
| first accident
Charles Williams of Windsor has
| number of copies of SpOOnCr'S Vermont
Journal for October and November, 1906
They We're found in bundle of old paper
rags, and are in an excellent state of pre-
| serVatOn.
One Kelenan, an employe Of the Fall
Mountain Paper company Of Bellows
| Fall had one hand terribly Cut while
putting knives in a rag cutter one day last
week.
The Northern Bedding company Of
| Bellows Falls has leased the old Catholic
church, and is utilizing the same for
| the manufacture of bedding, excelsior and
| fox.
a bundle of papers was found May in
| CT III 50 IRAIylpN'S i'm
port, which proved to he IA part of those
stolen from the safe OF Lane * Davis last
| fall, and since then another bundle has
been found near the same place, which
returns all the property stolen except
about $500 which WAS the property of the
| firm,
The Pacific Coast association Of the
native sons of Vermont held their SD
monthly social and literary meeting Fri
day evening, May IA, AT san Francisco
/ The entertainment embraced vocal and
instrumental music, character sketches,
an Grafton and dancing, Hon. \. w.
scott is president Of the association and
Charles II. Blinn secretary.
Vermont stands nth among the States
Of the Union for the amount OF butter an
nually produced. The number Of milch
cows in the State exceeds 23O 900, and the
annual butter yield therefrom is some "a =
600 900 pounds, More than half of the
male population are engaged III aErlcul-
tural pursuits, the greater portion being
occupied with dairying.
Henry Billado of Rutland, who was ar
rested Tuesday for euticng away the af-
tcctiOns Of another man b wife, VIII have
a hearing June I. BilladO walked to
Proctor Monday night with Mrs, Charles
Farmer, where he had house ready to
occupy with his companion, but Deputy
Sheriff Whitaker Went up there Tuesday
morning and arrested Billado, bringing
him to the House of Correction, He has a
! wife in Rutland.
Charles Hale Post No. %, was organic
+ ed at Montgomery on the evening of the
I 10Th of May. There were % recruits, and
+ the following officers were installed; Geo
: H. Fuller, T. g.. Samuel y. Dix, :. V
! C.. William Tevyaw, j. V. c. Charlie,
O. NJ. Daniel f. Wright chaplain John
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