Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-02-03
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CITY AND VICINITY.

Valentines are beginning to appear in
costly and elaborate designs appropriate
to leap year.
1t is expectedthat the Dartmouth college
sophomores will hold their annual ban
quet at the Van Ness House February 30
The time for noting cases for trial at the
term of the United States Circuit and Dis
trict Court to be held in this city, Feb. rs,
will expire on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
A road has been pushed OUT from here
to Shelburn harbor and yesterday a team
crossed for the first time The road is
quite rough owing to the anchor ice.
Negotiations are in progress for the
erection of block of stores, 100 feet deep,
on the west side of Church street between
the Central House block and the residence
of j. A. Shedd.
There was serious fire in st. Angus
tine, Fla, last Friday night, and the
house and barn Of Mr.. G. A. Hubbard were
in great danger, but by the exertion of his
friends they were saved.
An effort is to be made to arrange a Sc
ries of races on the ice in the near future.
The greatest obstacle seems to be the
preparation of suitable tracks within con-
venient distance of the city, but this diff
Guilty will undoubtedly be overcome and
some exciting races held
The committee consisting of Alderman
Englesby, City Clerk Allen and City At
torney Roberts, appointed to reprint the
city charter as 1t now exists and to revise
and print the city ordinances subject to
the approval of the City Council, have
already completed their work. Consider
able labor In the way of condensation has
been done, but no very radical changes
have been made.
Owing to the bad roads there was a
small attendance at the meeting of the
executive committee of the Chittenden
County Agricultural society at Dunbar's
Saturday 1t was decided to hold the next
fair at the Burlington and Winooski
Driving Park September to inclusive.
The delegates to the recent district
meeting of the fifth Masonic district at the
rooms of Burlington lodge No. 100 repre-
senting 10 lodges and including all lodges
in the district, report that it was one of
the best meetings ever held in Vermont.
The Burlington Gun club have added to
their grounds by the lease of Porter's
point. This point has about six miles
frontage on the lake and is one of the best
hunting grounds. This gives them total
frontage on the lake of over 10 miles
They propose to post it and keep off in
truders.
The eastern sky was beautifully clear on
Saturday evening in this quarter, and the
total eclipse Of the moon could be seen by
all who cared to look for it, without
smoked glass and under most favorable
circumstances. Those who did not wit
ness it lost rare opportunity to observe
a beautiful spectacle. 1t differed from
the total eclipse of 1913, in that the moons
disk was now much more obscured than
then,-since in the eclipse of that year the
atmospheric conditions were such that
good deal of light was refracted to the
satellite and it seemed only a little
less bright than usual. In this.eclipse, dur
ing the period of totality, the moon was
coppercolored disk, rejecting only light
enough to make it distinctly visible. Its
rapid emergence from the shadow was
beautiful sight. If the sky was every
where as clear as here, the astronomers
could have had nothing to complain of.