Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-05
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CITY AND VICINITY.

The grass plots about Burlington seem
ed never so green as at present ana all
sorts of trees are beautiful to behold
The tug Germania with nine canal boats,
six loaded with coal, two with merchan
disc and one with sand arrived yesterday.
The outlook is promising for the largest
attendance for many years ut the Masonic
anniversaries, which open next Monday
night.
H. A. Ray claims to have the champion
Jersey cow Some of her milk was tested
the other day and found to produce 45 per
cent OF cream.
The committee on census have decided
that the work of taking census of the
city shall be begun us soon As practicable,
: and have appointed l.. G. Durham super
intendent of census.
The passenger train on the Burlington
and Lamoille railroad presents Il very at
tractive appearance, the baggage and pas
senger cars having been thoroughly re-
paired and reprinted.
There was a lively runaway near Will
lard's ledge yesterday, one person being
quite seriously injured. The horse got
away and in some way managed to fall
over ledge, receiving several wounds.
The Episcopal diocesan convention is to
be held at Montpelier, Wednesday, June
10, and john a. Arthur LeGrand b. Can
non, Morllo Noyes, Henry H. Ross and
Heman w. Allen are the delegates from
st. paul's church.
Strawberries are lower, a fine lot being
offered last evening at twenty-five cents
Sugars are Il fraction cheaper, but
the market depends on our English
friends who are drawing heavily ON
the sugar in this country
Queen City park was opened June /, and
campers have already begun to arrive.
DR.. f. A. Smith of Brandon will erect Il
very pretty cottage i'll the park this sum
mer, and it is expected that cottages by
different parties to the number of ten will
also be built.
The programmes have been issued for
the twenty second annual meeting of the
Sunday-school association of Chittenden
county to he held at WIlliston, June Ii
and Il. Quite number of Burlington
ians will take part in the exercises.
The St. Joseph and the st. John Bap-
tiste societies will 30 to st. Johns, p. g.,
June "a to participate in the celebration
of the French National day. They will be
accompanied by Sherman's Military band
The Central Vermont have given special
rates for June "a, the tickets being good
to return on the same day or the 25th.
One hundred and fifteen Burlingtonians
We're passengers to Pittsburgh on the
steamer a. Williams, saturday. The Mem
rial d ny exercises We're attended under
some difficulty in that place, rain com
mencng to fall just As the procession
was forming and lasting nearly an hour
Charles II. Moore, Esq, of that town
was the speaker of the day.
Oliver Edwards of Underhil was taken
before the City Court yesterday on ii COM
plant filed ON his request by the State IS
Attorney, charging him with open and
gross lewdness. He pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to serve a term of one yeal
and six months in the House of Corrcc-
ton. 1t is said that he preferred to 60 to
Rutland, fcarin. that he would be lyncAed
if he returned to Underhll.
Four boys, Hill, johnson, Storrs. and
WhitcOmD, recently attempted to cross the
lake to Platts burgh, but were prevented 10y
the mast and sail being borne down by
the high wind. They were within two
miles of Port Kent, but could not make
port in the teeth of the gale and so impro-
vised a sail with the oars for mast, and re-
turned to Burlington. They were three
hours making the return trip.
1t is stated that less than thirty-five cop
les of the Revised Version of the Old
Testament have been sold in Burlington
The slow sale is attributed in part to the
!. l...-
=. which will be much cheaper. Clergy
men complain of the lack Of references il
the English edition, and it is understood
that this fault will be remedied in tn,
American edition. Copies of he Revised
New Testament can now be had almos
for song.
The new iron bridge at Winooski is t,
be of two spans, each 1877 feet in length
and the driveway is to be eighteen feet il
the clear. On each side there will be
walk five feet wide. The bridge is to sup
port a weight equal to 100 pounds to tn
square inch of roadway and sidewalk,
total of over $50 tons. This would enabl
the bridge to support a load at any point
on four wheels of the ordinary dstanc
apart, weighing 10000 pounds. The bid,
ranged from SS69-at which the contract
was let-to Sl2,393 Mr., Hawkins ais
has the contract for building the Alburg
bridge
We are informed by the Street commit
tee that the contract to build the w
uoosk iron bridge has been awarded to Il
F. Hawkins of Springfield, Mass, an
the contract made and signed to that e
feet for the consideration of $500. Befor
concluding the contract the committe
took special pains to find out all the
could as to the contractors skill and abil
ty to do what he had proposed in his bic
and all their Investigations in this respet
resulted favorably. They feel as cont
dent therefore, of tirst-class bridge
though they had awarded the contract
one of the higher priced bidders, NJ
Hawkinss bid was the lowest one.
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