Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-09-01
BURLINGTON.
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The last of the canoeists broke camp OF
| Willsboro, Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. Webb and party will return
Friday from Bar Harbor, Me.
Bishop Hopkins Hall will open September
o. aud a large incoming class is expected
The city directory is out and sale at
the FREE PRESS office and by Whitney u
Stanley.
The steamer williams had an excursion
of some 600 people from Ticonderoga to this
city Friday.
- Harmon Graves left Monday for New
port, Il. l.. TO go into training with the
Yale foot ball team.
1ir. D. n Nicholson, wife and daughter,
returned Monday from their annual
putting at Highgate Springs.
Miss Jessie NJ Tyler, a Burlington lady,
has secured nice position in the public
schools of Minneapolis, MINI.
| Mrs Z. S. Root Of Ellsworth, Kan, who
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Gilbert
a. Dow, left Tuesday for homo.
George Campbell has purchased the drug
business OF Mcnard & Fine on Elmwood
avenue. He will continue the business.
II. L. Ballard has gone to Elizabeth, y.
j., where he has a position as assistant sur
geon in the Elizabeth General Hospital.
capt. IL. u, <AiIn5 10 HIuuuilI1 loCONel
ing his health and is able to call occasion
| ally at his old office in the Custom House.
Charles Myers fast mare was badly
| In iured the other day that she died Friday.
Mr. Myers recently refused $3.50 for her.
Capt Sawyer of the steamer Reindeer
brought anout 700 people to the city Thurs
day on the excursion from Grand Isle
county
Owing TO the advance in the wholesale
price Of sugar, the retail grocers have ad-
vanced the price to six cents per pc und or
IS pounds for 81.
Rev. Benjamin Swift of New York is
here TO spend the fe remaining weeks OF
his vacation, before going back to Union
Theological seminary.
Mr.. Joel II. Gates and daughter, Miss
Kate left Friday morning the steamer
Vermont to spend several days at the
United States Hotel, Saratoga.
Rov. Merritt IIuburd, d. D., of Phila-
delpha former pastor of the Methodist
church in this city, preached at Spring
Grove, New Haven, on Sunday.
The increase in the population of Burling-
ton is shown by a net increase OF 49G names
in the city directory, indicating gain of
possibly thousand in population.
lis physician tells him that he must give
his right arm a rest i'll order to ensure the
| perfect healing Of the njured ligament
The local base ball season closed with two
games between the Burlingtons and Leb-
| anons Friday and Saturday. The home
| team won by scores of , TO l aud to /.
Prof. Peter Collier, formerly professor Of
chemistry in the University, and now pro-
lessor in the New York State Agricultural
school at Geneva, is in the city with Mrs.
Collier.
In a private letter just received Mr.
Henry Wells, who was then with Mrs.
Wells at Baden Baden, raid that he was
feeling some better. He expects to return
home IN November,
Hon. and Mrs. c. w. Woodhouse gave u
reception for Prof Peter Collier and wife
at their handsome residence on South VII
lerd street Monday afternoon, which was
largely attended
Tho house at No. Colchester avenue,
which was kept last year by Mrs. Eugene
Goodrich as boarding house for Univer-
sity students, will he occupied by them this
year with Mrs. w. a. Lee as landlady.
The street department is having con-
crete walk laid the west side of Pine
street between College and Bank streets.
johnson Bros. are curblng North street
from Champlain street to Murray street.
Hiram Atkins, the democratic boss Of
Vermont is dangerously i'll at camp Vat
Bon, Milton, where he spends his summers
Drs. Dixon of Milton and Macomber OF
Montpelier held a consultation regarding
his case Monday.
The street department is redressng Col
lege street from Battery street to the depot,
and also changing the connection of the
well, at the corner of College and Battery
streets, from tbs Battery street to the Col
iege street sewer.
The State Sunday school convention has
been fixed for October IS, 10 and 20 at
Bratt eboro. The list of speakers includes
number of prominent Sunday-schoo
workers from out of the State, and will soon
be announced in the FREE Press.
6uo burst on the engine Cummings OF
The flyer at Howard Park, just as the train
was leaving the city Monday, which neces.
ntated changing engines. The locomotive
Clement was substituted. The accident de.
layed the train hour and 20 minutes.
Ex-Mayor 10 D. Hatch has disposed OF
his stock in the Winooski and Burlington
Horse Railroad company and resigned as
vice-president and director. At special
meeting held Monday c. ". Brownel
was elected a director and Louis II. Turk
vice-president
Mr., and Mrs. J. II. Robinson and daugh
ter Ethel, left On tho early Irain Friday
morning MIR, Robinson going on business tC
Michigan. Mrs Robinson and daughter
will visit the Bay Of Quinte district, Prime,
Edward county, Canada, aud will return il
about 10 days.
Manager Barry Of the telephone exchang,
reports steady increase in the number Of
subscribers. There are now about 800.
The two operators answer on an average
1000 calls each day. A phone has lately
been put up at the gorge for the Vernon
Electric company.
10 The Sherman band gave a concert in tn,
park Tuesday afternoon when the speeches
were over, and the American cadet banL
played in the evening. The visiting banC
played finely and the performance was en-
joyed by large number of people whit
turned out to listen.
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