Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-24

from the foot of Main street to the West
end of South Park,
Morrisvillc.
A meeting of the MOrrisville camp
ground association was held on the camp
ground on Wednesday afternoon with II
fair attendance. The annual camp meet
ing held regularly on these grounds by
the Methodist people of the st; Aloans
district will COMMENCE on Wednesday
August 12, and closing Tuesday, August Is,
Arrangements are being made FOR
speakers, etc. The closing. concert
held by the Leslie convention com
pany was held at town hall on We'd
nesday evening, fair number beng III
attendance.
Another break in the main water pipe
occurred on upper Main street near the
Christian church Friday morning The
lecture upon woman suffrage by rev.
Anna Shaw at the Methodist church on
Thursday evening was fairly attended. 49,.
Hon. H. H. Powers cOntcmplates moving
the house now occupied by him on North
Main street to Il vacant lot just east and
erecting residence upon the old ground,
l.. b. BOynton is finishing the exterior
of the skating rink building at the head
of Portland street...The juvenile base
ball nine played match game with the
Hyde Pau k amateurs on Friday afternoon,
at that place Miss Abbie Waite Il for
mer resident and daughter of Assistant
Judge Waite of Eden, died at that place
on Thursday afternoon The remains
were brought here, and the funeral ser
vices held from the Methodist church, on
Saturday afternoon. lnterment III tne
village cemetery. Rev. NJ. p Bell, uncle
of the deceased oiliciated...A council
of doctors in the case of Mr.. IL. II. Nor
gan of the MorriSville foundry, who has
been i'll for some time, was held on Mon
day Miss Ida Barnes Is at the Mary
Fletcher Hospital, Burlington. II: Y.
Booth of Northfield son of Rev. |. p.
Booth, formerly pastor of the Universal
list church here, is now bookkeeper at
Morrisville bakery .... DR.. f. NJ. Nichols,
veterinary surgeon, has moved his family
to st. Adams.
MiddIebury.
Miss Sophie Bissette of DevereuX,
Michigan, is in town on il visit to her sis
ter. Mrs. Joseph Brouillett. She has been
absent in the West for several years -.
Some thirty odd children received their
first communion last Sunday in the Cath
Ole church, and most of them VIII be
confirmed later in the season. MIR. John
G. Stewart, eldest son of the late Dugald
Stewart and nephew of Ex-Governor Stew
art was married Wednesday evening to
Miss Lucia II. Sutton, daughter of DIR. b.
+. Sutton. The marriage was attended
by large number of invited guests and
scented to the bride. The happy couple
took the night train south, followed by
the good wishes of IA multitude of friends.
800. Mrs. Frank Nisun, who has been very
sick for the past two weeks, Is grow
ing better and is now believed to be out
of danger The pool room which was
closed few weeks ago by order of the
selectmen has been re-opened by the pro-
prietor, without, it is understood, the con
sent of the selectmen 1t has been open
ed for several days, but nothing has as
yet been done, apparently, towards prose
cutting Mr.. Smell for violating the law 49,.
Will Bond is to 90 to Rutland next week
to enter the employ of futile s, Co., as a
travelling salesman. II. w. Brewster
is to go soon to Nantasket Beach for a
five or six weeks stay.
Frank A. Robbins's circus exhibited here
Friday and the show itself was really Il
clean and meritorious one. But there
were various Skin" games connected
with it which the management ought not
to tolerate. One old gentleman lost fifty
dollars at a game of chance in which the
chances were all on one side. Another
lost thirty-five dollars and others lost va
rious smaller sums, the whole aggrega-
ting $50 to 5000. The game was finally
stopped, but not until the gamblers had
got considerable money and their victims
had got little experience. Bench war
rants were served on three Middlebury
saloon keepers Saturday to secure their
attendance at the next term OF County
Court and in each case the bail was fixed
at seventy-ive dollars e. Charley Lajoy,
who has been at the Mary Fletcher hos
ptal in Burlington for the past two
months undergoing treatment for the arm
which was so badly mangled in Tupper's
mill, was brought home by his father
Saturday evening. The arm is nearly
healed and although it is yet somewhat
:, III l. ,,1,~ ,,.,t
quite as good as ever and the case fur
nishes good illustration of surgical skill
and careful nursing Hon. John ";
Stewart, with Miss Eliza and Mr.. Phil
Stewart, accompanied by Professor and
Mrs. ID. McGregor Means, have gone to
North Hero for camping tour ON the
lake shore.
New Haven.
Hon. f. 5. Human, who has been in
feeble health for Il year or two, is much
worse, with more or less alteration of
mind. At last accounts his condition was
slightly improved .... Mr.. Alvin Squire, an
invalid for some years, has of late been
riding out occasionally. Mr.. Squire has
outlived nearly all the associates of his
youth, while his silvery hair and tnll
beard, white rs snow, suggests the patri-
arch 49,. DIR. Preston is sick with pneumo-
mia. During the brief period since the
Z
elected superintendent of schools both
public and sabbath, and has made many
| friends professionally and otherwise who
will rejoice ut his speedy recovery .... Mrs
| Carrie f.. Nash has arrived home from Wis
consin. Mr.. John Nash of Wisconsin, broth
er of Hon. William =. Nash, is with some
portion of his family daily expected to ar
/ rive in town.. Next Sunday morning Mr.
| Charles Shelton, secretary of the Home
| Missionary society in its connection witt
the Indians in the West, will deliver al
the Congregational church an address
upon the Indian question i'll general. 80.
The trustees of Beeman academy hav,
engaged Prof. Hotlnagle and sister o
Of Essex, \. Y, To ill the positions o
principal and prcceptress of the academy
Both come with high recommendations
and as they are teachers of ample eXpe
riencc, the committee are to be cOngrat
ulated in securing 50 able il faculty..
Hon. II. c. Hunt Is quite i'll with ~umme
complaint. DR.. Hall attends him twice
day.
Chelsea.
\ person who has lately visited all bu
one Of The towns i'm Orange county says
"Ihc hay crop IN this county IS iron
fifteen to twenty per cent heavier tina
of