Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-02

FREE PRES
from the Corbin Enclosure arc doing no lit
tie damage in tho country adjacent to tn,
4 reserve, and that it Is difficult to cxter
i inmate them.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A CROSSING
sad accident occurred at the railroa,
crossing near tho upper bridge in \vcs
| concord Wednesday morning Seutcn,bel
L. Which resulted in the instant death o
J." otcrns, one of the towns oldest ant
| most respected citizens. IL would seer
mat ne was intending to cross the TRACK
gong nome from taking his COW to pas
}, ture, when the mixed train from the east
was coming in. The train was going al
iulI speed and 1t struck Mr.. storms on The
mead, throwing him ont one side of the
| truck lie was very deaf and did not hear
the whistle which gave the village warn.
ing mat something was wrong He haf
| reached the age of 81 but was rem.rkabl,
active Tor man Of his age. His wife died
elsht years ago. He was one of clever
| chiidren all of whom are dead but one sis
ter who lives at Worcester, Mass. but is
| in Feeble health ana was unable TO attend
the funeral. He was born at Worccstcr
Mass and he moved from Lyndon to West
!
ID. a. Marble of Putnam, was the only re-
| lativc present at the funeral which was
held at his residence Friday afternoon
the Rev p. n. Granger ofiiciating.-St
Johnsbury Republican.
STOWE ELMORE LUMBER DEAL.
The Stowe Elmore lumber dea, in which
Mcssrs =. d. Pike N Sons were erroneous
81, ~ ". seu ~ pe par 'ieS III realty conSls,
purchase "A
five leading business men of Stowe, of
some three thousand acres of timber land
In Gilmore. consisting of 1920 acres and GER
tain stumpage owned by George Morse, the
Rob Hin farm of the Wilkins estate and
the w. y. Siloway house and mill at Ell
more Pond. As the incorporation of the
company is not yet perfected no names
are given in connection with the deal At
the present the main products will be clap
boards, although other machinery may be
Installed later. It can be said on the best
OF authority that the p u. Pike Sons
works at Stowe will not be moved.-News
and Citizen.
cr11oor crpr rrop,,s
'-'
most unfortunate affair occurred in
West Burke Sept 10, when a young
school girl. Maud Cady. whose parents live
on the Corliss place, eloped with a man
many times her age who had been employ
house and went to the cross roads not far
y,aa u,i,,nr snr , hor ,,.i,h ny 'r ,hn,
drove to Barton and took the train for can
ada. Mr.. Cady, the girls father. has re-
ceiNod letter saying they are married.
Inc man Thayer has had two wives and is
the father Of grown children. while the girl
is barely sixteen
p,1c,>c .ncr ,o,.ror,
"A N'''
There seems to be n lively political rival
ry even in potato patches Since our last
weeks papc which contained an account
Oh ,,e ncaVy yicid OF cement ,Murphy
have called well armed with evidence, to
assure us that tho record breaking pota-
toes are grown in republican soil. A. l..
Heath brought in two potatoes with
combined weight Of three and one-haf
pounds and Is potatoes of unusual size all
taken from one hill. These were presented
to thu editor with the assurance that every
eye in the potatoes was looking for the
election of Gen Mccullough. Not long af-
ter. II. p. Simpson. republican representa-
tive of Sheffield appeared and triumphant
~ uepo ,n,' os,ore US Two puisy potatoes,
and the other one and one half pounds. leav-
is these with the request that we tell
jeremy Pearl the best potatoes grow in
Journal.
S,p,t-rpc ,>,,r,,,,D.,r ,,-o,r,
y" ~" i-' i'' 'i'N' T. Mr''>'
Considerable excitement was caused at
the Rutland depot Tuesday Sept 10 by
the arrival of several moulders from
Champlain, n. Y who had been engaged by
the +. r. Patch Manufacturing company
to work in its foundry. Several of the
striking moulders were on hand and sue
coded in inducing part of tho new mon to
go back to Champlain. Some Patch repre-
sentatives were also on the scene and
some wordy conflicts followed
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" NrNN - C'Eo EN-
A read-en collision of two freight trains
at Chester about II o'clock d. M. Sent %
resulted in tho smashing up of two cars
and disabling engine No oO6 The TRACK
VA Mas or o.'cheo TOT seVera! hours Freight
,Cs ~, coIalueo WIN extra no. 40 near
rain were totally wrecked and Engine No.
los on the No. eN train was badly damaged.
IL was one clock before this wreck was
cleared from the track so trains could
pass. NO one was injured.
CANNOT pECovrp DAM.crs
Inc negligence case OF Richmond G.. |
NecD against the Columbian Marble Quar-
irylhg company, which was begun in Rut- |
iand county court at the opening of the
session September e. was concluded
about 2;l5 o'clock in the afternoon when
ludGe w, L. stafford ordered a verdict for |
ne defendant on tho ground that the plain |
IN mad not shown that the defendant was
'esponsible for the accident. Webb sued for
manages Tor injuries received year ago