Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-05

cupy the Burke block store some time the
coming week, putting in a new stock of
ladies' furnishing ana fancy goods, sta
nQnrry, clothing and groceries. The store
been thoroughly repaired. ....Mrs. Emily
IL, Montgomery of st. JOhnsbury, was in
town for short time ON Thursday on her
return from trip to Hartford and New
!iaVen, Conn...... Frank y. Rand,
who has spent the summer at Haver-
NJ, M2ss., has returned home. ;,....
Inc residences of Hon. =. X. Gleed, Hon.
&. w. Hendee, Hon II. Ii. Powers, H. 4.
olayton, c. NJ. Peck +. II. Stone, y. W.
Spaulding, II. :. Kelsey, A. ID. Thomas, c.
f. story, Mrs, NJ. f.. Tinker, II. y. Cram,
f. Harmond, the Congregational parson-
age, Hcndee Il Fisk's block, depot and res
taurant, town hall, Robinson's photograph
Rooms ana me academy are among the
that have been much improved
with paint this past season .....The regu
lar election of officers of Green Mountain
Lodge of Good Templars was held on
wednesday evening. g..... Harrison Dodge
has nearly 800 turkeys which he will fat
ten and dress for the Thanksgiving mar
ket. -. f. f.. Foster, f. p. Robinson and
A. NJ. Churchill are building barns at
tached to their village residences. ......
Horace Grout and wife, former residents
are IN town from West Randolph. .....
Miss Lillian Downer, late nurse in the
Mary Fletcher hospital, who has been
quite Ill at II. A. Slayton's is improving.
.......C. X. Page and wife have returned
from visit Of two weeks or more among
friends Ii Boston and vicinity. ....A
larger amount of lumber than usual is
now being shipped here 1t is drawn
from six or eight different mills and all
run teams nearly every day. .....Siuce the
building of the new iron bridge at the foot
OF Cottage street. Portland street has be
me DI1Ginnss pf tha r,lupa md
1t presents a lively appearance at all hours
OF the day. Business and trade of all
Kinds l. seldom more lively than now,
ana al merchants report a decided i'm
provemeDt -. The new MOrrisvile House
Is now coinpletel and occupied by Land
lord 3O%n The building stands ia
fine location al the head of Portland street,
l. nicely finished and furnished through
ont ana makes very pleasant public
house.
Chelsea.
Emo, p. Den-mpre, u resident OF the
upper village ior many years, returned
! thursday from his SIX months sOjOurn
in Alta, Placer county, Cal, where he has
been Keeping a miners boarding house
tie reports scarcely well day during his
absence ana for nine weeks was unable to
90 anNthing. He will remain East, ana
VIII settle at Manchester, y. II H....Ar-
thur Y. Goss, NJ. d., L. V. NJ. medical
class 81, returned Friday evening from
Jersey Guy, y. j. where he has been since
hiS graduation, temporarily supplying the
place OF house physician while the sur
Scon Of the city hospital was in Europe
-. Amos Wright, d farm employc of \.
W. Whitney, while riding upon an OK
load OF wood last Monday afternoon was
suddenly Hung OFT the front end of the
wagon and run over by the,side wheels
getting one leg broken above the knee
Cambridge.
Joseph W. Turner of Cambridge Boro
died ut his residence Tuesday evening, in
his send y.ar. Mr.. Turner came to this
town when young man and has spent 4
long and upright life among us. He was
for years Il leading merchant here,
amassed "A considerable fortune and only
gave up business when age compelled
min to do so. Mr.. Turner was through
out his life consistent member
of the Congregational church. His
funeral was held last Saturday.....
Harvey +. WhitcOmb has accepted posi-
ticn in the scale works at Rutland .....
An adventurous party visited Indian mill
last week in search of relics and claim to
have been rewarded by finding a rosary,
once the property of one Of the devout st
Francis lndans, VINO encamped here IN
an early day ..... Mr.. Samuel Gould will
spend most of the winter with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cleveland, at the Centre. go.
There will be ribbon party in the vestry
of the Congregational church next Thurs
day evening ......B. b Covey and family
are expected home from Cherubusco, "
y, this week. ..... Mr.. f.. c. Hopkins was
given Il reception at ;. NJ. Safford's before
his departure for his home III California
49,. Misses Emma and Laura Patch and
Miss Hattie Hopkins have gone to Florida
for the winter. .....B, f. Wiley
hn col. tttrn hr1r. .l,...,l
wood lot to Henry Smile OF
Waterville for $1,000; 49,. Lucy Seeley,
who has been very i'll of infiammatory
rheumatism, is recovering ...... Misses
Lucia and Anna Smile are visiting
friends in Montpelier. .....Mr. White
has bought the, William Prentice
place and has taken poss;ession;.,...,.
fox were seen last week near j.
lIanley's in Pleasant Valley. ..... Stephen
Cornell is i'll of erysipelas. Otis Sher-
man has bought of Chauncey Warner his
recent purchase, the Story farm near the
Boro. Mrs. Henry ;. White of Bur
lington is visiting in Cambridge. ......
Miss Martha Dunton is visiting her broth
er, Rev. c. II. Dunton, d. d., principal of
the Troy conference academy at Poultney.
..... Miss Lucy Royce Will teach the win
ter term of school at Westford Corners.
..... Miss Inez Patten will teach again in
ulSlIlCJ NO. 10 lllt CO1llluS NlnlGT......
Fred Smith is performing the duties Of
station agent at Cambridge and g. ID.
Lease takes Smiths place at Jefferson
Vile ..... lsadOre Gomeau last week
threshed 3O2 bushels of oats in six and one
half hours. John Bassett has moved
here from Stowe. ...,.. Rev b. +. Wheeler
was recently married to Miss Hattie
Campbell of Hyde Park.
Bristol.
The heavy rains of the past week have
put the roads in a horrible condition.
Mrs. Carrie Prime, who has been i'll for
several weeks, died Sunday night. .....
George III. Bartlett returned home last
week from England, where he has been
for several months. .... Rev. G. 5. Sar-
gent lectured ut the Baptist church last
Friday evening on "The Christian Out
look in America to a good-sized audi
ence. ....C. V. Bates has sold his livery
business too. h. Grover. Mr.. Bates is to
go to Waterbury, where he will take
charge of his fathers business .....R. d.
Stewart and family leave for California
to-day and will be absent about six
months. 1.-THE bernethy-Munsill
water system is not the success that the
owners anticipated. Private water com.
Dauies on small scale are a nuisance