Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-01
VICINITY POTPOURRI.
BURLINGTON AND OTHER CHlTTEN-
DEN COUNTY TOWNS.
Tho Important Local Ncws of Week
boiled Down - Correspondents from
the surrounding Towns Cover
Their Territory Wen.
BURLINGTON.


University.
Miss Belle Prescott and Miss Bessie Sher-
man are visiting friends in Williston and
and Richmond.
Mr. Amos Joslin aud Mr. William Dor
mcnster of Brooklyn y. y, are visiting
relatives in this city.
over 300 tickets were sold to the Unity
boat ride TO Willsboro Point Tuesday even
ing. 1t was great success.
j. c. Platt has been appointed special
agent for WinoosH and Colchester to col
lcct statistics of manufacturing establish
mcnts.
MIR. and Mrs. D. y. Nicholson and
daughter have gone to lGighgate Springs
where they will be the guests of the Frank
lin House for couple of weeks or so.
Mr. II. LeGrand Cannon gave a brilliant
reception az his home on Prospect street
Friday evening. The Howard Opera House
orchestra furnished music for the occasion
Miss Mary Root Of ST. Louis No. who
has been visiting friends in this city, went
yesterday morning to Whitehall to spend
fow weeks with her mother, who resides
there.
The water commissioners have awarded
the contract to repair the old breakwater to
Lang Goodhue * company accepting the
llrm proposition to make the repairs ana
furnish all material for @JiOO IN round mum
bers
The funeral of the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Shortsloavcs took place ON
Saturday afternoon from st. Joseph
church, Rev. Father Clearec officiating.
The funeral was conducted by Mr.. E. II.
Germain.
larra suirit tbermonot,r has inst been
put in place at the Western Union office by
Ticket Agent Drury. through the courtesy
of the Atlantic Coast line of railways. of
which MIR. II. Z. Clark is general eastern
passenger agent.
MIR and Mrs Z II Gormoin started
Wednesd,,- for - ,voal.'s vacation in tho
Adirouduc, Mountains mart of which
u14 d.vot.l to trout f.bin,r in S,r,noc
I,ko Tbn, ore I'm Inc the GUESTS of tha
Misses Naovil1a.
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tbeir Store In. boon s,ld 70 Tho WoinL Ma
,'Ia smear. c,I,,,,,,, ,,, ,r, co,,,,a.tii,, j.
into .,',,,, ot I..r,.,,, I,ro e.. c,,,,,,,.,e7 -
be shipped to various points mainly in the
Western States.
mir of rival suitors for, tbe hand Of y
cbarlaer had u set-to on the corner Of Cham.
plain and poorl streets abou- 1O.3o Friday
evening 1urinr which ono of tbar,, notta1
Ramsey received ottantio,,s which viii t.r,
porariiy retire him from the eve Of tbo NH
lie.
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go Wy 10y ,'',N In"' III,
visited that section in six weeks Al kinds
of grain would he benefited somewhat al
thouob they had nron,i..l IN bo cor,,,Iato
fyiIrras ON account of fine drought
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The Barre base ball team in a circular
distributed on the trans Wednesday, an
nounclng coming game, style themselves
lhe champions OF Nermont. In view of
The TACT that the l. y. NJ. team only re
IN.