Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-19
CITY NOTES.


The State has levied an execution on the
property of Bernard j. Daley's bondsmen.
1t is understood that the net profits of the
late fair at Howard Park were four thousand
dollars.
Present prospects indicate that ''Old
Probabilities" will have Il hard time of it
this winter.
The soloists of the musical festival and the
mcmbeis Of the Beethoven club left town for
their homes on Saturday morning.
The body of Henry Cole who was drown
cd off Malictts Head, Sunday afternoon, was
recovered Wednesday morning. 1t had been
carried considerable distance toward shore.
A boat arrived at this port, the other day,
laden with one hundred aud eighty nine tons
of merchandise insured for sci, 900. The
cargo was consigned to one of our leading
mercantile firms.
The heaviest gale known in these parts for
several years visited us at about O'Clock
Sunday afternoon. The lake was covered
with white-caps and the water dashed TWEEN
ty or thirty feet high over the breskwater.
Sheriff Barton landed Lanya in States
Prison, Saturday, without any further diff
Guilty. Lauya appeared in a very fair state
of preservation, despite his dreadful leap
from the train, though he was not able to
walk from the station TO the prison.
A despatch from St. Johns says that q
company is about to be formed by capitalists
from New York city and that village to run
steamboats, from Whitehall to St. Johns. 1t
will b. called the Lake Champain and
River Iichelieu Navigation company
George II. Perkins, Phi. D., Howard pro-
fessor of Natural History in the University
of Vermont, is to give the course on Physl-
ology and Microscopic Anatomy before the
medical class during the Winter term of lee
lures at the Medical College, the coming sea-
son.
Miss F.A. Atwa,er Of this city, herself mis-
sionary elect, read II paper at the convention
of the New Englan branch of the Methodist
foreign missionary society, at Trinity church,
Springfield Mass, Wednesday, on the need
OF hearty corporation Of American yourg
women in the work now 50 well established.
We arc glad to learn that Mr.. George
Allen of Philadelphia, the accomplished cello
player, is TO make his home in Burlington.
lie will play regularly with the Howard
Opera House orchestra, in future. Mr.. Allen
Is one of the fiucst cello players in the coun-
try, and will be a great acquisition to our cy-
ccllcnt orchestra.
The fair in aid Of the building fund of the
new French Catholic church opened in City
Hall, Monday, under very encouraging aus
pices. Inc attendance was large ana me
large company present seemed to enjoy the
OCCASION greatly. ihe nan Is ciapoiNely atiu
beautifully decorated and the handsome
oo'',''s i''" at" "o'''' '"'''' s''' So" or
pcai""ce'
Mr. Scdgwick S. Dlinsma;d of Ridgewood,
\. j., who is visiting his brothers j. f. and
VIM. Binsmaid Of this city was the first ap-
prcutice printer III The employ OF the FREE
l'EEss, III 1877, but his apprenticeship ended
with few weeks experience MT. stacy,
Inc owner, was previously anu LOT some
.''ie a''t ~, 'nc '''"'e"'' 'uo o"'' wv se''e'
ID VIC '''it''
new time card went INTO ellec, on INC
Ccnrtl Vermont railroad Monday. The mail
train from Montreal to New York leaving
this city at 1910 a. m. is discontinued, as is
also the express from New York Tor Mont
real leaving here at 6:2O p. m. The mixed
train for Rutland leaves here at 5:40 p. M,
instead Of $50 and the accommodation for
st. Adams leaves at 7;45 a. M, instead OF
o'oo.
The Nen Eh9tand J0MrhM 81 Eancd.
ton says: "a circular OF the department OF
p .blic schools AT burlington, G'Vesa lull iist
oil school oiilcers,. special committees, ana
rll OF teachers. ii. u. Whecler IS superin-
y hiSHt WIN tS' p''"N'p''o "i' ~ "SS's''"
teachers III ne several schools under mn'
Everything indicates TINT the schools arc
under excellent management anu IN good
working order"
Officer Dumas arrested young man in
i'aItsnnfsh, wednesday, cuaiseu WLth sn'
tnei' VI tMo hulu'ru uoi.''s l,oil, 'i'I oiiio'
Oh hoMcs lio.ei hohuay evening" ~ up
peas INA. On tlu' evening" uu,'oe' VI pei
SONG me young lliau aLi'ons 'i.n', me,, u, u
.,'c once anu az soon a''cr ,nuii uepa,.ufe ,na
.n'iI was u,scos'ien' "nu 'io H. SUI INV w
u,'uc. a.lcs' "eH' d. on'' W "'' No''i' IL
iiausp"'s"'
Three canal boats were seen In about th'
middle of the lake, Sunday afternoon
drifting before the wind, 1t subsequently
appeared that they were bound light fU
Platisburgh and had pnt,d from the tul
near Schuyltrs Island AZ about D O'Clock II
e a.,e'noote sa,T mas s'' soriar ' ,h
sno W;ii;arno ,yer, omt and nvarhauln
-, s',,,t IS I,,,innr Js,and owl ohon, nj,
;i"a Sua o. isI"nI "NN '''
mn ''o'
Ihere was match game OF 1o)i.Da!i o.
inc college campus, wednesday AFTERNOON
between picked ecvens OF the Sophomo'.
and senior classes on one SIDE, ana the Jnn'
or and Freshman classes IN The other Bar
Der was captain OF me "eyens' aud Kent o
the 'odds. MIR. Ge)rGe FRANCIS actcu a
umpire. -Four lively warns were played, o
which the "odds'-Juniors ana freshmen
gained three, ana the 'evehs one som
yery GOOD DlaylnI was displayed DY boil