Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
FRANKLIN COUNTY
RICHFORD.

A few OF the largest grand lists in this
village have taxable values as follows:
SHORTCOMINGS Co, $780, 100; Rchford
Manufacturing CO.. s5S,S5O; C. NJ. & S. r.
Boright, s24l00; II. c. Com!ngs, S23,500;
f. w. Mitchell, sl7175 Small Bros, &c.,
$50; S. Carl Carpenter, s15,S95; Powell &
Comings Co.. S14.9o5; j. F. Kelley sl425O;
NJ. w. Rounds Co, sl4175; d. NJ. James,
$1,000; Star Grocery Co. sl0,6Qs; II. II.
Comngs e. Co., s1O,000-Arthur T. Gre
goire, immigrant inspector, whose home
Is in Richford. was last week transferred
from Newport to ntreal.-Ralph Glib
son of Orange, Conn. is visiting his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Gibson.-Re-
ports as to the condition OF Ernest
Wright who was taken to the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington about 10
days ago, are unfavorable and he may
be brought home soon. He has not re-
covered his speech-Harold Hamilton
and Charles Hopkins are at home from
the Wentworth school, Boston, for the
summer vacation.-Mrs. Norman H.,
JENNIE, aged 50 years who has been with
her niece, Mrs. D. w. Carpenter, for
some time, has recovered from a fall
sufficiently to return to her home In
Frelighsburg Que.-Mrs J. C. Baker Is
| ill-An excursion under the auspices of
the Richford Methodist Sunday school
will be run from here to Knowlton, Que,
Thursday, June 10, with n special train
leaving the Canadian Pacific railway
station at 100 a. m.-The Richford w. c.
T. U. has elected the following officers:
President. Mrs. F. w Flint; vice-presi-
n I've
NJ Noble Teale: treasurer, Mrs. Eva Pax
| man.
A timber deal of considerable import
ance was closed last month. Livingston
Gushing of Weston, Mass, has sold to
the Richford Lumber company all Of the
standing timber, both hard and soft wood.
on 2,l60 acres of land in the eastern part
of this town, giving the purchasers until
May l. 1923, in which to cut and remove
the timber. This property was formerly
owned by Shepley & Stevens, and earlier
| by the Lewis estate, being land which
went with the old Lewis mill of former
years. The consideration in the deed Is
nominal but It is rumored that the price
was over s23,OO0.--The funeral of James
Royce, who died Monday, June .,
was held at the home of his daugh-
ter. Mrs w. II. Barney We'd
nesday afternoon the Rev. d. G. Guest
officiating. The burial was In Hillside
cemetery with Masonic rs-The flu
neral of Benjamin Arnold, aged 6s years,
who died Sunday. June /, was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Pearson,
with whom he had made his home, Mon
day morning at ten o'clock. Burial was
in Hillside cemetery. Mr. Arnold was a
veteran of the Civil War, and the Grand
Army performed the ritual service at the
grave. He is survived by wife, eight
children and 16 grandchildren.-The fu-
neral of Henry W. Mex enney who died
Thursday morning, was held at thu
house Sunday afternoon at 1870 O'clock
the Rev ID. G.. Guest officiating, and the
burial was in Hillside cemetery.
town auditors have fixed the tax rate a,
10 cents on 81 of the grand list, This vii
cover an appropriation of 5000 for tn,
towns share of building an underpa.ss al
East Richford and also 5000 for mainte
nance of bridges. The rate last year wa.
l72 cents on 81, which included an appro
prlation of ~ cents on 81 for repairs t
the school buildings. The village tax rat,
this year Is so cents, making total FOL
village residents of 220 cents.
Henry w Mckinney. aged 80 years
died Thursday morning after a lingering
Illness with cancer in the groin, follownl
the amputation of the right foot last year
Mr. Mckinney had been employed by tn,
Southeastern and the Canadian Pacih,
railway for "a years. He lost his left arm
in an accident in 1884 and in another acct
dent in December. 1892, the right foot wa
crushed He pluckily kept AT work. al
though in great pain much of the time
Last year the foot was amputated in tn
hope of relief from the effects Of the in
jury, the foot having never healed Unit
last February he had for many year
: been the yardmaster at this place. He /
survived by his wife. two sons, William
! and James. and one daughter, Eula. a.
, at home. one brother. James Mckinney o
Lincoln. Neb and three sisters, Mrs
= William Smith of this place, Mrs. s.
|. drlggs Of Montreal, and Mrs. IL, IL. Bud