Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-12
CITY AND VICINITY.

CITY AND VICINITY.
Barnum's great tent show will exhibit
in this city July 23d.
Repairs are being made to the spire of
the Unitarian church.
The tug Brilliant with four boats loaded
with coal, arrived in port Wednesday.
The sailing vessel Marion, loaded with
sand, arrived Wednesday from Grand Isle.
The fine weather Wednesday was very
acceptable after the cold weather we have
been having.
The annual June drill and inspection of
Company f., First regiment, will take
place in this city next Monday.
The grading Of the new street. Clark,
from Pearl to Grant street, is nearly com
pleted.
The work of repairing the breakwater
was begun Wednesday. The old tmbers
are being removed and new ones put in
their place
a large party of young people from this
city went to Shelburn Wednesday to attend
the strawberry festival at the Methodist
church in that place.
The agent of the Spear hydro-pneu-
matte company of Washington, ID. c.. has
been at Winooski negotiating with parties
with the object ofobtaining water power
privilege at that point.
Five hundred new life preservers have
been placed on the steamer Reindeer, the
old ones having been condemned. Three
hundred of the new life preservers were
manufactured in this city.
Captain A. f. X Durham, light house
l., 4, II
inspection on Lake Champlain on the
steamer Mariquita. 1t will require a three
days tour to visit all the light houses on
the lake.
The steamer Vermont will this season
carry picnic parties to Fort Ticonderoga.
and to all other points on her route. This
will be an accommodation to the public,
which has been deprived of this opportun-
ity for the last two years.
young lady in turning aside to allow
bicycle to pass on Pearl street made
mistep and fell, spraining her wrist
Bicycles are quite narrow affairs, but
they take up considerable space on a side
walk
The Street Department is making good
progress in grading Church street south
of the postofiice and raising the roadway
through the hollow This is notable i'm
provement. King street is also being
brought to grade.
The Relief Hose company of Platts-
burgh with an excursion will come to this
city on the steamer Vermont next Tues
day night The hose company will give
an exhibition drill in the rink early in the
evening after which they will go to the
Opera house to see Zozo, the magic queen.
Large shipments of wagons and car
rlages are being made tn this city by man
ufacturers in the larger cities. Local
dealers, however, do not complain of ,their
trade dropping off on the contrary they
say that their trade is greatly increased
making repairs on foreign made vehicles
William Fisher, German, assaulted
another German with sling shot about
midnight Saturday night and then began
to flourish knife in threatening man
ner. The victim escaped and word was
sent for an officer. Officer Dumas secured
the bravado and safely lodged him in Jail.
Commencing Monday June s. the steam
er Reindeer will leave here at $40 p. m,
landing at Port Kent and Pittsburgh and
arriving at Rouses Point at 7:40 where she
Rouses Point at 710 in the morning arriv-
ing here at 1l15
The Standard Oil company will build
tanks at this point and barrel the oil
after which it will be delivered to Van
Sicklen, Seymour d Co., and Walker
Bros i'll this city, and to other wholesale
dealers throughout the State, who will
undoubtedly prefer to receive it from this
point rather than go farther west.
A friendly practice game of base bal
was played on the college campus, Wed
nesday afternoon, between the st. Joseph,
college club and the L. V. NJ. nine. The
game was stopped at the end of the third
inning, as it was getting late. The score
stood thirteen to five, in favor of the St
Joseph college club,
The work of the enumerators who are
taking the census will be wholly com
pleted by the last of the week Supern
tendent of census l.. g. Burnham seems
to have been the right man for the place
He is assisted by f. Selden, f. A. Holton
T. l.. Jeffords, &. A. Dow C. j. Kinsley
w. NJ. Reed, Frank Crandall and H. Sher
man.
Farmers announce that grubs are max
ing sad work this year destroying wheat
corn and potatoes. In some places so de
structve has been the work that farmer