Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-20
CITY NOTES.

III Thaycr continued in a very comfor,a-
bl. condition, wednesday night.
Only one eclipse next year visible hcrc-a
y aItial une OF tie moon, OCT her 10Th.
And Nennor said this was to lie "a terrible
week Of cold aud storm aud 'wc may have
snow tails
The oldest inhabi,aut is beginning to figure
out when there was so delightful a Fall rs we
arc Just now experiencing,
The lrgts and Patriot says nothing of
the SORT happened But all ii really means
70 say is that his name was mol Murphy.
Loci, out fur spurious silver dollars which
are now in circulation. They have we'll
finished covering of silver worth twenty or
thirty cents, and can no, be- detected by the
ring,
The Mary Fletcher Hospital has purchased
Of the heirs of the late Carlos Baxter, twenty
acres of desirable land, extending along
East avenue from the former southern line OF
its ground to the Willston road
The dwelling-ho Of Horace W Smith,
situated Just north of Winooski village, was
burned to the ground Friday morning and
most of the contents DESTROYED. The fire
originated from pan OF hot ashes.
On Monday night, Albert Graham drove
into the lake near Lvmaa's coal office span
Of horses belonging to Henry Spear of Shell
burn Graham was rescued from the water
with some difficulty and the horses were
drowned
1t world be Just as well, during the pres
ent month, for every intelligent and morally
respon slbc turkey toa-k himself the qucs-
ton docs death end all - and to bear in
mind that, fisualively speaking, he has one
claw in the grave.
The bead of the comet is paiiug in brilli-
ancy hut the tail is more beautiful than
ever. II seems as If this coE,,t is determined
to go out in n blaze of CORY carrying II
1amb.au before it to light its way through
space and thus avoid collision with its Cclls-
tial neiglbors. Judicious comet
The world is at present divided into two
classes, those who have cen Tie comet and
those who haven't. And the air of patron
izing superiority with which the former ad-
wise the latter to yet up and look at it is a
new illustration of the prOverbinl weakness
of human nature.
John CoiTty, laborer, while engaged in the
removal Of II frame buiUing north of the
Home for Destitute Children, on Thursday
was seriously injured by the slipping of some
Of the tiulbcrs, and consequent settling Of
the building. He was caught under it by
the leg, which was supposed ~ the time tC
he crushed. lie was taken to the Fletcher
Hospital where his injury was found to con
SIT only of some severe bruises. One OIL
two other men had Il maroon escape from
serious injury
1t seems that We are not yet done witt
c0me's. Prof Schmidt Of Athens announce.
his discovery Of another comet to the south
west of the great comet, with the same mo
lion in right ascension and declination. 1t i,
thought the new comet is Il fragment of tn,
great comet broken of al its perihelion pas
s0gi II 50, the great comet must hav'
glaz~d the sun and had terrible time of it
This is the second instance on record wher
CONT has been disrupted, the first one be
ins Bicn's comet Of 1916.
The old firm of Geo W. Holmes e Co
has been dissolved and a new partnership
formed the members being Mr.. Holmes AMI
Dir H. L, Perciyal long connected with tn
Howard National Bank. The new firm will
We understand, largely increase the prcsen
business. manufacturing on "A larger seal
and extending their operations generally. Mr.
Holmes IS well known TO all our people as a.
ecliyt, pushing and genial Young man. Mr.
Peicil al has first class business training
and is capable and popular, The firm is sur
10 make great success, and We congratulate
them upon II in advance.
Ths regular medical faculty may as we
make tLcr arrangements 10 20 West.
new physician has appeared among us
'docteur DIES suuvages' who announce
that he 'hts ,iicalc to cure any disease,
and who furthermore specifically states thu
persons having attacks of fit, or s1methin
from pains in the chest, may be cured il
stantly." Armed with certificate to cur
any disease" our "docteur dos sauvages
has an und ,ubled advantage over less full
provided physicians and we expect to see hin
triumph over them and over the undertaken
in grand style,
There was jubant crowd of Democrat
among whom were few Republicans VII
had dropped in to get the news the office
the ArgtiS and Patriot. at Montpelier, O
Wednesday evening, Mr.. Atkins was,
course, in high feather. An honest Dem,
crdl, Of The Hlbernian persuasion, steppc
10 TO pay for his paper. "lIavc you heal
the news Murphy shouted Mr.. Atkins
"We have carried Ohio high and dry
"A. ah, Ohiah, ?" replied the new come
YES Ohio!-gonc Democratic, fifteen
twenty thousand I" repeated Mr.. Atkin
with immense earnestncss. "Was there 1
election there2' asked Murphy. The 70
from all the Republicans and not a few
the Democrats present, drowned any turth
dialogue, and the editor male haste to hust
his wideawake Democratic brother out of Il
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