Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-02

the latest report says the wound is not
fatal. Kelley's friends carried him away
just in time to avoid being caught.
String of Beads with History.
William Stone of Pomfret, Ct, present
ed his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, on her
/ 18th birthday, with string Of gold beads,
/ in l113 In 1927 she gave the beads to her
! granddaughter, Elizabeth j. Smith in
, Bennington, ON her second birthday.
Last week Monday the latter presented
| the beads, . IN number to her grand
daughter Winnie l.. King, daughter of
Editor King of the Merrmac, Mass,
BUdgct, on her eighth birthday.
Accidental shooting.
William l.. Park "A very promising young
man of -, was accidentally shot through
the bowels at New Fetterman, Wyoming
Territory, June H. from the effect OF
which he died the next day. He was there
to survey some mining claims in which he
had invested, and went to his trunk to get
a change of clothing Lifting the lid, "a
revolver which lay upon it concealed by
some clothing, slid off and was discharged
the ball entering the centre of his abdo-
men and coming out near his spine. He
was the only son of DR.. G. B. Park, for
lnerlY of Grafton, who was surgeon of the
10th regiment and afterwards of the nth,
and who now lives at Grand junction,
Iowa.
Burglary at Wallingford
While Mr.. and Mrs Newton, living
about mile north of Wallngford vii.
lage, were at church Sunday, burglars
ransaCked their house, taking watches.
money, silverware and clothing The
property stolen was valued at 800 and
consisted mostly of the dresses of Mr..
/ Newton ; daughter and underwear. When
I the family went to church they locked the
, house up, but the thieves effected an en-
trance through the woodshed door. They
were evidently familiar with the place for
/ they went mp stars and ransaCkcd all the
rooms and closets, taking the best there
was and not any that was marked.
Municipal Suffrage for women.
The women Of Dandy have organized
an Equal Suffrage association Of over 100
members one item of work which the
association now has in hand is the crcu-
lation Of Il petition in the towus of Danny
ana Mt. IaOor to be presented to the next
I legislature, asking that municipal suffrage
be granted to women in this state.
Middlebury.
The exercises of the seth commence
ment of Mlddlebury college began on sun
day with the baCCaalWeate sermon bV
Rev. George y. Webber. d. D.. from Col
ossians, iii ; %. Prof. George ~ Board
man, ID, d., of the Chicago Theological
/ Institute delivered the annual address be-
fore the Young Mems Christian associa-
/ tion of Middlebury college on sunday
evening at the Congregational church.
Dr. BOardmau preached an excellent dis
course from Habakkuk ii %, "But the
Lord Is III his holy temple let all the
earth keep silent before him. =" The
II wit
graduates of the college and other com
mencemcnt visitors. ... Meesrs. Wright
and Jennings started "A carload of fancy
sheep for Michigan on Thursday. They
are line ones, and Mr. Jennings ac.ompan
led them ON the journey Miss Lucy
lapan and Mr. Frederick Vassan were
united in marriage by the Rev. Father
Lane at the Catholic church on Mon.
day morning. Many of their friends
/ We're on hand to witness the ceremony
Monday was brisk market day and there
/ were good many people in, but they
were greatly dissatisfied with the prices
paid for butter, l3 cents per pound being
all that was paid for the best. The
sales of wool were the lgutest for many
weeks. The Democratic county conVeu-
tlon is to be called to meet in Bristol
some time about the lst of August.
II Is good many years since Bristol has
had such convention, and large attend
ahct Is counted On.... Rev. o. f.. Kramer,
I the English, evangelist. is still here He
preached to IA small crowd in the park
near the Addison House on Sunday even
ING, and announced that, God willing and
the weather permitting, he would preach
there every evening at half past seven,
/ until further notice ... The kuicidOsCODC
Is the name Of the college annual which
has Just been published by the members
Of the Junior class Of Middlebury college
, The mechanical work of the publication
ut a ntfi
Is so excellent as to challenge notice and
favorable comment AT once. The contents
are devoted To class histories and infOrma.
tlon and to facts and "reminiscences about
ana OF the college which must prove
extremely interesting to graduates
of the institution, both old and re-
cent; II is IN short one Of the most
handsomely got-up publications ever
issued from a Vermont press. ...
lhe celebration of the Nations birth
day, to be held here on Saturday, July 3,
promises to be Il great success Fifty dol
lars In prizes will be given for races,
among which there will be n dash of lOC
yards bicycle race Of one mile and n
running high jump. There will also be a
one mile race of horribles and the proces
sion or horrbles Will be something un.
usually funny in that line of fun. A dis
tinguished professor with an unpro
houhcable name, Is announced to jumI
over the falls on Otter creek from the root
OF Cobbs's building at the north end of
the bridge, and your correspondent is as.
sured that the display of fireworks will
totally outshne anything of the kind eveI
before seen in the state.
Worthwhile.
l.. Is. Boynton has finished the second
1ioor OF the rink, over his store, into q
very pleasant tenement which will be oc
cupled by himself and family The
grade OF Main street and the cutters is
beng changed at the head of Portland
ana Congress streets both to lessen the
elevation in front of the post Office block
ana carry OIL the water more satstactOri-
ily.,. Mr. Brewster, driver for the Uttou
Brothers. f. II. Stone and Fred Utton
returned ON Tuesday with several horses
that they have had in the Northern New
lOrk circuit races for the past few weeks.
..,,A general Improvement in the village
cemetery IS noticed, although some op-
pose the seemingly unreasonable cutting
down OF trees President Fleetwood OF
ST. Johnsbury academy is at home for the
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