Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22
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Coombs the West River house at Towns
hend, which he will run as n summer hotel.
Foster, Joslyn & Co., Of Btrton Landing,
have Just put into their mill new machinery
for the manufacture of bobbins, at cost of
some 5000, and will soon have it in opera
ton.
Samuel Niles of Newport Con "a died sud
denly on the 12th inst. Onl hturday he
was in lrasburgn on business. THIS Is the
third one taken from the fauiS in the past
six months
The estate of tue Bennington Woollen
Mil company has finally been cloeed The
creditors who were willing TO take what
they could GET received 35 cents; those who
contested 81
y Young nan from Sp4ngaeld was
thrown from a hroncno againeSa tree in the
park at Chester. he was taLen up uncon-
>ci"u,, soon revived, however and was not
badly injured.
Btattlchoro .nciout aqueduct fallei last
week for the lirst time. 1t was caused by
tho cavns in OF the oavth lnyestis sations
showed that the pipe which VI laid in ISL
WIS in good condition.
Work ON th, new school ii |,e bellows
Falls is we'll advanced. A PSI OF the foun
dations ere laid, and the grazing of the lot
is about completed. The budding Will be
ready for occupancy Septcml -
Parme'g m"s pacc %as%' one | mile 81 Of N Wiimng i'm g'
ton village, were burned bj defective
Sa55 ',8is s5o los: partly pa
| insured.
The peacefulness of st. Johnsbury has
been greatly disturbed the past week, owing
to a lively controversy between Dr. G. B.
| Bullard and the Western Union Telegraph
| company, over setting new p.les in front Of
' rn1 granite quarry n9n'y has been discovered on
! Bird mountain in Casteton, the product of
which resembles the famous Quincy granite,
| but is harder and composed OF u mass Of
crystals of different colors red, purple and
white with many other shades down to a
deep black.
The Vermont Marble company Of Proctor
has recently made six of the largest marble
columns ever turned out in the United
States. The columns are l9 feet inches
long and 2 feet 10 inches in diameter.
They are each msde from one solid piece of
marble, turned in lathe, much as wood
and metal are turned. These six columns
are Tor use in the construction of Wing
Hall, Princeton college.
Fred Magoon, while digging a foundation
for an addition to Fl. Taft's buildings in
Guilford Centre on Wednesday, unearthed
n silver coin, in fairly good state of pre-
servation. 1t is a Spanish coin, dated 1924,
and bearing the word "Phillipus - for PHILIP
V, then the rcgning sovereign. Severa
other coins, mostly copper cents, have been
found on these premises near the same place.
! There was heavy frost throughout the
Connecticut Valley Monday night, and the
ground was frozen to the depth of more
than a quarter of an inch Tuesday morning.
Much damage was done to early potatoes
corn and other garden truck, aud it il
feared that the fruit crop has been destroy
ed as the cherry, pear and apple trees wer,
in full bloom.
The George L. Lyons company of Brat
tleboro has just quarried a single block o
granite 40 feet long, 80 feet wide and |,
feet thick. Their workmen are now en-
gagged on an order from the Come cticu
River railroad for the granite work neal
Round hill in this city; besides they hav,
an order from the New York and New
Haven road and for the Troy, y. y, post
office About 100 hands will be employed
during the summer.
ne luneral OF lev. I'r j. -. W lckn an
was held at Manchester Saturday. Rev. +
=, Pratt delivered the principal address an
the services were further participated il
by President Ezra Branard, Prof. Granvill
Wager of Middlebury college Rev. Samue
/. Bates of Manchester, Rcv. W. l.. Sever
ance of Bennington Centre Rev. Chare
II Peck Of North Bennington. The hymn
were rendered by the local choir. At til
close Of thn s4rviCe the hurial was made i
, the leautiful Dclwood cemetery, the Rev
, DIR. George W rhillip performing the con
mua service