Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-06-07
RUTLAND COUNTY.
BRANDON.

Memorial exercises were largely attended
many from out of town. The address of d.
w. Dayton was pronounced to be one of the
finest ever delivered in Brandon. George
a. Crossman has gone to visit his mother at
Raynham, Mass. He will be gone two
weeks. Mrs. f. b. Thayer has gone to Bos-
ton to visit her mother Mrs. S. $. Paige
of Addison Junction has been visiting her
daughter Mrs. Charles French. Mrs. Glenn
Lathrop OF Fort Payne, Ala, is visiting her
mother Mrs. c. G. Freeman. Hon. n. T.
Sprague and family are occupying their
residence on Conant square. ID. w. Prime
is putting in firepaces in his house on Park
street. w. IL. Wright is altering the looks
of his Park street house very much.-G. f.
| Towue has returned from New York city
He has booked large number Of guests for
the summer at the Brandon.
Several pensioners in Brandon and vicin-
| ty under the new law have been notified by
the commissioner of pensions that their rate
| of pension will be reduced unless they show
by medical or other evidence that the dsa
bilties for which they are pensioned enttle
them to the present rate. Quartermaster-
General Gilmore, Capt. Tutherly and Major
c. E. Nelson were here Tuesday instructing
expressed themselves we'll pleased with the
company. Webb passed through here
en- route for Shelburne Farms, surveying
the route of the coaching party who are ex-
pected to reach Brandon Saturday, where a
relay of horses will await the party
CHlTTENOEN.
Mrs. Louisa F. Moves, aged 81 years, died
Sunday morning of pneumonia, Charles
Birney, who has been very sick, is better. -
Mr.. and Mr.. S H. Morse returned to their
home in Stockbridge Friday. The dance at
Huntoon's hall last week was well attended.
PROCTOR.
At meeting of the republican voters,
held in the village hall Friday, June t. the
following delegates were elected: TO the
State convention, F. D. Proctor, w. f.
Higbee, r. /. Richmond; to the district
convention, L. a. Neazey, Fl. p. Powers, G.
! y. Keefe; to the county convention, F.. r.
Morse, E. 7. Butler and w. II. Startup.
The town committee elected to serve one
year were f. 7. Butler, II. p. Powers Guy
Boyce, Ed. Ladabouche and Gus Myrhberg.
-Bernerd Notary has resigned his place
in the new mill and leased the Geno store
which he will open under a new firm name
doing general business. Fred Williams
OF / OulIutN mas obtained employment Ill Illt
order department of the Vermont Marble
company.
BENSON.
A Children's day service will be giver
next Sunday morning. Lena Smitl
returned from Brooklyn Friday.-Mr. w
f. Walker and family are in town.--LovC
feast and communion was celebrated in tn,
Methodist church Sunday evening the pre-
siding elder being present. The quarterly
conference was held Monday morning
States Attorney Jones OF Rutland an,
George NJ Fuller of Fair Haven were here
Monday to try case of assault and battery
the combatants being Robert Bishop and f
II. Sherman. The annual conference o
Rutland County Congregational churche
was held in Fair Haven in the Congrega
tonal church Tuesday and Wednesday,
The services in the Congregational chape
Sunday evening consisted Of reports b,
delegates from the Rutland county conven
ton Of Christian Endeavor societies.