Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-15
VERMONT NOTES.

w. II. Castle of Guilford has been
awarded $500 for the death of a horse on
a bridge approach. Castle sued the town
in Windham county court
United States Marshal Horace W.
Bailey sailed Wednesday from New
York with the New England Fat Mems
club for a trip to Bermuda.
Defective wiring caused blaze in the
home of joey Clark of Rutland early
Thursday morning. The damage done
will amount to several hundred dollars.
Horace Hnkley crushed one foot Ny
! while running the elevator at tie
futile Publishing company's building in
Rutland.
D'Metri Neri had to pay a fine of sll
because of an argument he had with Mrs.
Lucia Rocco of Rutland. during the
course OF which he struck her.
Frank Wimmett of Glens Falls, y. Y,
has been arrested at Rutland charged
with stealing a bicycle belonging to Gren-
VILE Bucklin Wimmett admits stealing
bicycle last September, but does NOT
know to whom it belonged.
A. Wellington Woodwork celebrated
his goth birthday Thursday at his HON,
at Enosburg Falls. where he has lived
since the time when there were only three
or four houses in the village and the mail
came by horseback.
| Fl. B. Campbell, a Central Vermont
brakeman. had foot crushed in tho
Central Vermont yards at White River
Junction Wednesday. May :. He was
caught In drawbar. The foot had to
be amputated. He is - years old and
unmarried.
| Mrs. B. s. knight of Bratteboro ran
a block beside trolley car. On the run
| ming board OF which she held ono of her
small children. She had got one child
safely on when the car moved and to
prevent the smaller one falling she held
to his erm an6 raj: till the car stopped.
George IS arie Richard Eli:o,t. bro.he rp.
havo been arrested or chsrge OF pass
ing a forged check for Sc on the Citizens
Savings tan> Of s.. Jonrsbury. lhe sec
ond brother IL hut - years ole.
Albert n. s;siey Of Ne~oucy. lumber
dealer. has ae- a pe,i..cn IN bs-Aruptcy
giving liabilities Of NcLS,4 3 and assets
CT s0lE9S OF which 80 is claimed Ok
empt.
". y jackson OF Mcntpeuer hes hesn
awarded the contract to buud .he now
eight--oon schooihcuse at North Barre.
1t will lie two stories h.sh solid brick
uai'e, ana VIII accommodate 30 pupils.
burglars rrcko iato Broggi Brothers
granite plant at Fare Friday night by
k,.ocktng a pane out OF the Office win
doH AS the sGfc IS not used ior keep
ing much money, they sound only ST.
| TIE tiSth anniversary of tho birth cl
Water Cotton. a native of Rutland. whd
Is credited with making .he first pub-
| lie announcement 81 the discovery OF
gold in California and also With build
ing the first schoolhouse ana publishing
ths first newspaper IN that state. tell
on Friday.
A 1tickpin two and .hree-fourths inches
long was found in TIE gizzard of q hon
killed by J. C. Niebel of St. Johusbury the
other day. A. L. st. Peter. also OF St
Johnsoury, has a blind hon who lays an
egg shortly after seven every morninh
and another every evening shortly befcrs
six o'clock.
The village Of South Albany was
practically wiped out by fire. last weeh
when IS buildings including tarns,
dwelling houses wooi working mill
and the Methodist Church were de-
stroyed A brush fire in the rear OF a
barn started the blaze, which Waa
spread rapidly By stir breeze. lhe
property loss is from $4,000 to sl5.-
600.