Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-09
CITY NOTES.

john L. uOWarG, ESD, was III dShlnB-
ton, at last accounts.
The work Of laying stone at the Billings
library has begun.
Dir Willard Thayer has been appointed
postmaster at Mallets bay.
The new river and harhot bill appro,
pirates $4,000 for the extension OF the
breakwat,r here.
Prof A. f. A. King will, it Is expected,
deliver the address al the coming Commence
ment az the Medical College.
Tue Third ward and Grammar school
clubs played match game of base ball,
Saturday, the result being draw.
Five alarms of fire thus far this year-One
for each month. The fires, however, have
been OF the most Insignificant character.
There are number of taxpayers who
think their assessments are too high aud
who will endeavOr to make the assessors
think s. too.
Frank Howard, whose daring escape from
the custody OF Marshal Fisk will be rcmem-
bered, is said to be concealed in the woods
at Falrhaven,
The University nine are meeting every
day for practice. They are doing some cX-
celcut work, ami are much stronger team
than last year.
The markets look attractive enough, these
days, with their stores of Strawberries,
tomatoes, radishes, bananas, pinospples and
other good things,
Tie members of the city police force have
come out with new suits and new hats with
golden cords for bands. They make quite
handsome appearance.
The steamer REINDEER leaves Adams dock
at a. M, aud reaches here at 1870, and
leaves on the return trip at 40 p. m,
reaching Adams at 7;A5.
f. NJ. Van Sicklen, Esq, has returned
from his prolonged visit III San Fran cisco in
fine health aud spirits aud is cordially vel
coined back by his many friends.
Receiver Roberts, with the assistance of Mr..
F. }. Houghton rs accountant, is busily en-
gaGed making up the inventory Of the St.
Adams FIRST National bank.
John Black has sold tenement house on
Spruce street to Michael Hairs for $500,
aud u. +. Girard has sold IL lot ON Jpuar
street to Napoleon Couture Tor $500.
Commissioner Wright has reappoiutll Dca.
James Mitchell Guy liquor agrnt-iI act
which will undoubtedly meet the uuqgAitild
approval of the great majority of our people.
Henry Nichols, the accident to whom We
chronicled few days since, died at the
Mary Fletcher hospital Friday morning.
The remains were taken to Middebury tor
intUfment.
Oue or two little real estate transfers j.
Chauvin has sold a house on North stIuet to
Vincent Forant, and f. NJ. Van SIckleu has
sold lot on North avenue to Charles tricu-
low.
Arbutus in great quantities is now to be
found in nearly all the open wOCd-lJ
around the city. The blossoms are OF al
UNUSUALLY beautiful PINK tinge, this season,
aud very fragrant.
In. breakwater can not, OF course be re
paired until Congress makes an appropria-
ton for that purpose. A government
engineer, will come here 10 make an luspec-
lion next We elk.
Some 40 hands are employed at the steam
boat yard at iiconderoSa, on the steamer
"Ticonderoga" making her ready to begin
trips about the Goth of June. She Will be
commanded by Captain Harris of Caldwell.
The assessors have now less than two
weeks in which to complete tie list and will
have to put in lively work 10 finish it on
time. The individual lists IRE now com
plete and work upon the abstract will be
begun at once
The National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will soon send out Call to
prayer for the progress of temperance, in view
of the Presidential campaign, addressed to
the Christian People of America" and fix
ing Tuesday, May q, as the time.
Senator Edmuuds's alleged great wealth
has been the theme OF 50 much talk in Ger
tain quarters that it may be well to give the
summary of his list as Just furnished to the
assessors. 1t is as follows: Personal prop
tax, So; total lax, S72l As.
The taxpayers failed to come to time
promptly, this year. There are in the city
nearly tour thousand taxpayers. and of these
on y about one-thlrd gave in their lists to he
assessors. The remaining lists, about
twenty five hundred ia number, have been
made out by the assessors.
The old st. Pau 5 rcctory is coming down
At a lively rate. The new rectory will stand
thiity feet back from each street, Bank and
Pine, and the first story will be of stone and
the second OF wood. The plans show a
nqne aud strlkngly handsome building.
The Burlington Trust COMPANY has adopt
ed an excellent plan &c accommodate labor
ing people and TO encourage that class
save. Their Office at the Howard bank will
De open every Monday evening from 7 10 {
O'Clock, and deposits in any sum, as low as
one dollar, will be received.
The Holt and Barnes company, whose
factory has hitherto been supplied with
power by the Burlington Manufacturing
company, is about to put in an engine and
boiler OF its own, and is now, for that pun
pose, putting up bull ling and chimney
the latter to be sc venty five feet high.
The training school for nurses at the Mary
Fletcher hospital opened Thursday aficrfo +,
WI tn an attendance Of seveuteen--a CRAFTY
'ngiy large number. There is too, ever,
probability that the class will soon be con
siderablv incrca ed. The term opened witt
an introductory address 10y Dr. L. NJ. Bing
ham.
The society Of The Wirooski avenue Con
greGationa church, met Tue sday evening am
voted 10 accept the resignation of DR.
Brastow. The resolutions adopted by tn
church (Which had previously voted 10 sc
cept his resignalion) we're concurrcd in, cal
ing for council TO formally dissolve III
pastoral relation.
The most "ious gap in the hro kWH"r
just south Of he house. As wei a. can =,
measured, The ruclure has been carrie
away fifteen feet below the surface. %
crib, about fifty feet long, is tilted owe
toward the shore ald the stone have sun
dlwn under the outside wood work, thu
preventing any hops of righting the crib b
sinking it.
Ephraim Raspberry, who has a wife and 81
children AT ST. Adams, and Rose Gcror, VII
has husband and three children in this cit
have been living together in these paris f.
two years past. They were tried before Ju
lice Brownell and bound over, and Tue
day they went into City Court and toD
their sentence, which was one years in
prisonment in tic House of Correction.
Mansi, the Western weather prophc
says: "The month of May should avtral
tolerably pleasant period, both tor agricu
tural pursuits and pleasure seekcrs-muC
more so than either the May months Of 1876