Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-07-23


! the Merchants bank some indignation
/ is felt by the mail agents on the Rchford
and Springfield run, that the place Of c.
a. Herbert of Concord, \. H., one of the
best men in the service, is to be filled by II
man from Springfield, Mass, whom report
says no one speaks respectfully of. Mrs.
/ ID. :. Allen, with her family, are spend
ing Il few days vacation at her former
, home, Brookfield.
MiddIebury.
Secretary Parsons of the Y. NJ. c.
c. a. goes to Hubbardton Saturday
and Will conduct services in the Congre
/ gHtlOnal church there on Sunday .... Mr.
| Peck and Mrs. Olmstead of East Middle
bury an account of whose arrest and bind
ing over on a charge of adultery was
printed in Thursdays FREE PRESS, secur-
ed the required Ddi without difficulty or
delay and We're released from custody ....
The Salvation Army still laburs here
daily and nightly and picks up an occi-
sional converts. Mr.. Miller, the suspect
ed swindler, who was discharged from
custody Tuesday, has left town
and gone to parts unknown. There
is II strong suspicion that his
Willingness to remain in Jail
here arose from the fact that he was
wanted somewhere else ON a graver charge
than the one for which he was brought to
Middlebury. Considerable interest has
already begun to be manifested in local
politics, and we are already threatened
with three cornered fight, with varia-
tions, for town representatives. .... Mrs.
Dugald Stewart is repairing her house on
North Pleasant street and to large eN-
tent rebuilding the interior. The old
homestead already shows indications of a
great improvement in appearance. ....
Capt. Henry d. Maynard of East Middle
bury, who has been lald up with sickness
most of the time since early spring, has
SO far recovered that he is able to come to
town occasionally and looks as though
his Improvement were going to last.
At the Democratic caucus to choose del
egates to the State and district couVen-
tiOnS, held Thursday evening, a. b. Colby
was elected chairman and y. Y, Stapleton
secretary. j. +. Stapleton. c. G.. Peck
and Martin O'COnor We're appointed a
committee to prepare Il list of delegates
and alternates The committee reported
for delegates: Peter Champagne John
Grant and Humphry sullivan, and for
- alternates a. b. Colby, y. T. Stapleton
and George +. Abbey. The commit
) tees report was accepted and adopt
ed and the caucus adjourned, af
ter first empowering me delegates
: and alternates to fill up the delega-
tiOn in case both delegate and alternate
. should be unable to attend the convention
.... Master Parkie II. Williamson, son of
| Abram Williamson and Miss Tessie Kings
I ley, daughter of James L. Kingsley, have
gone to Malone, y. y, on Il visit to rela-
tiVes there Some of the salvation army
have left town. but there have been two
additions, both women, to the Middlebury
branch to supply the places of the absen-
I tees. Their barracks are crowded every
l night and the meetings frequently con-
tinue till half past ten. All the small
= boys in town have caught up
and are constantly humming the
, /, retralns OF their war songs ...
! Mrs Henry Cornell of Worcester, Mass
l daughter of George r. Langworthy, Sr.,
has come to town to make her parents Il
visit =. George +. Marshall and W. d.
Lane have gone to the Adirondacks to
camp out Their families will join them
e shere on Monday when also several other
t George region. DR.. f. +. Russell has
5 been sick for several days and is not yet
: able to get out of the house -. The county
prohibition convention will be held in
I the town hall in Middlebury on Thursday
July -, when the Hon. j. b. Finch will
t deliver an address. What part the
l. straight prohibitionists intend or ex-
petct to play, in county politics
this year is not yet known
p and they probably will not know them
selves until they meet in convention
Very likely, however, they will nominate
: IA full county ticket 1t may be that the
| county canvass will be complicated with a
i, bolt this year, aside from anything which
the Prohibition party may do. There is
T. IA good deal of anger in the north part of
D the county on account of the defeat of
4 Carleton T. Stevens for the senatorial
nomination in the Republican convention,
e and II may be taken for granted that the
4 friends OF Mr.. Stevens will try their best
4 to slaughter Mr.. Nash his successful com
4 petitOr although 1t cannot he claimed
a that Mr. Nash was not fairly and regular
T. ly nominated. In Middlebury it looks as
: though the PrOhibitioniss were going to
run Prof. II. VI. Seeley for town repre-
sentative.
The Salvation Army made a descent
upon Frog Hollow Sunday morning
and stirred up the natives of that uu-
( savory neighborhood They sang and
y; prayed and eXhOrted for an hour. Seven
l or eight OF their converts We're in the
ranks and assisted IN the proceedings
During the evening an irate woman
snatched one of her hopefuls out of the
ranks and thereby created quite Il cOmmo-
ton After the meeting that night some
of the young fellows gathered at the
/ house occupied by the members of the
y army and made considerable noise and
J. disturbance. such persons ought to
be taught that so long as they
; behave themselves-which they Ger
| taInly haYe so far done since coming
! here, the Salvation soldiers are entitled
u to the protection of the law, and the
4 authorities should see that they have that
e protection. John a. Fletcher, son of
u Col. y. A. Fletcher, Will start Tuesday
S for the West lie will stop at several
1.
I his brothers ranch in Montana, where he
: Will spend the rest of the college Vaca-
tion The local market Monday showed
astlll further advance in the price of but
ter, 10 cents per pound being the ruling
T. price, while in few cases III was
}. paid The quantity brought in
n was not large, and the sales
n of wool We're Insignificant. New
k potatoes are sold by peddlers for - cents
/. per bushel .., II, B. Potter of New York
O city is in town for "A brief VISIT. DR.. f..
e p. Russell is recovering from his illness
r and is now well enough TO be out, but is
yet quite weak...,E f. Severance is
]. building a new house in the Mead district
" When completed it will be one of the
i finest farm houses in the county,. The
d rain falls of the past three or four days
If have rejoiced the hearts of the farmers on
i such of them as have no hay down. The
& prospect for big crops is bright one
~ Austin Peck who was bound over to the
r. County Court on serious charge saws
81 am certain that when the smoke o.