Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-22


Of rc)p,c from the country.
Lent begins carly this season, cutting of
s,Cinl festivities much sooner Than usual,
Two freight trains got together in the yard
at G. leicester about haif-past ten on Tuesday
night. A couple of cars derailCd, but no.
body hurt.
Col. Woodbury. has force of nearly hun
dred men at work, AZ The Pc ecr Shops, ant
thing, are huing iushed thtr in a ight lively
manner
The Burlington aud Lamlillc has ado It
the plan OF whlstlng, tour times bel rr acl
crossing, -tNO long and TWO short Whistles
instead Of one as formerly.
The outside of the new convent building
on North avenue is completed with the eX
ceplion of shingng the roof, and workmer
are now engaged upon the interior.
Remember the poor in Il substantial man
ner If You would have happy Christmas.
Don't spend all your money for present:
on those who are in comfortable circum.
Stances
Sister Mary of Nazareth, one of the csti
mate Sisters of Mercy at the Providence Or.
phan Asylum, dropped dead about six O'Clock
Sunday evening from heart disease. She had
been aing for several days.
Sheriff Dunshce of Addison county passed
through this city, Wednesday, on his return
from Windsor, where he had taken one of the
Ferr,sburgh horse thieves, sentenced at the
recent term of Addison county court
In reference 10 the stories about Il change
of officers at the Howard Bank we may say,
on the authority of a leading director, that
no change will be made at present and GER
tainly not until after the annual election OF
directors.
Senator and Mrs. Eimuuds will soon
leave Washington for southern trip, taking
with them their daughter, who is in bad
health and requires the influence of milder
climate. The family are going TO Florida,
and !hcucc to Texas, but iutcLd s.cndinI :
the Spring in California.
The Associated Press has tn following de-
stach concerning woman wei known in
these paris Mis-. Kent Mason, claiming
10 be u distinguished Temperance lecturer,
was arrested at kookuk, Iowa, Wednesday
night, for obtaining s131 worth of dry goods
under false plctcnces.
W1dn sdny was one of the coolest DAYS of
the season, in the early morning, the Their
momctcr marking as low as .. THIS was
mild, however, compared with the cold eX-
pcrlerced at points in this vicinity. AT
Richmond the mercury registered 10 de-
grees below zero; at Norhticid 20 below
at st. Adams below.
This somewhat festive item is going the
rounds Of the press: The President aud
Senator Edmunds are chums. They like to
have luxurious, middlc-aged bachelor dinners
in the cosy private dining room of the
White use, where they pay due attention
to each course, and talk Vermont over Il
glass OF mellow wine.
Many of our readers will remainder Ad-
ding,on ID. WEIGH, who n few Years ago
took II prominent part in the Temperance
movement here. lie died, the other day, ard
it was in, we are sorry TO say, HE Washington
almshousc. lie was IS yeats old, good
writer, graceful speaker, aud man of
many good qualities. lie leaves II widow
and ono or two children.
lie Wis Bccman Of Colchester WAS brought
to the Fletcher Hospital, Friday evening
suffering from freezing OF his fest. lie got
them frozen while chopping upon the La
noble railroad, and going to Il shanty tGaw-
ed them suddenly by holding them to a fire.
As consequence he has teen in some dan
ger of losing his feet but at last accounts it
was thought they would be saved.
We have received a neat pamphlet con-
tanning the fifth and sixth annual reports of
the Illinois Association of the Sons Of Yer
mont. The association numbers over thee
hundred gentlemen, nearly all residents of
Chicago, and in the list b.iig many of the
most eminent citizens Of that W,s,ri me-
tropolis. Norman Villa MS il president of
the ass ISOLATION ana John n. Hills chairman
of the executive committee.
The engine at the Pioneer sl ps was
smoothly started wednesday ateinO N, alter
a rest Of exactly four weeks. l. furnishes
power for the door shop Of J. II. Booth, the
machine shop Of DR.. Nichols, the brush fac
tory OF the Mrs,ls Whilng aud the ,s,ab-
lishmcnts Of II. NJ. Cmpp, w. $. Holland &;
Co., aud the Fcrsusol Manufac urlrg Com
pany. McssrS. Wing & Smith aud W. III.
Brink are not yet quite ready 10 resume
operations
The Central Vermont has issued notice
that the signal heretofore required to lie given
by trains when approaching public crossings,
will, on and after Monday, December 18th,
be changed to two long and two short bias s
of the whistle, as fellows. - -
in order that it may he designated from the
station signal, which will he as heretofore,
one long blast of the whistle. A request is
made that the public will take due notice
and assis the management IN securing the
greatest safety.
The comet still fingers, rising about mid
night and being well over the horizon by one
O'Clock. Ii is much less brilliant than at first
but has lost little in size. The nucleus is in
distinct, but the tail is more thon twenty dc
grees in length. The comet may vet sur
prise the astronomers by turning toward tn,
sun and rcgainng its lost brilliaIcy. In thi
event ii will probably become the glory of til,
evening sky carly in the year, much to tn,
DISCUS Of those VINO have been getting up a
unseemly hours TO see il. Some of the grea
comets OF history remained visible fer man,
months after their pcrihclion passage, and i
10 doubtful II any comet ever seen exceeded
this one in brightness when near the perihe
lion point
On January first new mail route will b
established on the night train to New York
the postal route agents running from St. AL
bans to llOosck Junction. gical aCcomoda
lion to our business men and people general
ly. The community is indebted for the cstal
llshmcnt of the new route largely to Hon
George ii. Bigclow, special agent of tb
postoliicc department, who has been untirin,
in his efforts to secure the accommodation
alluded TO- One of the new agents is Mr.. I
j. Baldwin, long and favorably known a
connected with the Champlain Transports
ton Company's steamers, and the seecto
will commend itself to the public as an exec
lent one,
According to the forthcoming catalogue c
the University, there are in the academic d,
partmcnt of the institution "a undergraduate
(of whom ten are young women, against !
last year. The roll of the medical SUDDEN
contains 100, against III last year and Ii
total number OF students this year Is 2s4, {
compared with 2iS last year. The academ
faculty remains the same as last year. III
changes in that of the medical departme
are the dropping of the name Of DR.. Clinic
Wagner, special professor of diseases of Il
throat and nose the addition OF DR.. James
Emerson Of New York as assistant to Pro
Rosa and the substitution of Dr. j.
Rutherford for Dr. +. w. Lowell as demo
strator of anatomy.
The neMly constituted State Board of A