Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-09
NEWS OF VERMONT.
Mere Important Events Grouped fer
Free Press Rcndcrs--A dditiona1
Mail Service TO he Installed.

Congressman Kittridge Haskns has
been notified by Second Assistant Post
master General Shallenburger that an al
| lowance has been made for sufficient
| clerical force to establish the additional
railway postal car service. concerning
which petition. circulated by Postmas-
ter Taylor, was forwarded to the de-
partment early in May. Mr.. Shallen-
burger says that 1t is probable that the
arrangement cannot be made effective
until the beginning of the incoming fiscal
year. which is but a few weeks distant.
Under this arrangement railway postal
| car will be attached to the train leaving
Springfield. Mass, at 1880 p. m. pass
Ing through Brattlcboro at 2.30 p n. and
arriving at st. Adams at p. m. Re-
turning this car will leave st. Adams at
! IL a. M. passing through Brattleboro at
ABS p. m, and arriving at Springfield at
6:20 p. m. At present there is no mail car
attached to any train running through
| Brattlcboro between II :05 and $50 but the
2:30 train carries over 50 closed pouches
of mail besides about 100 sacks Of news-
papers, delivered at only a few Of tho
large towns The proposed change will
give regular communication between
| many small towns not now touched by
the closed pouch service and will improve
the service all the way from New York
to st. Adams, as we'll as on the Passump-
sic division of the Boston & Maine road
LOOKING FOR BURGLARS.
| The Rutland police have been warned
to be on the outlook for two men sup
posed to be deserving soldiers from Fort
| Ethan Allen, who robbed the postoflice
at Richmond last Saturday night and
when discovered pulled their revovers and
escaped through the use of these weapons.
The men had secured a little over 81 when
they were discovered by passersby. The
postofiice was partially surrounded and
the robbers were instructed to come out
and surrender themselves. They came
out. but with their big Colts revolvers in
hand and covering the wouldhe captors.
| The latter could not stir hand nor foot
as they saw the crooks disappear in the
darkness. 1t is thought tho men will 81
through Rutland on freight trains. one
is described as five and one-half feet tall.
light complexion, has "A mustache and
wears q pepper and salt suit and cap with
patent leather vizor The other is about
four feet. 10 inches tall. of dark complex
ion and wearing dark clothes and slouch
hat
KNEE PAN BROKEN.
Harry A. Holton of White River June
ton is laid up by the effects of a singular
accident. Tuesday he made a mis-St"p,
and muscular action broke in two. straight
across. the knee cap Of the right leg.
Wednesday. Dr. j. r. Wheeler of Bur
, bono. Some 10 years ago Mr.. IIolton re-
. | ceived a fracture of the knee pan of tho
left leg. lie came ont Of "Wednesday :
operation all right but it may hc some lit
tie time before he is able to get about
again.
INVENTION BY READSBORO MAN.
That 'ncccssity is the mother of inven-
tion" has been proven scores Of times
but the last instance noticed is the case
of 6. NJ. Boms OF Roadsboro. For some
r time past the Deerncd River Company
, have hccn contemplating the building Of
Il telephone line from Wilmington tc
, Somerset and Mr. .Bemis was given the
: contract. For this liro a vast number nj
poles were needed and Mr. B"mis set t.
work To devise "A method whereby tho uSe
Of poles would he eliminated. The result
E Of his lahors is glass nsuator and
. bracket that can he used on trees and
| buildings and which is "A great improve
ment over anything now in use. The in
suator is made in two sections with
. dovetais Mr. Bems returned Wedns 8
o day night from n trip to Boston, Spring
o field. New York and Troy, where he haC
n been consulting with electrical and telc
o phone experts. He says they were on
thusastic and gave him much encourage
t ment He has applied for a patent on thu
q insulator and expects to receive the paten
- papers in the rear future.
MANCHESTER SOLDIERS MONU.
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t revolutionary officer representing EthaI
4 Allen. Tho Photograph of the d'SCr
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v Will no DOUBT make an attractive iInisi
o for the monument 1t is to lc or th'
d finest Western granite, ana tho fou
e shields are I" u" of tho tnoSt bronze an'
d VIII contain as far as can nc aScortain"i
the names or all tho soldiers OF Mat
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