Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-15

Inc NulllCuuVu county cuHudy sNhOo
convention Is postponed till September o
October
The hearing in the case of the Central Yer
mont vs.. the Wells River road was conclud
ed Wednesday.
S. NJ. Pope, Esq, is putting M two wood
Gu dwelling houses on Pine street, on the 10
formerly owned by The late Isaac Nyc,
Hospital Sunday was obscrvcdat st. Paul
church with most satisfactory results. Tn,
collect, amounted to the very handsome sun
of S13S.
Rev. Mother Amable of Montreal, superio
general Of all the Sisters of Providence
Throughout the world, is expected here th,
last Of the month.
The order for company drill of the FRS
regiment has been 50 modified us TO order tn,
Rutland company 10 come to this city Oh tht
2Glh aud take part in the procession on tina
day.
Looms J. Smith is erecting Il tcncmen
block, 100 feet in length on Maple street
opposite the Burlington Manufacturing com
panys office, and ON the land formerly own
cd by the late Isaac Nyc.
From all sections Of country In this vicinity
the promises of Il good hay crop are very ia
vurahc, the recent abundant rains having
given grass good bottom and u substantial
advance in the right direction.
The postmaster general has selected metal
lie rcd as the color for The new twD-ccnt pos
tagc stamp. The vgne,te which will lie usec
on the stamp is copied from the life cast usct
in making lluudOn's statue of Washington
The IIcbc was struck by the gale Of Mon
day of Colchester Point and her mast ant
rigging carried away. Fortunately her an.
chor held aud on Tuesday morning she wa:
brought into port by the Reindeer, and she i.
now being roiittcd.
The plans prepared by Mr.. III. ii. Richard
son of Brookline, Mass, for helbrary build
ing to be erected for the University through
the lbcrality Of Hon. Frederick Billings,
have been accepted and work upon thebuild-
ing Will be begun at once.
Hiram :. White has one acre devoted &c
Strawberries Burlington and vicinity should
grow this delicious fruit in abundance, sup
ply the great demand, and thus retain here
hundreds Of dollars which are now annually
sent abroad for this popular fruit
Rev. Mr.. Parry of this city was on the
Brooklyn Bridge at the time of The disaster,
not far from the spot where the fatal crush
took place, and was efficient by voice and
bodily efforts in holding back the rush of the
crowd and preventing further loss Of life.
w. p. Marley, superintendent of tine Bnr.
lington, st. Albans aud Rutland telephone
exchanges, having resigned Mr.. Geo. d.
Sherwin. local manager in this city, has been
appointed to succeed him. Mr.. Sherwin will
still have charge of the Burlington exchange
A citizen from across the lake came ovei
yesterday and became somewhat exhilarated
the principal manifestation Of his condition
being an effort on his part TO ascertain how
nearly he could drive a livery team to The
edge Of the d, ok and not drive il. He hat
one or two narrow escapes and was finally
arrested and lodged in Jail.
The officers of the w. c. /. L. Of Yer
mont have appointed June 2}d rs ''Child
rens Day" The Javtnile Templars, BanC
of Hop, societies and other temperance or
CARNATIONS propose to make the day an at
tractivc one, each Union varying the pro
gramme rs they sevcrally may decide.
We understand that there is some talk o
obtaining for the Lafayette celebration thu
carriage in which the illustrlous guest o
Burlington rode, on the occasion of his visi
to this city, in 1925. The carriage is bcliev
cd to be in the possession of II Canadian gen
tleman, and il it is indeed the genuine article
we think no effort should be spared to secur
it.
The grounds of Howard Park have bee
put in fine order for the season and the Parl
will be thrown open 10 the public unit
June 20. After that date the grounds vi
be closed TO driving, except TO those holdin
permits. Previous to that date, however
the public are cordially invited To visit til
grounds and drive on the track.
Mr.. w. l. Alden the "funny man of tn
New York 7imcS WILL with n party {
friends, make Il canoe trip through the lax
next month. The party will leave Whit
hall July ! ami sail down Lake Champlain
through the Richcicu river and down the 5
Lawrence 10 Quebec. The tourists will II
turn by rail to the head of the Connccticl
river aud sail thence down to Long Islam
sound and to New York.
The balmsting of the Rutland road is no
nearly completed between this city and Mi,
dlcbury and the first consignment of ste
rails is now in course of shipment to tn
city. From Middcbury to Rutland Il
road was rchid with steel rails last yeal
aud when the work now in progress is con
pleted the Central will have an all-steel roa
with the exception of that part of it lyir
between Rutland and Bellows Falls
Among the internal ornaments of the ne
library building of the University, will be
marble bust of the late Hon. Geo. p. Mars
the gift of Mrs. Marsh, and a portrait in o
of the late Prof. Joseph Torrey, by who
the larger portion of the original libtary W
selected and purchased. An order for Il
latter has been given by Mr.. Billings to NJ
T. w. Wood of Springfield, Mass, who Ii
been especially successful in portraiture
deceased persons.
Messrs. II. }. Kmball, r. L. Leeds al
w. =. Raynor of New York, and ii.
Dwight, j, T. Townsend, j. lledley and '
e. Matthews OF Toronto, of whose cirria
tour we have already spoken, arrived
town, Wednesday afternoon. They start
from Greenfield Mass, Gin "A team furnish
by Hon L. c. Bailey OF the Mount Mai
field House rode up the Connecticut vallt
crossed over TO West Randolph, from tn
went to Mansfield, and thence came to L
city in Lanes tantivy. AS most Of our Pr
Pile know Mr.. Kimball is an old Burlingt
boy, and he received cordial welcome fir,
his many friends here. The party leave
city by boat this morning.
A handsome memorial tablet, in meme
of the late Pres, James Marsh will soon
placed on the wall Of the College chapel.
is of White marble, on ground of darl
stone, aud is now in process of construct
by Mcssrs. Clark of Boston. 1t is the gift
William p. Pierson, Esq, of Omar
Illinois, of the class of 80. Anot
mural tablet, PROBABLY oil brass, err
ed to the memory Of the students of
University who fell in the war for the
ion, viii also soon lie placed in the chal
1t Is expected that the centre front wind
of the chapel Will be made n memorial "
dow Of President Marsh, by the class of ;;
that there will hc another memorial WIND
in memory Of Prof. &. W. Benedict an
is hoped that others Of the former profess
and presidents, Of honoIcd memory, will
honorcd in similar ways.
Prices remain nearly unchanged on n
ket products this week. Green peas h
fallen to GO G5 cents n peck, and ST.
beans likewise. Strawberries range iron