Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-18


NJ. ID. Batched,r on Saturday lost a
pocketbouk containing about $40, and has |
not been able to find it since.
Some of the Democrats go up iolitica-
ton Friday nj 5ht over Ccvelands nOmina- |
ton. There were fire works. bonfire and
an ear.splitting tin horn sercuudc which
continued till midnight.
1t is understood that the temperance peo- |
pie Of the county will cali another mass
convention, to be he 1t here during the latter
part OF this month, to see what can be done
towards filing up the h ! $ made in tEeir
ticket by designations
An immense crowd Of country people
came 10 town Monday, ~ the weather had
rendered WORK in the hay field impossible.
The market prices were alb ut the same us
those OF last week
Mr.. AMI Mrs G .urgc Hammond arrived
home FRIDAY morning after four months
absence III California.
Prof. l.. A. Austin, who several months
ago went on q sea voyage for the benefit of
his health. arrived home Saturday. and
looks as though his trip Ii I'd done him much
good.
A Tlcondcroga base ball nine and an East
Mlddlebury club played match game III
TicnnLnrouons ,,innin,, hvo .cnrn of "a tn
Or in fen innnrs
Water has become exceedingly scarce in
TINS section ana Tor several weeks back there
nave been FEARS mat we were 10 experience
Just such anOlhtr Watvr famine anu drought
us wc suffered from the last two summers.
but frequent, 'houth ll@iit, rams nave iallen
during the past week and the danger seems
over for the Drt sent
At about quarter after six O'Clock Tuesday
evening smoke was discovered issuing from
the roof of Col a. a. Fe,Cher's barn on
South street. aud Il small alarm Of fire was
sounded. The barn was one of the best
built structures Of the kind III the State
nearly ne ., and altogether must have cost
| fully $4,000, SO 1t was more of fire than
| barn fires usually are How it caught is
| unknown. 1t is supposed to have
caught somehow in some new hay
OF which there were SIX tons to-
gether with $50 bushels of oats in
| the second story. 1t was half an hour after
the discovery of the fire before the steamer
| was IN hand, and when at last it arrived II
took nearly another hall hour to yet to work.
| The baud engine had meanwhile been sent
tor, and at las II couple Of streams were got
upon the flames, which had 10y that time
| gained great head way IN the rear OF the barn
and burst out through the roof. 1t soon be-
came evident that the barn must 90, aud it
went. Luckily there was not breath of
wind stirring and hence the surrounding
houses were at no time in any great danger
| Our fire apparatus turned out to be useless,
us it generally does whea it is m ,st wanted
Before 8 o'clock the steam engine struck
aud refused to work and the hand-engine
was also disabled. Bat the steam pump at
tue bakery, quarter OF nllc distant, was
Iyao af,ar IN ",nI,a, ,h,n ,I'a I,s, 'n,,lis
w. re nm.had in tLn fra ~, vinr ,bnn hrr,nI
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nri,. - ~ oo,l, 'U ,r, "n ,ho so,,n amd
nsny csrp,. iran, L1s,an, tN,,ns attrn"t.
nd hy ,hn area, ,rIare Whsn ,hn fire. hrnk, >.
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