Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-03

promised his two sons that il they would
abstain from the use Of liquor and tobacco
until they were tWelty -un' years ol az" he
would give them each 5000 on thrir TWEEN
ty-iirst birthday. The I'D soh attained
his maIor.t, tui, wees, ani, uHVih.I iaith-
fully carried oot mis- D. 60. tnr agt'cmrht
hi, tatucr presented n,n vita >j0o.
\ warm an, ann is predicted by weather
prupIct -" No"..l .ilrkcISack. y. j. He
says this van b. remarkably fine fail,
with uC col eIuri3~. ihc weather will re-
main modora ul late III November.
There Will ht At sharp FROST the first week
in October, and tarn it will grow warm
and stay warm all through the month.
The rains will be warm. with heavy south
can winds.
The result of the knights Smith cas" in
ne county court furnishes another illus
tratOu Of the delightful uncertainty of
the law. On the first trial. in City court,
the defence put in no evidence Whatever
and the court ON plaintiffs evidence gave
them 500. In county court the defence
put in their evidence, the evidence for
plaintiffs was substantially the same as
on the first trial, and the jury gave plain
tiTs S:}2j.
Mr.. c. G. Frost is stamping for Blaine
and Logan in Northern New York. Mr..
Frank Plumley is stumping in Michigan.
It was at first proposed to send Mr.. Plum
ley to Kansas, tobwork among the Prohibi-
tionists, but the secretary of the Republic
can State committee wrote to Chairman
Gibbs of our State committee that there
was no danger to he appfeheuded from the
Prohibition party and that st. John would
not get 20OO votes in the whole state.
October will be astrOnomically interest
ing on account Of two eclipscs, one of the
| moon and one of the sun. On Saturday.
oct. f. the moon will be totally eclipsed in
Europe and Africa; here, the moon will
rise partially eclipsed. On Saturday, oct.
Is. there will be a partial eclipse of the
sun, invisible in the United States. but
visible in western Europe and Asia The
next eclipse of the sun visible i'm New
England will he ON March ii, 1885. 1t
, will be a repetition of the annular eclipse
Of 81 years ago.
The regular term of the United State,
States court will he held at Rutland, oct
:. The prospect is for Il short term. Or
the law docket only three cases are markcc
for tral-Citizcns bank of Topeka. Kan
sas. ". +. ". Brooks of Brattleburo
Eastern Townships bank ". Vermont Ma
tional bank OF 1t. Adams, and William b
Jarvis vs.. Mason Ingram. On the chan
Gerry docket there are marked for tria
seven of the never-ending Steam Ston,
Cutter cases and the case of Francis \
Brooks W.. Consolidated Railroad of Yer
mont.
, Five hundred tons of steel rails are ar
irving by boat at this port for the Contra
Vermont people, of which 400 tons will b,
employed in rclaying the Rutland division
and the remainder in repairing the mali
line. The managers Of the Central arr
displaying Commendablc enterprise il
placing and maintaining their lines anc
; rolling stock in first class order, and out
lays similar to this will undoubtedly b
= rewarded by liberal additions to an al
t ready large patronage
The ecclesiastical council called by tn
t Bcrean Baptist church was in session sev
:, cral hours, Tu, sday. The result OF thei
deliberations Is embodied in IL series of re,
f olutiuns which declare that I'VE recogniI
+ the Christian character of the body calm
t the council that owing to the difficulty G
the questions involved and the absence O
3, representative men from the council, W
, decline the responsibility Of formally aC
T. hitting he body calling this council to tn
p fellowship of Baptist churches that W
advise therefore that the body calling th
council, together with the First Bapti,
church, call mutual council for the d,
= cision of these questions"