Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-13
VERMONT HAPPENINGS,
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
The Happenings of Seven Days on Our
Hills and in Our Valleys Condensed
and Photographed for Busy
Free Press Readers.


and Photographed for Busy
Free Press Readers.
w. d. Lane of Rutland has bought from
II. l.. Gleason of the town of Rutland the
privilege of quarrying magnesia rock on
his farm for a period of 999 years. The
rock in question Is valuable for the lime
and magnesia 1t contains, the latter be-
Ing used for whitening paper. The rock
lies near the surface of the ground and can
be uncovered at a small expense. When
once uncovered 1t can be brought to the
city in teams. Mr.. Lane has had the rock
assayed and find that it contains large
per cent of magnesia, which is ralued at
S30 ton. The stone can be easily burned
and fine lime procured. They will begin
| taking out the rock next week.
The board of Vermont Baptist conven-
tlon met at the Bardwell House, Rutland,
Tuesday afternoon. There were about IS
members OF the board present and consid-
cradle business was transacted Resolu-
/ tions of regret for the recent burning of
the Baptist Publishing companys building
at Philadelphia were adopted. The next
board meeting will be held at Fairfax in
June.
/ The Brandon Italian Marble company
has two new derrcks nearly completed at
its mill. Each of them will be capable OF
raising a weight of 40 tons. one of them
has a 70-foot mast and 60-foot boom and
will be taken to a quarry at Fire hill,
while the other will be used at their works
here. The latter Is Georgia pine stick
GS feet long and will have j7-foot boom.
The following officers were elected by
the Western Congregational club Presi-
| dent, Rev. Charles r. Seymour of Benz
nington vice-pres.dent, Rcv. DR.. w. s.
Smart of Brandon; secretary, II. Il. Bent
| ley of St. Adams; treasurer, Frank A.
| Bond of Middlcbury; lookout committee
Rev. Clifford II. Smith of Pittsford: MEM
bership committee, Rev. r. NJ. Snyder of
Burlington; auditor. II. A. Harman of
Rutland
Walter Reed and George Vanderburgh
escaped from the House of Correction
Monday morning about 1880 o'clock and at
last accounts had not been captured. Reed
was serving sentence OF 102 days for SELL
ing liquor and Vanderburgh was in for 303
days for Illegal fishing. The men were
taken, In company with several others. TO
Pine hill shortly after breakfast to pick up
stone for use in the workhouse. The gang
was under the charge OF Keeper Holland
The prisoners had not been at work long
when Reed and Vanderburgh suddenly ran
into the woods. When the keeper dlscov-
cred that two of the garg were missing he
went to the workhouse aud gave the
alarm. Superintendent Morgan. Keeper
| Holland, John Smith and the Chatterton
brothers Immediately started in pursuit.
1t is thought that the escaped prisoners
made their way toward New York State,
as they were seen near Whipple Hollow
late Monday afternoon. New York au-
thorities bave been notified to look out for
| the men.
Vanderburgh is five feet eight and one
half inches tall, weighs us pounds. has
blue eyes and brown hair. lie is % years
old. Reed is FIVE feet nine inches tai, has
brown hair and eyes and weighs 15l
pounds. Both men wore prison clothes.
ulsters and citizens hats. A liberal re-
ward says the Herald will be paid for the
arrest of the men.
The escapes from the House of Correc-
tion have averaged about two a year for
the past ten years.
Arrangements have been nearly COM
pleted for an interschoastic debate be-
tween representatives of Vermont acad-
emy, Saxtons RIVER and Gushing academy,
Ashburnham. Three representatives from
each school have been selected and they
will discuss the subject rs President
Cleveland's Interpretation of the Monroe
Doctrine iustifiable?" The debate will be
held in Keene. y. H., and that city will
furnish the judges
Gus;avus Curtis and Casslus Rogers of
Woodstock started up young bay lynx
Wednesday afternoon in Daniels woodlot
| in Curtis Hollow. The lynx ran under a
fallen tree and waited 10 or % minutes
while Mr.. Rogers went after a gun and
shot him. lie weighed about eight pounds.
Mr Rogers gets bounty OF wv
Sunday morning of last week some one
made an attempt 10 break INTO the post
ONO at ioWnsnehu MI Gutter was a"ah-
eheu ABOUT lz''o d. M py whal ne tioushl
was some one pounding on the once door
Ihihking that some one was III or tnat
something was wrong al the iarh' ana ne
was wanted inmediately' MI cutter sot
! up ana hShted lamp but is appears
that no one was ILL., that everything was
all right at the farm and that the pound
ing was not intended TO attract ms atten-
tion at all for as soon as there was a
light the pounding stopped ana the auth-
or OF 1t gave thre shrili Whistles "here-
| upon a team drove up, Stacked but uioi
not STOP the man VINO was dt the uoor
Jumped IN, ana OH they Went toward NtW
fame, In the morning Mr' cutter thoush'
he woulu investigate the matter Httie,
and TO his surprise iound that a jimmy ha'
been applied to the door with enough iorce
to split Off a three-cornered piece ABOUT
six inches in length,
May, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Williamson, fell from the
stair-rail to the floor of the office at the
| Brooks House Brattleboro, Thursday af-
! ternoon, a distance of about 10 feet. She
struck on the left side of her head. above
| the temple and fractured the outer wall OF
| the skull. She was unconscious when
taken up, and grave fears were felt as to
the extent of her injury. Later indca-
tions are that the inner wall of the skull
was not broken.