Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN THE
WAY OF NEWS.
Brief Items of Interest from Every Corn er
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Manufactur-
ing Notes, Fires, Crimes, Casual
ties and Minor Events.

Ll Glen and Miss Mary Howe of Brattle-
boro sailed from Havre for home Saturday.
George A. Kimball a prominent mason
of Orwell, died Monday and was buried
Thursday.
The First Congregational church of Brat
tleboro is entirely out of debt for the first
time in many years.
The young lawyers of st. Albans have
formed law club for the discussion of law
questions in strict legal form.
The North Congregational church of
St Johnsbury has voted to incorporate nm
der the act of the last Legislature.
Bills have been introduced in Congress
for the erection of public buildings at st.
Albans. Newport and Island Pond.
Thomas Cavanaugh of Vermont was
Wednesday appointed assistant sergeant-at
arms of the House of Representatives.
Rev. Josiah Tyler of Natal, South Africa,
who has been visiting his son in st. Johns
bury, will spend the winter in Florida.
The business outlook with Springfield
manufacturers was hardly ever more
couraglng than now, all running on full
time.
1.-The Sieve" a small monthly publica-
ton, with Arthur H. Goodenough, editor
West Brattleboro
Mrs. Daniel Allen, an aged Bennington
woman, nearly Dled to death in that place
Tuesday morning by the bursting of vein
in her foot.
A building occupied by the Rutland
Cracker company of Rutland, was damaged
by fire Monday evening. Loss about 81, 800;
| fully insured
A Brattleboro taxidermst is setting up a
wildcat, captured Sunday by Frencllman
on the mountain road leading from Hns-
dale to Chesterfield.
Hon. Ira X. Batchelder of Townshend
has written history of Peru which will be
printed if copies enough can be sold to pay
the expense
n. B. Douglass of Sherburn, Mass, a
native of Middebury, will probably be cleo
! ted president of the Massachusetts State
Grange now in session.
John Hosmer of st. Johnsbury aged 20,
was instantly killed by wild engine while
walking on h G track above st. ohnsbury
Centre Thursday night of last week.
Judge Barrett has been chosen chairman
of the joint committee appointed by the
| town and village to prepare and report a
city charter for Rutland.
! Cracker company, corner OF West and Evan
streets, was damaged by fire Monday even
ing. Loss about $4,000, fully insured.
Uncle Loren Young of East Charleston
passed his seth birthday December I and
claims to be one of the oldest men living who
did service among Vermont troops in the
rebellion.
j. y. McClary of st. Albans has during
tl,n
loads of maple sugar to the West. He has
paid out Sl0J, 900. Prices have ranged
from g. to - cents pound.
Mrs. Isabel c. Barrows, who on Monday
was elected a member of the Boston school
committee is Vermont woman. She was
born in Irasburg in 1915, and was educated
in Pinkerton academy.
council of Methodist ministers have
suspended Rev. J. w. Heath from the pas
torship of the church at East Arlington for
immoral conduct His case will be tried at
the next meeting of the conference
The re-dedcation services OF the Brattle-
boro Baptist church will be held Wednesday
evening. Rev. o. p. Clifford of Boston will
deliver the sermon, and Rev. j. c. Foster,
D. D., Of Boston will offer remarks.
The Tuttle company of Rutland is pub
State of Vermont. They are to be made
the text books in the State school. Princi
pal Conant is the author of both works
The Marble City Electric Light company
of Rutland is rapidly pushing forward
operations for the introduction Of their new
system of lighting. There will be cut OF
rates as soon as this company starts up.
The work of quarrying granite has beer
} actively begun at the base of Ascutney
Mountain in West Windsor, a stock com,
pany having recently been formed with am
pie capital TO develop the granite quarrie,
in that section.
An interesting trial has been going on fol
some days past before Judge Tyler at Brat
tleboro, over a set of false teeth. The sui
was brought by DR.. Woodbury. against Dan
, Brosnahan, who refused to pay for til,
teeth ON the ground Of their not being sat
isfactory. The judge awarded the plaintiff
So 90 damages and costs of suit.
The Rutland board of trade has fitted IL,
the finest suite of rooms in the State. The,
8 consist of reading rooms, billiard room
and other apartments necessary to max
complete the arrangements of such institu
0 tions. The board has placed n man il
5 charge of the rooms, whose duty it is t.
keep things in order and entertain stranger
1 and visitors VINO go TO the rooms i'll larg
5 numbers.
1t seems that Mrs, c. c. Colby of Stan
stead, P. O., whose husband has lately be
come a member of the Dominion cabinet
is sister of Mr.. John A. Child of Wey
= bridge. Mr. Colby is quite we'll known t
many of the older people in this vicinity
He was some years ago interested in tn
! marble business at Beden's Falls
; While Samuel Lord of Winooski was run
a ming a piece Of timber through a circu!a
saw he received bad wound, the saw catch
ing him between the first and second finger
and running up his arm for a distance q
1G inches Although an exceedingly painfl
: injury the physicians think amputatio
@ will not be necessary.
4 According to the st. Albans Messenge
= Fish Commissioner Brainerd has receive,
g word from the United States fish commits
r sion that 250, 900 lake trout eggs will b
i sent to the Vermont commissioners shortl'
t for distribution in the waters of the State
and that the carp of which mention wa