Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-10-19

burned nearly to Il crisp and their amputa-
ton at the second Joint may be necessary.
\ team driven by Louis Hamlin who
keeps a store ON the corner of Cedar and
Lafountain streets collided with the bag
gage wagon of the Van Ness House Satur-
day evening on College street and Mr.. Ham
lin was thrown out, breaking rib on his
right side
j. G.. Farrar. who has kept the books of
the Mirror Lake House at Lake Placid n.
Y. this summer. has returned home. He
enjoyed himself very much and the dry air
of the Adroudacks seemed to agree with
him. he having gained II pounds in the four
months he was there.
Mrs Peter o. Bisconcs of First street
went to kmdc a fire Friday evening. using
kerosene and the spontaneous ignition of
the oil set fire to her dress Before She
could pull her clothes off or extinguish the
blaze. she was badly burned of her limbs,
arms and hands. DR.. Cahill was the attend
lug physician.
The wind Saturday uroofcd the large
barn. 120 feet long 10y 30 feet wide. on the
farm owned by the cstat" of Mrs. Carrie
| Gausha in Jericho and Of which Mr.. \. W
johnson of this city is executor Mr.. John
son went there Yesterday TO look after the
property and put carpenters at work re-
| placing the roof.
George Brew. shipping clerk at Reed &
| Taylor's. and Miss Nellie Sullivan, formerly
of Wells River. were married by the Rev.
j. j. Boyle Tuesday morning at 1890
o clock The ceremony took place at the
episcopal residence. They went to Wells
River on the II O'Clock train to visit the
brides people.
\ horse driven by Philip Bame, a lincman
employed by the telephone company, and
man named Mason. Il cigaImaker. was
! frightened by an electric car Saturday even
| ing on Pearl street. near Williams. ana be-
came unnanagablc. The wagon slowed,
throwing Bame out and hurting his face and
| shoulder severely.
The flow Of returning Chinese merchants
is quite large The uncertainty as to
whether or not the government will strictly
enforce the Geary law is hulrying them
back to this country. Nearly all that enter
through this district 20 to Boston. Al
though no tally is kept on those departing it
is said there are but few.
The second in the series of piano recitals
to be given this winter by Mr.. George +.
Moody's pupils. took place at his rooms Sat
urday afternoon. Selections from both
classical and modern composers we're finely
rendered 10y the pupils. showing marked i'm
provement ON their part and careful i'll
structon on the part of their teacher as re
CARDS expression and execution.
VI. \. Cunningham. a carpenter working
on the addition to the opera house block
had bad cash. two inches in length. cut on
the top of his henl Monday by falling
scanting. The sticI. of timber was acct
1,,., F.1l 10,
Cunningham was inscnsible for few min
utc,. DR.. Sam Sparhawk dressed the wound
and the injured man was taken to his home
on HYDE street
As Mail Carrier Harry Thomas went to
deliver mail at the Judge Weed place for the
Chldren's Home Monday evening he drove
into ditch eight feet in depth, breaking
his wagon. cutting his horse badly, and re-
ceiving injury to his back About 10 men
came TO his assistance, but they were unable
to raise the horse and had to ill in the ditch
before he could he liberated
An alarm was sounded from box &c at
2:3O O'Clock Monday afternoon for q fire
in a house owned by A. B. Anthony, occu-
pied by c. I. Manley and located on the
south side of Allen street, west of st. 10
, seph's church. The Ethans were the first
to get water through their hose. but Nose
Murray eXtinguishcd the fire with one of the
, cAllhSulSheiS carried on Tue nose carts
ana ior "hich ne Is state agent
ana damage 10 the mousse ny "atel
was mus aNerted' ne 'ife was conilned u
''c nooF anu partitiohS "I "a room III 'ie sec
ohd story ana may nave neeh caused ny
smoker care!e''he'S. tlity collars Wil
cover tne damage ana l1lckok n hlckoK
agency Is Already adjusting the loss
The West Indian cyclone reached Bur
= lington at an early hour Saturday morning
The wind blew gale, breaking small
: branches off from trees but doing no seriou