Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-16
ROCHESTER,.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONTPELIER.

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Morse of Lincoln, Neb, after an illness
OF a month from typhoid fever He was
a Nermonter and for a NUMBER OF years
was resident of Burlington. only TWO
are left now of a family of eight children.
At the auction sale of the Capital hall
property Saturday, James w Brock was
the highest bidder, paying $500 for the
! same.
S. y. sibley has purchased Of i. Z. Tay-
| lor his residence on Baldwin street; con- |
sideraton $500.
| The Free Press agency has been trans
ferred from l.. C. Tewksbury to George H.
Ehle who will take orders for this paper
and attend to its delivery by mail or at
the residences of the subscribers.
on Monday the thermometer Is reported
! as ranging from so to 30 degrees above
zero In different parts of the city and the
quickly melting snow coming down from
| the hilsdes swelled the volume Of water
| in our streams to such an extent that
| second inundation was feared for time.
Those who watched the rising waters OF
the branch stream claim that the water
rose at the rate of six inches an hour, and
continued to rise until between IL and IL
! o'clock at night, in some instances cover
i ing the basement floors of business places
| to uute a depth, although not TO the OK
| tent of the flood OF few weeks ago. An
I anxious vigil was kept until an early hour
q, Tuesday morning by many property hold
>,
! midnight and at 3 a. m. the change was so
| pcrceptible that It was apparent to the
l tired watchers that the danger had passed.
i 4 pair of horses belonging to Jesse
4 Viles, attached to the forward wheels or
n cart, started on rampage from the
Pavilion, crossing the bridge at the CEN
I trail DEPOT and running up Berlin side
until they reached the bridge near the
: Montpelier and Wells River depot, then re-
crossing, tore down Main street to stones
corner, where they turHed into state
7 street and continued their mad career
until opposite the 3. NJ. Shepard shoe
store, when one of the horses fell, break
ing the pole. This accident saved the life
of horse owned by DR.. Percy Templeton.
which stood at this point. The horse was
struck and forced back upon his haunches
by the onrushng team, but the faning or
; one of the horses broke the force OF the
: collision, so that what seemed to the spec
tators as inevitable death for Mr. Tenn
pletons horse was averted with slight
damage.
An attempt at suicide occurred In the
, city yesterday morning, but was dlscoV-
cred in season to illustrate 1t. John John-
son thought LIES burdens too heavy to
carry conveniently so he introduced 10
grains of strychnine into his system and
laid himself down to die at his home at
: No. East State street But the act was
!, imm ediately discovered and the Drs. Fiske
o were summoned anu ny lIt luiiouuSN'Oii
of emetics and stomach pump the de-
; tected man was put in a fair way OF re-
coyery but he insists that he will perfect
/ the lob at the first opportunity. He has
a wife and an infant boy, and 1t Is said that
family ruptures was the cause of the act.
0 1t is now expected that the Heaton
I Hospital Will be opened about the Hiuole
, of next month.
a. Mrs +. A. Sherburne was given sur
prise party on Tuesday evening at her
I homo on Seminary HILL by few of her
intimate friends. the affair being In honor
Q of her birthday, which occurred on that
{ date.
( Prospero Truda is to go to Worcester,
1 Mass, to take a position in n carriage
= factory. He has rendered good service
8 in the local band and orchestra for sew
eral years and his departure will be re-
5 GREETED by those institutions as we'll az by
his many friends.
= city Sheriff C. De F. Banfroct left the
: city Wednesday for few days trip to
- Boston.
3 An entertainment for the benefit Of the
. Heaton hospital is to given In Blanchard
n Opera House next Monday evening by
: members of tho High School Debating
: club. 1t will consist of the pleasing com
> edy entitled "Anita's Trial"
e Mrs. Martha Rivers, who has been very
9 low for some time past at the residence of
= II. l.. T.. Smith ON ST. Paul street de-
: parted this lift between and 6 n. m. We'd
II nesday morning. She has been resident
|. of this city for the past IS years and was
$ the oldest person in the city-and presum-
h ably In Washington county-as she would
Z have attained to 80 years II she has been
r permitted to live until next November.
II She has been failing for some time past
!, but did not take her bed and she also re-
:. tanned her faculties until tho last She
; was the mother of nine children, two of
whom, Miss Kate Rivers and Mrs. Alma
O Smith, both of this city. survive her. She
has made a wide circle of friends during
n her life who will deplore her loss. The
funeral services will be held in st. Au-
II gustines church at a. m. Friday.
h BARRE.
DR.. ]. Henry Jackson and family have
returned from their Southern trip
IS Cards have been received In this city
:. announcing the birth at Philadelphia,
:, April ], of James Dunlop Smith, jr
r. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Perry, who have
IL been in Florida for the larger portion of
# the winter, have returned.
! According to the census compiled by
h City Clerk Wells. there are In the city OF
IS Barre at the present time 1882 persons OF
l. school age. This is an increase of 35l over
It the number at the same time a year ago.
e c. l.. Bugbee instituted a new feature
Is in real estate auctions yesterday after
= noon. The property to be sold was a house
a and lot on washington street, ana snortly
d after ! o'clock the Barre Cornet band
% marched from it's quarters on Main street
to the scene of the sale, followed by large
and enthusiastic crowd. Auctoneer Hale
sold the house to George II. Taplin of East
J, Barre for s4025.
- The State convention of the New Eng
= land Order of Protection will be held In
"A this city April 2S.
:, Miss Lizzie Soule, a former Goddard
!, seminary student, is visiting in the city.
49, Il. r. Mills, formerly bookkeeper fol
~ Barclay Bros, has entered the employ Of
n the Barre railroad.
:. The Granite City Fishing club has leased
~ the fishing in Stevens branch for a tern
20 of Ave years. This gives the club abou
- -, two miles of the finest trout fishing in the
10 State.
= EAST MONTPELIER.
l. G. T. Ormsbee is improvlng.-Georg II
g. Dix has been III with the mumps,-A sol
O. was born to Mr.. and Mrs. j, II. Bero
IN March 31st.-Una Buxton Is to teach schoo
at the East village, Anna Clark at thu
Centre and Gertie at the Four Corners
Mrs. Lucy Brown has returned to Mr.
Paines.-Mr. M. f. Merritt and Miss Win
"a ME Coffran were married the 9th ult.-
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