Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-06-15
HOME MATTERS.
CITY AND VICINITY.


The new office of G. l.. Linsey is be-
ing slated and wiz be finished in a day
or two.
f. s. Spear & Co.. are building an ad
dition to the rear of their store on Wi
nooski avenue.
Tickets to the Chicago convention will
be good going from the l4th until the 18th
and good to return until June IS
The executive committee of the State
republican league recommend that the
2Sth day of June be observed by repubii-
can clubs for local Publications.
Shepard & Morse are clearing eff the
, grounds formerly occupied by the build
ings of their retail department north of
College street, getting in readiness for re-
building.
Upon opening the safe of Taft, Morgan
& Co. the books were found in good CON
dition although the binding was affected
by the intense heat to which they were
subjected.
G.. l.. Linsley has com menced the cree
ton of An Office building on the site of the
old Office, making it little larger both
ways. 1t will be completed in a few days
The first district republican conven-
ton, which Is to be held at Rutland July
3, was called by mistake at 10 a. m. The
| committee have corrected the error and
the convention will assemble at $780,
which allows time for arriving on the
| forenoon trains.
There will be big 1reman's muster at
plattsburgh, \. y, on July 4. 1t will be
under the auspices of the Relief Hose
company and the principal attraction will
/ be the hose race. Several of the Burling-
ton companies will in all probability at
tend.
The Boxers held meeting Wednesday
and voted to accept the invitation received
by them from the Relief hose company of
Plattsburgh to contest in the fremen 5
tournament July T. The Boxers will send
full running team of Ii members 10
bring back one of the prizes.
| President Brainerd and Mr.. A. O. Fer
guson went to Providence island Saturday
to make arrangements for the summer
A reservoir is to be put into the pavilion
into which water will he pumped by a
wind mill. The restaurant to he run by
| the Ferguson Bros. is practically com
| pleted.
A conference bet Teeu the directors of
the Shepard X Morse Lumber company
and the Taft Bros. was held in this city
Saturday. The Shepard q Morse Co.
were inclined to rebuild the sash and
door factory if it was desired, but the mat
ter was left undecided to await the result
of the adjustment of the los ,es by the fire
The city directory has been completed,
and copies will be delivered to subscribers
for it to-day. Its publication has been de-
layed beyond expectation by extra canvass
and by the crowded condition of our job
department, but it has many additions
which it would not have had if published
earlier. 1t is a handsome publication and
an indispensable hand. book for business
men.
The Vermont republican league will be
represented at the meeting of the national
league in Chicago during convention
week by President Redfield Proctor and
Secretary c. S. Forbes. The headquarters
of the national league will be at the Grand
Pacific Hotel. President Proctor leaves
this morning for Chicago and Secretary
Forbes will 90 with the Vermont delegates
Friday night.
There is TO be a radical change in the
timetable of the Burlington and Lamoille
road which will take effect June % The
mail train which now leaves at $40 a. m,
will not leave till l0:l0a. m, aud the after
noon express now leaving at 40 will
leave at p. m, making close connections
at Cambridge junction with trains over
the Vermont division of the Boston and
Lowell Returning the trains will reach
! Burlington at l and $40 p. N.