Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-22

Harlow, president NJ. X Paine, vice.
| president II. p. McClary, secretary and
/ treasurer f.. y. Goddard, G.. G.. Bpaman,
trustees for three years J. 5. Walker,
Jr, trustee for one year. Nearly 5000
volumes nave been loaned during the
past year. With 200 books just received
| the library has now 5000 volumes
Jack Reynolds of Aburgh Center,
broke through the ice Sunday nearly op,
posite f.. II. IandOns place. one Of the
horses got out of the water and took TO
the woods while Mr.. Reynolds was zone
after help. The other horse was rescued
with difficulty.
George II. Hutchinson of Norwich, has
designed steamboat for the ChattahOu-
chez River improvement company. aud
goes to Louisville, Ky, soon to inspect its
construction. Mr.. Hutchinson has been
Ill Montgomery, Ala, the past year
About twenty tenement houses are
lying idle in Bellows Falls this month,
most of them of the poorer class. The
better class rent anywhere from SO to So
Il mouth.
The prize of 81. 30 gold piece to the one
making the largest number of words
from the letters in the "Corelli Opera
Company" was won by Grace Phillips
at Rutland, who succeeded in making over
1850 words.
Between Saturday night and Monday
morning somebody effected an entrance
i'll Merril's grist mill, on Market street ut
st. Adams and took some five dollars in
change from the till. Two panes OF glass
were broken out of one of the front win
dows Il nail which held the sash down
was drawn out and the money drawer
was pred out of its place with II ruler.
Custer Post of Bennington has been
presented with handsome marine clock
! by Frank f.. Morgan, treasurer of the
] IIuNpn sci
/ the watches instead of the hours
The body of Paul ShufTeton of Chisel-
/ vile, who was drowned last week has
been found.
The annual meeting of the Connecticut
| River Valley Poultry association at Bel
! lows Falls, closed Thursday and was in
every sense of the word a success. The
/ total receipts taken at the door amounted
to $50 the attendance being the best on
the second day. About 1000 persons visit
ed the exhibition.
An old man, while crossing the noun
tain from Stamford recently, was almost
frozen. He was taken to the Centre
where, after about Il weeks illness, he
died Sunday week. He appeared to be
about 10 years old. Papers in his pocket
showed that he had some property in Lee,
Mass. His body was placed in the vault.
The finishing shop of the Mutual Mar
bic company at Brandon was burned
! Wednesday night. The fire caught, it is
supposed, from the chimney. About $1,000
worth of boxed marble was destroyed.
There was no insurance.
James NJ, Adams, for the last ten years
| express messenger on the Rutland and
| Washington railroad was transferred
Wednesday to the Saratoga division of
/ the Delaware and Hudson railroad, and
henceforth will run between Rutland and
Troy.
! - 'nl 4 h.,
died at his nome in Chicago recently. He
was born in Franklin in 1885, and was in
the government service twenty-five years,
the latter portion of the time as an at
tache of the office of the supervising arch
itect of the treasury department.
The fifth O. +. S. Chapter since last
June was instsuted at Eden Mills, Jan
uary end, with thirty-one charter mem
bers The new chapter at Factory Point
starting off nicely
Roderick X. Sargent died at his home in
! Fairhaven, Mimi, recently. He was found
sitting in his chair dead, and it is sup
posed heart disease was the trouble. Mr..
Sargent was amember of the 9TH Vermont
volunteers, He went West from Wash
ington county about twenty years ago.
a third edition of the G.. F. Orvis book
on flies and fly fishing is about to be pub
/ lished.
Amos Barnes, so long conductor on the
/ PasSumsic railroad and since then sue
cessful hotel man in Boston, is about to
take another step forwards i'll the hotel
/ business. Barnes q Duuklee, of which
firm he is the senior member, are to take
/ possession of Hotel NendOme in Boston,
July !. They viii then be Landlords of
tine Brunswick, of the new hotel mt the
corner of NeWhury and Dartmouth
streets, OF the Nendome and OF the Hotel
Ponemah, at Milford springs, y. II.