Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-21

era clothes lines have been robbed recently, |
and the authorities would like TO break up
the gang.
The Troy Times of Saturday contained a |
full page description of the new Hotel |
Champlain at Bluff Point with number of
illustrations of the structure from different
points of view and of the lake aud mouu-
tain scenery as seen from the hotel. 1t was
a brilliant stroke Of enterprise on the part
of brilliant newspaper.
Mr.. W. b. Gates, of the FREE PRESS
editorial stat, went TO New York Mon
cay night and sailed for Liverpool on the
steamer "Citv of Paris of the Inman line
Wednesday afternoon He will be away
about three months and during that time
will visit England, France, Germany, Hol-
land, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy.
i force of men have been engaged in filing
the cold storage building with ice from 10 to
- inches in thickness. The.ice is cut north
of the Central dock and the cakes are
pushed up a small slide and across the dock
TO the building. The blocks are elevated
by means OF u horse and pulley to the upper
part OF the structure, which is about half
filled.
At college meeting held Saturday morn
ing the following board of editors for the
Cynic WAS elected: Editor-n chief, Buck
ham: business manager, Stcagus; assistant
business manager Pit&ln; general literature,
Henry, Randall and Mover '92; locals,
Hawley: personals Lewis; and exchanges,
Alger 80.
An advertisement Of the celebrated Oliver
Chilled plowa appears in this paper. 1t is
no doubt well known to most of our agri-
cultural readers, as it is one OF the greatest
plcw9 OF the age. There are more than one
and quarter million i'll use, ANA the sales
are largely increasing each year. 1T Is
adapted 10 either two or three horses. 1t
turns from If to 16 inches. 1t has every
/ style OF share from the solid cast one to
/ 1G-inch cast cast-steel share for difficult
marsh land.
The local representatives. OF the FhmnlX
! Insurance company OF Hartford say, i'll re
lation to Mr.. bamforths policy of insur-
ance on the household goods burned in the
| Queen City Park hotel. that the application
was correct in every particular ana that the
only reason Why the company claims no
liability is that the policy was not assigned
to AIessrs. Blodgett q Co.. the parties own
ing tie property at the time of the fire and
no notice had been given TO the agents,
hickok 4 Bailey. until after the fire.
At a meeting Of the members of the fire
department held Monday evening. the fol
lovinc, delegates were elected TO attend the
meeting at Rutland Thursday. March 20,
to organize Il State fremen association;
George Daniels OF the Boxer company; j.
j. Shea of the Hooks: ". H. Lane, j., Of
the Ethan Aliens: Napoleon Lowrey of the
Stars: VI. {. Grafton Of the howards;
Charles Martin OF the Clippers: W. j.
Murphy OF the Barnes; +. i. Perkins and
J., c. Grant delegates at large.
The annual race for the Excelsior ice
yacht colors took place Monday afternoon.
When the race was finally called at 4 o'clocl!
only five yachts, tie lroquois. Cyclone, Mo
hawk. Sagwa and Calamity, responded. The
YACHTS made good start but it was soon
evden, that the contest was between Inc
cyclone and IroquOis. On the first stretch
the former yacht ran into Il hole where ice
had been cut, one of the crew receiving q
decidedly chilly bath. The lroquois went
over the course in % minutes ANA 30 seconds,
winning the pennant.
The effect of the influenza in Burlington
is shown by the number OF death, in Feb
ruary a, reported by Health O!haer Ruth
criorG. According to tho report there We're
% deaths in the city during the month L,
compared with II during February, 1889
and t. the corresponding month in 1883
Cmid was not vcry busy during The
month there having been ouiy five Febru
a-y weddings tEI, year against during
ire corresponding month in 1889 and I i!
1SSs. All the parties we're white. TIT
number OF births for The month was q,
against ~ in 1889 the sane month and g
in 1888. Tw.nty-one were male and !,
female
The follNUirc from The Franklin Comfy