Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18
ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
Brief Items of Interest from Eve ~ or
ner of mont-Postmasters APP
inted-Persona1s, Manufacturing
Notes, Fires and Minor ItOnls.
j. Fl. Gross has been appointed postmaster

Col. Kittredge Haskins will deliver the
Memorial day address at Felchvie.
The Island Pond National bank com
mences business on Monday, April 21.
Col. Thomas O. Seaver of Woodstock will
speak at Barton Landing Memorial day
The Barton Landing military brass band
have ordered nice uniform at an expense
OF S400.
MIR. and Mrs Justin S. Montague cele
brated their golden wedding last week at
Woodstock
The dedication of the new Methodist
church at Olcott took place on Wednesday,
sermon by Bishop Andrews of New York
The annual meeting of the North Eastern
Vermont Association of Underwriters will
be holden at the secretary's Office in Lyn-
donville April 21
There are now 220 qualified teachers in
Caledonia county, and about 100 schools, so
the supply will equal the demand for the
coming year.
Father Hanley of Baltimore, Md, who
was ordained to the priesthood April s, is a
native of West Rutland and his parents
now reside there.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Robinson the
parents of nine children, all of whom ace
now living, celebrated their golden welding
at Bennington last week.
Rev f. Is. Chamberlin has resigned a
pastorate of 16 years in Sharon, Vt, thus
completing ministerial service Of 36 years
in il parishes and six States.
NJ. r. Doolittle, who has been appointed
postmaster at gainesville, Ohio, is veteran
printer and editor, and began his apprentice
ship at Middlebury, Vt, in 1889.
L. II. Bisbee of Chicago has accepted an
invitation to deliver the oration before the
society of Vermont Officers at their next
reunion to be held at Montpelier in Octo-
Der.
c. F. Eddy and G. A. Brown of Bellows
Falls, VT, and +. w. Stiles of Springfield.
VT, will organize company to publish the
New England City Record, at New Eng
land Ga.
Miles, Mcmahon & Co. of Stowe have
bought and sold to date of new maple
sugar and syrup this spring, 20, pounds.
They pay cash and ship to every State in
the Union.
John A. Child ESQ.,, of Weybridge, has
been appointed by the superintendent of
census a special agent of the 11th census to
assist in taking tho recorded Indebtedness
of the State
At the executive committee meeting of
the Eastern Vermont Association of Road
and Trotting Horse Breeders at Newport it
was voted to hold the annual fall exhibition
at st. Johnsbury.
1t is understood that the late Postmaster
Mooney of st. Albans left $500 for the Con
gregational church, of which he was a
member, and 800 for the Sunday school
class to which he belonged.
Prophetstown, the little Illinois village
visited by a tornado, was settled by Asa
Crook, a Vermontor in the era Of the Black
Hawk war, and was named for "The
Prophet" a leading Indian chief of that
day, who had his home there.
r. n. Vail and lphus Hall of Lyndon
Vile shipped Thursday lot of Poled Aber-
deem Angus cattle to Geary and Watson at
Des Moines, Ia, to be placed in a public
sale there Mr.. Vail sent 56 head and Mr..
Hall 10 head.
A representative of an Ohio sugar evap-
orator manufacturing company is talking
of locating in St. Johnsbury. This firm
employs about so men and puts about
$40, 600 worth of goods upon the Eastern
market annually.
The new pipe organ for the new Newport
church has been selected 1t is to cost 81 SOC
and will be a superior instrument every.
way. The ladies have taken it upon them
selves to pay for it and have already about
one.third Of the amount pledged.
The state house construction commission
ers of Massachusetts have awarded an i'm
portant contract TO the Vermont marbl,
company-the contract for the first story
asher work and the balustrade of the state
house extension for 1904, SOP 80.
John BrIckley, IS, employed by the Moore
Arms ~ Thompson corporation at Below
Falls, was drowned Monday while at worl
on the east canal. The body was carried
into the river and all efforts TO find il
have been abandoned
There are now living within few rod
of each other at Townsend, four window
and one widower, the sum of whose unite,
ages is i3l years. Their individual age
are %, 81, s., 50 and 81. Besides thes
one has recently moved to the village iron
the same locality whose age is s..
+. E. Iowner of Montpelier and j. "
Sault of st. Albane committee for arrang
ing the excursion from Vermont TO the ma
tional y. L. 5. c.. Z. convention at st
Louis, June - to IS, have obtained rate
for the round trip by way of Detroit at 500
and by way OF Chicago at S24. 90 1t is no
yet decided which route will be taken
The Bennington Banner says that Mis-,
[Alluu u al n VI DSlllIIll-lOn Is talked o.
for president of the Vermont non partisan
w. c. r. U. which is to be organized about
May AT Montpelier. Miss Park was ,
long time State president of the old organ
ization that under the lead of Miss Willard
and others, has lately gone over TO tin,
third party.
General Lewis A. Grant of Minneapolis
the new assistant secretary of war, is il
Washington and is the recipient of man,
calls from prominent officials and arm,
officers. Tuesday evening be spent witt
Secretary Proctor. He is wel-buit
wel-preserved man of middle age, blonde
complexion and wears full set of sand,
vhiskers of medium length.
NJ, II. Toomey, one of the contestants II
the telegraphers tournament in New YorI
last week, was born in Brattleboro, VT, 2
years ago. just half of his life has beer
devoted to telegraphy. lie learned the ar
in little railway Office, and worked a
various Vermont villages for several years
Ee has worked on all the famous Associated