Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-06
VICINITY POTPOURRI,
BURLINGTON AND OTHER CHITTEN-
DEN COUNTY TOWNS.
The Important Local News of n Week
Boiled Down--C Correspondents from
the Surrounding Towns over
their Territory Well.
BURLINGTON.

One hundred and fifteen cars OF ice were
shipped last week from this city, to New
York and Jersey City.
The yacht Madge which Mr.. w. S.
Phelps purchased in New York some time
ago arrived in this city Monday.
Invitations have been received in this city
for a reunion of the alumni of Burr and
Burton seminary at Manchester, June 20.
The hog trains have been discontinued
from the first of the present month, over
this division of the Central Vermont rail
road.
Mr. l.. S. Drew shipped Monday after
noon his famous COW Cornelia 3rd, which
he has sold to the New Jersey experiment
station.
Prof. Clark the specialist in lenses for eye
defects who has been with Hildreth the
jcwcler the past two weeks will stay by re-
quest all next week.
Prof r. w. Tayler of New York city
will begin his clinics at the Medical college
June Is, and they will be holden daily for
five days.
1t is understood that in view of recent
events the University field day for which
tensive preparations were in progress, has
been given up,
The t. V. NJ field day which was to
roned until next week the arrangements
not having been completed.
Mrs j. f. Swift, Mrs. Waldron and Mrs.
w. j. Van Patten represented the Burling
ton Woman's Home Missionary society at
the national meeting held at Saratoga.
The subject of the Sunday afternoon
meeting in W. c. 7. L. hall was Per
sonal Responsibility and the exercises
a., ~ Me- I .,,I...
n X Brown is now doing business under
the firm name of n X. Brown & Co., hav-
ing sold half interest in his proprietary
medicine business to a. G. Fisher of Chi
cago.
The Army and Navy Journal says that
Ensign W. &. Richardson, United States
navy. has left New York city and pro
poses to make Burlington. VT, his future
home.
The FREE PRESS ball nine has arranged
TO play a series of three games with the
the Rutland Herald nine. The first game
Will be played at Rutland next Saturday,
June :.
Hon W. l.. Burnaps course of lectures
at the Medical college has been extended.
owing to his presence at the United States
Court at Windsor, and he will occupy the
TWO afternoon hours.
The entries for the meeting of the Vernon
Association of Road and Trotting Horse
Breeders, to be held at Rutland in August
close June 10. Information concerning
same may be had of F. II. Harrington,
Brandon.
At ). 30 O'Clock Wednesday the marriage
of 7. II. Willis of Pittsford and Miss Bertha
/, Rice of this city took place in the pres
ence of a few invited friends at the resi-
dence of tine brides mother. Rev. c. F.
Carter performed the ceremony.
H. R. Conger purchased last week of c.
a. Kinney a pair of four-year old Nor
man horses for his ice wagon They were
raised i'll Illinois, weigh 2SOU pounds and
standing IL hands high, are nearly thor
oughbreds and are fine specimens.
Al a meeting of the Hook and Ladder
company NJ. c. Powers resigned his posi-
ton as foreman, and E. H. Brien was
elected to fill the vacancy. By unani-
nous vote it was decided not to accept the
resolution adopted by the Board of Alder
men.
Mr.. Charles Z. Miner in company with
f. j. Reyes, esq, of Rutland will start this
morning for a trip West to visit and ex-
anime the different banks and trust com
panies in which they and many Vermonters
are interested They will be absent two or
three weeks.
Hon. George F. Edmunds sent his
check for $50 to Stannard post, G. a. R.,
TO assist in defraying the expenses Of
Memorial day Senator Edmunds has an
nually contributed voluntarily since the
first observance of the day by this post
Two interesting games of base ball were
rlo III To-
Friday the L. V. Ms defeated the Dart
mouth nine by score of 16 to and on the
following day the Hanover boys turned the
tables by winning II to 2.
The Young Americans went to st. AL
bans Memorial day and defeated the Elks
of that place. The game was hotly con-
tested and was won in the seventh inning
when the Young Americans batted out four
runs, The game was witnessed by over
500 people, The score was ID to u.
The stone arch on the south front Of the
Episcopal rectory is being taken down for
repairs, it having been badly cracked ear
the centre for some time. The work is
under the charge of c. p. Morse, who
thinks the work of taking down and re-
placing will occupy about two weeks.
Saturday Chief of Police Dumas arrest
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from Willsboro, y. y, on suspicion that he
was connected with the burglary of jewel
~ establishment there recently. The pri-
soner, who gave the name of Joseph Lell-
man, denies all knowledge of the affair.
The Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
announces the engagement OF Mr.. j. Walter
May of Boston and Miss Minnie S. Wood
bury, eldest daughter of Lieut. Gov. Wood
bury Of this city Miss Woodbury. recently
returned from Boston, where she has been
pursuing her studies in art and voice cul-
ture.
Dr. Z. F. White, graduate of the Medi-
cal department of the University of Yer
mont, who has been located at Bristol for
some time, has gone to Manchester, n. H.
where he has formd a partnership with DIR.
Parsons, leading physician of that city.
Dr. Whites many friends will wish him
success in his new field.
The last large casting from w. H.
Drinks foundry for the new water works
system to be put in at New London Conn,
has been successfully completed, and is now
In the machine shop, where all the huge