Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-06

Lake st. Catherine, near Poultney, Vt.
st. Albans has 1890 polls; real estate
valuation 81, 213, ,671 personal 1888, 279;
grand list $50, 1866 %; corporation grand
| list S24, 100 AZ. The tax is made up as fol-
lows: Town, 55 per cent; corporation, 704;
cooperation highway, %; school, 40; making
a total of 1904 cents on dollar of the grand
lst----a notably lower figure than has
been quoted in that connection for some
years past.
The Bennington Battle Monument associa-
tion, at the suggestion of the commander-to-
be of the United States gunboat Benning-
ton, which was launched at Chester, Penn,
Tuesday, has voted to put bronze model
of the Bennington monument in a niche
prepared for its reception in the new boat.
The model will be about four feet high, and
| will cost S400. The matter is in charge of
J. r. Rim, the architect Of the monument.
1t is understood that some small streams
in towns adjoining were recently stocke d
with trout by the State fish commissioner 8,
and that few parties have discovered the
fact and have been fishing them out. This
is contrary to law as the legal length of
time has not elapsed since the streams were
stocked. The people who were influential
in having the trout put in will endeavor to
have them protected and have the penalty
for such depredations enforced.
AS result of the inquest held at Wall
| ingford over the body of the unknown man
found in the mill pond there on last week, it
| was found that the marks on the forehead
were not bullet holes. so that the supposi-
| ton is the man fell off the bridge south of
Wallngford village and the body foated
down to the mill pond. The letter found in
the mans pockets proved to be a letter
from the wife of the deceased in Sweden
importuning him for money
Ex-Gov. Smiths large creamery
at st. Albans Point was des-
troyed by fire Sunday morning, with
part Of it's contents, including the machin-
cry. A family that was occupying part of
the building got out safely with most of
their household effects. Loss $4,000, partly
covered by insurance. The fire caught in
the roof, probably from a defective smoke
stack. Two large barns belonging to Far
mer Brooks, which We're opposite the cream
cry, were saved with difficulty.
The annual meeting of the Addison
| county Congregational conference was held
last week with the church in Bridport. A
large number of clergymen and other dele
gates from the several towns were in at
tendance Dinner was served at the Con
|
style. At the adjournment of the confer
ence on Wednesday the exercises connected
with the commemoration of the Tooth ami
versary Of the organization of the Congre-
| gational church in Bridport took place,
consisting of very fine historical address
| by Rev. ". A. Bacon, also relIarks by
Rev. f. w. Olmstead of Burlington, Vt, a
former pastor of Bridport which were very
interesting.
The Barre Branch National Granite
Cutters union held a meeting Satur-
| day afternoon, and the results of inter
| views between the FREE Press reporter
and several members show that they voted
not to return TO work, discharged their
committee that had been endeavoring to
arrange settlement and will begin Mon
day morning to draw ''strike pay T6 a
week for single and s. for married men.
II this is true, the men state, business will
stand pretty quiet here for the present at
least Union men also state that the cut
ters at Montpelier will be obliged to go out,
if they live up to the union rules and dc
not turn "scabs," because all the granite
they are now cutting is quarred by non
union men,
The wife of Rev T. Sutton OF
| Rpton, committed suicide by hanging
herself to a rafter in the house whi le
her family were all absent Friday.
The house is new one and is not fini shed
in the chambers. Mrs. Sutton had fasten-
ed the rope about the rafter, standing on a
chair, and then about her neck and then
jumped into the stairway The funeral
services were held at the Methodist church
in Ripton. Rev, F, G. Heaxt, the Methodist
pastor of Middebury preached the funeral
| 1I,1,i,- f,-p,
Sutton was very sunny and sweet disposi-
tion when in her real mind She leaves
two grown up daughters, one living ir
Brooklyn and one in Chicago, and three
smaller children. The affair has cast g
gloom over the community.
The second annual meeting of the Wo
mans Home Missionary union Of Vermont
Congregational, will be held, at Rutland
in the chapel of the Cong gregational church,
on Tuesday, June 10 at 2:30 D. m
Following are some of the speakers from
out of the State who will be present
Miss Carrie w. Hunt of the New West
} Education society Miss Maria Retinger OF
the Cleveland Bohemian Bible Readers
school; Mrs, Ella Sheppard Morse of Wash
ington, d. C., missionary for the Ameri-
can Missionary association and Rev. VIII
liam Snaw, Sunday school superintendent
of Georgia and Florida. Rev. Hollis Jor
dan, and Rev. l.. c. Kimball, State evan
gelists, together with Rev c. H. Merrill
State secretary of domestic missions, viii
also give short addresses. A large attend
ance of ladies from all parts of the State
is hoped for. Application for enter
tainment should be made as soon as posi-
Bile to d, K. Hall, Rutland.
A convention of the life nsuranc,
agents of Vermont was hold at tine ''Pa
vlion" IN Montpelier Monday. III,
convention was called to order by W
II. S. Whitcomb, who read the call anc
nominated Joseph G. Brown of Montpelier
as chairman, who was elected. W. II. S
Whitcomb was nominated and elected sec
retary. A committee was then appointed
= consisting of George II. Smaliey, j. II. Drew
and Isaac l.. Borley, to prepare and present
a constitution and bylaws at the next meet
} ing. The following named delegates were ther
, elected to represent the State organization
at tho national convention to be held in
Boston Jane l8 and 49, Isaac L. Borey
ST. Albans; W. II. S. Whitcomb, Burling