Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-10
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BURLINGTON.

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rcmber.
There is now little hope that the L. V. NJ.
will be able to enter the New England col
lege base ball league.
There is hardly a family of any size in the
city which has not or does not contain
victim of ''la grippe
The merchants are busy now taking an
inventory of the few goods which they did
not sell during the holidays.
The Western Union district messenger
system has been completed and it now has
about 80 call boxes i'll operation.
Good progress is being made on the new
hose house in the First ward the structure
being enclosed and otherwise well advanced
A man from Porter's Point who was in
the city Jan. says that his bees were
out in large numbers during the forenoon.
LA grippe" has considerably deranged
the inside working force Mt the post office the
past week and is now getting in its work on
the carriers.
An ice famine is threatened at Rutland
and some of the hotels there have been
obliged to send to this city to get what ice
they were obliged to use
The employees in the printing department
of Wells. Richardson q Co., gave their
foreman. J. q. Batcheder, an elegant easy
chair as a pleasant New Years surprise
Mr.. L. J. SWEET, architect of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad. and two assistants
were in the city Saturday engaged IN taking
measurements and making specifications Tor
Il new depot.
The [. V NJ. base ball association is ne
gotiating for new uniforms for the base ball
nine, but the combination of colors desired
does not exist in American manufacture,
and has been ordered from England.
The annual convention and banquet of
the Sigma Phi fraternity was held at the
Hotel Brunswick IN New York on the pa
of January, afternoon and evening under
the auspices of the Alpha of Vermont chap
ter.
The Masonic lodge at Bellows Falls sent
Mr.. G. W. Black as Il representative here
TO secure paraphornalia for comforting the
second degree, and he ordered an exact
duplicate of that used in Burlington lodge
No. 100. 1t is TO be made in this city.
AT the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the burlington Shirt company held Tues
day morning the following officers were
elected: President, &. f. Pope; vice-presi-
dent Z W. Peck; treasurer, John y.
Llapp; secretary, {. c. Miller.
1t is stated that Freight Conductor Foy
and Engineer Edward Demng, of the Rut-
land division. have been suspended for thirty
days by the Central Vermont management,
for carelessness in not taking orders at
Middiebury as is required by the rules of
the road.
The text book committee of the County
Board of Education at their meeting at Is
sex junction Saturday, held to select a list
of books to recommend 10 the board for
adoption for use in this county during the
next five years decided to take no action be
fore their next meeting and they adjourned
for two weeks.
At the semi-annual meeting of the St
Joseph's society nearly all the old officers
We're reelected. The society has at present
nearly POO members and has paid out over
$500 for the sick, widows and orphans dur
ing the past six months leaving good
balance to be added to its funds.
A young lady in this city while attending
10 her plants was bitten by a mosquito Fri
day and she succeeded in capturing her
untimely tormentor and imprisonnE it in a
bottle, where it is now on exhibition. \
gentleman reported Friday evening that he
saw two mosquitoes during the day.
AT meeting of the trustees of Phillips
academy and theological seminary of
Andover in Boston, on Saturday, Prof
Sherman of Cornell University was elected
Winkley lecturer on Christian ethics for the
current year, and President Buckham of the
University of Vermont for 1S90-91.
The board of directors of the Mary
Fletcher hospital held their regular month
~ meeting Monday afternoon. The fact
was developed that the number of inmates
was 80, of whom "A We're charity patients
and 10 paying patients The session was
devoted principally to the transaction Of
routine business
The new officers of Stannard Post G. A.
r.. were installed Friday evening by Depart
ment Commander A. S. Tracy. There
was a large attendance, including Capt
Bordo, president of the Franklin and Grand
Isle counties Veteran Reunion society. and
Comrade j. H. Montefiore of st. Adams.
and the meeting was most successful as well
as enjoyable.
1t is, after ell, not very strange that pan
sizes should grow and mosquitoes should
flourish in such phenomenal January wealth
er as was that of last week Thursday The
thermometer rose to 59o, the average tenn
perature for the day was 81 and in the
afternoon this vicinity was favored with a
thunder storm.
The report of the health officer for 1889
contains some interesting as we'll as crafty
ing figures. There We're 24S deaths against
80 in 1885 decrease of 121. The NOR
tality rate for the past four years has been,
1856, 1910; 1887, 21.1S; 1883, 23.46; 1889,
1877. During the year 1889 there were
14S marriages, gain of 2S over 1888. Dur
ing the year there were $50 births or 81 less
than in 1888
Mr.. B. f. Van Vliet died suddenly at his
residence on Bank street, at 5p. IN. Wednes-
day. Mr. Van Vliet was born in Charlotte
80 years ago. Early in life he moved to
Weybridge and engaged in the business OF
raising blooded stock. In the fall of 1864
he moved to Shelburne, where he operated
large fruit farm, accommodating consid
able property. He represented the town of
Shelburne in the Legislature in 1884, ant
some three years ago moved TO this city
md became connected with several manu-
featuring interests here. At the time Of
his death he was president of the Venetian