Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-07

Hartlands debt is now reduced to S9o09
s. w. Kinds has been appointed postmas-
ter North Hyde Park.
Gen. II. X. Ide Of st. Johnsbury has
gone to his orange grove in Pomona Fla.
Application has been made for authority
TO organize the First National bank OF
Sw6nton.
W. II. Stevens has been appointed post
master at West Bolton and &. H. walker
at West Bridgeport.
The House committee on public buildings
has reported favorably bill npproprlaung
$40. 900 for government building at 81
Abans.
The Newport Rifles have target practice
weekly. Three teams, composed OF seven
men and a commissioned officer, compete
for state prize.
The Newport Cornct band hos become
incorporated under the laws OF the State,
and tho new organization has chosen II. $.
Green president
Copeland & Bellows have put a large lot
of new wood working machinery into their
mill at Wilmington and will push business
in the early spring.
c. j. Smith of South Shoftsbury was
awarded special prize at the New ork
poultry show on four male and female
Golden Wyandottes.
St Johnsbury is making great prepara-
tons to give Miss Mary Howe royal re-
oeption Friday night when she appears IL
concert in that town.
Rev. John Ward has resigned the pas
torate Of the Advent church at st. Johns
bury and will leave for his new field of
labor at Lowell, Mass, this week.
Rev. r. B. Fay recently of the Congre-
gational church at Rochester, has been in
vited to supply the church at Sheldon and
will enter at once upon his duties.
At meeting of the trustees of the Ver-
mont Live Stock company, Thursday, it
was voted to spend Sl5, 900 the coming
spring for two-years-old steers to put upon
the range
The Eagle hotel and barns attached, at
Orwell, owned by F. B. Kimball, were to-
tally destroyed by fire last week The car
riages and horses in the barns wero saved
and some of the furniture in the house.
Ludlow Congregationalsts are seriously
considering the question OF building Il new
church the present season. Liberal sums
are being pledged by former residents who
were identified with this church and society.
Weathersfeld reduced her debt over
$4,000 last year. Now she has less than
$1,000 debt. no abandoned farms and a
bright prospect for railroad facilities and
increased manufacturing enterprises i'll a
short time.
The committee to whom was referred the
matter of building a Memorial hall, pro
posed by the Sons OF Veterans of .Benning
ton, report most gratifying results so far
and say that the raising of the required
sum is an assured fact
During the past week the Maple Sugar
exchange has sold nearly 500 worth O
goods In six States The sales in New Eorl
and Illinois were the largest, being S28l. 4
and $l04. 40. Orders for new sugar anC
syrup are coming in freely
The Caledonia county libel suit Of Gun
ningham VS. Caldbeck las gone to the su
preme court on plea in abatement, inter
posed by the defendant, on the ground thai
Cunningham does not reside in Bennington
where the suit was brought
Miss Nelia Bemis of st. Johnsbury is th
successful winner Of prize offered b,
"Santa Claus. - the juvenile magazine, fol
a puzzle-'copceaed personages Mis-
Bcmis's answer the only correct on
out of more than 700
Mr.. Rinn the architect of the Benning
ton Battle Monument, takes the secon,
prize, $1,000 in the Grant Monument desigl
contest There were 80 designs presented
and the committee some months ago, Sc
lected five of these as worthy Of the prize
offered.
A special despatch to the FREE PRES
from Hardwck says that engineers employ
ed bv the Boston and Maine railroad in
spected the proposed route for railroad t
tie quarry Tuesday and they will permanent
" locate the route Friday. The local arrange
lnents are nearly completed to begin wor
a. soon as the weather will admit.
The board of education for LamoilI
county met Saturday and adopted the TO
lowing books for use for the next five year
Groenleafs New Inductive Arithmetic
Bsrnes's Nati0ual Readers, No, Of Hyde
Grammar, Eggeaton's History Swinton
Geography, Gilbert Speller. In civil go'
srnment Our Republic, Ellsworth
Writing, Heath's Drawing
Parties are engaged in projecting ne
map Of Lake Cbampiaim for the conveuienC
of tourists and summer guests. The loc
ton Of cottages, farm houses convenient
the lake and attractive points gonerall
viii come in for their proper share of a
tention. II is much needed guide an
viii be popular if correctly prepared ar
pub! ished in attractive form.
The textbook committee for Grand is
county met at the court house at Nor
Hero Feb. n, all the members preson
After careful doliberntion the followir
books were adopted for the next five year
Readers, Harper's; arithmetics, Greenleaf
new iuductive series; biographies Butler
grammar, Reed & Kellogg's; history, E
geston' g; writing, model copy books; Ke
sis drawing; Macy's "Our Government. "
Frod y. Noyes, aged 30, died at RI
land Friday from the effects of I
amnutation of his right leg at the hip, pc
formed by Dr.. e. NJ, Pond, assisted
local physicians. The operation was ma
necessary Oh account Of Il diseased bone Al
his physicians stated that the man had on
one chance in 100 of recovery, Noyes a
family realized the situation and were pl
pared for it, lie lived but five minutes {
ter the operati1-.
Collector Benedict has recommended
the secretary OF the treasury the appou
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