Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-11-05

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where the thieves probably left it.
The National Metal Edge Box company
have let tte water into their canal in Reads
boro. 1t is not known what the los by the
break hos heen to them, but for several
weeks thair expense for manual labor alone
was fl2O day.
The Green Mountain telegraph line is now
completed from Grafton to Chester and
Weston. The line runs from Sunderland
hy way OF llarehe5ter Depot, to London
derry, Grafton aud Bellows Falls, with a
Chester and Weston branch.
The Ke4ne, y. H., Sentinel is authority
FOR tho statement that, between July and
September / Of the present year. Mrs.
Grover of Chesterfield, with Il little assist
anco from two small children, picked up.
ward of 1870 quarts Of blueberries and
blactoerries, wolcu she sold in Brattleboro
receiving over S1s0.
The house, barns ami sheds, with con-
tents belonging to Jerome w. West in
Hnnonsyiile were entirely consumed by fire
On lc:h inst Ir. Nast heard a noise at
the barn, he Got up and lit lamp, and in
reaching for his clothes he overturned tho
lamp which caused the FIRE. Partly in.
sured lie has been burned out twice III
four years
Thieves entered she store OF a.. L. Ran.
som in Casteton by cutting a hole in a win.
dow IN the centre part OF the store They
rifed the cash drawers but S. is said to be
the limit of the booty secured. This is
the second burglary in that village in TIRES
nights, tho third one within four weeks and
the fourth vi hin six weeks, one never hav-
ing been generally known.
Mrs. Ellie johnson of Niuiha1n had Il
fight with a hennAwk last week. lie caught
q hen and q trap was set which chught him
Mrs. johnson then beat him with role till
She supposed he was dead. In about two
hours, however, the hawk showed q decided
tendency to get up again, but she finished
him the next bout. He measured two feet
IN length and four feet from tip 20 tip of
wing
Philip Carpenter is Il Caledonia county
boy, who has become famous in New York
city. c. T. Yerkes is Chicago millionaire
VINO has built $50 900 tomb in Greenwood
cemetery, New York. a claim OF $3.50
against Mr.. Yerkes growing q It OF some
transaction in goid mining at Lisbon, n. H.,
il 1873, was put in Mr.. Carpenters bands
Tor collection. and he proceeded to attach
toe $50, 900 tomb and NorLeS will probably
honor the claim.
The Brattleboro Phoenix says that u mail
vote for the Vermont division officers OF the
League of American Wheelmen is now being
taken. Brattleboro has the largest number
OF league members of any town in the State
1t is expected that the Bratteboro boys will
cast their votes for +. A. Huhb.rd for chisf
consul, Z. D. Whitney for secretary and
treasurer, John q. Norton Of st. A.Dans for
vice consul and Dana j. Culver Of Fair
haven lor representative.
The store OF James Mullen in Castleton,
IL
thing iii the drawer and few boots and
shoes were taken. The thieves first entered
q storeroom by cutting out several panes of
glass and they could not enter the store
this way a door between the two parts
was securely fastened. An entrance was
then made through a window which was
protected by three iron bars in the back
room of the store. They wrenched one
bar Off, which made place for man to
pass through 1t is thought they may be
the same ones who entered Ransoms store
one week ago.
Vermont was first visited by white men
in 1909. first settlement at Fort Dumrner in
! 1I24 saws the Bradford Opinion. Tie ter
rtory of Vermont was claimed by both
New hampshire and New York The king
OF Great Britain granted jurisdiction Of all
land west of Connecticut to New y ork. In
/ - 81 eTmOnI ueCIaTeU DeFSelt lnG1DeQQ3DU
OF both New Hampshire and New York and
made several Intellectual attempts to Join
the l3 original States but were opposed by
Now York, and not ill March 4, 1891, did
they gain admission, having trsG compro-
missed New York's claim by the payment to
heY OF $4,000 The first constitution was
adopted in III, suended in 1888, and
again in 1893, and in 1870 several import
ant changes were made.
The Woodstock Standard gives short
account Of Corbin Park the property Of
Aus,iu Corbin, the railroad maguaje as
follows: The park embraces more than
20, 600 acres On Croydon mountain and is
surrounded by wire fence aoout 10 feet
bi4h and Constructed with 2i strands OF
strorE wire. II present the park contains
10 bufG!oes, 100 elk, more than 100 deer,
moose am wi / hogs in abundance, car
load Of nice cattle from Scotland and some
African sheep, beside otLsr animals too nu-
r3eroAs to monton, They thrive on the
pare mountain er Of the noighborhood. and
occasionally an elk or buffalo gets to be so
Delligereut, he has to be quieted by an ap-
plcation OF cold lead or something Of he
kind. Atogether ths park is 4 h4slly In-
teresting exhibition.