Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-11-22
THE STATE IN GENERAL.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN THE
WAY OF NEWS.
Brief Items of Interest from Every Cor
ner OF yermo mont-Crimes and Casual
ties Occupy too Prominent n Place
in the Record for Seven Days.

Bennington will have the free delivery
system after January l. 1890.
There are S0S members of the order Of
the Sons of Veterans in Vermont.
Matte NJ. Chandler was appointed post
mistress at East Wilmington on Saturday.
The Waldo Marble company is rebuilding
its mill at Fairhaven which was burned
down in August.
\. A. Delning will soon commence the
publication at Rutland of a monthly jour
nal under the title of Barbed Wire.
The Readsboro Enterprise, which has
been heretofore printed at Shelburne Falls,
Mass, will hereafter be issued from Reads
boro.
DR.. Edward McClynn D. D., is to lecture
at Poultney under the auspices of the Del
phian society of Troy Conference academy
December g.
The Vermont knights of Pythias will hold
a meeting at St Johnsbury the first week in
December for the purpose of organizing
a grand lodge.
series of farmers meetings will be held
at East Hardwick, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, December 5 and 4, under the direction
of the board OF agriculture.
Wilmington will next season be well pop
uIhLeu Wllu DOaTucIS. ue uOlbi
as well as some of the residents will make
extra inducements in this direction.
William Henry Wells, O former resident of
Brattleboro, purposes to give fountain to
that village. 1t will be located Oh The cor
ner of Asylum and North Union streets.
Little Dlly Slocum, aged six, of Ben
nington, was run over by team driven by
Frank Schank, Friday afternoon, and re-
ceived injuries which may result fatally.
The Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington
railroad company purchased a lot on the
corner of School and State streets at Reads
boro and the coming spring will erect
suitable station.
Lorenzo Arnold a carpenter of West
Rutland, and married man with two chill
dren, eoped on Tuesday night of last
week with Alice NJ Kenny, wife of j. D.
Kenny, who also has two children.
The citizens of Bennington are moving
for the organization of Young Mems
Christian Association, also to provide GUAR
ters for them. Nearly 100 new buildings
are assured for Bennington village before
1901, among which may be new hotel and
opera house.
'Cheevey' Bertrand, the rim gleader in
the recent ian delivery at St. Albans. was
OF iil-fame, where he wa demanding money
of one of the inmates at the point of a re
volver. He is now fastened to the cell door
Of the Jail with ball and chain.
| Charles Calkirs. a blacksmith, living
about a mile from Derby Line on the Beebe
! iaius road, Wa, shot three times by an
unknown party Monday noon while alone
III his house. One shot took effect in his neck
! and two in his back. He is still alive but
cannot live He was seen the night before
! with one William Blanchard Of Charleston,
| Vt.
John Las, 10 years old, residing at Rich
| ford, stole a team Of horses belonging TO
| Russ Flint Of West braintree at the latter
| place last week and started for Richford.
| Mr. Flint pursued and overlook the thief
| n short distance above West Braintree He
brought the youth to West Randolph,
where tie was given hearing and held for
the December term of court.
Arrangements for Or. Creegan's foreign
missionary campaign in northern New Eng
land are as follows: Goth inst, Royalton.
! VT; 2lst, Hanover, y. H. and and all the
rest are in Vermont; 22d Richmond; 2+th,
, Ur. Creegan at Montpelier and Ir Bartlett
at Northiield; 25th, at Jericho Goth at
| Milton; 21th, at Jetfersonville, and 2Sth
| DR.. Creegan at johnson and Mr.. Bartlett at
Morrisville.
A young man apparently badly burned
about the breast and arms has been solicit
ing aid from citizens of Bennington, Vt, to
enable him to reach hls nome in the South.
Saturday night he was arrested along with
a companion. who evidently shared in tie
proceeds, and little examination showed
tie nature OF the burns to be an applica-
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tist companion.
Tho Spruce Butter Tub association, which
includes the manufacturer of spruce tubs in
Vermont, New York aud New Hampshire,
held their annual meeting at St Albans
Wednesday, and elected j. l.. Clark of
amshville, n. Y. president, and c. II.
Srearns of johnson. VT, secretary and
treasurer. II was voted to sustain the
prices adopted last year.
A memorial tablet has just been placed on
the walls of the Congregational church at
Bradford in memory of Dr.. Silas McKeen,
by his only surviving daughter, Miss Phil
ena Mckeen, the worthy principal of the
Abbott Female Seminary OF Andover,
Mass. The following is the inscription on
the plate: "To the memory of the Rev.
Silas McKeen, d. D., for 43 years the ba-
loved pastor OF this church" "
Middlebury clergymen aud prominent
churchmen met the railroad commissioners,
and President j. G.. Smith and Nice-Presi-
dent E. c. Smith of the Central Vermont
road at Middlebury on Wednesday TO dis
cuss the advisability of stopping the run
ming of trains during the hours of service
ON Sunday. President Smith explained the
necessity of Sunday trains and said that lac
would relieve the situation as far as posi-
BILE.
Isaiah Huntley of Duxbury, aged
S5, was the victim of mean
swindle Monday night He lived with hi,
aged wife and as he was about to retire
man called him to change Sl(
bill. The stranger, who could not leave hi.
horse TO come in, stood on the door stepi
and received two tives from Huntley, hand
ing him grcsnbank paper which proved tc
be only an advertisement. He then sud
denly disappeared.