Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-20

| was one OF the old fashioned kind, with
lots of discussion, arguments and ob5ec-
| tons II. Charles Royce was elected chair
man and Arthur w. Gilmore secretary.
Major Mimms moved that committee
be nominated from the floor to confer with
| the democratic committee In nominating
candidates for the various town offices.
| n. n. Post offered as an amendment to
| this motion that the chairman appoint a
committee of five to confer with the demo-
cratic committee, with instructions that
| If the committees could not agree that
| q straight ticket be nominated. Major
Mimms made a short speech in support
of his motion, saying that he objected to
| the cut and dried methods that had per-
meated our previous meetings. Mr.. Post
| insisted that there was nothing fixed up
and hoped his amendment would prevail.
A. o. Brainerd objected to any commit
| tee being elected to confer with the dem
ocrats and wanted straight republican
ticket nominated. Col. Hall said he did
not believe in partiasianshp in town af-
| fairs and favored meeting of the joint
committees, and nominated committee
consisting of N. N. Post, s. C. Greene, j.
| H. Mimms +. l.. Greene and H. NJ. Stew
ems to nominate a committee to confer
| with the democratic committee and they
| reported the following five, who were
elected: N. Post. B. ID. Hopkins. b
b. Perkins, Nelson Goodspeed and ID. S
Danforth.
! At the joint meeting of the republican
and democratic committees the following
union ticket was nominated: Moderator,
A. A. Hall; town clerk, b. d. Hopkins;
selectmen, II. w. Hatch, Stevens Law
renee, George c. Story: town treasurer,
b. d. Hopkins; overseer of the poor. James
Scott. first constable, Bennett G.. Hall;
second constable. w. ]. Morrill,: collector
of taxes. Bennett c. Hall; listers, w. H..
H. Greene. w. 7. Merritt, NJ. F. Sullivan;
trustee of public money, Francis j. Hough-
tom fence viewers. John r. Corliss. Pat
rick Ward and James NJ. Mooney: town
grand Jurors, Fuller C. Smith, George G..
Stevens, Il. A. Ashland and A. Fl. George;
auditors, John Branch, j. b. Wiley, c. l..
Pierce; inspector of leather Richard II.
Sweeney; pound keepers. Il. F. Rugg Geo.
Younger and A. C. Woodruff; school direc-
tor for three years, d. S. Danforth; sur
veyors of wood and inspectors of lumber,
Frank w. Fonda and l. s. Bostwick: town
agent, Ralph Sherwood; road commission
err, Il. ID. Brooks; county grand jurors,
Fred w. Hyde, Fay II. Herrick, Winfield
S. Bailey, Stevens Lawrence, Charles II.
Clark and Alvah w. Prindle county petit
Jurors e. j. Alexander. Guy B. Meigs,
Ne.son Goodspeed, w. II. Washburn, NJ
l.. Brooks. Walter S. Clark, Fred E.
Greene, VIII j. Samson, Charles II. Hale
and Royce Brooks.
Mrs. Mortimer Downey, who has been
dangerously i'll of neuralgia of the heart
Is out of danger and convaescent.
SWAlNTON.
The board of civil authority met at the
|, town clerks Office Friday and were busy
from a. m. until p. m. looking over the
taxes. They abated Sl32. So of old taxes II
the years 1890 to 1894 inclusive, out of owe
$3.50. which were given from those year.
to the new collector. L. H. Beebe, to Sc,
what he could do with them. He has col
lected over $500 of them and those abatec
are mostly either those that were outlaw
ed or where there was an error. OF thu
taxes for 1895 in Mr.. Beebe's hands for col
lection, the board abated $133.05 and mos
OF this was on account of errors, a.
where men had moved away before, o
were miners. etc. The auditors of TIL
town met at the town clerks office ais
on Friday the 18th, and audited the sever
al accounts presented against the town