Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-01
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CITY AND VICINITY.

Improvements Will DE uuue(i, dllloHS NhiNh
will be a motor.
Senator Edmunds is expected to return
home with his family about the nlddle Oh
May. Burlington people Will be Pleased
to learn that the Senator is in good health.
The rebuilding of Hollis spool factory is
practically completed and machinery is
now being put ill., Many Improvements
have been made in the arrangement of the
factory.
The broad lake opened Friday night,
five days later than last year, and Satur-
day morning scarcely any ice was visible
A north wind aided materially in its sud-
den demise
Minister Phelps and his family returned
very quietly to Burlington Saturday
night He will spend IA few days in ar
ranging his private affairs preparatory to
his departure for England.
Last year the lake closed January
and opened April 10, remaining closed one
hundred and two days. This year 1T froze
over January 20 and opened April %, re
manning closed a period of eighty-iive
days.
Arbor Day will be observed by the chill
dren of the public schools of this city with
appropriate exercises School exercises
will be omitted in the afternoon and trees
will be planted on the grounds of several
of the schools
The May term of the United States Cir
cult and District Courts will be held at
Windsor, May 10, at p. IN. Time for
noting cases for trial will expire April 20.
1t is expected that Judge VIM. j. Wal
lace, circuit judge, will be present
The Glens Falls star is authority for
the following; Morrison & Dockstader of
this place, general agents for Babcock Il
Andrews, brokers of New York, will soon
open offices at Fort Edward, Whitehall,
Rutland, Burlington and Pittsburgh.
Preparations for building the new board
ing house on the college grounds for the
use of the students and those attending
the Sau yeur school, have been begun. The
building will be 6GX2G feet in dimensions.
Workmen are now engaged in eXcavating
the cellar
1t is announced that the Sherman mill
tary band Will be ready to give an open air
concert in the park III about two weeks
by which time they expect to have their
new uniforms. Several new Instruments
will be added to the band, making i'll all
twenty-nlne pieces.
The firm of I. Brigham Bishop & Co.,
with whom several Burlingtonians have
indirectly had some Slight experience,
have formally succumbed, Robert c.
Gamble and William Lukens, the active
men of the firm, having made an assign
ment in New York Monday.
The Williams made her first trip Satur-
day. She left the dock Of the Champlain
Transportation company about one o clock
going to piuttsburgh and returning at six
o'clock. only several passengers made the
trip. The Williams will commence run
ming on regular time to-day.
The trains from Montreal bring large
number OF Canadian immigrants daily,
their destination being principally New
York and Massachusetts. The greater
portion are in search of work, but not Il
few of them leave Canada to escape pros
pective service in the Northwest,
Conductor Henderson informed us last
week that Z. b. Barney of Underhill had
purchased fourteen thousand gallons of
maple syrup along the line OF the Burning
ton and Lamoille. for ID. NJ. Hazen of
CambridgepOrt Mass, amounting to
about $4,000
The Lake Champlain and New York
Transportation company are repainting
and putting their steam tugs III order,
The r. IL. Cook and Brilliant have been
painted and the termania and Tisdale
are also being put in order. The Trans
portatiOn company are prepared for vlgor-
Gus spring work.
The New York express was unable to
cross the bridge at St. Johns Saturday
night on account of high water. y train
was made up this side, which arrived here
two hours late. No direct trains from Mon
treal have arrived here since Friday morn
ing on account of the rise in the st. Law
renee river which has overlooked the
tracks of the Grand Trunk on both sides
of the river,
Prof. j. w. Wright of New York, who
has been selected to ill the chair of sur
gerry in the Medical College, made vacant
by the death of Dr. Little, is eminent in
his profession, having for many years oc-
cupied the chair of surgery in the Unvet
sty of New York and having been sur.
geon to Bellevue hospital. He will occu,
by the same time in the course that was
assigned to DR.. Little.
From neighboring towns, where Il. Brig
ham Bishop andCompany had brance Off
ces, come reports of the renewal of bust
ness and the prospective paying of credit
ors. The office here will probably re
main closed, as nothing has been hear(
from the general manager for Vermont
who had his headquarters here. The fac
that but little business was done her,
lends additional weight to that suppose
ton.
The Boston Journal of the 10Th con
tanned well-written description of Bur
lington, its business houses, public institu
tons and attractions, occupying some two
columns from the pen of the enterprlsinl
and gentlemanly Vermont representative
of the JOurHdl, Mr.. C. 5. Forbes. Tn
journal has deservedly wide circula
ton throughout New England, and its in