Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-06

i'hlHl VI butter. us increase VI buSlncSS
over 1900, about IS per cent.
ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE.
George T.. Hyde. who was sentenced to
Is months at hard labor at the house Of
correction by the Franklin County Court
March I. 1901, for check sWindling made
an unsuccessful attempt to escape a few
nights ago. Since his Incarceration Hyde
has been a most exemplary prisoner and
thus won the favor Of the prison officials
WHO transferred him from the marble pol
ishng shop to the kitchen. whore his du-
ties wcr' light and much moro pleasant
During Hyde's imprisonment Il young wo-
man. appds nifty In love with him, mas
G. rae to Sc him once each week brn gin,,
MN many little 1rcsonts end showing
much interest in his case. Recently she
conceived ;ho liar to rescue hyde and
Srnit him ~ ay, although he IS man
weighing not less than 29O pounds. ana she
scarcely over 100, and made ready to car
r. 1t through. She secured a suit Of cili-
HcnS clothing, and stationed herself Just
outside the building winnie he suspended Il
rope from tha kitchen window on which
to escape. All was I'm readiness and a tram
would have carried the pair away inside
of half an hour had not another prisoner
tipped off Superintendent II. J.. Morgan
on what was going on. The scheme was
Tipped strdightway and now II, ie is pol
aGpdrer is Kept on the outside.
FOR CITY TREASURER OF RUTLAND
1t is announced that at the solicitation
OF large number of his friend Col. c.
{. kinsman of Rutland has consented to
b" candidate for the Office of city treas
urrr on the republican ticket There t.
little doubt, according to those who are
backing Mr.. ktnsman, that he VIII receive
IN" republican nomination and they state
mat they consider his chances for eloc-
ton very good. Col. l<insmar and his
supporters are already at work in such
I'm earnest manner that If they are not
successful it will not be their fault. 1t is
practically certain that Col l[insran's
democratic opponent will be city Treas
ur"r VIII l.. Davis. who also viii leave
no stone unturned to insure his election
Mr.. Davis is one of the most popular men
in Rutland and the fight will be "A hot
one.
HOTEL AFFAIRS UNSETTLED
Affairs at the Avenue House in st
Johnsbury growing out of the recent
seizure of liquor there are in an unscttlc |
condition. The syndicate Informed NJ. j
Caldbeck that if he did not remove Mr..
f. NJ. Black at once an injunction would
he put on the property in the near future
Several prominent railroad street men
state that if Mr.. Black is put out they
will have the place cnioned. The chances
are that the place will not be enioincd by
either party and that Mr.. Black will re-
main for the present at least.
REPRINTS or TOPOGRAPHIC MATS
Reprints of number of Topographic
maps of parts of Vermont and New Haup-
shire have recently been issued by t."
United States geological survey. Among
them are the Bennington and Pawl t
sheets of Vermont, which show eight or
ten miles of the country surround ng the
towns Of these names and the Eecne, ~
H., sheet of the section about Keeno, in
the southwestern part of the latter STATE.
All these maps are drawn on a scale o.
about one inch to tho mile which is large
enough to reveal not only the adiaC, Mt
villages, roads, township lines and
streams, but also tho rugged high land
topography of the different regions The
topography. or relief. OF tho country Is
clearly brought out 10y the USE of brown
contour lines which pass through all
points Of equal altitude and in this way
accurately indicate the height above sea
level Of any point on the sheets; portions
OF tho Green Mountains are thus shown.
and the historic hill country of southern
Vermont fianking the Connecticut river
WILL CELEBRATE GOLDEN WE'D
DING.
The d0th anniversary of the wedding Of
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron 4. Kendall of Rut-
land will be observed at the home of their
daughter. Mrs. O. n. Chandler of No. 2l3
Grove street. to-day. There will he a fam
lily reunion during the day and supper
This evening Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall will
receive their friends. About l25 invitations
n the latter affair have been sent ont
Mr.. and Mrs Kendall are a and % years
Old, respectively. They were married at
lroctorsVille and went shortly aftorward
10 WcalhcrSlold. where they lived for
about IS years. Another Is years was spent
at FelchVlle and for the last 20 years they
have been living at Pittsford They went
to Rutland last fan to spend the winter
with their daughter and expect to return
to Pittsford in the summer.
a RUNAWAY ENGINE.
small amount of damage was done by
n runaway engine in the railroad yards at
Rutland Friday afternoon. Engine No.
d03 was standing near the roundhouse with
no one on board, when the throttle became
loos"n'd and the engine started on the
track at good rate of speed. 1t struck
"a switch engine standing on the Howe
seal" company side track. the engineer Of
the switch engine saw what was coming,
but could only put on the air brakes to
brace his machine for the shock. As the
runaway engine passed Il switch house the
sWitchman ran out shouting. "IIa, there >,
Why don't you blow your whistler" But
the engine made no reply. Beyond slight
injuries to the tender the switch engine
suffered no damage. No. 1903 had its pilot
broken off and was bruised and iammcd
SO that 1t was sent to the shops for re-
pairs.
VERMONTERS IN WASHINGTON.
The Vermont State association at WASH
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