Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-04-18

once. The old board of officers are reelected
as follows: President, &. ID. Wright: vice
president, Fred Johnnott; secretary and
treasurer, l.. G. Grant; directors, the above
and L. f. Henderson, a. c. Whiting, w.
A. Crombie, u. a. Woodbury. and IL. L.
Sails.
Mr. c. A. Hubbard, who has been in ST.
Augustine, Fla, for the past three months
or so, returned to this city Thursday even
ing. He says that the hotels there have
been doing an extensive business. He will
return to st. Augustine May | to take an
inventory OF the goods in the large depart
ment store in which he is interested Mrs.
IIbbard will not return to Burlington until
June.
The Swanton Courier says that the
steamer Maquam will resume her old route
between Maquam and Pittsburgh this sea-
son and will be commanded by Captain
Kane. The steamer is expected to leave
Shelburne harbor for Maquam about May /.
when she Will be put in trim for the season.
Her new work, that of towing, which she
undertook last summer, was not remunera-
tive, hence her return to her regular occu-
patton.
DR.. L. A. Smith of Brandon, b. f. Rugg
of ST. Adams and Lucius Webb of Gran
Nllio Ncle III INC Guy NcSlCTuty. lucy VS.
tied the Queen City Park and staked out
the ground for the new hotel to replace
that which was burned a few months since.
The timber Will arrive from Randolph next
week and rs it is already framed rapid pro-
gress will be made on the structure, which
is to be pushed to an early completion.
Mr. Walter b. Gates writes that he had
the pleasure of meeting Dr. Charles r. f.
Lewis and wife in London, the latter being
remembered as Miss Mary Marvin, who
spent last summer in Burlington. They
We're married in London, March g. Dir.
Lewis, who was for some years with James
Lewis in his office in this city has succeeded
to the practice of one of the oldest dentists in
London and is already so successful that he
has an assistant.
The first anniversary of the formation of
| the Junior Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor was held at the chapel
parlors of the First Congregational church
Sunday afternoon between , and ! o clock.
The society was formed April !, 1889, and
is training school for the y Dung Peoples
society and now numbers 40 members, has
a good attendance and is well equipped to
continue the work so well begun.
Rev. DR.. Halves was settled as pastor
over the Winooski Avenue Church five years
ago to-day, April II, 1885, Sunday
morning he preached an exceedingly inter
esting anniversary sermon from this text:
:" | will mention the loving kindnesses of the
Lord, and the praises of the Lord, accord
ing to all that the Lord hath bestowed ON
us" Isaiah, 63;i. By vote of the church
committee this sermon is to be printed al
once in pamphlet form.
A considerable number of gentlemen in
! Guiding professors of the university and
business and professional men together with
members of the association and invited
guests assembled in the y. VI. c. a. gym
nasum last evening to witness the first
gymnasium exhibition given under the
pervision OF Mr.. r. a. Clark. The director.
! The entertainment was highly interesting
and it is sure to awaken a still greater de.
gree of interest among our residents in the
| subject of ply sical culture.
w. s. Phelps has sold the yacht Gypsic
to DR.. l.. NJ. Bingham and has bought Il
new yacht, The Madge, which was owned
| 10y one of the members of the knickerboker
Yacht club in New York. She was design
ed by W. P, Stevens, yachting editor of
Forest and Stream Sne is keel yacht, %
| feet over all. : feet beam, 4 feet draft and
carries 1900 pounds outside ballast. She
carries IL mainsail, jib topsail, spirit top,ail
| and balloon iib. She has neat cabin. fur
nished in natural wood and has sleeping ac-
commodations Tor four persons on cruise.
She has the reputation of being one of the
hardest weather boats of her size and will
be a valuable addition to Rurlington's fleet
Of yachts. Mr. Phelps expects to bring
The Madge to Lake Champlain about May D.
The New York Times in its account of
the Easter services at Trinity church Of
which the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix is rector,
saws that the music, under the direction of
! DR.. Arthur II. Messiter, was particularly
brilliant and effective. The onertory was
composed of selections from the st, Peter''
OF Sir Jules Benedict, "Gird Up Thy Loins
and Arise The first of which intro
duced a phenomenal boy soprano, Frank
Wing Riker, who, although he has been
only few months under DR.. Messiter' 5
training, reaches and holds high d with
ease, and sings like an artist" This young
singer is only If years old and is a grand
son of Mr.. II. r. Wing of this city, and
for time sang in St Pauls church.
Special Inspector of immigration F. l.
Woodbridge was called to our city Fri
day from Newport, Vt, to investigate a
complaint made to the treasury depart
ment some tlne ago in regard to Cana
treal, who is here in the employ of S.
Beach rastery baker. The facts of the
case in bret are follows; Mr.. Beach adj
vertised some time since in a Montreal
paper for pastry cook, and the advertise
ment being answered by Prouse, Mr.. Beach
engaged him to come here aud work. This
was an actual, though .unintcntonal viola
ton of the alien-labor contract law. The
penalty attached to such violations of the
law is a fine of $1,000 and the return Of the
} alien to the country from whence he came.
As Mr.. Beach is law-abding citizen and
snned in this case in ignorance of the
statute and announced his willingness to
Immediately send the man bac, to Montreal
no prosecution was instituted in the case,
and Mr.. Prouse returns to Montreal sadder
and wiser man.
The marriages for the month of March
numbered only four according to Health
OtlicerRutherford' report, as compared
with five the previous month, while in March,
1889, there was one wedding in the city,
and the same month in 1883 there were five.
According to the report there were %