Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-11-19
tickets are for continuous passage, no stop
over privileges being allowed.

orchestra will furnish the music and |
very pleasant time is assured.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Richardson returned
Sunday morning from a trip to Louis
vile, KY. where Mr.. Richardson attended |
the meeting Of the National Wholesal, |
Druggists association. They went thence
to Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, Detroit
and st. Charles, III. The past week they |
spent in New York.
The seat in the Board Of Aldermen made
vacant by the death OF Alderman Trick Of |
the Second Ward will not be filled until |
next March, the city charter, as amended in |
1884 providing that whom vacancy &C.
ours after October in any year It shall |
not be filed until the next regular city cleo
tion in March following.
The WEIGH Bros Maple company have
moved most of their heavy goods to their
new factory on Battery street and will con-
tinue work this week. They expect to get
into running order by December /. They
have put in gas, sewer connections aud a
twoinch water pipe connected with hose on
each floor for fire protection.
On Monday, Nov. 90, Prof. Clark the
well-known optician commences another
weeks engagement at so Church street,
Chester Hildreth's jewelry store The
professor is well known here and this vicin-
ity. If you have defective vision or use
spectacles it will cost you nothing to con-
suit him and have your eyes examined.
William H. Hart has resigned his position
as director and president OF the Vermont
Life Insurance company, to take effect the
first of December next and Mr.. John II.
Robinson, for some eight years past con-
nected with the Michigan Life Insurance
company general agent, has been unani
mousy elected by the board of directors
vice president and managing director OF the
company.
The Central Vermont company have de-
cded to change t., woodworking shifting
engines here to coal burners. The engine
Pico arrived yesterday and the Salisbury
went 10 Rutland, whore she will do service
in the yard, wood being plenty there. The
Others will be changed IN II few days. This
is done because wood is getting pretty low
in the company's yards here
Rev. F. f. Dewhurst, pastor of the
Berean Baptist church, is lecturing on po-
litical economy at Bishop Hopkins Hall.
He goes there Tor this purpose about once a
week. Both teachers and students are
members of the cHs., the lecture being of n
special character Mr.. Dewhurst takes
great Interest in this subject, and is fully
informed upon it.
The young Arabian, who was attacked
and benten Thursday, found friends in Con
ductor Henderson and Ticket Agent George
Il. Ashley. The latter gave him some
clothes Friday aud the joy of the poor
fellow was great and when Mr.. Ashley in
formed HIM that be would get MIN back to
New York the bows joy was unbounded.
Nir. Peck also aided him by getting enough
H..
York, where his mother is
There was large gathering last evening
in the parlors of the First Baptist church,
the occasion being one of the series OF socia-
lies to be held during the winter. Supper
WAS served from 6 10 s clock, the disaes
Icing OF very appetizing kind. Thereaf-
tor the following programme rendered:
Violin solo by Miss Hanson, with accom-
paniment by her sister: reading by Mr..
Maxton; solo by Miss MUIR; reading by Mr..
MaXtCn in his native Scotch dialect. MIR.
Maxton wore kits, and MS dress added much
to the effectiveness of his last reading. Being
| a Scotchman his delineati on of that char
acter was natural and his reading was
good
John Seth and Joseph Demars finished
| Tu, SHAY the foundations of two houses
that they are building On the Ferguson and
Scarf addition and carpenters will begin
work at once. S. Ploof has the frame of
his house on Park avenue completed. f. j.
| Booths house is nearly ready for occupancy.
E. LaFountain's new dwelling on Morse
| place is ready for plasterers. Henry Por-
t-r, IL the weather to-day be favorable, will
commence work on the foundations for two
houses; one for himself and the other for
| John Whitcomb of Willston.
| gagged at the Champlain Manufacturing
company's shops putting in large exhaust
er with connecting pipes to the machines
that carry OF the shavings and dust. liz u
few weeks the machine will DO adjusted so
as to blow the shavings directly into the
furnace and keep continuous fire going.
| 1t is thought that this will he the first in
stance where fuel is automatically supplied
in any mandatory in Burlington. A ma
| chine of the same kind is now in use in
| Whitehall, n. Y, and it is claimed that it
effects complete combustion, thus doing
away with smoke, beside making a great
saving in fuel.
The committee on railroad surgeons, APP
pointed at the meeting OF the American
Medical association at Washington in May
last was organized some time ago and has
been actively engaged in working up the
details OF the subject DR.. d. &. Hawley of
this city is the member from Vermont, and
he states that he has sent in his report to
the chairman of the committee. AS soon as
the chairman Of the committee, jerome
Cochran of Montgomery, Ala, receive re
ports from all the States, he will review
them, issue digest OF the important foa-
lures in circular and append whatever ad
ditonal points he considers necessary
These circulars will be sent to the members
of the committee.
Mrs. A. r. Lemon and her two daugh
tiers, Fannie p. and May w. Lemon, started
Monday morning on tine II o'clock train for
Pomona, California, to spend the winter
Miss Fannie Lemon goes on account of hel
health. For some months she has haC
throat difficulty and was obliged to give w
singing. During several years she was
valued member of the First church choir
and her many friends in that church anC
the city trust that the change may prov,
beneficial. They expect to board with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles r. Frssell OF Pomona ant
will remain there at least six months