Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-04
VICINITY POTPOURRI.
BURLINGTON AND OTHER CHlTTEN
DEN COUNTY TOWNS.
The Important Local News of Week
Boiled Down Gen. Correspondents from
the Surrounding Towns Cover
Their Territory Well.
BURLINGTON.

college,.
Prof Clark the specialist in lenses for
eye troubles, will return to Burlington next
Monday, to remain through the week.
All trains on the Delaware and Hudson
railroad now stop at the Hotel Champlain,
aud this infant summer resort is fact be-
coming popular
Fifty cars of Barre granite passed through
Burlington Saturday en- route TO Troy and
Albany. \ good number of the cars We're
Of GO, 600 pounds capacity.
The Sherman band have made an addition
TO their corps Of players i'll Mr. William
buxton formerly of Jericho cornet play
er. Mr. Charles Devero plays the first cor
net.
Boston and Maine railroad parlor car
was yesterday run on the Burlington and
Lamoic railroad to the White Mountains
from this city for the first time this sea-
son.
Two hundred and six visitors in the city
We're shown over the Y NJ. c. \. build
ing during the month of June, by Secre
1ary Swift and his courteous assistant, Mr..
Sherman Isham.
Hon. John a. Kasson of Iowa. formerly
minister to Austria, and in early life a stu
dent at the University. was at the Van
Ness over Sunday on his way to visit a sister
iu New York State.
Parties who were on Mt Mansfield Sun
Hay report the roads and paths as being in
very good condition Signals by means of
sun flashes We're passed between the noun
tans and point ON the College hill in this
city
One of Ferguson's double ice teams dash
cd down Church street Saturday morning
smashing a cellar window in Lyman &
Aliens store wrecking a single rig and
making a final connection with an electric
light pole.
Wednesday afternoon Joseph Benoit
threw large knife at Tneophius Fountain
l6 year old boy employed at the Burling
ton cotton Mills ami inflicted a serious
wound in tine formers abdomen, Benoit has
disappeared.
The depot at Winoo,ki, which has been
undergoing repairs since the middle of
-arch, viii probably not he finished before
The last of July. it is almost entirely new,
and not much of the old structure remains
but the original frame.
The drill in use at DR.. Webb's farm was
broken in use last Saturday, and was
brought to Lang d Goodness for repairs
Monday, The boring has reached n depth
OF over 400 feet and is now in fiinty slate
rock, very hard to drill
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Monday the 23d the following changes
took place III the Central Vermont railroad
1ln1 liable; he ~ a. m train Will leave
at 'I1 the ll:O1 a. m. train will leave at
100. and the Boston mail will leave at
do, instead OF 100.
Heman W. Allen. esq. has been elected
a director in the Merchants National bank
and also . trustee Of The Farmers and Mech
nnics Savings Institution and Trust com
pany to I'll vacancies occas'oned by the
death of Edward Lyman. The Merchants
National bank have made their 10Th divi-
dend. payable on and after July /.
Mr. f. l.. Riplev has had printed in
very handsome form the anniversary sermon
preached by Rev. DR.. HAYES at the WI.
nooski avenue church at the close of his fifth
year of service as pastor of the church. and
"A copy will be presented to each member of
the church and congregation. The fronts
piece is a fair likeness of DR.. HAYES
a reunion aud basket picnic OF tho Vet
Grams association of franklin Grand Isle
and Chittenden counties is to he held nj
Queen CITY Park .Julv from, noints on tbc
Central Vermont railroad. The St. Adams
Brigade band and other bands will furnish
music. Gen. Stephen Thomas Gov DjIIng-
ham and others are expected to be present
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is on a vacation. and is also filling n fem
porary vacancy in the PILGRIM Conrrepa
tiona Church auartette
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