Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-04-05
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The Vermont Sons Of the Revolution will
organize at Montpelier this afternoon.
The Sons of Veterans will give a reception
at their hail this evening.
There will be a sale of Struggled goods which
were seized at the custom house to-day at 10
Il. N.
A meeting of the Grocers and Meat Mems
association has been called for Thursday
evening
j. w. Sullivan will shortly put in plate
glass front in his store and make other inn
provements.
In compliance with the mayors sugges-
ton, Chief of Police Dumas has ordered new
uniforms for thu police force.
The open space in the lake is rapidly
widening and the first strong wind will
eNcrely test the remaining ice.
The Winooski and Burlington Horse Rail
road company have declared their usual
quarterly dividend of one per cent, payable
April I.
Navigation is open between ST. Johns and
ROuses Point. and the indications are that it
will soon be the entire length of Lake Cham
plain.
Lt.-Gov Woodbury. is having three
houses built on the south side of LOOMS
street. between Prospect street and Mans
field avenue.
The board of assessors met Monday
morning and organized by the election of f.
G. Mower as chairman and Z. +. Brownel
as secretary.
Michael Barry and Patrick Kennedy
pleaded guilty in the City Court Monday
to the charge of INVESTIGATION and were fined
the usual sum. They disclosed ON the city
agency.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal com
pany has let the contract to New York
party for $3.50. 600 to complete the summer
hotel at Bluff Point, three miles south of
Pittsburgh.
Mayor Crombic's message shows that he
has the municipal affairs of the city well in
hand, and it contains rec lamentations
which will commend themselves to the tax
payers Of Burlington.
The following officers of the Burlington
High school base ball team for 1889 have
been elected: Manager, W. NJ. Crombie;
captain, c. L. Lamb; secretary and treas
urer, Il. l.. Burnap scorer, Arthur Crom-
bic.
The luckiest man on record here is one
who while walking short time ago in Wi
nooskl found q handsome cutf button, and
then while coming over the hill to this city
found its mate near the hospital.
Mr.. L. P. Waite is in town making pre-
liminary arrangements for the new edition
of the Burlington directory. The canvass
of names will be commenced about May and
will be pushed with all possible despatch.
The Board OF Aldermen are to be con-
graduated ON the election of Alderman
Lyman as the president of the Board He
is thoroughly qualified for the position and
will I'll it in a worthy and dig flied man
ner.
Arrangements have been compile ed for
the Spiritualist camp meeting which will
open at Queen City park July 20 and CON
tinue four weeks. Some of the most noted
mediums and Spiritualist speakers in the
country will be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Horatio LOOMS expect to
sail from Liverpool for home about the mid
die of this month, and to occupy their house,
the Henry LOOMS homestead, which win be
vacated by lis present occupant Mr.. \. \.
Buell., about the lst of May.
The adjourned meeting of the Grand Isle
Steamboat company was held at st. Albaus
| Thursday and these directors We're elected:
II. Brainerd, 10 d. Hatch, T. G.. Smith,
Edward Lyman, D. d. Ranlctt, b. b. Small
ley, n. W. Fisk, The Reindeer will run
for excursions only as during the past two
seasons.
March went out like a lion after all, if n
driving snow storm all Sunday afternoon
| and night can he thus characterized. About
three inches fell and Monday morning the
earth presented quite wintry aspect The
snow disappeared during the day, however,
| leaving mud in place of the dust which had
| come to be noticeable One sleigh was seen
| on the streets the owner seeming deter
mined to have a sleigh ride in April
Mrs. Mariner, mother Of Mrs. A. L. Par
sons, who died Tuesday in this city had been
for some months i'll poor health being for a
| time under treatment at the hospital. She
possessed a strong Christian character The
funeral services were held at the residence
of \. L. Parsons, Wednesday at ,, Rev
c. +. Carter officiating, and there was
singing by quarteite, Misses Johonnott
and Simpson and Messrs Sherman and
Swift The remains We're taken to Auburn,
Me. for interment
The SACRED concert" would have Jared
no worse, certainly, if it had been an
bounced as a secular concert. The people of
this city are not such children that they do
not know the difference between sacred
concert and a programme made up Of selec-
tons from "Ermnie, - Era Diavolon and
the Bohemian Girl, " with praise to the
Lord from the Queens Lace Handker-
chief THE Last Waltz, - ''Wood Nymphs
Car and songs mot named by any title
by the funny men Of the company.
1t is not to be inferred that the Wilbur
! Opera company intended to deliberately fly
in the face of wholesome public sentiment in
their announcement of Il Sunday concert
Most Of them probably come from coun tries
and cities whore there is little orno Sunday;
and they have given such concerts in many
American cities Perhaps they did not un-
derstand how much OF an innovation il
would have been here. But it would have
obviously been better for them and all con
cerned il they had been content with their
very successful week, during which they
played throughout TO full houses and gave
pleasure TO thousands of people, and not
tried to add TO their profits by the doubtful
experiment Of a Sunday concert
The time for publishing new edition of
the city directory has nearly arrived, Since
the publication of the last edition the own