Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-20

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Bucl j. Derby, Esq, returned from Chs
cago on Saturday.
Mrs. and Miss Edmunds arrived in town
for the season Tuesday morning
party of fifty cI the good people of
ROuses Point had m excursion to this city
on the steamer Reindeer, Saturday.
The mass meeting which was to be held in
connection with the Republican State con-
venton has been Indefinitely postpone d.
-Four hundred and seventy seven loaded
freight cars were sent out from this city
over the Central V rmont railroad last week.
Burlington is req c>lnted at the Interna-
tional Sunday-scho, Invention at Louis
vile by Messrs. N. ~. Brown. L. b. Lord
and w. j. Van Pa,ten
The members of s.. Joseph's society are
preparing for grand celebration on the eth
of August next, when they will celebrate the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the organiza-
ton.
Warmest day of the season, Tuesday
The thermometer climbed up as high as o.
down in the lumbe. I'd, and uptown the
mercury marked temperature nearly as
high.
Commander Henry L. johnson, L. s. N,
started Monday for San Francisco. 10 take
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hela, fer two years cruise in South Amer
lcan waters
AS result of the civil service examinations
recently he'd here, five candidates have been
given places in the customs scrvice-one here
two at Richford, one al Island Pond and one
at West Berkshire.
An official bulletin from the War Depart
ment announces that "First Lieutenant Her.
bert E. Tutherly, First cavalry, is relieved
from duty at the University of Vermont,
Burlington VT, to take effect July /, 1884
and will join his troop"
A postal from Joseph Chauvin, at Butte,
Montana, dated June 10, says Alexander
Gordon, for several years resident and black
smith in Burlington, who came 10 Montana
three years ago, died here this morning after
months illness"
The Chicago Bicycle club will make a
trip to Boston next month. They will come
as near Burlington a' Port Kent, where they
will be joined by several of our blcyclsts,
who vii. accompany them the remainder of
the trip.
Sheriff Barton made searches at three
places yesterday and IN lde seizures in each
place AT the American house he secured
ten bottles of lager a1i two quarts of liquor,
at j. A. StO1c's restaurant one-half barrel of
lager and at Rowes Hotel three gallons of
liquor and one case Of lager,
The address before the Young Mems
Christian Association q! the University mex
Sunday evening vii! given by Professor
E. y. Griffin, d. D., OF Williams college.
His numerous friends here will be specially
glad to see him and hear him once more.
The venerable David A. Murray of vii.
liston died on SAtur lay and the funeral was
Mnpfau
auspices and deleg Ilion of our Knight!
Templar attended as escort. Mr.. Murray
was one of the oldest Mlsons in the State
having been Grand ) uinr Deacon of the oil
Grand Lodge.
The Board Of Aldermen held an adjourne
meeting last evening to perfect the tax levy
This they did and then Immediately adjourn
ed OF the tax Of 140 cents, SO are levied I
iiquidate the debt of 1888 and cents ar
accounted for by The Increased amount calle
for by the School Commissioners, The Ia
really required, therefore, to meet the ordin
airy currclt eXpensa of the year is but To-
cents.
The Bcrean Church--the new Baptist 81
clety-has secured Good Templar's hall as
place of worship, ard will hereafter hay
services there regularly every Sunday
Professor Gould, late of Newton Thclogc,
Seminary, has been engaged to preach, ne,
Sunday. Sunday school will meet at
O'Clock. council has been called for Jul
lst, to determine whether the Berean churC
shall be recognized.
The death is announced, at Fort Leavel
worth, Tuesday, Of Col. Edward X. Plat
I. 3. A, an old ana well remembered Blu
lingtonian. Col Plat was graduated fro
West Point in 1Si9 and was promoted fro,
second to First Lieutenant in 1858.
1851 he was promoted to Captain and su
sequently to Colonel. At the time of b
death he was AdjutaLt General of the ID
parlment OF tho Missouri Col. Plat was
gallant soldier and genial gentleman, az
leaves manv f'ior'o ga his death.
tA. lyllJw.ns lsuIcs Grc taken from Il
consolidated report Of the assistant quartz
master general, department of Vermont,
a. IL, for the first quarter OF 1884 Balanc
n hands OF post quartermasters at last repol
S293O w received from all sources duri
III nrst quarter, S20GG.04 paid per CAPT
tax on 1865 members, $2l2 As paid for
lief from post funds, 5000 paid iucde
tal expenses, Sl4l7.73; balances remain
IN hands of quartcrmaster, $3l73.43. Rel
tunu, balances last report, 1888. So rece
ed from all sources, S792.04 paid for rel
oil distressed comrades, $34l.06 balanC
ON hand, $l2S0.53.
Inc Board of Aldlrmen have finally
cded upon tax of lao cents upon the d
lar OF the grand list. AS the gra
list is S12 ,S0l, this Ak will raise $102, O47
or, allowing for attachments, etc, very ne
W round hundred thousand dollars Thu
can be but one opinion of this, and that
that 1t is an enormous sum for city
larger than ours, 1t is with the except
Of single year the heaviest tax mpos
since the organization of the city and
more than one-ffth larger than the aunl
average for the last twelve years. We S
cerely trust that the coming year will SD
closer economy and more careful busin
methods in our city government than Sc
to have lately prevailed.
by recent act of Congress the rate
postage on newspapers and periodical pu
cations of the second class, where sent
maiD by others than the publishers or nc
agents, will hereafter be one cent for G,
four ounces or fraction thereof, TO be prep
by postage stamps affixed. The rate on 81
publications., when so sent, has heretof
been one cent for each two ounces.
should be observed that this reduction
plies onlu to publications of the second cle
which embraces only newspapers, ma
zines, and other periodicals issued at sta
intervals Of not more than three mont
dated and numbered, having list Of leg