Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-18
VICINITY POTPOURRI,
AND OTHER CHlTTEN-
DEN COUNTY TOWNS.
rho Important Local News of week
Boiled Down Correspondents from
the Surrounding Towns Cover
Their Territory We'll,
BURLINGTON.


In the shade of Shepard e Morso's piazza
away from the sun at $3.50 Tuesday the
mercury registered ga.
At the Annual meeting Of tho c. Y. M.
L. it was decided TO havo an annual eNcur-
sion. but complete arrangements for the
same have not as yet been made.
The handsome flag and flagstaff so feet
high, with ball. presented by Mr.. J.. a.
Drew to the Ethan Allen Engine company,
were raised on their building Friday.
There have been excursions arranged for
on the Central Vermont abroad to Bur
ington for every day but one of the present
week and the first two days of the. coming
week.
The Venetian Blind company have just
been awarded the contract for furnishing
the largest public school in the United
States, that in New York city with vene
tian blinds.
OF the 1912 clearances ut Whitehall of
canal boats since May /, 76l were ice boats
which account for 250, 691, 200 pounds of
ice, or 12j, $40 tons of the Lake Champlain
ice harvest.
The subject of the W c. r. t. meeting
Sunday afternoon was 1.-The liquor traffic
and Africa Remarks were made by Mr..
and Mrs O. P. Ray and Mrs Lord of Al
bany, y. y.
Sundays Y. NJ. C. A. meeting was de
voted to reports from the young men who
attended Mir. Noody's college students
conference at Northfield, Mass, and was an
exceedingly interesting session.
The aggregate offering Of butter on the
State Board Friday afternoon was 21.-
300 pounds Sixteen cents was the bid but
there were no sales The Offering of cheese
aggregated 25 coo pounds, with no bids
The Malone a. " Farmer says that
ex Senator John A. Kasson on his ar
rival at Malone found a telegram offer
ing him, without solicitation on his part,
tbs secretary ship of the great worlds fair.
The prize for big stories of the late gale
should be awarded to the Hlattsburgh Tee
gram which is authority for the statement
that a tw0-year- old steer in the town of
Peru, n y, was lifted bodily and thrown
over a wire fence four feet high.
The weekly receptions given by DR.
Sauveur will be held on Friday evenings at
$40 at the American House. DR.. Sauveur
will be assisted in receiving by Miss Myer.
A general invitation is extended to the citi-
i2ens of Burlington to attend these recep-
tons.
The Chittendcn county democratic CON
vention is to be held at Essex Junction,
Thursday, July "a, at l a. IN. ii is OK
pected chat Hon II. f. Brigham of Bakers
field. democratic candidate for governor,
will address the convention in the after
noon.
A radical Improvement is 10 be made in
the opera house this summer by Manager
Walker The balcony seats are to be moved
forward to the first railing and the entrance
to the centre aisle will be from the rear SC
that there will be no poor seats al the real
whatever.
Since the breaks in the canal ceased tC
intercept the safe passage of the canal boat
navigation up to the present time has beel
in most hourishing condition. Buyers
fast getting in their regular stocks
however, and the tows will begin to grow
smaller as tie season advances.
John Laramy of Charlotte was ARRESTED
by Chief Of Police Dumas Saturday on ths
charge of maliciously destroying property
of q. W. James He was arrested on sim
liar charge last fall, securing bail with diff
fculty, and he will probably pass the month
Of August in jail
The Burlington delegation to Mr. Moody
college students conference at Northfeld
W
Avery w. A. Rabbit, 5. T. Byington, b
b. Bosworth, G. T. Cooke, W. Hazen, II
c. Petty, \. NJ. Pratt, r. f. Lewis, f. G
Ward and L. NJ, Wheeler.
Prof Perkins has received within day o
two from Groton some fine specimens OF tn,
rLododendron maximum in blossom. Thi
wild rhododendron with its delicately tinted
white blossom is found i'll one locality, alt
only one, in this State, namely on tn,
shores of Groton pond, on the line of thu
Wells River railroad.
The well being sunk for gas at DR.
Webb's Shelburne farms has now reache
a depth Of nearly 600 feet a strata {
slate is now causing some trouble as tn
layers slant, and the effect is to turn tn
drill one side. Only about five feet of pre-
gress was made one day last week
At an adjourned meeting of the Mont
calm club it was decided to hold their frs
annual picnic and athletic tournamer
at Basin Harbor, going on the steame
Vermont Wednesday, July 30. goo
list Of sports has been arranged and tw
Grst-class ball teams have been engaged
play for a good prize
Messrs. w. Murray Crombie and Arthu
G. Cromble went Friday morning
Plattsburgh, taking with them two saddl
horses. They were met at Pa .tsburgh b
Harold Morse and went from there to Loo
Lake in the Adirondacks, from which place
a sort Of rendezvous, they will take a
extended series of trips through the moul
tains.
Active labor on the Burlington breaI
water will probably be begun next Monda,
Mr., f. +. Goodsell went last evening
Rouses Point and the Marquita will go
that place to-day, to tow the derrick DO,
to North Hero. where she will load wit
oak timber for Shelburne Harbor, an
then return to this city in season for Il
commencement Of operation on the brea
water.
meeting of the Vermont State Boar
of Health was held Tuesday for the pu
pose Of reorganizing owing to the death
DR.. c. l.. Allen Of Rutland, who was seer
tary Of the board, DR.. c. S. Cavcrly
Rutland had been appointed by Go
Dillingham; to fill out the term which W
expire this fall Or. \. II. Chessmore
Huntington was elected president of Il
board and DR.. Hamilton Of Richford seer
tary.
Last Tuesday lightning struck the CHR