Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-21
VERMONT LOCAL N1WS.
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reelected as superintendent of the SUI

c-cicctcd as superintendent of the Sun.
day schocl.
Tho burial 81 strs. Lydia Tillany of
Minneapolis. Mirn.. took place in the viii
lnss cemetery Friday afternoon. The
Rev. Evan Thomas officatcd Mrs. I'LL
lany wns Il years old. She was a daugh-
ter of Elijah stanton, who was one of first
settlers OF this place. being. 1t is UNDER
stood. tho original owner OF the farm now
owned by ii. NJ. and J. ii. Whitcomb. Her
husband accompanied the remains hero
ana Is in Burlington, the guest Of the Hon.
Elihu raft.
Tho explosion OF a small quantity Of
gasolcnc, which was being poured into a
small water heater created n fire scare
ut Johnsons Hotel Saturday morning.
The blaze was quickly extinguished with
but slight damage.
l.. +. Stinehour Of Wadena. Mimi, 10
visiting his daughter. Mrs. Floyd Barnes.
Mr. Stinehour was formerly of this vii
lagc. This is his first visit here since II
years ago.
Edward Riley, who was arrested Situr
day evening by Officer Fielder, was ar
raigne6 Monday morning before Justice
Siblcy, where he pleaded guilty to intoxi-
cation and was fined IS and costs of 81. o..
which he paid
Henry l.. Page OF Essex Center. who
for several years has sold butter and eggs
IN this place and Burlington. met with
n serious accident while on his trip Tues
day morning. He was driving on Rail-
road avenue in this village when his horse
became frightened by an engine and be.
came unmanageable The horse started to
run IN between the residence of Mrs.
Hannah Allen and the restaurant Of Mrs.
A. II. Dague. the heavily loaded sleds
striking against Il post This freed the
horse and pulled Mr.. Page out. He held to
the reins and was dragged some distance
and his head struck tire foundation Of
Mrs Aliens house. He was unconscious
when picked up by Mr.. and Mrs. Dague
and w. c. Stevens and taken into the
restaurant. DIR. David Marvin was call
ed but could not tell the extent of his
injuries then. He took him to MIR. Page
home and further examinations were
made when 1t was found that no bones
were BROKEN but that he had received a
badly bruised shoulder, also bad bruise
on his head He still remained in n
dazed condition. 1t was not possible then
to tell whether he had received internal
injuries. Mr.. Faye is probably between
GO and 70 years old. The horse ran across
lot and was stopped by William Place
near Mr.. Places house and was taken
into his barn. The sleigh was not badly
damaged.
William r. Place met with a very seri-
Gus accident while on his rounds of de-
livering milk to his customers yesterday
morning. AS he was leaving the house
of George Cove on Pearl street he heard
the snow sweeper OF the electric railway
and knowing that his horse would be
liable to run he hurried and in going
down the steps fell. He got UP but fell
again. He was carried into the house and
DrC. NJ Fcrrin was called and found the
right ankle fractured on the outside, also
the abula about two inches above the
ankle. He suffered much pain. After the
fracture had been reduced he was taken
to his home OF Pleasant street. MIR. Place
is n young man who is active in his work
and his MANY friends will sympathize
with him in his misfortune Other men
ran to the horse before it had time to
get away
Town Clerk Allen Martin furnishes the
following statistics Of the town of Essex
for the past year: Marriage licenses is
sued. %: births, g.; deaths, 49,
Henry L. Page of Essex Center who
was injured in a a runaway of his horse
at this place Tue sday morning. was re-
ported last night as resting comfortably.
and 1t was thought that his condition Is
not as serious as at first feared.