Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-07


was burned Friday uight. No insurance
The ST.. 900 which was needed to erect
buildings in order to have the State fair
held at White River Junction has all been
pledged
Rev c. s. Perkins, pastor of the Free
Baptist church of Lyndonvie Center, ten
dered his resignation Sunday. Poor health
is the probable cause.
l.. +. White of Barnet ha been elected
treasurer of the senior class at Dartmouth.
c. II. Wiley of Barton Landing has been
elected first assistant editor of the Dart
mouth.
Can't F. W. Childs, the democratic post
master of Brattlehoro was renomin ated Tor
the place at republican caucus saturday
evening by vote Of iG1 TO 40l for George
a. dimes.
There were 1Gj births SO marriages and
12G deaths in ST. Albans during lSS9. The
death rate for the past year was according
t. the above figures, one to every oO OF the
Inhabitants
Mrs. y. c. Williams of Rutland fell
down stairs Sunday morning at o clock
while asleep. She had her right arm broken
above the elbow, besides sustaining internal
injuries. Her condition is considered crltl-
cal.
There is prospect OF Island Pond hav-
ing bank in the near future, and action is
bang takon in the matter. The capital
will probably be so, coo, considerable
portion OF which has already been sub
scribed.
H. II. Bailey a former resident OF lras-
burgh has recently been appointed post
master at Norwood. \. y. Mr.. Bailey was
Vermont soldier, and was one of the three
bows who escaped from Libby prison by
climbing out the gable widow.
At 4 O'Clock Saturday afternoon thou
sands of tons of rock caved into one of
Rising & Nelson's quarries at West Paw
let. causing a large amount of damage.
Owing to the fact that the men do not
work Saturday afternoon no one was in
jured.
The wardens of Trinity church, Rutland,
have voted to extend a call to Rev. Charles
Nj. Niles of New York to become rector of
the church. AIr. Niles is now assistant rec
tor of st. AIMS church i'll New York city,
and a month ago preached at trinity
church.
The statistics of St JohnsbLry village
show the past year s. births and only %
deaths In the year 1888 there were re-
ported 50 births and 81 deaths. The popu-
lation of the village is an even 1900. A
tremely low.
About Il O'Clock p. m January 30 the
barn of Roin Parker of Middletown
Springs was totally destroyed by fire, to-
gether with his cows, horses and colt be-
longing to Fred Parker. The general i'm
preston prevails here that it was the work
OF an incendary.
The Orange County Board Of Education
at their meeting at Chelsea Saturday select
ed for use in the schools of that county for
the next five years the following text books:
Greenleaf's arithmetics Harper's geogra-
pnes, the Normal spoilers, and Patterson S
aud Heutn's grammars.
A. $. Livingston cut last week, in Wal
den, Il cedar tree Of unusual proportions.
1t cut five l2-foot logs which scaled 1858
feet board measurement. The tree was
perfectly sound and straight grained. The
men who saw the logs admitted it was the
largest and best cedar they had ever seen
At the Goth annual meeting of the New
England Agricultural society, held in Bos-
ton on Tuesday, these trustees to represent
Vermont in the board of management were
elected, F. l.. Houghton of Putney, L. S
Drew of Burlington, George W. Hooker OF
Bratteboro and Alvah o. Trask of Wake
field
Secretary Proctor has left w ashingtor
for Fort Monroe, accompanied by his
daughter and Miss Mead, Secretary Rusk
and family and Miss Miller, daughter OF
the attorney-general. He goes to decide
several questions in relation to the Chesa
peake and Ohio railway privileges on the
Fort Monroe military reservation, and
other matters.
NJ. D. Bowker & Co.. general traders a
Lunenburg, whose failure has been previ
ously announced, have liza blities of $50 00(
to $50, 600 and nominal assets of nearly a
much They have altered their creditors 81
cents on the dollar, which the latter will
probably accept. About Sl2, 900 is du
Boston and Portland parties, and the bal
ance nearer home.
The Lyndonvle Journal tells this story
about North Danville man, A. A. Finley
teamster and farmer, who according to his
showing, is the oldest man in this State i
not in the world. He has run saw mil
80 years, a grist mill 30 years, been who'll,
occupied in teaming p years and has farm
ed in North Danville % years more. lie i
hale and hearty and bids fair to see man,
years more. Next
Woodstock ice men are having a seriou.
and not promising struggle to secure sup
plies for the next summer. The presen
muddy water, the river having frozen whel
high and full of dirt. Both ponds are pack
ed full of dirty anchor ice, and the out
come of the efforts to secure an article G
good quality is dubious enough.
An effort is being made by DIR. Baxter
collect from old citizens facts enough t
warrant the preparation OF n history G
Derby Line. This he proposes to construC
on unique lines, namely, the history {
every house and store now standing an
that of other buildings which, at some time
occupied the same ground This wi
naturally lead up to a history of the owner
and other occupants.
Bennington boast:a woman, Mrs. Nor
| McCarty, vino was born on the first day {
emit in the year 100, and will, accordin
to her reckoning, be 100 years old on I'll
first day of Lent 1890. She is certainl
very old, and yet wonderfully preserved
The Banner says that last Monday she cam
to bennington, five miles distant from he