Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-03

inches across at the top or flat part, and ten
inches from the top of the head to the end OF
the jaw. Its body, which was from twenty.
five to thirty-6ve feet in length, was pointed
to the north.
A letter from Gen, Hazen, Chief Signal
officer, explains the causes of the temporary
discontinuancc of the Signal Service station
in this city. Gen. Hazen says that Con-
gress at ITS last session gave the service a
mnCh smaller sum of money than was csti-
mated TO be necessary and forbade all the
aid formerly given by the army. 1trequircd
the Signal corps, without any increase in the
number Of its men and with decrease in
that of its officers, to do all Its meteorological
work and to man the telegraph lines on the
frontier. Gen. llazcn has consequently
been obliged to abandon seventeen stations
and nearly onc-half of the frontier telegraph
lines. He adds: II regard the abandon
mcnt of any of our carefully selected stations
and the interruption of their records rs a
misfortune, and | shall be only too glad to
re-establish your station as soon us Congress
furnishes the means"
The latest move in the long proractcd and
apparently never ending Central railroad liti-
CATION is suit, the papers in which have Just
been filed in the office of the United States
court clerk in this city, brought by II. G.
Hazard of Rhode Island Representing hold
ers OF 10000 in the Vermont and Can
ada, against the Vermont and Canada,
the Consolidated, and the American loan and
| trust company of Boston. Mr.. Hazard alleges
that the Consolidated company, by conspir-
ing with majority of the directors and
stockholders OF the Vermont and Canada, OBJ
talned possession of the road without giving
any consideration therefor; that the vote
turning over the Vermont and Canada road
TO he Consolidated company was illegal aud
void, and much more to the same effect. The
suit is set for n preliminary hearing next
September. In a similar suit brought in
Boston the American loan and trust company
has been enjoined from issuing the bonds of
the new company.
The following figures from the con solidat |
ed report of the assistant quarternG3er
eral, department of Vermont, G.. A. r., are |
Of interest. They show the financial condi-
ton OF the posts in this department for the
quarter ending July list, 1883, as follows
keceipts-Balances in hands of post quar-.
termastcrs, as per last report S1074 81 re.
ceipts for quarter G.40-S23GO 80; dis.
bursements paid A. Q. NJ per capita tax on
ITS members, Sl42 "a paid for relief from
post funds, S13G 02; paid for incidental ex
penses, S1l9 15-S09S3l. Balance, $780,
40. Relief fund: Balance, S529.14; re.
ceived during quarter, S101 G5-S72O 10.
Expended for aid, $3.50; balance, SG32 90.
The increase in membership during the quar-
Ter was SS-a very gratifying showing. The
funds have increased S2SS.1S from
s1074.31 to $780, 40; and the charity fund
has increased Sl0315, or from S520. IA to
SG32 80.
A nice lot of fresh peaches are in market
This week, at 40 cts a dozen, and musk mel.
ons are beginning to come in, at 10 to 20 cts
apiece. Green corn sells at 20 cts a dozen,
and summer squash at 8 cts pound.
I}lueberries are from to 10 cts quart and
Dlackbcrries Is to 20. Currants are 10 cts
luarl, raspberrics 12i and cherries the same.
tomatoes are 10 cts II pound, beets and tur-
lips to q cts bunch, and string beans 80
o 30 cts peck. Cucumbers range from {
o cents apiece cabbages, to cts a
1ound new potatoes 80 cts to 81 bushel.
'ineapples are scarce, at % to 80 cts apiece.
oranges, also scarce and poor, at 20 to IS cts
dozen. Cocoanus are to 10 cts apiece
emons 30 to 40 cts dozen. Eggs are % S
'ts. Cheese is ID and IA cts pound lard
Q to 20 cts; prunes IL TO 25 cts, and prunells {
o cts; dates 10 10 90 cts. Evaporatcd apples ,
ire ~ to 22 cts per pound. Watcrmelons t
re Az to 10 cts apiece. Breakfast bacon is {
cry nice at this season of the year, and may &
Ne had at 22 cts a pound. Nice wrapped pig
ams are offered at 20 cts pound t