Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-18
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NORTHFIELD.
BY the breaking of gears on the large
derrick in Cross Bros yard "Wednesday
afternoon. Antoine Miller received a COM
pound fracture of the leg. In some man
ner the handles regulating the derrick
were pulled in a wrong fashion ana a
heavy stone outside shot to the earth with
tremendous speed. This broke the gear
ing inside and it flew in pieces, One piece
of the broken machinery weighing some
80 pounds whizztd by Miller's head and a
smaller piece struck him on the thigh,
causing a bad compound fracture.
The annual meeting of the Mortified
National bank was held Tuesday and the
ola board of officers reelected. Or. Geo.
Nichols begged to be excused from serV-
ing longer in the capacity of president ow-
ing to his weak oyesight. II. r. Brown
was elected president in DIR Nichols
place. In 1SS DR.. Nichols was elected n
director ana has been elected to that Of
lice every year since. In 1875 he was
elected president which office he held con-
tinuously up to last week. OF the original
board of directors in 1868 he is the MY
survivor. all the others having passed
away.
BARRE.
Clan Gordon are to give n benefit concert
at the opera house Friday evening Jan.
PC, for the widows and orphans OF Scotch
soldiers, who have been killed in the Boer
war.
City Constable William II. Buchanan
announces that he is Il candidate for cleo
ton at the coming city election.
William Otis was found dead in his bed
at Granitcville Friday morning. He has
been in i'll health for several weeks
When Justice a. G. Fay presents his cost
bill to State Auditor Barber. it will he
the largest cost bill ever presented to ,ho
state auditor by n Barre trial justice,
and amounts to more han s2GN.
Walter Bugbee of this city, through his
lawyers, City Judge Boyce ana NJ. NJ.
Gordon. has brought suit against w. H..
Poore. also of this city on the charge of
the alienation of the affections of his wife.
The case is returnable at the March term
of Washington County Court. Mr.. Poore
has engaged Mayor John w. Gordon and
w w. Lapoint to defend him.
Mrs. Pedroni, who attempted suicide
Saturday night, is reported 20 be out Of
danger.
WATERBURY,.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Elliott are board
ing for a few weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
II. C. Whitehill.
c. c. Warren has sold his tenement
houses at Mil Village to Leon Kicker,
no will put them in good condition for
occupancy.
The Young Peoples Reading club will
give a masquerade party at Mrs. Red
mond' on Friday evening. Different char
acters will be represented.
Joseph Somervil,e. who has been contin-
ed TO the house by illness for two weeks
is ahic to be out again.
c. c. Warren has sold to Levi +. Ricker,
one OF his tenement houses at Mill W.
lage. who will repair the buildings for
his own occupancy and will also b~eautify
the grounds.
The Hypatia club will meet Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Andrews. The subject
of the meeting will be "Lincoln,' and the
programme will he as follows: "Abraham
Lincoln Extracts from Inaugural. Ad-
dress" Abraham Lincoln" 7 Recon-
struction as Pictured in Red Rock ="
When Dey Listed Colored Soldiers" THE
Hand of Lincoln" ode,
20 Captain, My Captain Burial of Lin
CON-"
+. f. Tracy has bought the interest OF
his partner. T. II. O'Brien, in the billiard
room and will continue the business alone.
The Ph~ilorIatheans Will observe Red
Letter day at Mrs. G. f.. Ladd's Friday
evening, Pew. G.. L. Ladd will deliver an
address.
The new engine was started at the
Carrie Mary Copper Mine last Saturday.
The shaft will be sunk at the rate of
about Ave feet "A day. The shaft Is at
present sunk to a depth of forty feet.
cOr-ru1 uoonrr,y
Arthur Pierce is In very poor health
Caleb Sabin is able to ride out.-The week
of prayer WAS obso rVed. services being
held with different families. There We're
three candidates from Hardwick taken into
the Good Templar1 lodge last Saturday
night.-Mrs. Byron Pierce continues to
imIroVe.-Glrdncr orion and wife were
in attendance at church last Sunday
Mrs. Cora Benjamin is able to he out.
NORTH
leon Martll OF warren is working Tor
Al T. DaVIs-Geofse Nelson. r. Is IN
town at ms iather s'-Mr' ana Mrs. Seth
Joyce OF waterbury are visiting TRENDS
IN 'o"n-tliaS Marble mad TO XIII ms
morse Nellie, as she broke her leg ON me
ice last week mos. Nelll also mad to XIII
one Oh ms that was hurt-MarY Marie
ana Ann Parnott were home over sunday.
Inc Sunday-schoo nominated their Of
fcers for the coming year. Merton DAVIS.
superintendent; Walter johnson, secretary
ana treasurer; Ina Davis, orsanist: teach
ers' Rev. W. T. Miller, NJ e.. Davis, Min
ME Davis'-George Nelson, Jr., Is in town.
HotHcr the past week.
WAITSFIELD.
e.. o. C. Wilde and George w. Wallis at
tended the Dairymen's meeting at Brat
tleboro last week. They also went to Bel
lows Falls and bought the boiler, separa-
tor, etc. for the new skimmiig station
that is being built at Irasville.-Mrs W.
T. Wilder wont last weak IN tho Mary