Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-23
CITY NOTES.


Rov. H. 3. Putnam will preach the Mem
moral Day sermon AT llege strt ct church
Sunday evening, May 2jth.
Dr. Walter Carpenter had three yalu
Gbc co.'s ru.uci 10y running against barb
ed wire fence Al nday nighl.
Tie G. / rcudrn county COngieIai 'onal
difference Of Chul chcs IL to be held al sex
Cuutrc uuriug the first week in June.
A turtle foot and half long and foot
across wa, caught in the ravine b ok OF the
post flee by some boys, yesterday.
Tue various docks present quite lively
81 p, HrauCc Just now, mos Of Them hti
througd with goods ind teams every day.
The W. c. T. L will observe next Tues
day H. ii day Of prayer, in compllarce with
the quest Of the National orRanza ion.
Alb ut two hundred dollars, besides spe-
ciIl rrizcE, have already huen contributed To-
the prize fund for the University field day.
Only two more dramatic entertainments
after Jefferson, at the Iowa Opera llOus
this season Margaret Mather and Denman
Tho ps0n.
Johu p. IIowatd, Esq, arrived in town
Frdry evening and took rooms at the Van
Ness House He is in fine health and spirits
every one will he pleased to learn.
The big cgg season opens with specimen
weighing three anu one half ounces pt,sCuj-
ct The FREE PBEss MUSEUM 10y Rev. 4.
+. Siewar OF 5 nth Burlington.
The General convent n of Congrcgatioual
clm ch,s and the Dice, san convention o.
J, co,nl churches notn me, t at St. Albau-
Ju.c 10.ha4d continue for about three day..
III Woo sock Stala1yd has III pleasant
W rd : The 8urlj .ton FREE PEEss has
4 FnI,t a "a
is prosper ring greatly and deserves all it,
prosperity
The University boys were una Die TO play
with th, Middurlur> college nine on Satu-
DAY, rs ANNOUNCED, because OF the stormy
weather. Several other Games ale being
arranged for, announcement of " llch Will
be made later.
Tie embcre of Chan pnin lodge, l. o.
G. r, will celebrate the dyes tNentclh
anniversary "y a. cNCIrslOu to Wills jOru ~
the steamer R.indce', June An. rhc Shrr-
man bandwil accompany .the party AMI nj
address will be delivered 10y Rev. Mir. Jump.
A sncuk thief entered the boarding house
of Mis- Hovcy, 1928 st. Paul sreri, yeslrr-
day morning and robbtd Frank Lnaaus
trur k Of &l3, and the Misses keI,y's 70 III
Of Sl2, and some i"welry. a man VINO ha,
boarded al the house Snort i'm" ana who
has suddenly disappeared is suspected
The steamer Vermont will begin her sea-
sons rips ON June 2d-a week from
next MDnday-and the Horizon on the same
day VIII begin h,r trips on Lake Geprg'
The Vermont will run Oh the schedule of last
year, Substantially etving here for the
south at about $50 A. NJ. and for the north
AZ D =. Nj.
Charlie. Lgvalley and Emma Mlrtineau,
IA b,f ('itv ri
last Thursday, charged with an offence
against CHASTITY, were brought mo the Guy
Court Yesterday m)rbing, when an intOrml-
ton was filed against them, t. which they
pleaded guilty, AN were sentenced to one
year each In the House of Correction. }. w
Russell for the State; W. IL. Hare for
resi- uud, MS.
The much-vexel boundary question has
hcel ,ccid Il by the General conference in
favor OF ,hc Burlington district. rhe fol-
loWirg enthusiastic despatch from Ira Rus
sell, ESQ. was rccyiv,d by MIR. w. b. Nc
KHip Htst night: "OUr case gained by II
large majority. Have bell rupg tn ulin
ulrs!' We beg leave to congratulate our
Memo li>l brethren on result of the long
controversy 50 satisfactory to them.
N,uuol's predictions Tor this week are as
follows: "Murc settled and not weather a
warm week generally, with perhaps Intense
hcaJ in western srCliOus. Scattered wind
aud hail storms. Alterations " sultry and
wind, weather" there 1t is all in bunch
An Assortment of weather. Take y 'ur
chorr. Mr.. Vennor's predictions are only
of value as far rs they show how little
he knows at nut the weather. He should
tai" p lots from some old farmer.
soue idea If the magnitude Of the freight
traffic AT Tins point can he gained from the
facl mat thirty lOa Ell .rs We're despatc he'd
to MlddlepurN alunc, on Iucsdiy afternoon
J st,ruay there were two ,Ylris, one eHcn
WAY. ih,re we've siX,ytfive loaded cars
sent out aud thiity four ,ceivcd, while i
large number remained over. Among
the freight shipped was large
quantity of steel rails Tor the Mont
pellcr and Wells River railroad. Three
toat uatS have been received and shipped
from her aud about the same quantity is
YET To arrive.
BY the kindness e the r. Rev w. II
A bs-,I, y ais great w'rk The Abbey
church 81 81. Peer OF Wrsrmln-ler'' and
the c ,mplr- wax ct Noltare aud Rousseau
Ia - 0nl % vDiAme- resp ciiv,Iy have been
dcposi Ell the fletcher Free Library for re-
ference. Trey form pat Of TIC
library Of the hi.nop OF Vernon
Among tie recent notable gifts I,
,,r.J i pi.rc. and .Isn from q
pir,c' + q J.,.rs Wn,en & Crnmhis N,
nf Irri. Grrrnir,f Tnr hur,rv re,ains IL
place on the Ie.lscd list Of repositories o
publC ducumcnIs wnilo quite a number o
libraries have been dropped
A. meeting OF the board Of directors o
the Mcrchan Natlona! bank held on Ma,
l6'h Hon. iurr'Y f. Wales WAS ell c,ed
director to fill tue vacancy occaslonrd by tn
re-i. uaiou Of Henry +. HEX TX, E-q. Mr.
Hlclluk has heel connected with the bauI
for more han thirty years and has been II
president during that period until about t~
Yeas ago when ialn9 health compelled blu
to retire. HIS r".igValrn as director on aC
count o. 'r~ G yntIuIuq III health Ms rec. III