Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-27

| lanu, on june lUlu.
A young son of Mr.. James b. Sculy wa
the victim of serious and somewhat cutiou
accident Tuesday night. lie was on his wa,
home when heavy iron ball thrown into tn
air by another lad fell directly ON his head
inflicting frghtful wound The boy wa
taken home as soon us possible and his wount
was dressed by DR.. W. b. Lund. AT las
accounts his condition was very favorable
and strong hopes Of his recovery were enter
tanned. That such will be the result is Ger
tainly the hope of the many friends of TIT
family.
Ii. w. Love was arrested at Rutland a
midnight, Sunday, on the charge of at
tempted rape on young girl. lie wa
taken before n magistrate Monday ant
promptly furnished bail "a wealthy ant
prominent citizen of Rutland offering, We
are told, to bail him in $3.50, 600 if ncces
slry. 1t is claimed that the proceeding
against Love was "put-up job" and Ger.
tainly his arrest in the middle of the night
and summary commitment TO jail will strike
most people as very great outrage.
The railroad consolidation has at last
taken practical shape. The holders of o
majority of the recently forGclosed first mort.
gage bonds of the Vermont Central railroad
company have formed the "Consolida,od
Railroad Company of Vermont" and have
filed articles of association according TO law
for the purpose of operating said railroad
| BopihOlders who have not yet signed these
articles are given until May 18th next to dc
so.
The Central Vermont railroad is extending
its Canadian connections. AT u meeting held
al 1berville, p. O., Thursday, of the stock.
holders and directors of the Waterloo and
Magog railroad contract was executed fol
the rebuilding Of that road (Which is twenty.
three miles in length and its extension Is
miles to Sherbrook, where 1t will connect
with the Grand Trunk. The Stanstead
Shefford and Chambly road runs from st.
Johns to Waterloo, aud the roads mentioned
constitute the Northern Division of the Cen
trial Vermont railroad.
Among the cases finally disposed of at the
recent term of Chittcnden County Court was
that venerable one of Lawrence Brainerd ct
ais. vs. the Vermont Central Railroad com.
pany, in chancery. 1t has stood on the docket
for more than generation, and on the dockc,
for the term just closed the title of the case
was followed by the memorandum, 'Sec
docket OF September term, 1860, for numer-
GUS prior enries' The case has at last been
discontinued. This leaves as the oldest case
now on the docket that of Charles Ii. Cut
ting VS. James Dolan, which is only fifteen
years old-a very moderate age for the
father of the docket"
Mr. Edgar Beckwih has been appointed
to succeed Mr. John c. Lynch as general
secretary Of the y. NJ. e. a. in this city.
Mr. Bcckwiili is burlington boy, graiu-
ate Of the L. V. NJ. IN the class of 'S2, and
is well known to our people us young man
of high Christian character and of fine
scholarly and social attainmcnts, and in hi-
acquisition as general secretary the associa.
| ton has secured most excellent man for
the place. Mr.. Bcckwth has had some cx-
perience in Y. VI. G. A. work in Boston, and
| Will doubtless bring trained abilities and n
| thorough knowledge of the best Christian
methods to his work in this city. lie will
succeed Mr.. Lynch on May /.
The wind of Saturday night and Sunday
morning broke up the ice in the lake pretty eff
ectualy, and the broad lake is now open. The
seasons closing of the lake was of abort the
average duration, The earliest closing If the
lake for the past seventy years was January
7th, 1868; the latest, March 4th 1919; the
mean time of closing is January Goth. The
latest date of opening was April 30ih. 1875.
Last year the lake closed January 23d and
opened April s; in 1881, The dates were re-
1880, February I'd and March Sth; 1879,
January Goth and April 23d in 1878 the
lake was closed only for few days in the
latter part of January.
The Burlington and Lamoillc road has
purchased of the Central road the locomotive
Bethel and it is now being rebuilt at the
| Ii. ~ l.. Car-shops, under the direction OF
master mechanic F.. G.. Browncll. 1t is to
be thoroughly ovcrhauled, furnished with
new trucks and handsome new cab Of
birch and black walnut, and will be run ms
passenger engine on The road The Bur
lington and Lamoille passenger cars six in
all, are also being reprinted and revarnshed
and will make very handsome appearance
when finished. The freight cars aud retrig.
orator and butter cars are being repaintcd, il
a tasteful gray tint. The freight business
over the road has been unusually good the
past Winter, and several new flat cars have
been built at the shops.
Market prices for the present week viii
range about as follows: Spinach, so cents
peck; lettuce, 10 cents a head radshcs
cents bunch; new maple sugar, Is to Is
cents eggs 20 cents; butter, % to PC ; po
tatoes, 90 cents per bushel cheese, Is to Is
cents Vermont lard, Is to IS cents /; apples
$50 10 81 per barrel; cabbages, to
cents per pound; turnps, 3 cents per pound
beets, 3 cents; parsnips 8 cents; pruncs, !:
to 80 cents pruneles, % cents oranges, /;
to 20 cents per dozen; lemons, 20 to Al
cents; bananas, 60 to 70 cents; figs, g
cents per pound dates, 20 cents; honey q
to 20 cents per pound; cvaporated apples, 2
TO 20 cents per pound dried apples, IL t.
IA cents. Sweet potatoes may be had at {
cents pound cocoanuts, 8 TO 10 cent
apiece; tomatoes, 10 to 20 cents per pound
pincapples, 40 to 80 cents apiece.
"When April blows his horn, It's good TO
! a nd IN RIM. In a
and as April appears to be blowing his horl
somewhat vigorously at the present time, ha'
and corn ought to be abundant this year. b,
many the backwardness OF The season is re
garded unfavorably, but it is fact that TIN
most productive years are usually those il
which the Spring is cold. The fear Of fro.
is much less among fruit growers at the pres
ent time than it would be had March an,
April been warm months. There is Il sayin;
that las many frostses in May" are to b.
expected us there are ''mistiscs in March,
and as March was both dry and cold til
proverb indicates that no frost is to be leare,
in May this year. There is no reason to re
gard the prospect for any great crop as unfl
vorable. The outlook for fruit is especial
good and as to crop prospects generally, III
discomfort OF this chilly weather may b
somewhat alleviated by faith in The proverb
"a cold April the barn will FILL"
, The real estate movement has been NOR
a active of late than for number of year
= past ; aud taken in connection with the larg
Y number of buildings now in course of cree
e ton and to be erected this season, the amos
5 unprecedented .-demand for dwelling house
and tencments, and the fact that every artisa
has all the work he can possibly do, there
/ convincing evidence of the city's growth an
prosperity. Following are the real esat
v conveyanccs made since our last record
: John p. Farmer to Louis Wright, house an
:. lot west side st. Paul street. sll2j; Samu,
!. Jennison and others to Maria Chamberlir
l. house and LOT west side Shelburn stree
3 5000; Alice Il. Lawrence to Michael NJ,
A Cabe, house and lot west side ST. Paul stree