Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-20
VERMONT NOTES


Rutland high school students cleared
s2l.S1 by the presentation of "Higsbce
Of Harvard"
The annual meeting of tho state coprt
or the Catholic order of Foresters will
be held In St. Adams August IL.
inc Norwich University Alumni ASSOC
cation Will hold its ann,nal banquet at
N.orthheid Friday evening, March 20.
Insecurity or tho poles on the federal
building at st. Adams prevents raising
hass in accordance with general instruc-
ton.
a Kerosene lamp exploded at the
sheldon poor house Saturday morning
and set fire to the furniture. The blaze
was quickly ~extinguished.
Tho laying OF pipe under the Missisquoi
river for Swanton's new water system is
ir progress. The work has to be done by
divers in nine feet Of water.
A polo game bctween two we'll
known metropolitan clubs is announced
as one of the attractions for tho State
fair at white River Junction next fall.
Rutlan has 1889 children between the
ages of five and is wears. or these 2.5l6
are attending school as follows: Paro-
chial, $40, private. 81; public, ESQ; kinder
garten, a.
The opening of tho now trolley line
from North Adams. Mass, to Bennington
has caused a great innux OF drurnmers,
10 10 ~ by every train being a common
number.
The first annual banquet Of the Fair
Haven Knights OF Columbus Wednesday
night was attended by 45 persons. Francis
D~ekhanty was ~toistnastcr and responses
were made by Fathers Lizotte and Houli-
han and other members.
A memorial has been presented Con-
gross by Senator Proctor from Editor
Maloncy Of the Tiichford Gazette remon-
strating against the enactment Of legis-
lation to prohibit publishers from EXTEND
ing credit for newspaper subscriptions.
The burns of Francisco Santisban Of
Barre proved fatal and he died late
Friday night. lie received them try
ing to light the kitchen fire with kero-
sene Thursday afternoon. He was a
native of Spain, "a years old and leaves
a small family.
A loss of $1,000 with no insurance IS
reported in the destruction by fire of
the saw mill owned by Owen Maginn At
Fairfield Center. Tho cause Of the fire
iT a mystery as the mill had not been
used for two days and there was no fire
under the boilers.
Another member of Rutlands band of
petty burglars has been placed behind
the bars. lie is Archie Gummu. guilty
Of breaking into a private residence and
taking Il few small articles for which he
| will gnrNrn q va 20 thrao -an-- ,t1
at hard labor at the State prison at
Windsor.
Barre starts the now year with a rec
ord of . births, nine deaths and l. cases
of contagious diseases the first month.
The causes of death were: CONSUMPTION.
.; bronchitis. >; heart disease and old
age, one each. The contagious diseases
resulted in no deaths, four of the T. being
scarlet fever.
Bennington's vital statistics show n
slight decrease in the number of deaths
per Thousand the past year. The total
mortality was 1873. divided as follows:
Diphtheria- 2; whooping cough. ): pneu-
monia, II; tuberculosis, ~; murder, /:
typhoid fever, .; all other causes, 1G9;
death rate. Il per thousand.
nt lblStil caucus III IdIIt was -
very quiet affair. Mayor John Robin
and alinos all the city officers were
renominatcd. The only contest was
over one assessor for three years. \.
D.. Fay, the present incumbent. defeat
ing J. T.. Mari on the first ballot by
one majority.
w. c. Mound, proprietor OF the Bran
don Inn, Brandon, was arraigned before
Justice Stickncy at Rutland Thursday
morning on the charge Of keeping liquor
for sale without a license. He waived
examination and was hour : over to the
grand jury in $1,000 bail. which was fur
nishcd. Tho hotel was searched the day
previous and whiskcy and wine found.
The oldest engineer on the Passumpsic
division of the Boston & Maine is Leroy
S. Howe OF Lyndonville. He runs the ac-
c~omnodation train from that place Ia
White River Junction and return, 141
miles each day. Mr.. Howe has been al
most continually in the employ Of tho
railroad for i6 years. having begun work
for it at st. J~ohnsbury in December, lsi1,
As a result of the tree cutting race
against time at Brattlcboro. Joseph l..
Grover has brought suit Nr 1900 dam
'cN' o~o - - VI II itA'A
n. II. The last trees cut were 10 locus,
and one pin tree which Grover claims
were shade trees and that under tho la "
he is entitled to recover treble damages,
Trial of the suit will come at the April
term OF Windham county court.
Three horses have been ordered killed
in bakersfield by the agent of the St.
Afbans Humane society, the ~alternatiye
being that their owners will be pro-
secuted If they fail to comply. Agent |.
T. Beeman found one farmer with two
dead horses and three dead cows in his
barn tina had come to their end by
starvation. A dozen more lows were sui
fering from the lack of proper feeding
when Mr.. Becman made his visit.
II. 7. Stanley of East Berkshire has
been bound over IN the sum of $500 for
appearance at the March term of
OF cruelty to animals. Complaint was
entered against him by Humane Agent
/. T. Bceman Of st. Adams who de-
clared at a hearing in justice cour
that he found two horses and three
cows dead from starvation in stanley
barn,
Henry Joe. B%enninGton's dcmented Chi
naman. is to rave a guardian. Bctwcer
&D and $500 was secured in his laundry
the night he attempted to shoot up tho
town with a small revolver. 4. fake stock
certificate. face value loco. was ais,
F.,.l ,-If,I gAt,,, t1itt, flo ~ nor had .,f