Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
CITY NOTES.

CITY NOIhSs
President Buckham will occupy Chicago
pulpit during the month of August.
No entertainment is booked for the How
ard Opera House prior to the middle OF Au-
gust
Hon. John Gregory Smith of st. Adams
will deliver the address at the coming FAIR ~
Howard Park.
DR.. s. W. Thayer has returned from his
Western tour. He is, his host of friends will
be glad to learn, in fine health.
The Burlington and Lamoillc 10 o'clock
train has q passenger car which runs through
to Portland without change.
The Democratic convention for the First
Congressional District will he held in this
city on Thursday, July Goth.
A Pine street man found his water pipe
stopped the other day, and on opening it
found within it an eel about foot long.
The directors of the Chittenden county
agricultural society have decided to hold a
fair on the Essex Junction grounds next
September.
Thirty German immigrants have arrived
at Wnooski from Castle Garden. YheS are
to be employed in the mills of the Burlington
woollen company
Miss Ida j. Stanley, the well.known vo-
cast, has removed to Concord, n. H.,
which city will be her home for the present.
Miss Stanley will be greatly missed in mu-
steal and social circles.
A joint meeting of the American Institute
of Instruction and the National Educational
Association is in session at Saratoga, n. Y.
President Buckham, Prof. Bliss and Mr.. IL.
o. Wheeler are in attendance from this city.
Mr. SWEET, the well-known bridge-builder
of the Central Vermont, is drawing the
plans for the grand stand to be erected at
Howard Park.
George H. Willett, formerly of this city,
the condemned murderer now in Jail at
Lake George, still feels that he will escape
the galows. His manner is free and easy
and he takes considerable consolation from
his pipe. During his long confinement his
face has become bleached and his appear
ancc very much changed.
The pastors of the First and Third Con-
gregational churches exchanged pulpits yes
tcrday morning. 1t was with surprise and
grief that the congregation at the Third
church listened to letter of resignation, read
by the Rev. DR.. Brastow on behalf of their
pastor, Rev. George b. Stafford. DR.. Stafford
has been with his people now for more than
twenty ycars-cvcr since the organization of
the Third Congregational socicty,and, should
his resignation he accepted, this separation
will be cause of sorrow, not Gully to the
church which his ministry has nourished
from the first, but to Mr. SaiIord's many
friends in this city and elsewhere.
George |. Root arrived in town Monday
with the body of his Inflated brother Fred,
who was drowned near Massena. N. V, Fri
day night. AS all the participants in the dis
aster were drowned and ms no human eye
witnessed it, no particulars are attainable.
The boat, il seems was u small one and It's
four occupants somewhat overloaded it and
ii is probable that in attempting to make a
change of position the craft was overturned.
The bodies were found at the bottom, in
about six feet of watcr-the river in the vi
cinity being clear and smooth and with little
perceptible current. The bodies of young
Root and his .aflianced, Miss Felterley, were
found together, her arms clasped about his
neck and one of his arms about her waist.
Her death clasp undoubtedly embarrassed
his efforts, for he was a most skilful swim
mer, and thus led to the death of both. The
other COUPLE were found near by.
The funeral of young Root took place a,
the Unitarian church, Wednesday afternoon,
at three o'clock, Rev. MIR. Ware conducting
the exercises. The floral tributes were
completely covered with them. The pail
bearers were Henry Gutchell, Hiram Z. Bar.
Der, Lawrence Griffin, Archibald Taylor, Jr.,
William W. Scott, Walter w. Nelis. A
large concourse of the friends and relatives
of the deceased were present. The remains
were inferred in Lake View Cemetery.
The death is announced (by telegram &c
Whtcvmb Il Fuller of Charles p. Gcer Of
Ogdensburg n. Y, for many years mem
Der of the firm of Cheney, Fisk d Co., en-
press managers. He was well known to
many of our citizens, as he began his work
on the old steamer Burlington on Lake
Champlain under Captain r. w. Sherman
as table waiter, and grew up to be clerk UNI
der Captain Anderson in 1S40. He subse-
quently left the lake service to engage in the
express business from Rouscs Point to Og.
densburg first in the firm of Geer Il Good
now and subsequently with Cheney, Fisk L
Co., finally selling out and acting as agent OF
the American and United States and Can
ada Express Companies at Ogdensburg.
An Associated Press despatch, dated Qg
densburg, says Chas. p. Geer, for man,
years agent of the express companies in this
city, was found in dying condition in thu
hay loft of his barn by his daughter with ,
pistol shot wound in the left temple. TIT
revolver was found near by.