Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13
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CITY AND VICINITY.

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1dlewild. j. j. Bigelow captured a pike
that weighed II pounds.
The Shermaus had u large crowd at
their excursion on the Vermont Tuesday
night, and an excellent time is reported.
The schoouer-rigged steam yacht Sap
pho, owned by Dr. Webb, arrived Tues
day, and went directly to her dock at Oak
Ledge.
The faculty of the preliminary course of
the medical college has organized by the
election OF DR.. II. II. Atwater as president
and DR.. J. II. Iinsley us secretary and
treasurer.
DR.. w. b. Gibson has been appointed
lecturer on materia medica and therapcu-
tics in the preliminary course of the
medical department of the University of
Vermont
The repairs to the Office of the clerk of
the city court are completed and the
walls of the city court room are being
eelled up about one half the distance be-
tween the two floors.
Officer Wesley Drew escorted the no
torious Jane Flynn to the workhouse Sat
urday for intoXication, where she can medi-
tate on her sins, which are principally
those of commission, for about 81 days.
1t is announced that one of the young
men at Camp Idlewild while passing
through a pasture recently was chased
by bovine of the male persuasion Those
who are camping out should remember
not to wear red hats while in green
pastures.
The first Delaware peaches of the sea.
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tail for 30 cents dozen. California
peaches sell for 80 to GO cents dozen and
California pears for 30 cents. Delaware
grapes are offered in limited quantities at
y cents pound.
At late meeting of the official board of
the Methodist church it was unanimously
voted to omit the preaching service on
Sunday evenings during the heated season
The pastor, Rev. DR.. Eaton, will remain
in the city and preach ut the Sunday morn
ing services through the summer.
The excursion Thursday OF the q. \ r.
boys from Malone, Chateaugny and other
towns on the line of the q. * l.. G. road to
the Queen City park and this city ON the
steamer Reindeer was attended by about
400 persons, and everybody had Il good
time, even the ID or 20 who got left, we
suppose.
BY request, the new st. Joseph's church
will be opened to the public next Sunday
at 1870 pm. Nespers Will be sung at
o'clock in Gregorian chant Faux Bour-
dom, with an accompaniment of the Sher-
man military band, under the leadership
of \. Duval, choir master of st. Joseph's
church.
y eward of S5O each has been offered
for the apprehension of the prisoners who
escaped from Jail the other night. Word has
come from various directions of persons
answering 10 their description but upon in
veatigatlUn the ruuors 50 far have been
found to be without fuuudation
Congress has appropriated $50, 900 for
improving the narrUws from Benson to
the canal locks at Whitehall, $1,000 for
continuing the Improvement of Ticonder-
oga river, $1,000 Tor Pittsburgh harbor
improvements and $4,000 for u similar
purpose at Ruuses Point
Doris's circus got into trouble at Glens
Falls, for showing without a license, and
the authorities are to bring suit against
him. At Cohoes, y. Y, several persons
were victimized by swindlers. Altogether
savory reputation in Vermont and other
localities, the present season.
party of Il young people invited by
Mr.. Abbott of Boston and Miss Cornelia |
Underwood drove Monday morning. to
Malletts Bay III the tally-ho. After din |
ner at the hotel the drive home was made |
early in the afternoon. In the evening
the trip was repeated by a company com.
posed in part of the same persons
Counterteits of the United States silver
dollars are being circulated. They are an |
excellent imitation and have the ring of a |
good com. They have the date 1852. The
inquire 5 Is little imperfect and the mill
ing Is deeper and sharper than that of the
government dollar, as 1t extends across
the full thickness Of the piece
private letter says that Sedgwick and
Frank Brinsmaid heard that the Yer
mont veterans were at Omaha lust as they
We're sitting down to dinner They left
their dinner and crossed the river and at
the junction had the pleasure of spending
two hours with the excursionists, includ.
ing many Burlington friends.
Twelve carloads of excursionists came
to the city and Queen City park Tuesday
rum NHeoler ana intermediate towns.
Ihey brought something over 1000 people.
A st. Johns excursion made this city a
visit Tuesday. The Reindeer had about
200 ST Johns people on board, about half
OF whom got off the boat at Plattsburgh.
The report of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association for July shows that dur
ing the month the reading room had 1920
visitors There We're four special gospel
service meetings with a total attendance
OF S3 and the young mems Bible class held
TWO meetings with an attendance of II.
There were l25 papers distributed during
the month.
Ida Benlah Reynolds-Smith, the much
married woman recently brought to Jail
from Underhill, was arraigned in the city
court on her own request Saturday, when
she pleaded guilty to an information filed