Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-31
ALL 6 { R THE STATE
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORIH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
The Happenings of seven Days on our
Hills and in Our valleys Condemned ana
para<raphed for Busy Free Press
re aders

TIE Western Union Telegraph company
have opened a new office in Bratseboro.
The machine shops and foundries at Fair
Haven are all doing pretty GOOD business
A mandatory in Brattleboro shipped
90 600 rocking horses for tho holiday trade.
Parker &, Hunt of North Troy are manu-
featuring 30 piano sounding boards per
day.
Brandon lumber,uen are tired of waiting
for snow and have begun hauling logs on
wheels.
--Phil Danahy, a cigarmaker Of Rutland,
ciaims to have been robbed of Il gold watch
and S25 in money at Glens Falls recently.
A new postoffice has been established at
Sheldon Junction, with Miss Lou Marvin as
postmistress.
A $1,000 fire visited Newport Centre last
veol, and took away Skinner's mill, an old
dwelling aud barn.
There will be about 5000, coo feet Of
lumber hauled to the mill in Walden TINS
winter if there is snow.
County Examiner j. H. Dunbar and
State Superintendent Palmer will hold a
summer school at Bethel.
Horace Thayer of East RoXbury slipped
and fell on stone step and received IN
iuries from which he died.
The mountain land is West Dover is
being bought by parties who believe iron OF
good quality is to be found there.
1t is reported that the family of Norman
johnson of South Londonderry are en-
deavoring to prove him of unsound mind
An alleged priest was arrested in Rutland
Saturday for stealing gold watch in Troy,
y. y. He was taken back to Troy Mon
day.
o. al fI,o
capacity OF their hoop factory at Morgan
and will send their production to Massachu-
setts
The hills in Rutland county are being
shorn of their trees and shipped to the Fall
Mountain Paper company, Bellows Falls
for pulp.
Fred Lamoure of Rutland arrested
recently and fined with costs, S2O.6 for
refusal to support his family wife and
seven children.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Allbee of Weathers-
field celebrated the 3Oth anniversary of
their marriage on the 2lst inst with merry
party OF friends.
The American House in Brntteboro came
near beng destroyed by fire last week. The
pail brigade discovered the fire in time and
squelched the flames.
Sir Charles Russell, Eugland's fore most
lawyer, has been engaged to defend Thomas
O'Brlen, the buncoer gold brick swindier,
in the extradition proceedings.
Miss Lettice Bowen, the centennial ami
versary of whose birth was celebrated Octo-
ber 26, is gradually failing in health, and it
is feared that she will not live long.
The house of Stephen Goodspeed, in War
rem, was burned last week thursday and
DR.. o. d. Greene's residence Narrowly es-
capped destruction in "A like manner.
1t is said tnat only one mining enterprise
in twenty is successful. Nermonters should
bear this in mind and be reasonably sure
tue stuff is there before going ahead.
Frank l., Johnson, who is well known in
Springfield, where he was born, has recently
been appointed superintendent of the new
county truant school at Oakdale, Mass.
Bennington is going to improve her water
supply by nearly doubling the storage ca
pacity and connecting pond with the re-
servoir, thereby having an unlimited sup
ply.
The cew engine house for Bellows Falls
is nearly done. William A. Russell Ia:
given tlt grounds to the village and vii
furnish pair Of horses to draw the steamer
10 all fires.
Fred W Chandler a former BrattleborC
boy, who aided Alberton, cashier in a banl
in Tacoma, W ash, to escape with $500, 600
has been sentenced to five years imprison
mont at hard labor.
Merton Wheeler and Ayron Sibley, tw,
Nottingham boys, were seeing VINO wa
tie best skater the other day when the c,
broke. al but for twigs which aided them
ight have drowned.
Teams are being stopped at Dorr brdg
near Rutland by wouldbe hIghway ymen, bu
as yet tG1 horses have been able to escap
from their glasp when urged on by
shnrp cut with the whip.
W. Is. Lawrence Of West Town shend
who Is over 60 years Of age, recently fell o
the ice and sliding down steep bank, ha
three ribs broken and was otherwise badl
injured,
Leon Williams of Bellows Falls was ar
resIel recently Tor breaking and entering
the grist mill and kelley's store lie con
fessad, aud 1t is believed he has been con
cerned in other petty jobs about that vii
Iage.
+. j. White and his brother have gon
with a large number OF horses for thei
lumber camp in Name to commence gettin
their lumber to the mills. The company i
which they are connected has ) 900 COO fet
skdded ready 10 draw.
The bsrbsrshop OF Mellow 81 Gomez
Rutland was broken into Friday night an
700 taken from the money drawer. Hoag
bakery in the same town has been entere
three times in the past two weeks, but Tia
burglars secured nothing
The United States fish commissioner
started special fish car from Washingto
loaded with trout, which arrived at Mort
Adams, Mass, Friday, where quantity
trout we're turned over to the Forest an
Stream club OF Wilmington.
The engineer of the mail train last Tue
day morning pulled up his train just in tin
to avoid crashing into half cord OF woo
on the track near Bellows Falls, which ha
been placed there by woman who was OF
of fuel. She hid behind cur, but came OF
when the train stopped; and Col. Smti