Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-09

Another cold snap.

cry NOTES.
Another cold snap.
Senator Edmunds will In few days e
South, to join his family.
The last of the machinery for j. X. Boob.
new planning mill was put in Wednesday.
Mr.. Sibley's election as Alderman from
Ward /, is to be contested, it is understood.
The students of the University are consid-
Cring the feasibility Of establishing II college
piper
The City Council will hold special meet
ing for the election of assessors next Monday
evening.
Flower and vegetable seeds are beginning
TO be displayed in the stores. Spring is
coming.
Ge, ready for the great storm, as per proc
lanijion by Virgins, between the OH and
1lih nsls.
The docket for the coming April term of
Clittcnden county court contains 1l2 law
and "A chaucCry cases.
Twelve car loads of lumber (about $50, 600
fccD from the Canada Atlantic railroad were
received here Monday.
ii is understood that the rev chapel of
the University will be dedicated at the open
Ing of next tern, in April.
lce-cutt!ng has been suspended for the
season. The different dealers stored in the
aggregate about eight thousand tons.
The class Of the Medical College now num-
Der nearly one hundred and fifty, and acCcs-
sions are being received almost daily.
Louis r, Drew of Grand Isle, whose ar
rest We have chrOnic'cd, furnished 5000 bail
and returned to the Island rejoicing,
There are, it appears, no less than thirty
five lawyers in Burlington. OF these how
ever, only twenty-siX are in active practice.
The schooner "John =. Howard" which
was wrecked last Fall, is beng rebuilt at the
llarbor and will come out as good as new,
next season.
The indications point TO lively Spring
trade for merchants who advertise And MS
an advertising medium the FREE PRRss is
unsurpassed.
A letter from Bishop Peck says that he
has so far recovered that he now expects to
attend the Vermont Conference at st. Al
bans, next month.
\ majority of one vote was what rc-cect- |
ed Alderman Sibley Of Ward /. But for all |
practical intens and purposes it was as
good as a thousand.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Hayward have just re-
turned from an extended trip in the South
and West including New Orleans, Jackson |
vile, st. Louis and Chicago.
Last year the vote for Mayor aggregated |
lisp, OF which 1858 were for Mayor Hatch. |
For City Judge, the vote was 1854, of which |
so were for Judge lIastlton.
Mr.. j. II. Booth has, through Col. L. A. |
Woodbury., purchased the Bludsctt dock, at |
the north end ut the lumber yard. which he |
has occupied on lease for three years past.
Camp No. 1 of Sons of Veterans, located |
at Brandon, has been named Camp Thco-
dore 5. Pcck'-a handsome compliment to
our wel-known and justly popular towns
man.
The last fifty of the two thousand cars
which for some time past have been building
for the National Car company will be deliver
ed this week. The company now uses in its
business nearly seven thousand c,rs, of which
it owns four thousand.
The check list bore the names of 1865
voters, divided by wards as follows: Ward
l. 13O Ward IL. 4O6. Ward ILL., j32,
Ward ". 4!d, Wald V. 4Gl. Of these,
1913 vo ed for Mayor, liij for County Com
sioncr, and lilS for City Judge.
The Philh,rmonics are now rchcarsing the
beautiful ora,oio, The ProdiEl son." by
Arthur sullivan, which is to be given, with
other good things, at The next festival and
We also understand that they are to give a
grand old folks entertainment In City Hall,
shortly after Easter.
The other day there was an ice boat race
from Plattshurgh to this city and return be-
tween George Conn's "Growler" and John
Duval's Comet" The round trip was made
in hours aud 10 minutes, including n stop
at Port Kent. The race was decided in fla.
nf u s'l,rnvtlpr VI ri, i,tc,
ahead OF the Comet"
1t is quite evident that the women of Bur
lington do not care to exercise the elective
franchise, At Tuesdays election, OF the 3l4
women qualified to vote for School Commits
sioner only eight voted-all of them residents
of the Second Ward. Last year only five
voted, of the ca entitled to vote, and the pre-
ceding year only IL out of 200
People ought not TO be careless The post
age on an ordinary letter now as before is
three cents. Letters can not be sent for two
cents before October, nor will unstamped
checks be cashed at banks before July /.
The tax on bank capital aud deposits, how.
ever, ceased March 3 while the changes in
the taxes on tbacco will begin May !.
Matches will be taxed until July 4.
The town of Huntington was the last to be
heard from, on the commissioner vote An
anxious inquirer rushed into Il store whose
prOpretOls took an active interest in the re-
suit and shouted the query, GLOW did Hun
tington yote?' Aud the answer came
promptly, why for Weston, of course.
You don't suppose he would go back on him,
do you = a clear case of mistaken identity.
We learn from the ST. Adams MESSENGER
that Mr.. X b. Walker has offered to contrib
ute literally towards the construction Of an |
opera house in that village, S5lO0 for $40,
600 opera house or $1,000 for one costing
$4,000 1t is designed to form a stock |
company with shares at S25 each, and on
this stock 50 subscribed Mr.. Walker will |
guarantee return of at least q PEI cent |
dividend annually.
Louis II. Drew of Grand Isle was arrested
and lodged in Jail here On default of 5000 |
bail by lnitCd States Marshal Henry. Sutur |
day, on the charge of sending obscene matter |
through the mail. 1t is charged that he sent |
postal cards bearing pictures and language
oil the most indecent description to II Young
la ~. Drew claims that he is not tho guilty
person and that It is II case Of mistaken dcn. |
iity.
Returns from all the towns have now been
received on the County Commissioner vote.
and tho result Is rs follows; For Sidney II.
Weston 1851 for james Mitchell, 2l4l
scattering $ majority for Deacon Mitchell.
1887. Mr.. Weston carried the towns Of
Colchester, Essex, Huntington, Jericho, ST.
George, Westiord and Wiliston. All the
other towns, nine in number, went for Dea-
con Mitchell by maiorities ranging from II
to ISL,