Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-16

sity. The degree was conferred upon Mr..
Corse for the successful completion OF
course of study in tho school OF political
science embracing advanced economics,
constitutional history and socialism.
l.. N. Currier, salesman for Lord e. Tay
lor of New York, who makes his home in
this CITY, met with quite "a serious accident
at Rome, N. Y, the other day. He slipped
down some stone steps, receiving bad
cut on the back of the head besides other
bruises. He was undor medical care for
few days and has just resumed his duties.
j. H. Melledge of the Lawrence Knitting
mills Lawrence, Mass, returned w ednesday
after spending a few days in the city look
ing up commercial advantages. He thinks
very favor ably of locating his mills on the
addition. He was the guest OF {. w. Scarf
while here and they took short trip to
Cambridge where he was also shown how to
inveigle pretty trout.
The marriage of Mr. Fred N. Whitney,
editor of the Clipper, and Miss Minnie Erval
Mcllvain of Denver, Col, but for the past
year a resident of this city, is announced to
take place Thursday afternoon. The cere-
mony will be private. The newspaper craft
of the State will join with the FREE PRESS
In wishing the soon -to-be welded couple all
the en1oyments of life.
The u. V. Ms. defeated the Cuban
Giants at Athletic Park Wednesday the
Sth by score of 8 to S in an thinning game;
on Thursday the Cubnns won, to 3, and
on Friday at Rutland the Cubans won
again, Z to 6. At Northampton Saturday
the local team defeated the L. V. MS, 6 to
D, the loss of the game Icing attributed to
tho umpire Abbey has joined the Wash
ington league team.
The st. John Baptiste society will observe
the feast of st. John en- the gath inst, by
exercises in the opera house. All other
French societies in this city and Winooski
will be invited. Tho programme will in
clude speeches, music, etc The society
will also have a picnic, going to Providence
island on July 4. Prizes for hose coupling
will be offered, and several of the conpa-
MES will contest.
Sixteen young men rode from 30 to 90
miles on their wheels to visit the city Sun
day. They all started early in the morn
ing and pulled up at the hotels about $3.50
O'Clock. The Barre men were four hours
and 10 minutes making the trip of about 80
miles. Those here were. G. II. Rogers
and l.. G.. Young of st. Adams, G. II.
Boyce, w. j. Boyce h. L. Palmer, Sumner
| Stearns and Charles iialnos OF Waterbury,
j. j. Williams of Waterbury, f. w. Sher-
burne, George Wheeler, Charles Davis and
Edward Walsh of Barre. They started on
the return trip toward evening.
There being no division among our citi-
zens in regard to the governor question, or
in regard to the State treasurership or the
secretary of State; and consequently nc
very great public interest in the caucus tc
choose delegates to the State convention, il
was not a very difficult matter for the Bur
lington candidate for lieutenant-governor tt
secure delegation favorable to his nom
nation. lie had some active workers en-
gagged in his behalf. He put in good dea
of work himself, and perhaps spent some
money; and lie carried his point in the eau
Gus by a small margin. But the names o
some of the delegates were placed on tn
ticket without their consent. Others hav,
said that they had no idea that Mr.. Taf
could have any show in the convention; au(
this is probably the belief OF most OF tn
delegates. They are good republicans an(
good men; and most Of them are sensibl
enough to see that Burlington cannot hav
another State office this year.