Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-08
VERMONT.
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun.
tain State.
The NEWS BY COUNTIES
The winooski valley, Villages up North
From the island In the Lake TO the
Passumpsic, Along Otter Creek
-na BY the shores of white
River Covered ~ Spe-
cial Correspo, lenta
ADDISON COUNTY.
MIDDLEBURY

MIDDLEBURX
n. a. Seymour has gone to Burlington.
where he has secured position with
the Sheldon Printing co. Mr. Seymour
has been with the Middlcbury Register
| ing been its foreman.
| In the case OF tho State against William
e. Annis of Weybridgc for petty larceny.
| tried Thursday before Justice Charles /.
Button and II Jury. the jury in the evening
brought in a verdict Of not guilty and the
respondent was thercupon discharged. An
mis- was. however. at once re-arrcsted os,
two new warrants, one involving another
case of petty larceny and the other a
case of grand larceny. The grand larceny
| charge is based OH the alleged stealing
of grass seed from Daniel Wright OF Wey-
bridge and New Havcn. Bail was fixed
at 50 in the petty larceny case and at
$500 in the one for grand larceny.
| Fred w. Hammond. manager OF Col.
Joseph Battclls Bread Loaf Stock farm.
started Thursday afternoon for southern
| California, expecting to secure there and
bring home with him Morgan stallion
OF extraordinary merit.
Robert steele has sold his fine young
|
years old in June 10 parties in Newfanc.
| The price was $1,000
The Masonic Lodge at Shorcham. who
were burned out in the recent fire which
destroyed the G. y. Kendall store. in the
upper story of which they lad their lodge
! rooms. arc considering plans for erecting
a now block of their own the coming
| spri,1g. 1t is the intention TO build it Of
| brick.
The attendance at market Monday was
not up to the average and the receipts OF
produce We're rather light. From 20 to 20
| cents per pound was paid for dairy butter
and eggs brought II to Il cents per dozen.
tho same in both cases was paid last
week.
Col. Thad NJ. Chapman, who has been
in Florida for the last three weeks, r.
turned Monday.
The remains Of an old man named Pat
naudc, for many years a resident OF Corn
wall and who died there on Saturday,
were brought here for burial Monday
morning and were inferred in the Catholic
cemetery after funeral services at the
Church of the Assumption. He was the
father Of largo family.
The live stock dealers in this section
shipped three carloads of stock to mar
ket Monday morning, two carloads Of
cows and calves going to Boston and one
carload of veal calves going to New York.
MIR. and Mrs. George I.oomis are rcioc-
ing over the birth OF son, who arrived
at their home on Academy street at an
carly hour on Sunday morning.
The ladies of tho Congregational Church
Will hold maple sugar party in the YES
try of the church on Friday evening.
March 9.
Following the meeting Of James NJ.
Warner Post Saturday evening, tho post
and Womans Relief Corps held memorial
services in honor OF the members of the
two orders deceased within the past year.
Reports OF the recent cncampment at
Burlington were also given by the dele
gates and light refreshments were served.
Since Middlcbury voted for license on
Tuesday, for the first time in three years.
the all interesting question is, who shall
be tho license commissioners? Already
there are understood to be about bak-
crs dozen of candidates, all more or less
hopeful. Other questions much discussed
are the chances for having second class
license in town, whether or not there
shall be druggists license. or whether
the three licenses shall all be first class
and 20 to the same three hotels which
had licenses three years ago.
!, recently formed corporation called
The Champlain Valley Telephone com
pany, with headquarters in Middlebury,
has purchased the plants of the New
England Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany in Middiebury, Brandon and Yer
genncs. also the entire property OF the
Addison County Telephone company and
the Kelley telephone lines in Salisbury.
1t is the intention of the new organiza-
ton to consolidate these various lines
and to extend and improve the service as
rapidly as possible, AS soon as spring
opens much work will he done on the
property and some is already in progress.
Lawyer william II. Davis Of Middlebury
is the present manager of the new cor
poration.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Hayes have re-
turned home after a weeks visit with
their son Martin at Sandy HILL N. Y,
Mrs. Martin Hayes having been quite
i'll with a bilious fever but being now
greatly improved.
Four old soldiers appeared before the
local board Of pension physicians for ex
animation for increases Of pension on
Wednesday.
r. NJ. Crane OF Rutland, a native OF
Brdport and formerly a well-known life
insurance man in this section, is in town
on business and expects to remain here
| and in the vicinity for some time.
The regular meeting of the Century
| club this week will be omitted in conse-
qucnce of conflicting matters.
There will he a maple sugar social at
| the Congregational Church on Friday
| evening of this week, and the sugar for
the occasion has all been arranged for,
although not much has been made in this
section so far this season.
VER0ENNES.
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