Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-21

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lishments running in the State of Vermont.
Three of this number run on print cloths,
one on yarns and the other on satinet, warps
and batting. The aggregate number of
spindles is SO, CAB. The largest plant is
that Of the Burlington Mills with "a, 800
spndles and 615 looms running on 60x56s.
Hubbell Lee of East Fairfield, died Tues
day as the result of injuries received at the
hands of his nephew, Frank Mitchell while
the two were in drunken quarrel. Lees
head was badly smashed by blows from a
musket stock. Mitchell is under arrest and
will be brought to jail here probably to-
night.
George W. Stanton whose mysterious
disappearance from Rutland several weeks
ago created much gossip has written a friend
explaining in part at least his abrupt depart
ure. For several weeks he has been sick at
Ogdensburg and on Monday last his father,
who is q well -to-do resident of W adams
Mills, found him uud took him home, where
he will remain until he fully recovers
These patents to Nermonters were an
nounced on Saturday: To Charles S. Sher-
man of Windsor, inventor, and the
Windsor Machine company, as assignee of
one half, for a turret lathe. To Luke w.
Taylor of Springfield, as inventor and
William H. H. Slack of the same place,
as assignee of e-haf, two, for fire eX-
tingusher.
James Herson of Underhll Centre slipped
and fell from a platform at Wallace's mill
Monday afternoon and broke his leg. Herson
received pension quite an amount of back
pay some time ago and if all accounts are
correct has been going through his money
and it is supposed was under the influence
of liquor at the time of the accident. He
has his family at Underhill Centre,
The funeral services OF the late Charles
NJ. Stone, who died at Jacksonville, Fla,
on the 18th inst. were held at ST. Johns
bury Monday afternoon, Rev. Edward
Fairbanks of the South Congregational
church otliclating Among the newspaper
men of the State present We're d. NJ. Camp
aud Editor Ranney Of the Newport EN-
press Col. c. : Forbes Of ST. Albans, and
Mr.. Sault OF the St Albans Messenger and
H. B. Davis of the I.yndonvlle Union.
Some unkno party succeeded in thor
oughly frightening the residents of Williston
street, Bratteboro on the night of the 10th
by throwing large bomb or dynamite car
fridge against a board fence within a few
feet of Dr. Gregg's house The explosion
was heard in different parts of the village,
done and the people are left to speculate as
to the intention of the aw-breakers.
Rev. l. H. B. Headley, who has been
holding meetings at various points in Yer
mont and New Hampshire, under the aus
pices of the New England Evangelistic as
sociation, began his labors, February 26,
at White River junction, where about 60
persons have professed conversion, some of
them belonging in Hartford, West Lebanon
and other places to which the interest has
extended.
The parties who are preparing to develop
the lead mines on Lake Memphremagog have
/ put local mining expert one circuit, in
the field, Offering him 500 for certain mines
which he claims to have discovered and
concealed some years ago, one being four
| foot vein of argentiferous gaana, which is
silver bearing lead ore. Recent assays OF
selected specimens sent to New York, give
Al ounces of silver to the ton, and 50 per
cent of metallic lead.
The board of railroad commissioners
gave "A hearing at White River June
ton March - upon complaint of John B,
Hay of Bradford against the Central Yer
mont Railroad company, alleging discrmin-
alton because the company will not give
passengers paying a cash fare drawback
chechs III lhe uay Time "neh the tlchcI on
ces are open, Duu "oeS III 'hg my en' t'"i'
Wheh tickeU oilices are cioseu. lhe HearihG
was continued "llhouU ueclslon W y APrll =
The plant OF the Fan Mountain fapel
company at Bellows rails Is sad TO DE the
largest III the state. lhere are seven mills
in the plant, five OF which are pup and tWc
paper. About OIL engines, ranging IRON
33-inch to 6O-lnch, are III operation lii TN
paper mills. About 80 tons OF newspaper
are turned out daily, and II tons OF care
and manila. About So ooo pounds OF Woo
pulp are turned out each day at the RAJ
Mountain Pulp Mills in Bellows Falls
Judson H. Clark, who recently purchas
ed the stallion Wellington brother to sun
OILY, has changed the horse S name TO Lore
Wellington, there is another horse name(
Wellington As there is another horse by
the name of Warren, the Vermont breC
son of Aristos, with a record of 2:2Of, i
will be next in order for the Messrs. Br.gg
Of Maine to select different name for the
two year-old brother of the matchless Sunol
that is soon expected to arrive in the Pin
Tree State.
A FREE Press representative interviewe,
+. A Haseltine. superintendent of Addison