Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-04-17
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CITY AND VICINITY.

The Vermont Methodist conference
meets at Bellows Falls, April 30.
The steamer Maquam is reported to
have been purchased by the agents of the
Boston and Lowell railroad company.
Work has been begun on the dryhouse
of the Shepard e. Morse Lumber company.
The rebuilding of Hollis spool mill is
making rapid progress, the building be-
ing already enclosed.
Owing to the small stock on hand coal is
being shipped to this point by car and the
price has been advanced
officers raided the premises of John
McGrevy at Winooski, last night, and Sc
cured two barrels of beer.
Charles f. Thompson of Bridgewater,
Conn, who was arrested at Winooski
Tuesday night, was taken to Hartford,
Conn, Thursday by United States Mar
shall Henry, and Deputy Marshal Chapman
of Hartford,
James Eddie of Winooski was committed
to Jail Saturday for threatening violence
to Rev. Father Michaud.
The steamers Vermont and Williams
have been painted, and the latter Will be-
gin her trips as soon as navigation opens.
The Governor has issued a proclamation
recommending that Friday, May l. be OBJ
served as Arbor day, and requesting that
it be made general holiday.
The Cpntc association held a meeting
Monday and turned over the sole man
agement of the Cynic to the editors, each
successive board of editors to have com
plete charge of the publication.
The rumors of war, from abroad, are
causing a rapid rise in prices of all kinds
Of provisions.
large number of tenement blocks are
in process of erection at present in various
parts of the city.
A large number of real estate transfers
have just been made and every indication
points to an Immediate and lively boom in
real estate.
James Kelley, who is over seventy years
of age, and who appealed from the de
cision of the City Court in several liquor
cases was surrendered by his bail Mon
day night and he is now in Jail.
The representatives of the various iron
bridge companies assert that the specfica-
tons for the new bridge at Winooski are
the most eXacting, considering the size of
the bridge, that they ever had to deal
with
The building recently vacated by w. w.
Wood was sold at auction yesterday for
ISL, the purchaser being Jack Hathaway.
He is allowed one week in which to move
the building, when Mr.. Wood will at once
begin work on the foundation for his new
block.
S. Beach, Esq, has begun tearing down
the front wall of his block on College
street, preparatory to the erection of new
front, the design for which shows that il
will be a handsome structure. The first
floor will be lowered to a level with the
street and the building will be fitted VI
with all the modern Improvements.
The steamers that have wintered at
Shelburn harbor this season are as fol
lows: The Vermont, Williams Rein
deer, j. q. Wetherbee, owned at Port
Henry the Herald, Albatross, Mariquita
and a number of shell craft This is a
much larger number than have wintered
at the harbor for number of years.
Captain George H. Rushlow, chief en-
gineer of the Lake Champlain Transports
ton company, was pleasantly surprised
desk and easy chair by the workmen a
the harbor. Tourists will be pleased Il
learn that Captain Rushlow will resum,
his former post as Captain of the Vernon
this season.
A good many Of Mayor Woodbury.
friends would have been glad to have hin
contradict in the squarest way possible
the current reports of trades promises O.
arrangements alleged to have been made
before city election, with reference to tn,
Chief of Police. The squarest way to con
tradct them Of course would have beer
the reappointment of Chief Barton
Dr. A. c. Comey, who has been en-
gagged as assistant professor of chemistr
in the University, for the present term, i
graduate of Harvard. He also took tn
degree of doctor Of philosophy at Heidel
burg. He studied chemistry under Bun
sen and has been assistant instructor il
chemistry in Tufts college. DR.. Come
has Just returned from Europe and enter
upon his duties eXcellently equipped 70
the work.
The street committee held meeting i
the City Council room Wednesday night, q
which the sealed proposals for building tn
new iron DrluBe aU w InOOSkl, were OpeHe
and read. Bids were received, in answer t
the specifications sent out, from twelv
iron bridge manufacturing companies a
follows The Phoenix Bridge Co., Ph9ni,
vile, Pa, 075 Boston Bridge Works
Boston, Mass, sl2,393 r. F. Hawkir
Iron Works, Springfield, Mass, S. l6&
Detroit Bridge and Iron Works, Detroi
Mich, $l0,528; Passaic Rolling Mill Co
Patterson, N. j., slO03s King Iron BridG
and Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
1901 Berlin Bridge Co., East Berlil
Conn, $685.; Wrought Iron Bridge &c
Canton, Ohio, s9,9736O; Morse Bridge &C
Youngstown, Ohio, $9,2S0; Columb
Bridge Co., Dayton, Ohio, 80, 995, So Rive
side Bridge and Iron Works, Patterso
N. j., pratt truss $3.50, paul truss
sl0,250; Herbert Stewart & Co., Ne