Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-22
VERMONT LOCAL NEWS
Continued from 9Th page)

dU Olu OIcn0pr. lie HShtu lOl ~ uVStllD-
tion o; the stolen coat, and in less than
an hour had brought Swcctzer and the
coat into Justice Niles court in Fleet
woods office. Owing to Swe"tzcrs some
what incbriatcd condition he was allowed
to remain in the corporation cooler over
night, and was fined for the theft His
fine was paid by relatives and Swcctzer
left for new fields carry Tuesday.
The farm home of David Woods, living
Il few miles east of here has been the
scene of strange doings recently. Woods
IL a widowor, has as housckceper Il daugh-
ter Of a deceased wife, ana has hirCd
man, one Leslie Fox. 1t appears or at
least Woods fully believes that masked
men have been about the premises nights,
stones have been thrown at the buildings,
the hired man has claimed to have had
desperate struggles with men in the dark
ness, and Woods has thought that he has
Socr his hired man chase ana deliver
blows upon fleeing persons, caught
proving about the house. a few nights
since Woods sent a ncishbor for officer
| rownC as disturbances were going on at
! high rate Towne and Il man by the name
of Hamlet went to the place ana as they
AvciC approaching, there was n revolver
shot out in the rear of the barn, and there
were 1--WE others in quick succession. The
flashes revealed to Townc what he took
20 bc he features of Fox, and also the
| tact that the revolver was pointed up
nearly at arms length stones began to
| i!y and shortly FOX appeared claiming he
! Had hgd a desperate struggle with some
! one, had shot three times himself and had
! been shot 1T three times. Townc asked to
/ he given His revolver and later on found
six empty shells in IT, The officer then
/ told Fox and Wood to go into the house
and remain there leaving him TOwnc and
| Hamlet to look after things outside. In
| the course Of half an hour Townc in patrol
al dor
open shed ANA soon landed himself square
on the back Of a man who proved to be
Fox. The latter Stoutly claimed that his
/ burning desire to be lin it, had brought
/ him out OF the house and he was simply
/ looking out for others. Tie was sent to
1 tn" house again, but very soon Hamlet
ioat"d with main frCm the contact of "a
,!g stone with MS eye. and again almost
Immediately from a stone i'm the back of
he head. FoN appeared and claimed h"
saw the stone thrown from the corner Of
the barn, ana III the process of further
search the officer who was very much on
the alert. caught the motion of FON's arm
and elsht of the coming of a big stone
toward his head, which he lodged ana
took after FoN, arrested him, and took
him TO the county Jail. FoN as well as his
employer were very indignant and claimed
that great injustice had been done. He
nails from Fairfield way, and Lawyer
case will Lc heard in States Attorney
Floctwood's office on Friday of this week.
on Tuesday i'm states Attorney Fleet
woods office in response to q complaint
made hy Mrs, Hattie Cleveland, wife of
Andrew Cleveland of Hyde Park, that Of
hci1l prosecuted Orlando Cleveland,
father of Andrew. for an assault upon the
said Hattie. The testimony of the plain
till tended To show that on the 26th day
of August, last. Orlando, following a
wranClc of words with her young son,
grandson of the respondent struck her
with a broom about the head and
shoulders, knocking her backward on to a
stove, causing serious INJURY. illness and
a Miscarriage. Justice Niles decided to
take jurisdiction in the matter instead of
binding over over to the grand jury, found
the respondent guilty of common assault
and imposed a tne of s. and costs.
our venerable townsman, \. Monrc
Rurlic, left here on Tuesday with u ro-
mantle wedding in prospect. Mr.. Burke
Is a bachelor n years of age. He Is about
to marry a lady for whom he formed q
strong attachment in his younger days
hut who married another. She is now d
widow and has lived many years in thc
West II is thought that the couple viii
meet on middle ground, somewhere ii
fact, Mr.. Burke said his stop first would
he at Saratoga. Mr.. Burke, for Il third OF
n century, was clerk and treasurer OF
Morristown.
HYDE PARK.
The noriors of the Hotel Phoenix wor,
the scene of a very pretty wedding Thurs
, day at = N m whom Miss Nvra J<r.ler
duuohicr or MIR ana Mrs II \ Keller
was married to John II Hardy ir son n
. Judgo rrd NIrs uardv Of noStcn m,
ceremony was norformed bv Roy T. q
! 'rn>Inr tho EnisconaI form Of sorvirn he
inc uscd TlIn wedding march was RON
dnr,d nv Miss Lillian Vallnnu Miss Inc,
SAWYER aunt Of tho bride acted ms mai,
az bnro, nnd II,rnco n u,rd, hro,bo
az ,bc groom as h.et man Miss Graz
Ord,vev of poe.on and Nelson ttrnle,
brothcr Of the bride We're the ushers m
> bride was aowncd in white lnnsdowno an,
CARRIED white roses rhe maid Of homo
! wore wbitc oro,ndie over mink rb, mar
: lors wore tnster,IIv decorated win nc
,,r,pTs cInmntis and rolden rod Am
Tho roromonv tho guosts ndiournod IN IN
lining ronm ,vhrrn refreshments won
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= Judgr and Mrs, "A Hardy Charles N
, Noweu f. 3 ballard and wife Mis-
1 Alice U.lIa,d and Misc Martha pnnro,.L n
y postor tchn parnocl, nf Svr,cu.o " v
q ~ q Andrrws and vic Of Montnclic,
i Miss Fannie parkhurst of ST. Johnsbur
and Rurt Sheldon of Swanton Aftor
= short tour among the Maine lakes the
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a wido cir1.la oc f,iands
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tho phoanix fo,. ,,'n,o ,,ontbs n,st Loo, e.
n roston Thmrsdav to ioin her hmshnnd u,b
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