Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-02

Professor Joseph D. Barley, for nine
years past principal Of the High School at
Concord, y. H. has accepted the position
rendered him Of Principal Of the High
School Of this city, in place Of Professor
lld~ey resigned Professor Barley i.
graduate OF Williams College, and has the
reputation Of a very excellent teacher a.
well As manager Of a school. Some years
since the same position was rendered him
bot he declined
The second Of the serie, Of Roman Catholic
professions, undertaken in order to obtain
the dissolution of the Jubilee Year, took
place yesterday afternoon. The procession
was divided into tao portions, one consist
ing Of the congregation Of s.. Joseph'-
Church and the other that Of ST. Mtry,
Cathedral, and made the circait Of the Ca
theiral. 81 Patrick Chapel. the Convent
and ST. J0~eph's Church The procession,
despite the uniay1rablc character Of the
weather, was imposing in point Of numbers,
that Of the Cathedral numbering. it Is o-ti-
mated, > 500 people, while the other division
embraced about one thousand. Bishop De
Goesbriand accompanied the Cathedral pro-
ccssion, and at the close dismissed IT, mem
hers with the PApal Benediction.
\ PARTY OF about fifteen young laI.e- OF
the Senior class OF Vas-ar College, accom-
panied by Profess james Ort5n and Mis-
Florence Gushing. of Boston. the librarian
Of the college, arrived in town Slturlay al
ternoon, Oh a geological excursion The
party first visited Gleus Falls. took a sail
on Lake George, then visited Port Henry.
and thence came to this city To-day they
visited the Ausable Chasm. soi0urning at
At the Lake View House
The Vermont Life Insurance Company Of
this City, on Saturday, paid $1,000 upon
the death Of Capt Stephen g. Staley, Of
Rutland who held policy in the company.
The policy was made for the benefit Of bis
wife and the amount was paid to her No
Insurance company, to our knowledge. has
made better record than has our home
company, for fair and honorable dealing.
John F. Henry. Esq, New York city.
Generals Henry, Foster and Wells, and
Jonas e Reed of this city, returned Monday
morning from their fishing excursion to st.
Leon Springs. p Q. ~ trophies Of their
skill they brought with them 200 pounds
Of fine brook trout.
The Improvements on College street, be-
tween Church and s.: Paul. are in rapid
progress. The work of lowering the floor
Of c. L. Hart store is now going on a.
rapidly as possible. The walk has been
newly tagged in front Of b Turk Broth
er 5 clothing store, with Potsdam red sand
stone, and similar tagging is being laid IN
front Of Murray X Reeds tobacco store. and
Geo. f. Barrows crockery store
\ malignant type Of scarlet fever is pre-
yailing at Rou~es Point William Sequin,
his wife and fye children were down with
it last week, and one child had died la
three other families children have died with
the disease.
The item going the rounds of the papers
land which got into our own columns
MJnday), to the effect that the Fifth Of July I
is a legal holiday this year, is, We think,
erroneous The laws OF Vermont make /
New Years and Christmas, Fast Day and
Thanksgiving Day. and the First Tuesdays
IN March and e2iember-iown meeting
and State election days-legal holidays. (
That i to say, a note falling due on either |
of these days is to be considered a. falling /.
due on the day following provided that day
be not Sunday. Bat We are aware of no |
law making the dAy following legal holi- 1
day, when the Fourth comes on Sunday
nor do our laws contain anything about
the closing of banks on legal holidays
W H. Graft, who walked against time
at the Ausable Chasm, two years ago. is
going to try to walk three hundred miles
in one hundred hours, without sleep. for
purse of $500, atSehenectady, commencing
on the 29th
SAIsBURY.-Messrs. Waterh0use AZ rhom-