Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-20
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OF INTEREST 70 vERMONTERS
st. Johnsbury Discussing tho Project OF
Creating a M76. 900 HotaI.

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Landlord Doyle OF st. Johnsbury is In
terested in hotel project, which mas been
received very favorably by the business
men OF that enterprising village. me plan
is, according to the Californian, to erect
big hotel ON the site OF the Avenue House
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Mace and 70 this whole community, To
cover the amount necessary to build the
hotel bevond the stock subsoibed. money
will be borrowed or bonds issued. Mr..
Doyle will take a lease of the hotel. and he
has enough stores and offices already rent
ted to bring in about 81. 900 a year rental.
Henry Bathric of Grafton had an uncom-
Portable experienced during the storm of
THURSDAY. February g. The road leading
to the farm of Frank WEIGH passes along
the hill above and behind Mr.. Bathric's
house. The melting snow must have form
ed a dam nearly opposite, until quite a
pond had gathered, when the snow banks
gave way and the water swept down on
the house, bursting in the kitchen door,
iooding that room and the shed ana out
buildings. The FAMILY ana STOCK were re-
moved to neighbors In SAFETY, but IL was
close can TOT the pig which scrambled
10 the hisneet spot IN the pen anu was
puiied out through WINDOW
| The annual meeting of tho Brattleboro
Street Railroad company was held Tues
day evening. The reports OF the nrst SIX
months business showed net earnings OF
about $4,000. A semi-annual dividend OF 8
per cent was declared ana II was voted 10
increase the STOCK s'o,oVo' 10 ne issued at
the discretion OF tne directors. routes 10
Esteyviiie ana out 10 flat street were ais
cussed'
The Rutland county Sunday-school as
ISOLATION will hold a district convention
with the Baptist church In Wallingford
Thursday afternoon and evening, the 10th,
and rally with the Congregational church
at Brandon Friday afternoon and evening,
the 21st.
| At a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Caledonia Agricultural
society 1t was voted to hold the fair the
| third week in September. on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, September 10,
16 and II.
At the nou,trv show recentlv held at ST.
Johnsburv A 4 Miles had on exhibition
the two oldest cee.e In Vermont Thev
were a I least 60 wears old.
r, !. a.,Iv,,os a.. ..,,. .,,, t.,
,ha $50 n', ~ liz t,d % ~ ,p IopesoyS - -
the a,ro,,ot - sHn 600 s,,,a ~, w. astahush1
ment of the shirt factorv in that MACE
Al oe,or, 10 ,>a,r.r "a. IT, To-, s,h,,,rh 90
.nn ~ g. 80 LIE sh., , =" 80 5000 ~
no si,sn d,,r,ne ,ba ron,ainder os ire win
,er saason Wv
W. ,as' pao'O ".
enuron al Shes'er' nus aoeep.eo " can
from 'ne hast avenue ehuro" Vi i|ohs
, isIa"u Ivy Az l.
Woro mas Deeh received Oh tne ueath oil
! rev John newman AT Les Moines' Ia
! January q. DR.. Newman was born IN
Amsterdam November ~. 1913 he en-
tered Union college IN the sophomore
class IN 1850 anu graduated IN 1885 ne came
10 fouIthey' where ne remained lot Il
years nrst as teacher' theh as pTinclpa
Oh the acaoeH'g, succeu'hs ~ .he iattei
once me late Bishop Jesse /, feck. nt
married Malta H. LOTT OF Chatnsm' ~. L.
August TO- lSeo. ana celebrated tneir SILVER
wedding at Foultney, 1871. In 1852 ne was
called 10 tne chair OF Latln IN Union col
lege where ne remained ~ years Foi
the next III years ne was the president OF
the RIPLEY femaie college, III fon'tney
recurring aIter 90 years OF teach'ns' ~
the time OF ms deatn ne was member o.
Troy conference nut was never stationee
on charge spending his time on edhca
tionai work. HIS degree or docto" OF
: divinity was conferred by wesleyan uni
| versity.
, ]. H. Benton, Jr., a prominent lawyer o.
} Boston. who spent his school days in Brad
, ford, studied law with ex-Gov. Farnhan
: and went from there to the war, Is salt
: to be preparing to write a short hlstor,
of the first chartered library In the State
which was organized at Bradford in 1896
t one hundred years ago. He will give {
{ sketch of each of the thirty-fve signer.
of the petition, asking for the charte
! Zone of them being a colored mani, and
t also. a history of each library association