Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-11
VICINITY P0TP0URRI.
BURLINGTON AND OTHER CHlTTEN-
DEN COUNTY TOWNS.
The Important Local News of Week
Boiled Down Correspondents from
the Surrounding Towns Cover
Their territory Well.
BURLINGTON.

go on Tuesday and as low as So Wednes-
day, varying 80 within 81 hours.
The Cuban Giants are endea voring to ar
range another game with the University
nine to be played the latter part of the
month
Young Fountain, who was stabbed at the
cotton mill bv Joseph Benoit, was pro
nounced out of danger by DR.. Lund on
Saturday.
Adirondack Murray's yacht, the Cham
plain, will be masted to-day, and as soon as
the boat is in proper condition, Mr.. Murray
expects to take n cruise.
The Burlington letter carriers handed
29J, 430 pieces Of mail matter in June and
increase of 16, 900 pieces over the CORES
pondng month last year
Ferguson Bros. have recently placed in
the y. NJ. c. A. building a very complete
ice water tank and appointments. 1t has
been thoroughly appreciated during the hot
wave.
The Barnes hose company returned from
Ii Saturday afternoon, and marched from
the depot to their rooms in double ranks
with a liberal display of ceased brooms and
flags
Nlessrs. Leo & McIaren, on account Of
the warm weather and pressure of bust
ness, have decided to close their store at
O'Clock p M, on Fridays during July and
August
William Lee Howard Of the class of 90.
|. V NJ medical department, will sail the
10th on the steamer Columbia of the Ham
burg line, and he will go direct to the medi-
cal congress at Berlin.
Misses Mary and Lucy Torrey Messrs.
Harry and John Torrey and Miss Violet
Underwood went yesterday to Lake Placid
to spend the summer. Prof. and Mrs. Tor
rey will start for that place tomorrow.
Kate Mahony of Waterville, Me-, com
mitted suicide Saturday night by hang
ing herself with her apron while confined
in the lookup for intoxication. She was
about 30 years Old and left three children.
There are only five appeals from the ap-
praisal of real estate Just made by the board
of assessors of this city, those of the Central
Vermont railroad, James Lang ir., Julia
Is. Platt, Honora sullivan and Horace j.
Brooks and wife.
The Montcam club voted Sunday to hold
a picnic the last week of July or the first
week in August. A committee was appoint
ed to make all arrangements and prepare
list of sports. The place favored most so
far is Highsate Springs.
The invitations are out for the 9Th com
mencement exercises of the L. Y. VI. med
ical department class Of 80, to be held in
the Howard Opera House, Monday, July
A. at ; p. M, and they are very artistic
The work was done in Philadelphia.
DIR. l., Sauveur, president of the Sauveur
summer college of languages, and DR.. A. n
Van Daell, the vice president, arrived in
the city Monday to be present at the
ODpniOor of bn school Of bo Univ
building tomorrow. They are guests at
the Van Ness.
On Tuesday of this week H. f. Sails
took SIX Of his news boys out to Starr farm
for an outing. and they had a very pleasant
time. They carried out lot of tin horns
and flags, and celebrated in patriotic shape
this being the trip that they had expected
to take the Fourth but were unable to do
so.
About O'Clock Wednesday afternoon a
miniature fire occurred at Elias Lyman &
Cos. south coal shed. A spark from the
engine caught in the roof, but had burned
but short time, when one of the men dis
covered it, and a couple of pals of water
eXtingushed the flames.
Miss Hattie L. Mills, who was formerly
OF this city, has arrived in Burlington from
New York to spend a few weeks vacation
at her old home. She is now engaged in
journalistic work, contributes regularly to
the New York Press, and has just produced
new novel entitled "Apples of Eden "
The large photograph of Gen. Sheridan
which has attracted considerable attention
In b. w. Carpenters drug store window
during the past two weeks has been present
ed to the Sons of Veterans camp by Gen
William Wells and was placed in the camp
Fri
ures about 20x30 inches
Detroit's Museum of Art has voted
TO make itself museum of inanimate
freaks. The directors have decided to
clothe the nude statues, and gods
and goddesses will hereafter be draped in
clothing, which will make bushes unneces-
sary. Everybody is laughing at the fan
tastic show.
The number Of books circulated from the
Fletcher Free Library in this city in June
was 2sjG, of which 2OO2 were fiction and
books for the young. In June of 1889 the
number given out was 26l9, of which 1904
were fiction and Juveniles. The whole gain
Is 23l, the increase in fiction, etc, 9S and
in more serious reading for older persons,
1879.
Two new locomotives Nos 101 and l02
for the Central Vermont railroad passed
Saturday through Burlington en- route to st.
Adams. They are the largest on the road
having eight drive wheels cylinders 20x24
extra long fire boxes and their cabs are
built around the boilers They were built
at the Baldwin locomotive works in Phila-
dclphia and will be used in the freight de
partment.
Mr. r. A. Clark with six young mer
from the Young Mems Christian association
went into camp at Lakeside, South Hero
Wednesday for II days. The company will be
increased the first of the week, making the
whole number 10. This is the first V NJ
c. A. camp for Burlington and though
small 1t bids fair to be an enjoyable one.
DR.. j. Henry Jackson of Barre profes
sor of physiology and microscopic anatomy
medical department, L. V. NJ, sailed yes
terday on the steamer Aller of the German
Lloyd line for London He goes abroad a,
delegate from the Vermont Medical society
to the British Medical association, and also
delegate from Medical department, U. V.
NJ, to the international medical congress in
Berlin in August.