Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-09


for fun. money and the promotion of
tic manly ca sport About 80 men
were present with "A birds from East
Dorset, Whitehall. Granville and Rut-
land A considerable sum of money
changed hands. much intoxicating liquor
was consumed and six birds were loft
dead in the pit
Tho now St. James Church in Wood
stock was formally opened by Bishop
Han March q. The editlcc f. Of Eng
liSh gothic style, ana is built Of gray
stone with memorial windowa. oak
furnishings. brass pulpit and marble
a,Ss-~ pipe organ. tho gift Of : g.
Wh!tneY Of Boston, will be installed
during tho summer and the formal
conservation will take place later.
Deer killed were reported to Com
missioner II q. Thomas al stowe last
week d. follows: April >. deer killed by
ra'irea- train at Manchester and one
klle.- " dogs in Ludlow; April /. one by
dogs >in East Andovor: March 80, two
killed by dogs in Salisbury, deer killed
ny dogs in Waterbury; March %. one
chased ny dogs and ordered Killed in
Salisbury
Both the state ana Rutland Humane
societies are entirely without funds t.
carry on the good work for which they
ar, organized T. is considered probabl"
in tho Marble city that the next logis4-
ture will he asked to taNe some action In
the matter as 1t is considered tier" that
the ideal solution Of the problem is for
the State to make an annual appropr.J-
ton for the work to the stat" society
y hch in turn would distribute funds to
organizations in different towns as tine
need arose.
Twelve thousand five hundred acres Of
timber land in Calais. E!more MiddleseX
and Worcester, several saw mills
store and Il tonements are Included in
Washington county's largest financial
deal of tho season. It was contaminated
April I when c. {. Putnam Of Putnams-
willie decided one-third undivided inter
est in all tho property OF G & Putnam
e. Son to his son. Ralph w. Putnam.
| and involves about $4,000 Tho business
was started in lsi5 by G. g. Putnam, Sr.
Miss Louise Enyinga. a Hungarian ser
want girl aged % years. came to Proctor
| from New York and shot a MARI ed couu-
tryman named Joseph Tarkasci Thurs.
| day T. is believed that she also intended
! 70 Kill his little child and herself
I Tarkase has a bu'o, in en- unknown
par, Of lis anatomy below The collar
| bone and she is in the House of Corree-
, tiou pending the result If her nlurlorous
decd Tho romance whirh eliminated In
The shooting is said to date from
Hungary, where the two were lovers.
Alphonso l.. Field Of Chester. after
repeated reflections. has been granted
an increase OF pension ON account #
total blindness and will receive $50
per month. to date from November -,
1907 Mr.. Field enlisted as a private
in Company +, LIST regiment. Vermont
infantry Chree monthS), and later for
three years in Company +, United
states sharpshooters. He received
pension Of SPA per month for the loss
Of sight Of his right eye. aud several
years ago total blindness resulted.
The report Of the Soldiers Home at
Bennington for the last ten DAYS
Of March is as follows: Average num-
Der present 50. average present and alb
sent. IS. During this period David w,
Mann. a private in 60. II, ith ", and
also Co. f.. 7th VI. was admitted to the
homo from Lowell. Mass. Rufus II.
Marsh has been discharged at his own
request and has gone To Wisconsin. AL
fred Mathew has also been discharged at
Ms own request and has purchased 4
small farm in the south part of Bonnins-
ton.
The State board of railroad commits
sionors began series - investiga lions
az Rutland Friday inclnudina the cases
of carl Hazelton. who was Ound ground
to pieces on railroad bridge there last
September: Miss Edna Ranslow, who
was thrown under the fender Of a troll
ley car in runaway accident in Febru-
airy; Peter Parent who was struck by a
train at Center Rutland and John Me
Cormack who was Killed by a train 1T
West Rutland the same night; and
head-on collision of the sleeper train and
freight train at Cuttingsvllle Febru-
airy II,
The strike OF granite workers leads
the Montpelier Argus to recall conditions
IN 1892 The strike pay rolls then, it
SAYS. showed that at tn" beginning Of
the strike there were l26 meu on the
Montpelier branch pay roll aud when the
strike was settled only 20 names re-
manned on the list, This was caused by
the men leaving. and one Of tho com
mttee said yesterday that the men
were leaving every day n. Montreal and
places in New Jersey There are several
big jobs open in Oregon ana California
and a number of the men are going there.
The men said Yesterday that if the
strike lasted another month there would
he practically no cutters left in Mont
pplpr or Barre