Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-22

the river at Middlebury by the breaking OF
the trestlo over Otter Creek, has been taken
out and put on tho rails again. Tuesday
the locomotive was hauled through the city
OIL its way to St. Adams to be cleaned and
| repaired, although 1t was not Damaged
much except by water.
The U. V. NJ. base ball team defeated
Yale at New Haven, Conn, Tuesday of last
week by score OF 4 to 3; at Springfield,
Mass. Wednesday the Norths mptons won, 4
| to l; at Cambridge Thursday Har ward won,
IL to 2: at Providence, r. l., Friday Brown
won, 3 to /. The team returned Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Amanda Graves, whose death is
announced elsewhere, WINS the wife of
! Franklin Graves, who resided at MARROW,
! \. H., and who was for many years
prominent in the political circles of that
| State, having been n member OF the Legis-
! lature. Mrs. Graves has lived in this city
with her daughter MIS-. G. A. Rumsay
since the death Of her husband, % years
ago.
DIR. Webb and party passed through the
city Friday afternoon at 1885 O'Clock in
a special train OF five wagner cars drawn
by the handsome engine NeHa Sane, re-
| turning to Sheburne Farms from their tour
oil th9 country. Ut. ~. /. GrlnneH or TINS
city who joined the party at Yellow Stone
| Park alighted from tha train here and re-
ported having one of tue most delightful Of
| times.
The famous dog "Railroad Jack" is
dead He had travelled nearly every
railroad in the country. Jack often came
to this city but hardly ever stayed over
night, coming in on an early train and going
| Lac IL. nj, lad
in the baggage cars, and every railroad man
was his friend and he shared their meals.
lie died in his chosen home, in the baggage
room of the Albany station. His skin will
be stuffed and mounted.
The many friends of w. w. Shaw, for
merly of Burlington, will be glad to learn
that he has completed his musical studies in
Milan, Italy, and has recently been engaged
for three years as of the prin pal
tenors of the Carl Rosa Grand Opera com
pany OF England He will sing in Italian
and German opera, and possessing a re-
markable voice, trained under the best mas
ters, there is every reason to expect for hi N
a successful artistic career.
The stockholders of the Home Publishing
company, which owns Walton's Vermont
Register and the New Hampshire Register,
held their adjourned annual meeting june
II and elected these directors: Hon. Henry
Ballard DR.. A. Z. Grnneil, w. b. Jones,
j. i. Southwick, w. B. Gates, Principal S.
w. Landon and Assistant Secretary of State
E. w. j. Hawkins. The board of director:
will organize later.
An alarm was sounded from box As al
7:15 o'clock Tuesday evening for a fire in the
boiler house OF the Shepard 81 Morse Lum-
Der companys mill. The fire companies
responded promptly, the Boxers getting
first stream. The fire was put out in a very
fe " minutes. a few dollars will cover The
damage. The fire probably originated il
the shaving spout Some two years age
fire destroyed the east half of the house, tn,
fire originating, it is supposed, in the same
way.
The st. Adams Messenger frequently tell
its readers of the advantages which al
afternoon paper has over one published ii
the morning. One advantage. to which
our contemporary does not allude, is thu
ability to reprint matter from morn
ing papers, without credit. Tuesday even
ings Messenger contained the names and
scores of Nermont's dairy exhibitors, which
appeared in Tussday mornings FREI
PRESS as special despatch from Chicago
strip Of a number of acres of land a
the military reservation, covered with
thick underbrush and first growth timber
was burned over Monday. The fire sprea'
from fires kIndled to destroy a pile of stump
and brush. A road has recently been lait
out and the ground broken around the land
and but for this the fire might have wrough
considerable destruction. AS it is, no
much damage was done. The stakes set b,
Engineer Woodbury. were burned. 1t wa
the intention to preserve the large trees
| hut ia 10 thnt hat nittra
sufficiently to kill them.