Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-27
ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN THE
WAY OF NEWS.
Brief Itoms ofGntercst from Every Corn er
OF Vermont- Personals, Postmasters
Appointed, Grimes, Casual
ties and Minor Events.

Appointed, Crimes, Casual
ties and Minor Events.
The Readsboro chair factory is turning
out 400 chairs per day.
l.. p Paige has been appointed postmas-
ter at West Townshend.
John Flemming was killed by falling lum-
ber in Jay December 49,
Charles w. Battles of West Braintree
has been granted an original pension.
Bradford dedicates its new village hall
Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Junu
airy and 2.
Reads6oro's $40, 900 water bonds have
been placed with the Berkshire Life Insur-
ance company of Pittsfield, Mass,
Charles p Harris of Rutland and fam
lily are taking an extended trip through the
Southern States and to California.
f. A. Staxt, the bright and able editor
of the Bellows Fails Times and Keene, N.
H., Observer, is to remove his residence
from Keene to Bellows Falls.
Prof. William o. Atwood, a well known
Vermonter, has declined the dictatorship of
the Rutgers college experiment station, to
which he was recently elected.
W A Horton, near Mendon, had three
from shotgun while loading It, a num-
Der of the shot lodged in his face and arm.
The fourth-class postmasters appointed
during the week include Ellen II. Webster
at Barton, Charles Varney at North Dan
vile, and George Younger, sr., at st. Albans
Bay.
Rev. Mr. Myers, student at Mr.. Moody's
| school, young man who was converted
| "a; n. =. I
dressed the inmates of the Rutland work
house Sunday.
The Senate committee on military affairs
has made a favorable report on the bill APP
propriating S22, 900 Tor the improvement of
the grounds around the Bennington battle
| field monument.
If is said that Minnie an English mas
| tiff that was used to track the Whitechapel
murderer, Jack the Ripper, is owned 10y J.
H. Winchell, proprietor Of the Green Noun
tain kennel, Fairhaven.
George lockwood, one of Bennington's 5
Oldest manufacturers of knit goods was
found dead Tuesday afternoon in his office.
He was 62 years OF age aud had beenin fail
| ing health for some time.
Hon. Edward Conant, now at the head of
the Randolph Normal school and formerly
|
is preparing geography and history of
Vermont for use III the public schools.
Forbes says in the Boston Journal Col.
George w. Hooker of Brattleboro is not
seeking any Office in Washington. as has
been reported, but is down at the capital
helping his friends to obtain official posi-
tions.
Deputy Sheriff Brislin of Rutland ar
! nj
Welch, Monday evening, on complaint of
the police authorities of Boston. on charge
of attempting TO wreck a train on the
Fitchburg railroad last summer.
Dwight Kidder, the young man who in
june 1881, at Springfield, Mass, fatally
shot his brother, Charles D. Kidder, the
well-known commercial traveller, and whose
widow resides at Brat leboro, has b4en re-
leased from the Concord, Mass. reform
atory after serving seven of his 90 years
| sentence
Jerry O'Bren, an employe of the Fair
haven marble and narbleized slate COM
pany, caught his right arm in pulley belt
Monday and tore it oT between the elbow
and shoulder. in addition to this his left
leg, knee, hip and several ribs were broken.
| His injuries are pronounced fatal.
Grand Juror Jones of Rutland ordered a
raid Friday morning ON two alleged saloon
keepers, Bruten and Fitzgerald. Deputy
Sheriff Stearns found = large quantity of
liquor in their possession, which he took and
| forfeited. The complaint was entered by a
committee representing 200 women
The Woodstock creamery project gives
every promise of success There are al
ready pledged nearly 800 cows, the number
necessary to make start and the farmers
owning the cows will take abou, $1,000 of
the stock. The village and those who are
not interested rs farmers are relied upon to
subscribe $500
A barn on the Hosford farm about three
miles north OF PouImeY, owned by Solun
sherman and occupied by Jerry Ford. was
burned with its contents recently. There
We're twonty cows in the barn, four of
which pcrished in the flames. A boy kicked
a lantern over causing the disaster, the sec
ond affair OF this kind within month.
the new st. Albans Granite company has
made a start towards the complete organza-
ton of IA company. These provis ional di-
rectors were chosen, to 90 on at once with
organization under the State law II. NJ.
Stevens, ". b. Fonda, ;. Richardson,
W. Tracy Smith, n f. Clark. The cap
ital stock OF eG, 600 is all subscribed.
Eldin j. Hartshorn of Iowa, former
law studeE+ of Dunton and Neazey's in
Rutland, and once assistant clerk of the
Vermont Legislature, has been appointed to
be cashier of the sergeant-at-arms office OF
the house Of Congress in place Of the de
tauter Silcott. Mr. Hartshorn is a native
of Guidhall, Essex county,
Col. II. H. Dow, who has been appointed
deputy collector Of Internal revenue with
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