Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

voted to abolish the town liquor agency.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Frederick Chapman As postmaster at
Woodstock.
Editor c. NJ. Stone of the St. Johnsbury
Caedonan is spending month at Winter
Park, Florida
The Methodist parsonage in Danville was
burned Friday morning. Loss Sl2,UOO, in
eurance $40 O00
T. W. Sanborn Of Lyndonville was elect
ed clerk and treasurer OF that town for the
32d time Tuesday.
Rev DR.. Lnmson Of st. Johnsbury has
gone on a trip of several weeks 10 New
York and Washington.
John Miller OF Dummerston. scooped Gi
live frogs few days ago from q spring o!
water supplying his house.
The work of finishing the new Baxter
library at Rutland will resume soon, and
will probably be continued until completed.
r. W. Strong, a farmer and prominent
man of Berlin, drowned himself in the river
near his home Thursday afternoon of last
week.
1t is authoritatively stated that Chief
Justice Royce will not be candidate for
governor, preferrng his present position on
the bench.
A scheme is developing TO build car
lfhe 'o''' 60 'ne .oP % " "n''''' ''p1
lnouh'"ii ~ l''",'i'0oio' anu SUI 10y i''''
"ile"UN "''" H'"'e'
me trustees oil the rev insane asylum
at ateF3"fy nave ueeiue" 10 'vI me con con
dlebury, Vt. for %6?. J31.
The Island Pond National bank has ma
terialized, and these are the officers: Presl-
dent, f. c. Robinson; ri'c-pt tesident, 5. d.
hoUsoh' cash!el' ~ N Dailiha'
According to the St. AIbans Messenger
duriug the month Of February $3.50 loaded
freight caH5 were sent south from that sta
tion over the Central Vermont line.
ElDenney X. kickok of Morrsvie has
been granted patent on q clothes drier
Thomas Ii. Chubb OF Post NILS has been
granted patent ON frame for landing
nets
A. j. Markham Of Bratteboro returned
from Washington last week, having re-
signed as reading CLERK in the House Of
Representatives on account OF throat
trouble.
Rev. Sam Small is expected to lecture in
Rutland the latter part of April. He will
speak under the auspices OF the prohibition
lists and hls subject VIII probably he FROM
the Bar Room to tine Pulpit.
Joseph Parrot barn III Milton was burned
Sunday afternoon. There We're also burned
two hogs, hay, farm tools, etc. The neigh
bors saved his horse and two cows. The cause
Is unknown but it Is probably "A pipe.
Daniels of Williamstown is cutting and
stacking 10000 tons of 20-iuch ice at
Readsboro, VT, from pond covering 100
acres. The product Is Of superior quality,
and will be shipped to Boston ana New
York.
l.. j. Wing, representing the Thomson
Houston Electric company, has about com
Peled arrangements 1of tha putting III ol
an electric Iigh' llunt 10 Ilght 'he qUarIle>
ana mIlls OF the vermont -Hdfp!s company
al Proctor
\ new cookbook and neat pamphlet
containing the bylaws Of the Vermont
maple sugar tNchahet mas just been Issued
ine lheilpershlp o. 'ilo oNch"ilse numbers
Low. len 'housanu Ea"ohs OF syrup were
sold last year ana l-o'ooO pounds OF sugar
Norman Burdick OF Albany has bought
for $4,000 the Adams farm in South Foult
ney. lie will utilize the property, which il
about llO acres in extent, for stock farm
he being already The uo>Heasor OF some lln(
horses, among them ouns hthan'
At recent meeting OF the vestry of st
Andrew > Episcopal cdurch of st. Johns
bury. the question OF building rcctory
for the parish was discussed and iindin4
that Sl22O was already pledged 1t was de
cided to send through tho parish a pledge
circular
\ gentleman who was IN thls city yeatcr
day, ana VINO Is IN a positlon 10 know, say
that Ho!HD Am'den q NlAuNor VIII he ap
pointed hlted states nhFaIai Tor me dlS
1fl+' o. Vermont 10 sUcteui Jonh i'oblh
inson OF benn'nGl II, ana tA"l his term WI!
bealn july ~ next
i is expected that criminal proceeding
'i'l soon begin against "Dr Dutton'
bogus medical college al Rutland. Some 0
TIE state medical societies propose bringin
quo Nar"nio proceedings TO prevent tn
college from conteirng degrees upon it
graduates or other,
The first layer Of blocks is being raise
from the quarry opening made by the Ner
mont Marble company, west of the res
dcnce Of b. T. Taylor, Proctor, and som
of them will shortly be taken to the mill