Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-10-16
ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
The Happenings of Seven Days on our
Hills and In our Valleys Condemned and
Paragraphed for Busy Free Press
Readers.

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A hospital is being agitated in Brattle-
boro.
Sneak thieves are Fostering the people In
Bethel.
There are several cases Of diphtheria in
Proctorsville
The streams in Barnard ere lower than
for many years.
There will no Rutland county farmers
picnic this year
There are more or less people i'll with fever
all over the State.
Two mills on Otter creek have closed be-
cause OF low water.
The apple crop is unusually good in
Spring field this year.
light snow fell on the mountains in
Mendon Sunday night.
Hardwick's village water works system
will soon be in operation.
Andover is connected by telegraph
with Chester and Weston.
Rutland County Court will finish its bus
iness of the term this week.
The corner stone of Grand Army hall
has been laid at Cambridge
John Frost of Vernon sent 200 doves to
the Boston market last week.
Horace Giles of Windham caught a large
wild cat in fox trap recently.
Chief of Police a. T. Woo dward's pension
has been restored with increase.
The Welden House in st. Abans is to be
improved during the cold weather.
John Bryant is putting water wheel in
his mill in Weston and will soon start up.
|. L. Pearl & Co. have added two new
looms to their woollen factory in Johnson.
Milo w. Klncade of Fair Haven has had
A new hose house is one of the future
things West Rutland is at present going to
build.
Dr. D. p. Webster has been appointed
health officer for Brattleboro by the State
board.
Ira Morse of Proctorsville celebrated his
Goth birthday on the 4th inst. He is quite
feeble.
Rev. l. P. Dana of South Roy alton leaves
shortly for California on account of his
health.
". f. Blood OF Lyndonvlle has gone into
insolvency with debts of Sl100, and assets
Of $3.50.
The work Of constructing the Whiting Ii
brary building in Chester has been COM
meuced.
A gang OF thieves are plfering cattle and
sheep from back pastures in Reading and
Plymouth.
Rutland Knights of Labor will send
delegates to the national convention at
Toledo, o.
The Vermont maple sugar exchange have
an exhibit at the big food exhibition in Bos-
ton this week.
Loren Richards Of New Haven had two
sheep killed and five Others injured by dogs
a few days ago.
An effort is being made TO secure the con-
struction of telephone line from Bristol to
South Starksboro.
Ladabouchc Bros. meat market In Rut-
land was broken into Saturday night, but
nothing was missed.
Some $4,000 has been raised to build a
hotel in Poutnev and the building will be
erected Immediately.
There were 227 special delivery letters
received at the Rutland postotiice during
the last three months.
H. H. Baxter has given the town of Rut-
land one acre of land in the central portion
OF the town for a park.
There have been only five days duringt his
season that the concrete roadways in Rut
land have not been sprinkled.
The Braintree Delphi Debating society
met October , and elected officers. A meet
ing was held Tuesday evoning.
Fiftytwo thousand shingles and thre,
tons of iron roofing were used in the villsg,
of Williamsville the past year.
L. J. Egelston and c. c.. Hall of Ply
mouth Union calm to he the best two check
players in Windsor county.
The passenger station of the Bristol rail
road in Bristol will be, when completed, on,
OF the haudsomest in The State
S. b. Love and of Pittsford, is the owner
of a farm that has been in the pocesson o
the l.oveland's for tie past 93 years.
Mrs Andrew Fitzgerald of North Dan
vlIe who is 81 years old, is recoverin,
from a severe attack of gastric fever
A paper is being circulated in Rutland t
buy the Northway Coffin company's plan
at Pittsford aud remove it to Rutland.
Iher' are six candidate, from Rutlan
for admission 10 the bar at the Genera
term OF the Supreme Court at Montpeier
Old Nermonters say that we must go bac
10 ls46 to find New EHgianl weather a
this season, which matches that of the pas
month.
Five hundred dollars has been appropria
ted for the purchase OF new books befor
February ! by the Brattleboro free librar
trustees.
file with the department next ve,l the re
suits of his investigation Of the county posi-
Offices.
Lewis Tenney OF SaXtons River has q
apple tree which at the present time beal
blossoms and fruit in different stages
growth.
Henry H. Daniels OF Woodstock has pu
chased tract of lnnd on Ascutney moul
tain containing 500 acres for lumberiu
purposes,
While driving in Greensboro Gen. Ca
wells horse becnme unmanageable throw
ing him under the wagon. He was il
stantly killed.
Frank !. Bourbee OF Weston was arreste
recently and bound up in the sum of S4l
for alleged stealing OF cattle from pa
lures in Ludlow.
The Bennington centennial cost the Sta
nearly Sl3 000 of which $500 was for IL
banquet. 1t has been estimated that IL