Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-08-07
ALL OVER THE 81 TIE.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FC % ! IN
THE WAY OF NEWS. ,o
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The Happenings of seven Days on our
Hills and I'm our Valleys Condensed and
Photographed for Busy Free Press
Readers,

Clifford &; " ilcox of West Danvie have
built II dam to get power to run their
granite polisher,
Edmund j. Bugbee of Hartford has en-.
gagged as principal Of the Wallingtord lilgh
school next year
y. 7. Dodge, Vermont boy, who is
postmaster at Grants Pass, Ore, has had
his salary raised from 2l10O to $lt00.
Rev. Raphael Ben jDiuIn, rubbi Of the l3th
street Jewish temple, New York is spend
ing his vacation at Wiiiougnby lake.
The Orleans County Summer school and
Teachers institute viii be held at Barton
Landing, from August ) to Augustus,
A two-year-old hciter owned 10y an Al
bany farmer died suddenly and bullet hole
was found in her lungs. A boy and a gun
were responsible.
b. II. Albee, assistant editor Of the Bel
lows Falls Times, has been severely sick
with measles He resumed work ut his old
post Thursday
Hyde Park receives as its share Of the
State school tax $4iL41; the town paid to-
ward this tax $ol29l making gain Of
$l2A J6 for the town.
ksGeorge Hammond OF Iowa has been in
West Windsor lately looking up relatives
whom he had not seen since his residence
there 40 yenrs ago.
Henry Hastings of st. John,bury is pre-
pairing to 20 to Minnesota to take charge of
the large farm Of his brother, ~ w, Has
tings, of Minneapolis.
Prof. James H. Garfield son of i. II.
Garfield, D. D.. OF Arlington, who has been
elected chancellor OF the University Of Ne
braska, is visiting his father.
Maj a. Is, Valentine ot Bennington, who
il on trip through the West, wii he ah-
sent for month, returning. however, IN
time to participate in the celebration.
A man from Holland, VINO J, n,n'aily off
held up three team, at Derbf Line and de
manded money. The scream OF u lady oc-
cupant of one of the carriages frightened
him and he took to his heels.
Prof. bartlett and family of the Iowa
State Normal school, Cedar Fails, are TAX
ing their vacation ia visiting friends in
Vermont At present they are the 8 csts
of o. S. Abbott of -. Johnsbury.
Charles Il. Ward Of Rutland and Miss
Hattie WILLIAMS we're married Thursday
morning at Salem, y. Y. The ceremony
wa, performed by Rev. ". s. Baton OF
Salem, and only rciat ve5 w-ro present
The failure of tn. kimbul.-C Champ In
vestment company Of Council Bulls, Iowa.
will catch many savings banks. OF which
y.
is understood, hold several thousand dollars
of their loans.
The Fall Mountain Paper company of
Bellows Falls have bemn the work of
clearing out White river and getting
ready to float their logs, which they eX-
pect TO cut the coming season along the
wild lands Of the u hlte river valley.
Erastus Z. White Of Manhattan, Kun,
has just returned home from a visit ia Brat
tleboro, where he was formerly in the furn-
iture business, moving from there to Mich.
igHn, thence 20 his present abiding plaza.
This is his first Visit to Vermont IN 70
years
Mr. and Mrs. F. r, Pratt, who have been
absent from Brattleboro about two years
studying music in Europe, viii soon arr i've
AT home. They VIII make quite an extend
ed visit but will later return to Europe for
the purpose of completing their musical edu
cation.
1t is probable that visitors to the Vermont
State far at Howard Park September IA. will
find on exhibition neof thu latest things in
the way Of a motor. The lirayton Motor COM
pany have notified NJ. \, Hicks of Weathers-
fed that if possible they shall send u sum
pie motor for exhibition at the fair.
AIdie /. Reed, daughter of James NJ
kmbail, South Afrcu, Tuesday, where she
: mas hoeu q missionary for the past 10 years
She has recently Leen in charge of the home
OF the salvation army IN kimbail. She
expects to return in about six months.
I.jdie Il L. year oii sou Of Joseph Smith
OF Holland was picking some ruspb 'rries in
pasture when II cross bull turned on him.
Eddie had q shotgun and fined at the bull
The gun exploded, blowing his left
hand to atoms The correspondent saws
nothing about what became Of the bull
Benny Davis of Bellows Fails, whose
eye, we're -u bpdly injured July 81 by an
explosion Of powder, Is home from Boston
very much improved ono oye is ali night
ma the other will he in time. The one
which was injured more severely viii al
ways be weak, but viii not bo useless when
finally cured.
William Daniels of st Johnsbury was
awadenel u few nj gifts ago by IA great com
motion in his baru. On going out he found
five or six large rats attacking one OF hls
horses. They had evidently crawied upon
the animal while it was lying down and
when discovered had torn the skin from a
spot as large rs man nund on the horse :
shoulder. il was bleeding freely and the
vicious rodents were clngmg to the raw
edges Il tho wound and sucking the blood.
while the horse JumIed and hounderel in
his endeavor to shake them or
The first annual tournament Of the Yer
mont State Tennis association will be held
at Rutland, August Il IA inclusive. Prize,
will be offered IN the following matches
Ladies' singles, mixed doubles, mems sin
Rles and mems doubles The last two
matches will be confined to the first thre,
days OF the tournament and those finals vii
be played on Thursday. The prellminarie'
in ladies and mixed doubles will come Thurs
day and they will be finished on Friday
There will be no entrance fees and ontre,
will close Saturday, August 8. Entire
may be forwarded to w. NJ. Ross, Rut.
land chairman of the committee.
Fassett Accepts tho ColiectorshIp.
WASHINGTON, July 30 Mr. Fassett this
morning formally accepted the Office of col.
lector of the port of Now York, to which
he was appointed yesterday.