Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-12

past few weeks. Il. II. Shattuck was
IN !, burlington over Sunday. :.... Henry
Russell has taken Ansmon Burnham's
farm. ...... Hiram Miller died from the
1irst sleghs of the season were
seen on the streets Sunday .....
me people of this place are pleased to
learn that DR. Hulburd is not TO leave
town. n...... Elbrldge Wilbur moved into
ms house in the village the past week,
nnsy Burnham INTO his house, Gideon
WOOD INTO the Avery Weston house,
which he. has lately bought, Frank
lAaraWaS, Jr, and Lewis Robson into the
Smile house by the grist mill, II. l.. and
Is. #. Beard into their house on Main
street
Morrisville.
The fall term of school at Morrisville
academy closes on Tuesday of next week
Ihe last lYceum of the term is to be held
on Friday evening of this week. The
newly organized orchestra connected with
the institution is dong fine work now
.:...J. c. and W. II. Robinson opened
their new store on Tuesday ..... Mrs.
Rev. NJ. p Bell, late of this place, now of
berkshire, was in town on Tuesday y.....
Mrs Arthur Robinson left town on Mon
day for few weeks visit at her home in
HiIlsboro, y. H.....Rev. f. +. Healey
gave the second of course Of lectures at
the Universalist church on Friday even.
ng.:.,..G. W. Doty and wife, +. 5.
Robinson and wife, Mrs. G. JOslyn, w. s.
Cheney and wife and several others, have
been in Boston the past week. 80. The
funeral of Mrs 5. A. Howard was held on
Friday The travelling public seem to
appreciate good hotel here.
Isle La Motto.
About six inches of snow fell Saturday
night. t.... The funeral services of Capt.
William Fleury who WAS drowned in
Lake /. ,f Champlain last Saturday; was held
and largely attended. Rev. Mr Adams
oiliciated. Mrs. Mary Ann French of
Manitoba, formerly of Alburgh, was in
town last week ......As the canal boat
owned by George Ritchie. was coming into
tlsk's dock, about 2 O'Clock last Friday
morning, she ran into Capt. William
Montgomery's boat that was lying at the
dock at the time, and knocked both masts
Of Rltchie's b'at down, hurting John
bowman, VINO was aboard of her at the
time, so badly that he had to be carried
home on Il bed. Mr.. and Mrs. n. w.
Fisk were in Montpelier during last week
From Other Parts of the state.
ID. c. Stevens, an Island Pond grocer,
has failed.
A black fox has been seen in the vicinity
of East Craltsbury.
There are 260 girls at work in the new
shirt factory at Rutland.
The receipts of customs at the Rich
ford port for the month of October were
Sl3 995, ,63
"Uucle" Harvey Castle and wife of
CastletOn celebrated the 50th anniversary
of their marriage tuesday.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York has paid the claim of Edward
I. Fairbanks, st. Johnsbury, VT, for
S1O12.
The Butterfield Spring Bed company of
SWanton have sold the right TO make
their bed III the province of Quebec
Tor $1,000.
The Quebec Lumber company dressed
GO0OOO teet OF boards ut their mill in West
Burge last month. Twenty-four men are
by this company in and about
the mill.
George Dalrymple of Fair Haven has
invented IA sand feed and applied for a
patent on the same. G. T. Maynard X
Company have made T. of them and they
are being used III the new marble mill at
Hampton Falls.
Lumbermen are intending to cut a large
of lumber this winter and Prouty
* Miller OF Newport are having about
two million feet cut to be run down Black
River in the spring.
Mrs. l. b Smith of Castleton has re
Gently forwarded t. Bulgaria, in Turkey,
IL tub of butter weighing % pounds 1t is
sent to Il brother of the Rev. William L.
Herrick of that village, who is Il mission
AIRY there.
1t appears from late papers received
from Dakota that the Chicago, Mllwau-
kee and st. Parl railroad is being pushed
Edmunds county at the rate of
two miles "A day, and that Vermont City
and LOyalton are soon to enjoy its conyen-
fences. Business is booming there and
the hotels are constantly filled with pros
pectors, investors and new comers to re
side.
Manager Aver of the Vermont Con
struction company, of St Adams, has
Just closed a contract to build two iron
bridges ON the line of the Brattleboro and
Ill road. The bridges are to be
of standard gauge, and are to cost about
SIS, 900
The Vermont wheel club held its semi
annual meeting at BrAttlebOro Thursday.
o. a. Marshall was elected president,
f. l.. Shaw, vice president, Leslie Scott,
secretary and treasurer; Fred Reed, cap
tain; &. X. Crosby, lst lieutenant; Ed Cor
don, color bearer: o. X. Leonard 5. ".
Kirkland and f. ii. Houghton, club com
mlttee
Ii took II yoke of oxen Yesterday to draw
the under base of the Brattleboro soldiers
from the station to the com
mon after 4 team OF l6 horses had been
unsuccessfully tried. The block weighs
"a tons and Is II feet square and 20 inches
thick. 1t was taken from the Lyons quar-
ry at West Dummerston.
The Inconsistency of Third Party Men.
Judge Peckham got more votes in New
York and BrOOklYn on Tuesday than
Governor Hill received last year. This
result is due to the energetic support
given TO the democratic candidate by IL
quor manufacturers and rum-sellers in
these two cities. Judge Daniels is a
strong temperance man, and the demo
cratic state committee made great
capital out of the fact Naturally, the
rum interest only needed a hint to rally to
the side of Peckham. If the third party
voters of the state had been equally de
voted to the cause they profess to serve,
this luuOr vote would have been offset bV