Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-04

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1924. scatterin e, IL. Denson's majority
.-2'7l plura' iiy over Poland, 1915.
EIomo>D.-l Prof. c. D. Robinson, the
veli-known re ider, will give two readings
81 Academy II all, on Friday and Saturday
evenings, Decc mber 4th and 9Th, under the
auspices Of Richmond Lodge /. 0. G. T.
no. a.
CLosE or BE Coal SEAsox-The Della
ware and Hu' lson canal closed for the season
10 Welne~l ay last. The amount of coal
shipped this Sear isl. 3I5. esq tons: last year,
l35s ,o55 scns-showing a decrease of a.
81 ton-.
The 0I myers of Waterbury have jus;
received . car load Of -four, which cost them
there $ 50 per barrel. Themerchants arc
selling tie same brand to the worlds peo-
r.e .r Sc %. These midllemcn" arc a
.-.fll Institution.
NFs GRANGE. Deputy I. {. Naramorc,
Of vi .-iston, organized Essex Centre Grange
November 9th, with r. H. Davis g. Master
ami cuisines agent, and D. 7. Comstock
y7el seer. In October. 1873, there were les
,lan % oranges in the State. Now there
are nearly 200.
Hon H. g. Root, Of Bennington. has
agreed TO pay s. 900 Of the SO coo debt of
'he row Congregational church at that
place, provided the society will raise the
balance within fortnight. His total con
7ihuu17 has been $4,000. in addition to
sl0auir the chapel
Sheriff Drew. Tuesday, appointed the fol-
aaius deputy sheriis: Franklin Wight,
Burlington C. W Reynolds. Underh;ll
Il MacJmber, Westford F. Beach,
Jericho; G. y. Ferguson, Richmond; L. ".
French. Essex, T. J. Morse, Bolton. and
John H. Booth. Milton. The list is As yet
incomplete.
4 correspondent denies the accuracy Of
alr statement that the 22l tons Of freight
taken from Whitehall by the steamer Yer
mont, Constituted the largest shipment by
one boat ever made from that point. lie
says that the steamer Ethan Allen. Captain
S.la5 Hinkley. once left the port Of White
bali with 3G7 tons of freight on board
darlington seems to be the favored place
ia the State. this season. in respect to main
n.Ginr lecture course. The St. Adams
rYur~e was a gloomy failure, and the open
ing lecture Of the Rutland course was so
mlagcrly attended that the managers con-
Guided 70 " let the thing slide
Tac dance at the Jonesyille House,
Thanksgiving night, was attended by about
one hundred couples, twenty from this city.
The supper was excellent, the music good,
and altogether it was a very enjoyable
affair
CoIFB MINING IN WoLcoTT.-The Wolcott
eopre- mine, which suspended operations
two OF three years age, owing TO disa-
grelmcnt Of partners, Is likely to resume
production in a short time. 4 company in
Montreal has taken a $4,000 lease Of the
mine and now tina: the railroad is in opera
ton. production Is likely to be profitable.
SuuuuRN.-Tho second lecture in IT,.
course organized by the Methodist So jotv
wa, delivered by Judge Tyler, Of = lis city.
IN the Methodist church, Saturf AZ evening;
subject, What will he DO p ve,v large
audience was present, .nd the lecture gave
lni'er'l satisiaef on. The Rev. j. W.
Shank VAL de- yer the next lecture, on
tuesday eT auing, December sth. Subject,
S0' IL America"
NATIONAL BAxxs.-Twenty-tw hundred
national banks have been organized since
the establishment Of the national banking
system under the act of February %, 1868.
Thirty-fye of these banks have failed, and
one hundred and thirty-seyen have gone
into voluntary liquidation by a vote oftwo-
thirds Of the shareholders, leaving 2,02o
banks in existence on the first day OF No
yember. 1874 Daring the past year seven
ty-one national banks have been organized
with an authorized capital Of $40 600.
Three banks have failed. and twenty have
gone into voluntary liquidation.
We arc glad to learn that the industrial
school for poor girls, maintained each winter
by the Young Women's Christian Assoeia'
ton. will be again under the very compe'
tent direction of Mrs Edward Martin, the
coming winter. The school is most praise
worthy charity and it could not be in better
hands We are requested to say that ladies,
who are willing to teach in the first division
Of the school, are requested to meet at thu
Young Women's rooms on Thursday next'a'
2p. m, and those in the second division, on
Saturday, ct the same place and hour.
There is a custom by which the Governor
Of Massachusetts, pardons annually, OF
Thanksgiving Day, four conyicts in th'
State Prison. Last Thursday when the frs
choice fell to a white-haired prisoner, who
had been twelve years behind the bars, 8
shout of approval went up from his eigh
hundred fellow-unfortunates. AT the prison
gate. his faithful wife met him. and led hin
away to thanksgiving dinner which sh'
had spread in house bought with her owl
earnings during the husbands lmprlSon
ment
TINS LUMBER TRADE--The Ottawa Unit
Cih-en's lumber report SAYS the amour
of white pine timber cut in Ottawa vale.
this year, was 9i7 600 feet, and OF red pine
4i5,O 900 feet. The calculation for this WIN
ter's cut on the Ottawa is 10000 cuoi
feet of white pine, and 100000 ieet o
red pine. This shows reduction q
100000 feet of white pine IN two years
and reduction OF 100000 feet OF re-
pine, as compared with last season.
Last year the line boats went into winte
quarters Nov. 2lst, having run only 81
months and twenty-one days-the shortes
season for fifty years On that day the 'e'
mont cut her way through ten miles OF =
north of Plattsburgh and the lake was ALE
with ice from Crown Point lighthouse
Whitehall la 1858. navigation close
Dec, Sd, and in 1871. Nov. 26th.