Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-06

secretary of state was closed the last
day when nominations could be filed and
presented to the secretary petition
containing the names OF over 500 voters.
which is more than the necessary one
per cent, and entities them to a repre-
sentatlon on the official ballot in Sep
tember j. H. Dunbar of Hartland will
head this ticket as nominee for governor
About 1900 new ties are being laid on
| the Barre branch of the Central Vermont
| railway between this city and Barre.
| When this work is completed the com
pany will lay " miles of new steel raj
| between Montpelier Junction and Rich
| mond.
| At the close OF the fiscal year for the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance com
| pany August /, tho annual statement
that is being prepared will show 1870
new policies insurng 1904 G55. The rs
cal year for the Union Mutual Fire In
| surance company also ended July 81
During the past year this company has
increased its surplus s1l.%e67. and It's
premium notes have increased its sur
plus Sl17.Ooo. Tie directors, have voted
a per cent. assessment which will pay
all losses and leave a good surplus. Dur
ing the years this company has paid in
| force ot SA 163, 1925.
| The commitments to Washington coun-
~ Jail in July totnlled "a. of which %
were for intoXcation. Last year in the
month of July. Barre city court commit
ted % intoNication cases to jail, while
this year there was only one from that
| court.
Mrs. T. G. Vail returned Saturday from
| i'm, Il
from her three weeks treatment there
for rheumatism Mrs Vail will continre
to run the Riverside. at least until after
the session of the Legislature, and prob
ably until next June.
with the general rciuvcnatins that has
been going ON in the interior of he
state House for months. the two large
cannon in front of the state House
have not been forgotten. They have re-
| coiVcd fresh coat Of paint which much
improves their appearance.
Joseph Chipuetto is at lIeaton hospital
suffering from d compound fracture of
one arm, a cracked Jaw and the loss of
several teeth sustained by trying to
| board a moving freight train at Bolton
Saturday evening. etiquette was thrown
into a barbcd wire fence and fell back on
the track whore he was found before an
| other train came along. His arm was 50
swollen that 1T was impossible Monday
| to reduce tho fracture
| Work was commenced Monday nv
! Dornsife & Mighlicrni of burlington OK
cavatins for the dam at kinney's Mills
| which they arc to build for the Barre 4
Montpelier Traction e. Power company
About q men are employed in the work
The town lines of Montpelier. East Mont
peler. Barre and Berlin converge very
near this dam. and it will he located
partly in Berlin and partly in East Mont
peler The power house will he in Mont
peler
The first advertising car for tho cole
brothers. circus which Shove in Mont,
rclicr August H. WAS in town Monday
The r,roprietors Of this circus have nail
to State Treasurer F.. H. Deavitt 81 n,o
for their license foe The circus will an.
pear in nine towns and cities in Yer
mont.
The eight wears old son Of Mr. and
Mrs H. NJ Farnha,n of East Mon,noIier
Ihad his COLLAR bono broken ana r.coiv.d
other bad bruises Sundnv afternoon nv
hcinr thrown from, a shetland norv NO
WAS riding He was thrown agains, a
fence and was rendered unconscious for
nearly an hour.
All those who vere in iured in tho auto
mobile accident at Barre saturday even
ing were reported Yesterday as doing we'll
The shock to Mrs Miles, who is i'll with
heart disease was cui,e severe and for
a time serious results in her case were
feared Mrs Miles was not in the a,,to-
mobile hut was n, at her home
Polly wife of Lake W Knanp died at
Midnight Monday of PARALYSIS at the
home of Carl Knapp. her son. Mrs Knapp
was born In Moretown in 1912 and had
lived in that town and in Middlesex near
Il, all her ufe Her funeral VAS held
at one o'clock "Wednesday afternoon at
Rev. DIR. j. Edward Wright officiatinp.
Burial was in the Lewis cemetery. up
Worcester branch.
i The condition of L. Bart Cross, who is
in a private hospital at Boston, is re
ported as very encouraging He had an
operation three weeks ago and has been
steadily gaining since that time. lie
hopes to return TO Montpelier in about
two weeks.
Henry Rhoades Of Middlesex who has
been In jail charged with furnishing in
Itoxicating liquor TO Mrs Anna Mead Of
that town was acquitted yesterday after
noon In city court and discharged from
custody. The evidence introduced by the
state did not warrant the court in hold
ing the respondent
The escapade Of Martin Whenl"r T
W-orcester who II was feared Turg,lp y