Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-08
OVER THE LAKE.

The Mansion House, Pleasant VALLEY
Eliza BEETHOVEN, Simonds ~ Kellogg. propr.t-
tors, Is to have new three Story front.
i0xl0O feet.
The people OF Ticonieroga propose DR.
bring pure water from Lake George. i-
their use.
Or. C.. ) Merrill. of Crown Point. for
I merry of BrldpOrt, has recently returuel
from Europe, where he has been spending
the last two years. mostly IN London, Par
and Vienna, in periectins and completn-
his knowledge Of the treatment of disease
OF the eye and ear having previously craia-
ated at the College Of Physicians and SIR
/ ge0ns IN New ork, and spending 4 year So
resident surgeon of the Eve and Ear Hosp
tai in Brooklyn. Dr. Merrill Is soon 2,
1 open an office at Albany.
I \ new eornet band has been or-an;r.Ia.
| HammOnd's Corners.
james Tinney. miner at Cheever a-,
bed, near Port Henry, was recently Blow
/ W While charging blast, bat iortgnatey
/ escaped with but slight injuries
y fracss occurred ina saloon az portllcr
~. recently. between a couple Of workmeu.
Paddy Nc. many and Jim Sullivan. en-
p!Oyed on New York and Canala RAJ
road. during which McEnany seized >t1n.
Jug, which happened to be standing near.
and throwing 1t over the heads IF soyerl
persons who had rushed in to quell the d.
turbance, struck Sullivan with great force
near the temple. crushing in portion %
the bone and Infiicting frightful and dan
serous wound. DR.. Nichols was called ami
cared Tor the injured man, removing -Cvera.
pieces OF bone. and leaving him as comfort
able as could be expected, though his inir-
ricS are certainly of 4 serious character.
\ bill to enable " William Blackmorean
alien, 10 hold real estate" has passed the
New YORK Assembly. Under this modes;
tt!e, Is object i the Development of the
mining regions Of the northern wilde-nes,
MI b'aeSmore Is a foreigner OF great wealth,
VINO proposes to invest million or m0r5
dollars in opening up the IRON mines OF thi-
wilderness, and thus assisting largely in The
Development of the resources and wealth OF
the State. y motion to strike out the en-
aetment clause OF the bill was made. but
the house wisely adopted more ibers
poicy, anu voted to encourage the intr'-
dnction OF foreign capital in matter 81
important 70 the interests Of the State. The
passage Of the bill will result in adln-
many millions of taxable property to he
tax rolls
y large gang Of mea have been througl
the winter and are now bnsilv empl0yei 90
an extensive enlargement Of the old Han
mond wharf at Crown Point. 1t i 10 b'
continued well into the lake and widcnci.
ana the steamers of the Champlain Tran
Portaiion Company viii land there instcal
oi at |unnisons the present season.
steam Terry IS also u run between thu
" hart and the = Walker place" on ths
eFmont shore.
The Er,un u =. - q, H..
10 start one Of their furnaces.
The St. John Baptist Society of Pia,t--
'nrgh Will celebrate a, Montreal, june u
y. ). Dlven 4 Co., contractors on the
,ailroad from Tconderoga TO Whitehall,
iiSonrse about $780, 900 per month Thu
Dad Is nearly ready for the iron The ;un-
lei Is completed, except some slight trim
ning up. and the line will probably be run
ling in July.
IL Is said the Lake George Railroad j. to
'e built rs soon as the road is finished O.
v hltehall- Work will probably commenc'
lpon 1t soon.
The Plattsburgh Republican, relates that
sherman recently found on his q" night
me at Biuh Point, a creature thirteen or
ourteen inches. long, with the head os
the mouth of a frog the body
y. ." h-.Nr 'hO tail ot an eel the le-- kIo"A|
! an alligator, the claws o! n demon (i0Dr
D each toot), and the name of lion, in
yerything but color, which was blood red
asIng the specimen to Plattsbnrgh,
ilentiiic investigation revealed the fact that
his rreature-the ugliest that ever swan
crawled in Lake Champlain-w a gisan.
&C specimen Of the Bitrachian reptile. o.
ne genus Gyrinus, known as the NrsH
'iscfoT"is. more commonly called the
xolotl, " .ish is supposed to be a native OF
he Lake o! Mexico, and other lakes OF the
'nthern Cordil!eras. He is perfectly anl-
dubious, and seemed equally at home q
neither IN the water, waving the red mahe
'ntly to and fro, which he used a. his Wa
lungs, or upon the land, walking about
ID breathing with his air lungs.