Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-06-01

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Mrs. Kimballs four sons Matthew, Mark
George and Charles came from Connect
cut, where they are now living, aud acted
rs bearers At the funeral Quarterly
meeting services will be held at he Me h
Oiist church Sunday June TO- They viii
be followed by Il preachers meeting, con
tlnulng three or four days.
The Robinson Bros, owners of the
steam mill which burned to the ground
saturday night, were hard working you've
men and the loss coming at this time will
he a heavy blow to them The mill was
located in the west part of the town aud
was one of the largest in this vicinity
u der the management of the Robinson
Bros. it has turned out large quantities of
fine lumber. That mistortunes never
come sngy is often demonstrated and
the latest instances are the loss by Mr.
Carey of horse and by Deacon Atkins
OF COW at nearly the same time .......
Lights and shadows of the Great Rebel
| lion" was again presented by the dramat-
ic club, Saturday evening ..... Many com
meuts are heard upon the beautiful dis
! play Of flowers at the Methodist church.
healing medium from Boston, is at l.. w.
! buZzles and holds daily seances for the
faithful.
Franklin.
| EIeazer Wright, who was seriously in.
! jured While driving a load of hay mo the
! barn last week, died Saturday night from
the injury Antoine Royea dropped
dead from heart disease Saturday at the
village. His fdneral was held at the
! school house at the "liue" Sunday, Rev
Mr.. PrOuty officiating. ...... The funeral
OF Harry Chaplin, only son of Mr. and
Mrs II. b. Chaplin, was held Sunday
morning at their hOme.... Memorial
exercises appropriate to the day were held
a East Franklin SUNDAY ..... Memorial
day exercises will he held at the town hall
Wednesday, Rev. j. L. Sewal of Milton
delivering the address.
Bristol.
SATURDAYS butter market was well at
tended. Prices ranged from Is to 90 cents
Sales, l25 tubs. Mrs. 5. II. Cam died
Hoosick Fails, n. Y, and Mrs. b. G. : ar
gent OF Council Bluffs, Ia, daughters of
>. II. Cain, are in town. A. +. Mansfield
had his right hand badly mangled by Il
saw Friday at Drake 81 Smiths mill G.
ID Matthewson, another employe of the
same trm, had finger injured by saw
last week.. The Citizens band gave An
open alrconcerG Saturday evening The
graduating exercises of the graded school
occur June 10. The Howard Opera House
orchestra has been engaged for the occa-
SION. The republicans of this town have
elected delegates to the county conven-
tlOn. The caucus was a unanimOu af-
TAR. Dr., j, b. O'Neill of
Portland, Me-, son of Patrick
O'Niell of this place, was recently mar
rled to NJ IS Lyncn....It is understood
that the Addison county democratic con
vention VIII oe held mere the 4th Of July
f, W, McGettrick of st. Albaus and r.
{. O'Sulllvan of Burlington will be the
speakers. The services at the different
churches sunday We're well attended
Main street has been utilized of late by
owners of alleged last horses for Il race
course. Deputy Sheriff Lawrence put
damper on the sport Saturday. ID. BOs
worth and wife have nearly recovered
from the effects of their accident Sev-
eral farmers have lost sheep lately. The
dog tax will not he clear gain this wear
;... Several new street lamps have recent
ly been placed in position.
New Haven.
Mrs. +. S. Dana has been to attend the
graduating exercises of the senior class
at the Albany law school of which her
son, NJ. ii. Dana, is Il member. The
New Haven band went to Weybridge on
Memorial day. Our base ball nine will
play the Red, White and Blues of Yer
gennes on Friday on the latter's grounds
800. Mrs. CHARLES Rogers Is quite seri-
ously Ill. Miss Minnie + Roscoe leaves
this week for Adams, Mass, to spend the
summer with her sister. ..... AL )uZo Mans
Held OF Lynn, Mass. is spending few
weeks in town. Mrs. Minnie Hal,
Sprague of Minden, Neb., is visiting ner
father, DR.. +. ID. Hall. Braehmer's
orchestra of Rutland give the commence
meut concert on June s. Miss kingsley
Will accompany them as soloist.
johnson.
Masonic chapter meeting was held
Friday .....O b. Laudon is giving his
house a new dress of paint. 800. DR. Ba-
con was in town, Saturday, Oh his way
home from Montreal.
o. j. Putnam had his arm severely in
jured while working on Buck Bros, new
mill Fred Dillingham; is at home from
burllngton.... 80. Workmsn are laying
new plank On the great iron bridge. They
are all tarlit planks-tariif on the town..
ID .. \. II. Che-mOre Of Huntington, dellV
cred the address on Memorial day, the
band provided cOnsidera ole music, and the
ladies se'ved dinner III the veetry of the
Methodist church ........A local clairvoy-
ant says that Depew will be the repubii-
can nominee for president. ... The claims
OF ii. a Waterman against the railroad
company for damages on account of cattle
Killed, have been considered in more con-
clhatory spirit than has been manifested
sick....... Wick Field. has gone to Hard
Wich to he hotel clerk Tor A. b. Pike.
Roxbury.
Mrs. Warner has moved on to her farm
y,
20, son to Mr.. and Mrs. Belt Dickerson
......Dled in RoXbury, May 20, Sylvester
Tracy, aged 81, of pneumonia
The soldiers graves in all the ce metric
were decorated on Wednesday, but there
were no other demonstrations ........The
Stage driver crossing the mountain from
Warren to Roxbury Wednesday morning,
saw huge black bear cross the road lust
in front of him. cd bruin had probably
been to breakfast, for, with scarcely "A Look
at NJ Hudson, he lo9ed off into the woods
........ Lima Williams is very low with
eoneumption. David Ellis is not eX-
pected 70 llve........A brakeman by the
name of Thomas lost finger while coup
ling cars in the yard at koXbury, Wednes-
day morning
SwantUn.
Homer Manner of Hghgate, and Miss
Annie Wright of Swanton, were married
by the Rev. Il. Snow on Wednesday, at the
home of the brides mother. .......A F.
Herrick has leased the American house,
and 1t was opened on Monday for the ac-
commodation of the public. Mrs
Mary. A. Livermore gave lecture on
Women of the War" in the Congrega-
tiOppl church tba of