Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-30
VERMONT NOTES

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cowboys, was kicked by broncho at
Rutland and had three ribs broken.
Flying Morgan" a two-year- old
stallion owned by r. -. Kinds and son
OF Fowler. has been sold and shipped
to Ontario parties.
| The Central Vermont station at Brat
tleboro was entered early Tuesday MORN
ing and an attempt made to rob the tele-
phone booth.
The management Of the Iamolle Val
ley fair have decided to bar all gambling
devices from the fair at Morrsville this
| fall.
| Waterbury parties are planning to
build stone house on the top OF Cam
els Hump and construct a carriage
road up the mountain.
| G. F. Palmer of Andovcr. Mass. has
been engaged superint ndent OF
schools in St. Johnshury to succeed c.
II. Dempsey, who goes to Revere. Mass.
| Robert w. Palmer of Waterbury, n
graduate of the University OF Vermont,
has been engaged as principal for the
academy at Lyndon.
| ! ne CIRar StOTP OF Joseph Levy was
entered at Rutland Sunday morning and
| bout ST worth of goods and cash was
taken.
Several cases Of typhoid fever have
| developed in St. Johnsbury as the result
Of children drinking infected water on
| Harris hill while attending a school pic
| mic.
| The Rutland County Agricultural
society has been awarded an insurance Of
4.150 for recent fire damage and will
begin the rebuilding of It's grand stand at
once.
The house Of Or Charles S Pratt in
Brattlehoro was hurglarizcd Thursday
night while tho family was away The
burglar ransacked the house thoroughly
but took little as ne evidently was look
ing for cash only.
Harold Wealc. who was employed ny
Ed Hardy in South Albany. was shot
| through the Lett hand by an unknown
man who attempted to hold him up
while he was returning from the VII
lage the night Of July IS
| There was second burglar scare
| in Brattlehoro Sunday night when
Posse searched the house Of A. Il.
| Clapp. president of tho Rrattlehoro
Trust company. The sleeping family
| was all that was found inside
| A boy entered tho house Of Robert
! Brown in Pownal recently while the fam
| lily was at dinner and stole 81 cash He
was discovered by Mrs. Brown and chas-
cd into the woods by Mr.. Brown but es-
capped.
Ludger Landet. AGED Il. Of ST. Johns
| bury had both ankles broken Thursday
by fall of 10 II caused by the breaking
Of an elevator rope in J II. Ryans car
| Rage factory
| r. F. Bowman OF Randolph made ar
rangements for the veterans union at
Barnard August s. Prominen, State speak
ers will be present 1t is expected that
large delegations from the surrounding
towns will be present.
Somebody entered the Rockingham
hotel at Bellows Falls recently while the
| night clerk was In the kitchen building
fire and opened the cash drawer with a
| chsel and stole $40 The authorities are
| on the trail OF a suspect.
| The general store Of Arthur G. Finn
in Fairfield was broken ir.o early Sun
day morning and about s25 worth of mems
wearing apparel, fruit. pipes. etc. stolen.
1t is thought that the stealing was done
| by intoxicated men.
|, A travelling man of Springfield, Mass.
had $40 stolen which he had left in a
bureau drawer a the Central House in
Bellows Falls Harry Casey. a hostlrr
at the hotel who saw the man put the
money into the drawer, is missing.
With nearly sls.5M Of the $50 GO
promised the trustees Of the Kurn
Hattn homes a Westminster are plan
ming to erect two buildings In place Of the
one burned last winter One will be a
dormitorv for the larger boys and the
other cottage for the small boys
/ J. w. Stanburge and wife Of Barre are
In Washington county Jail under $500
bail each awaiting the converting OF
county court when they will be tried on
the charge OF selling liquor. Six quarts
OF liquor was dug out of the ground at
their place.
Peter Alexander. the first man to he
arrested under the blue" Sunday law
at Brattleboro. ran his place at full
blast Sunday. He posted the notice
restaurant inside and operated II as
a victuallinG house, with cold drinks !
and cigars for his guests"
In Windsor county court John ". Hicks
was awarded damages Of 81, 800 from the
Jones & Lamson Power Co, for damages |
TO his soap stone mill in Perkinsvile |
caused by high water following the |
raising Of the defendant company's dam
in Springfield
BY the will of Curtis Barrett. n wealthy |
coal dealer of Cleveland. Ohio. and n |
gets a gift of $4,000, the Paris library
at STAFFORD 5000. the Barrett Memorial |
hall Of STAFFORD $25.Oo and the Unver-
saIist Church of that town $1,000.
Fred Wood and Scion Cleveland. two |
minors of whitehall In Rutland |
county Jail on the charge of stealing a
horse of Matthew Lucas in Mt, Holly. |
II is alleged they also stole n wagon
and harness in Clarendon. They were
placed under 81 100 bail each.
| Company G. LIST infantry, Vermont Ma
tional Guard, located at Bradford,
Orange county. having fallen below the
standard of efficiency, is upon the re-
mander ordered To be dsbanded and
mustered out of the service Of the State
t..1 a. fnlI