Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-31
ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
Brief Items of Interest from Every Cor
ner of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Manu-
featuring Notes, Fires, Accidents
and Minor Items.

vermont railroad STOCK IN Boston was at
1873.
Rev. N. w. Grover will close pastorate
Of five years with the Congregational
church of st. Johnsbury Centre, March /.
The annual convention of the 18th ma
sonic district was held in st. Johnsbury on
t he afternoon and evening of Thursday,
Jan. 23
Secretary Proctor has become the proud
grandfather of fine little San Francisco
lass, the first child of his eldest daughter,
Mrs. Holden.
The North church at st. Johnsbury issues
a paper, from Christmas to Easter, which
is to be printed in the months of January,
February, March and April.
st. Pauls Tniversalist church at Rutland
was dedicated on the afternoon of January
%, in presence of nearly 1000 people. There
were appropriate dedcatory services and
$1,000 was raised by subscription in half
hour.
Over $50 men were discharged from the
slate quarries at West Pawlet few DAYS
since. An excess of slate beyond the de-
mand and slow sales is the cause AT pres
ent there Is an immense amount of slate on
hand.
Hon Matthew Hale of Albany, a native
of Chelsea, Orange county, and a graduate
Of the University of Vermont has been
honored with the presidency of the New
York State Bar association.
A Howe testimonial concert will be held
at Brattleboro February II. This will be
the first public appearance of Miss Mary
Howe and her brother, Lucien Howe since
their recent return from their studies in
Paris. The two artists will be assisted by
the Beethoven club of Boston.
The earnings of the Central Vermont
railroad since January l last were S225,
III, an increase over the same period last
year of S25, 014. The Ogdensburg & Lake
Champlain division in the same time earned
S3S, O16, an increase of $40, 10i which is a
highly creditable showing.
Isaac {. Mathers, boss spinner in the
mills of the Valentine company, Beuning-
ton, met with serious mishap Friday. He
had been suffering with the grip and by
mistake took dose of chloride of zinc for
cough medicine Emetics were promptly
applied and his condition is not now danger
Gus, although for several hours the outlook
was not hopeful.
IL. c. Parsons of Natural Bridge, Va, a
Vermont boy, will leave i'll March for South
America, where his new railroad is to be
panied by 300 enlisted men, armed with
Winchester rifles The country to be sur
veyed is inhabited by savuges who have
successfully resisted Spanish invasion. Mr.
Parsons will take along a Gatling gun and
expects to have some hard fighting before
the survey is finished,
William $. Small who stole the property
and II year-old son Of Joseph Ray in Barnet,
January Z, has been arrested in Main and
will be brought to Vermont on the COVER
nor's requisltion Small is II deserter from the
Charlestown navy yard, where reward of
5000 for his whereabouts has been offered
Grout. Wyman &, Co. s dressing mill and
chair factory in West Concord were burned
last Saturday morning Loss $40, 900; in
surance $1,000.
The National al-Edge Box compauy,
the general office of which is at Philadel-
phia, Pa, and paper mills and coating
works at Readsboro, Vt, is now ready for
business. This company which is the sue
cessor of the Lupus Manufacturing COM
pany of Philadelphia, and the Deerfeld
River company, of Readsboro, Vt, has n
paid up capital of 500, 600. The mill has
b cen recently enlarged and improved, and
new machinery put in to accommodate the
new business.
gentleman who has recently seen Sena-
tor William NJ. Evarts reports that he
keeps very quiet, and does not 90 any
where except to n few senatorial and Su-
preme Court dinners. Mrs. Evarts and
Mary Evarts, of Windsor keep a sharp
eye on him, for fear that no will undertake
to read or write. He says the eye doctors
have even forbidden him to think, and con
sequently lie is afraid lie will be reduced to
making speeches in the Senate for want OF
other employment.
The Army and Navy Jonrnal, referring
to the names mentioned as candidates
for assistant secretary of war, says that
MIR Partridge, who as private secretary
to Mr.. Proctor, is showing remarkable
ability as an executive officer, relieving
the secretary, as he does, from n great
amount of work that would in other de-
pUrtments fall upon the shoulders of assist
ant secretaries, is regarded by many rs
strong possibility Mr.. Partridge is u
Rutland boy.
The Keystone Refining company of Phila-
delphia, OF which ii. r. Heyle is president
have been prospecting for some time near
the Dram paint works at Brandon for lig-
mite, and their labors were at last rewarded
week ago by the discovery of what proved
to be large deposit of the coveted article.
The Union says that large force of men
will be put at work unearthing the deposit.
and it will be shipped to Philadelphia This
new industry promises great things for
Brandon's business prosperity,
Mrs Maria Graves, wife of Hon l.. Il.
Graves, the wellknown banker of Bennng-
ton, died at her home on Washington
avenue, in that village, Friday, and was
buried Monday afternoon, Rev. z. Martin
officiating. The deceased, who had been in
failing health for long time, contracted
the prevailing influenza, which sapped her
remaining vitality. She was nearly 1S
years of age, and is survived by her husband
and five sons.
Rev. r, c. Flagg, chairman of the evan
gelization committee for Orange county,
has issued stirring appeal to the churches
for aggressive work, assigning to each the
portion Of $500 to be expended for the
feeble churches and missions within their
borders during the year. Fifty-six cents
per resident member is needed, but only
half of that amount has been raised in the
past. The church in Orange has responded