Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-15
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CITY AND VICINITY.

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ginning Tuesday, October 26.
One fourth of all the canal boats in the
United States are enrolled in the Cham
plain customs district, the enrolment is
larger in this district than in any other.
There was not much business of impor
lance transacted in the County Court We'd
terday afternoon. The remaining cases
on the chancery docket will be called sat
urday.
The party which went deer hunting in
the Adirondj cks, Including DR.. Waters
and son and i. w. Wood of this city,
killed 10 deer and caught two aiVe-the
best record we have seen this season.
There is to be a great sale of blooded
stock at Bath, y. H., November A. ut 10 II.
M. including Il large number of registered
short horns from the herd of q j.. Rey-
nolds OF Burlington.
The st. Adams Messenger says; 1--WE
learn that while stove coal has been sell
ing at Burlington at 81. p per ton, the st.
Adams dealers sell the same at 81 after
paying freight on it between Burlington
and this point"
A woman, rather poorly dressed, who is
said to have hailed from Rutland, was at
tackled with an apOplectic fit at the depot
Monday afternoon, while waiting for
train, and in falling to the floor, cut her
head quite severely.
The case of Selinas against the state
Agricultural society and the Champlan
Valley association, in which the plaintiff
was awarded judgment for 1928 and
costs for Il broken leg, in Washington
County Court, has been appealed by the
defendants.
Farmers say that potatoes are fairly
large crop and that the quality is gen
orally good. The apple crop is more
abundant than was expected early IN the
season. but it is not nearly up to the aver
age and fine eating apples are scarce.
There was large attendance at the
funeral of the late Thomas Fowler which
was held from the Cathedral of the I'm
maculate Conception Wednesday morning
The Young Mems Catholic Union OF
which the deceased was member were
present in IL body.
Grand Master y. p. Bowman of st
Johusbury has issued a cali for a con
vention of the Rebakah Lodges Of odd
Fellows 10 be held in this city, Nov. /. \
new lodge viii be instituted here and The
WORK Will ne CNtIn Illlllcu by Tue ben
niugtun Lodge OF kebakHh.
There will be no further band concerts
in the park this year, unless perhaps there
should happen to be an unusually warm
FRIDAY evening. As this is improbable
our people may expect to enjoy no more
of the Shermans' excellent concerts until
warm weather comes again.
Mr. Herman l.. Walker of Boston has
been appointed teacher of music in our
public schools, and is expected to enter
upon his duties the 18th inst. Mr.. Walker
comes highly recommended both IN re
spect to his musical attainments and his
personal character.
A subscription paper to obtain $50 for
the purchase of the portrait of Gen. Stan
nard, executed by the Wellman sisters, to
be presented to Mrs Stannard, was circu-
lated Tuesday, aud the sum was raised
without difficulty. a similar portrait OF
the general is to be sent to Montpelier for
the State House.
BY the fall arrangement of the Cham
plain Transportation company the
steamer A. Williams will make two
round trips each day between Burlington
and Plattsburgh and the Mariquita on
Thursday will make two trips between
burlington ana ESSEX
The meeting OF the Ladies Indian asso-
citation at the Berean Baptist church yes
terday afternoon was very well attended,
and a good degree Of interest was mani
Tested in the development of the work
The ladies intend holding monthly meet
iugs through the winter.
Within the past week II carloads of
lumber, with about II 900 feet each and one
barge with 30 600 feat of lumber have ar
rived ut this port tor Bronsous, Weston x
Durham, and one barge also for W. 4 d.
q. Crane. The aggregate amount reaches
nearly half million feet
The Commercial I'nion cor,rspv ar.
strinpipg anew wire between Kurli,,oton
and New York for local business the n,,Iv