Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-04
CITY NOTES.

Only three prisoners in jail, and two OF
them are in on civil processes.
The new Board of Aldermen will hold its
first meeting ut o'clock Monday afternoon.
An agent of the Overland Telephone com.
pany has been in town looking over the
ground.
b. S. Nichols and wife ate soon to leave
on trip 10 California, to be absent several
weeks.
Rev. Theodore A. Hopkins leaves shortly
for California, where he Will spend the spring
and summer.
Adventurcsome youths are gathering the
arbutus buds, where the snow banks have
melted in the woods.
The Powell dairy apparatus will be tested
on somewhat extensive scale at West Mil
ton, the coming season.
1t is understood that The Burlington dis
triCt messenger telegraph company will be-
gin operations rs ION as the season opens.
Virgins is cut with another prediction.
This time it includes a hurricane, high tides
an earthquake, cyclone and other terrible
things.
The venerable Josiah Thompson of Willis
ton, father OF our townsman, NJ. ID. Il.
Thompson, died Tuesday, at the ripe Old
age of s..
The Postmaslcr-G General has ordered that
no business cards, bills or advertisements
shall hereafter be allowed to be stuck up in
postoilices.
Work upon the Billings library will be
b,gun as soon the weather permits. The SUI
perintendcnt of the Norcross Bros, the con-
tractors is already in town.
Joseph Jefferson will appear at the How
ard OpCra House before the close Of the sea
son--Nlich will be pleasant news to the
great actors hosts Of admirers.
The increase in the freight traffic at this
point still continues aud freightmen state
that the amount OF freight handled has not
been Cquacd at this season for years.
There can not be any more certain signs
that Burlington is growing, than the great
demand for houses, and tue impOsib.ll.y OF
supplying the present urgent demand
Smith Wright, Esq, Of Niiston made
one sale of poultry the other day, OF forty
tons-proOably the largest sale to one party,
ever registered in this vicinity.
Quite a number of new dwelling houses
are already well under way in the Third
Ward, and the indications are that before
the season is ended the number will be large
ly increased.
A new and very sweet-toncd bell from
the well known foundry Of Clinton, Menelly
q Co. of Troy, has Just been placed 10 the
tower of the High School building, and was
rung for the first time Tuesday.
Thomas Ii. Garfield, Esl. has gone to
Lake Park, Mimi, to superintend his extern
sive farming interest there. He has 1900 to
1000 acres under The pillow, growing of wheat
alone 10000 to %, 900 bushels annually.
The large amount of contemplated build
ing in our city will necessltate the imp rita
ton of mechanics from the neiglboring
towns in our State and vicinity. The urgent
demand ought to bring the needed supply.
The employment of large number of me-
chanics and laborers in building in Burling-
ton, viii distribute good deal of money.
The merchants, traders and other interests
must feel the g )od results thereof very SEN
sibly.
Mr.. w. f. Page formerly of the Ameri-
can Hotel, will manage the coming season
the great Hotel Kaaterskill, Catskill Noun
tains. His many friends here will congratu-
late him upon his well-deserved success as
hotel manager.
The telephone company is to build line
from Rutland TO this city, the coming season
which will give US telephone communication
with Rutland, Whitehall, Glens Falls, Fort
Edward, Saratoga, Troy, Albany, and in
tcrmediae places.
The assessors haven't been favored with
,,onv coIIa from ihn tavnavors ne vet The
nnwtax law ia ,rnttiru ia he an Gld story
put os ono of thn oS3csen,s rnmorl,ad II q
few hundred neonIe find their lists donblcd
by the beard it will tend to revivify the
public interest in the law to a marked degree.
fiarch wound up his earthly career in
right leonine fashion. Saturday was as fine
n snring dnv as nnr coulI desire bmt at nirht
thr wind rose and The sno,y frll and SUNDAY
morning the world was dressed in white
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