Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-01-19
Il: BURLINGTON TRUST co.

johnson. Who was killed in Hawlcyrille
| Conn. january !. icVi. The suit will be
/ tried in the Windhafn County Court III
! April. NJ. johnson was a mcnlhcr OF Co
I. ist Inf, V. y. c., at Chickama,tsa III
| ls!S. At the Tins Of the accident he was
q member OF the crew on an extra IRE sht
tain which vas standing on the track
| near another tract. over which a passon
| ger 20. ~ vas to pass. Johnson stepped
| from lis train on TO tho other track and
, was struck ny the passenger locomotive
and killed instantly. 1t is alleged That
tn" passenger wae not running ON
schedule time and gave no he'll or whistle
/ or other warning OF danger.
| EUTIANDS POOR WHIsKEY.
! The unusually baleful effect upon its
users oi thai mysterious preparation
known 70 the "boOtleg' and speak easy
patrons as Ertland whskey. has been
brought out frequently in city court dur
ing the last few months and rarely moro
( clearly than Friday when one man con-
| fess"l that the stuff made his wheels 60
backward and caused him TO steal, while
another victim of the liquor was halt
| ca rrie0 into the court room sick and
! shaking, n nervous wreck, almost over
the verge and into delirium tremens. The
, first pleaded guilty to larceny and ntoSi-
cation. and the second 90 the latter
charge. One OF the respondents. Michael
Fahcy, has 4 city court record which
cannot be enumerated on the fingers of
one hand H.. has appeared no less than
six times in tho local court on various
charges. within brief space of time. His
thirst for liquor was the means Of get
ting him into his present trouble. for
while under its influence he stole some
groceries from a delivery team of the
Combination Cash store.
BEATEN ONLY BY NIAGARA
The work upon the now steel bridge
over the Connecticut at Bellows Falls is
making rapid Roadway. The steel arch.
$40 feet in length. the longest arch in the
United States except that across Niagara,
and which exceeds this but few feet. is
in place. Saturday afternoon tine wedges
were removed from the false structure.
letting il support it's own weight for tho
first time. Wednesday the whole force
was engaged in taking down the huge
frame work. and by night it had disap-
poarcd. The steel for the roadway, which
will be hung from the arch. has arrived
arch was boltcd together in its different
sections temporarily. while being put up
land the gangs Of rivctcrs are at work
securing it by the 5000 different rivets
which will bind it together The bridge
is beautiful structure of unique design.
and will make prominent object upon
the landscape 10 be seen from nearly all
points especially AS on" enters the VII
. laEe from tho north. AS the center OF the
| arch towers gracefully o. .eet above
the water IN the middle Of The river.
AN UNFORTUNATE FAMILY.
The family Of Mr. and Mrs. Walter w.
, Burr OF West Rutland. has been the VIC
ltim OF u remarkable run OF calan1ities
during the past few weeks. and their hoo
idoo Is still with them. Mrs. Burr has
been i'll for some time, and during her ill
iness Il shOr; time ago, her Youngest son
{; lad of about three years, died very sud
denly. \ post norton eXaminatio show
ed that The child burst blood vessel In
his head wili!e at play. About the same
time their son. Malcolm, ran nail int
his foot and tetanus 81, in. The saving
,,f his life was consider . surgical mir
acle. Now the came boy has severe
case of pneumonia. Both lungs arc at
fcc,ed and ii he pulls through it viii bt
n wonder
E%-GOV. HOLBROON HAS BEEN
TRUSTEE FOR :" YEARS
At regular meeting Of the board Of
trustees of the BrattleborO Retreat Tues
da,. George G. Avcrll, president OF tho
Vermont National bank, WIS unanimousiN
elected a member of the board to fiji the
l,,- death OF Col
Richards F;radley. who mad served as
trustee since lS.i, EH-Govcrnor liolbrook
the veteran chairman of the board. enjoys
: tthc remarkable distinction of havns
4 served in that capacity for period OF >
wears. 1t is also an interesting fact tina
y there have been but nine vacancies in tn
= hoard nv death during the past % years.
p HIGH INSURANCE IN RUTLAND.
Fire insurance rates III the cites q
lNcrmont have undergone many chsnEe
u during the past few days, In Fu'ian'
they have been raised 10 SUCH ngu''
that a number of the owners OF the lar
c gest business blocks are going wi'hout III
n lsurance and tsking their own risks
- several other cities and towns ne ra'e
d have beer lowered because OF the recen
ms, allation OF new FIRE lighting apparatus
SUNDAY LAW EFFECTIVE.
The law passed by the last Leeislatur
lprohititmg hunting OF sunday. il keepln
lmany bennington hunters from gong on
on that day. and the crack or me fiii
Is less frequent than ii used 10 h'. ''ii'
Chase has Just been appointed fsh am
I. game warden u. Bennington ana vclm's