Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-11

peaches are selling at 40 to As cents pound.
Maple syrup, $1.25 . gallon. Mince meat,
best quality 10 cents pound. Hickory nuts,
80 cents peck. Buckwheat flour cents q
pound. Flour, per barrel Sc to so. Oat-
meal cents pound Nice hams, Is to 90
cents pound, according to size. Cider
jelly, 20 cents pound
The Champain Transportation company
held its annual meeting al the Van Ness
House last evening and elected the following
officers; President, LeGraud b. Cannon /;
vicc-presdent, l. " Baker; treasurer, Yer
non p Noyes; directors, LeGrand b. Can
non, l. V. Baker, George b. Chase, A. L.
lnman, X. S. Taft, Vernon p. Moves, ii. l..
G. Cannon; executive committee, Col. Can
non, Mr.. Baker, Mr.. Noyes superintendent,
p. w. Barney chief engineer, James Dun
ham. The following assignments were
made: Captains, Richard Arbuckle steamer
Vermont, +. j. Baldwin, steamer Williams,
j. II. ManviIle and L. s. Harris, Lake
George steamers clerks, J. A. Ordway,
steamer Horizon, f. G. White, steamer
Vermont. Mr.. Barney is not only an excel
lent superintendent, but universally popular
man, and his reelection Ohough fOregone
conclusion) is pleasant proof that his
services are fully appreciated by the com
pany. MIR. Durham, the new engineer, has
been in the employ of the company all his
life is most competent man, and has many
friends to congratulate him on his well
earned promotion. The captains and clerks
are well known to the whole community and
are universally recognized as competen. and
popular men, OF the business ability of
Col. Cannon, Mir. Noyes and the other
managers of the company Lothing need be
said, further than that few corporations
have an ADLER board of directors or are more
carefully and successfully managed,
The catalogue of the University of Yer
mont. just issued, shows that there are in the
institution 27l students Of whom SO are in
the department of arts and science. In the
academic faculty, there have been no changes
since the last catalogue except that Mr.. d. j.
Foster has been appointed instructor in elocu-
ton, In the medical department the changes
are as follows: The names of Hon.
Edward j. Pholps lecturer Oh medical juris-
prudence, aud DR.. George NJ. Garland
professor of thoracic diseases, do not appear
in the new catalogue DR.. NJ Josiah Rob.
berts of New York, professor of orthopedic
surgery and DR.. Charles p. Thayer, ad-
iunct professor of anatomy, have been ad-
dcd to the faculty, and DR.. j. G. Rutherford
is succeeded as demonstration of anatomy by
DR.. II. G. Tinkham. The list of scholars lips in
the academic department has been increased
by four, known respectively as the Lawrence
Barnes, the Crombie aud Morse, the Edwin
Wright Mash, and the G. w. Rich scholar
ships. Appropriate mention is made in the
catalogue of the recent splendid gifts to the
University by Hon. Frederick Billings and
John p. Howard, Esq.
The students battalion of the University
have been invited to drill before the officers
of the State militia at their annual meeting
to be held in this city 10 about six weeks
The students have not as yet accepted, but
in all probability will do so.