Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-21


Springfield expects brush factory TO
locate there the coming summer.
Eagle Grange of South SALISBURY has
been organized with 10 charter members
Holland as well as Panton did not have
a yes vo:e on the license question at
March meeting
will open April .. Besides tho divorce
cases there are 1870 civil cases ri 81 equity
cases on the docket.
The latest announcements Of w j.
Bryan's speaking dates in Vermont in
clude Barre April 81 and probably Bur-
lington April 25
\ copyright is asked by the Rev f.
l.. Leavitt OF the Universalist Church at
Bellows Falls on his system of recording
Sunday school work
Driven to the roof Of his blacksmith
shop by high water Walter H. Wood
ward of Bennington was compelled to
shout for rescuers to come to his relief
Sixteen hundred cars loaded with
freight are reported in the Central Yer
mont railway yards at St. Adams await
Ing power to move them.
Timothy Wclch Of Groton is par
tcularly unfortunate in regard 10
fire. For the third time. the flames
have destroyed his home
The will of Mrs. Fanny Hale who he
queathed all her property to Corgrega-
tional churches in Morrisv'lc and stowe
VIII be contested by her children In
Windsor county court
The Scotch Hil Slate company &C Fan
iIaven has voluntarily notified its en-
ployes that beginning April they Will
receive 10 hours pay for a nine hour
day.
The sight nf William Burroughs eyes
viii he saved. He is the Dorset hunter.
who was injured while firing an old rife
the powder flashing into his eyes when
tie breech block few back
Hazel. the lo-ycar-old daughter Of A.
=. Drawbridge of Randolph. now at the
iadustral school at Vergennes for the re-
nainder of her minority, was commit ed
on a charge Of dlsorderly conduct.
The Barre Hospital association hopes
10 have a small hospital in operation
within three months Three thousand
occn appointed To- get subscriptions
State Fish and Game Commissioner H.
6. Thomas Of stowe has appointed as
local warGens. Charles f. Emerson at
East Highgatc and l.. T.. Rcazou a.;
Greensboro
The Stove Fire company has llected ".
H. KiSer chief and made arrangements
for the annual meeting of the ramollit
County Fire association to be held at
Stowe about the middle Of April.
BY the premature explosion of "A keg Of
powder. Patrick Crowley. of the granite
quarrying firm of Blanchard & Crowley Of
Wcbsterville, was badly injured MondaJ
1t is possible that he may lose his eye
sight.
Harre's superintendent OF the city fire
alarm system. Henry II. Hodgdon. has
resigned since his salary has been cut
from sl2j to $50 year. No man can at
ford to do tn. work for The latter sum-
is his belief
Rutland sportsmen's unfortunate ex-
peIience with quail imported from Ala
bama. nearly all of whom have lied. IS
ascrihed to the birds being infested with
Ice. l. is thought that they wee kept in
hen houses before shipment North.
pughtrcy Jangraw, a Montpelier barber,
has at his home several pieces of furni-
ture that We're on exhibition a. the Cen
tennal exposition in Philadelphia in 1876
in the Vermont house. General p f.
Ptkn and joan A. Page. members OF the
John Donnar of Shoreham. while m
| Lowell, Mass. to celebrate his 9th birth
day is reported to have been relieved
of s. by William F.. COMMIT. a new ac-
qVaintanCe. Conn.T is now beginning 4
five months sentence in Jail for larceny
The Lynch Hospital association Of
! 'rattleboro announces that its in
| creasing business will compel larger
quarters April /. 1t has secured the
Melrosc Hotel in West Brattleboio
with very little remodeling.
r, D. Mcclure Of East Highgate sold
! the first new maple sugar of the sea
son at Swanton Saturday II retailed
at 20 cents the pound.
c. f. Brown. postmaster at Newfanc
for Is years. has resigned
W. II. Humphrey of Rutland an en-
ployee of the Florence Marble com
pany, was found dead at the home of
John Fredette in Fowler. where he
boarded, when called for breakfast
Monday morning.
Bernie 7. Cole, who admits that he
Is wanted on the charge OF robbing the
poStoffice at Craftsbury in September
1905 has been arrested at San Jose, cal
He has been working in a cafe there un-
der the name Of George Brown