Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-15
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONT PEllER.

Massachusetts and new Hampshire L. ".
G. T. grand lodge delegates passed through
Montpelier Thursday afternoon in special
car en- route for the right worthy grand
lodge at Des Moines, Iowa. G. ID. Edger-
ton of Mortified and George w. Beeman of
Swanton, Vermont delegates, went with tie
party.
State Secretary E. L. Towner is arrang-
ing excursion parties to the nationa. Y. Z.
S. c. L. conven tiou ut Montreal July 90,
and says the outlook is very good for Il
large party from Vermont. Round trip
fare will be $5 20 from Montpelier.
Whepley 81 Emery at the pioneer works
have just finished polishing mammoth
sphere monument for the Excelsior Granite
company to go to New York State.
James Ryan has taken possession f the
Central House at Barre and Frank IL. Nc
Gill has gone to work as his clerk and man
ager.
The Excelsior Granite company shipped
q unique granite monument Thursday rep
resentlng an old Scotch castle to Eli Tiffany
of Bennington.
The funeral Of Enos Stevens, who com
mitted suicide by hanging at East Mont
pelier, was held Thursday afternoon.
The anniversary exercises of the Vermont
Methodist seminary began with prize de-
bate Friday evening. The final concert Of
the Gee, Ban 10 and Guitar club, assisted by
Prof. :. J. Blanpied, reader; Fred Whittier
and Arthur Dewey, was largely attended
in Seminary chapel Saturday evening. The
annual sermon occurred Sunday forenoon
in Trinity church, by the principal, Rev. L.
\. Bishop.
The horse Of A. Sidney Wiley ran away
Saturday while drawing a load of goods,
and brought up against tree, severely
bruising Mr.. Wiley, tipping over the goods
and breaking the wagon
John Poacher and wife OF Waterbury
put up ut the Putney House Saturday
night and blew out the gas in their room
when they retired. About $3.50 O'Clock
Sunday morning Mrs. Poacher awoke in
| great distress and struggled to the window,
which luckily was partly open The noise
she made reused other dodgers, who smelled
the gas aud called Landlord Putney. The
door was opened and DR.. Hunt called to at
teud the couple. He seid if the window:
had been closed, or il they had not been
awakened when they were, both would GER
tainly have died.
The body of little Robbie Best, who wal
drowned April in the Wiuooski river, wa:
found near Mddlesex Monday forenoon BY
a Mr.. Sawyer. The remains were brough
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cemetery, Rev. A. W. Lewis offering praye
at the grave.
There was row and fight about /,
O'Clock Sunday night in the old Nichoa
block on Berlin side, in which two or three
men got bruised heads and one woman wa
knocked down and dragged around thu
room, while another tainted Further de
velopments are expected
The Vermont Methodist seminary ba,
team went to Barre Monday forenoon anC
defeated the Goddard seminary team by
score of to Z.
Brooks W. r. C. voted to attend the G.
A. K. campfire at Barre next Monday even
ing in body.
Fire was discovered in the Il. p Walton
residences on Elm street about q o'cioci
Tuesday morning. The flames were quickl.
extingushed' Origin of the fire was un
known, and the damage principally in to
room occupied by Lee Tewksbury.
a. O. Cummings has returned from
trip in the West.
Hon Joseph Poland was elected delegat
from Bethany church to the Congregations
general convention in session here thi
week.
BARRE.
The grand list Of Barre recently com
pletsd is $50, $40. 40 against %34 53i. 80 las
year There are 1919 people listed to pa
taxes, 297 more than year ago.
A village meeting is called for Frida
evening, June 16, to see if the voters wi
raise a tax to pay current expenses and in
debtednsSs.
From April to May 6 there were l /
deeds recorded at the town clerks office b
Mrs. w. A. Perry the largest number VI
In any one month during the history OF til
town; and from May 6 to June 4 there WEI
70.
John Walker, who was drowned Tuesda
evening, was buried Thursday. Attend
ance at the funeral was very large.
Granite manufacturers say that Dusine,
will be dull during the summer season
Some of them have very few orders ahead
and have already discharged part OF the
workmen.
Stevens a. Reed have completed 100 b
81 feet granite shed on the Smith meade
and will soon move into the same from IL
old national she'd
Clarihew 81 Gray are now erecting
blacksmith and job shop and have tinishe
= new addition TO their granite works c
tho Smith meadow.
, The Producers Granite company hav
begun their large shed near the Centr
Vermont railroad covered bridge
, MIR. and Mrs Harry Segel are hapE
over tina arrival OF a baby girl.
Presiding Elder Hamilton preached Su
day at the Methodist church.
A drunken row occurred late Saturda
, night on Maple avenue, tue participants b.
ing women as we'll as men. A barrel
lager beer was said to be at the bottom
it.
) Rev. G. Ii. Kenney was called here {
Saturday by telegram to preach the dodic
ton sermon of the new tabernacle tel
which the Christian Workers associate