Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-13
HOME MATTERS.
CITY AND VICINITY.


The trees in the various school parks in
the city are being trimmed
All the feed and trolley wire for the
ltreet electric railway has come
Four of the new park seats have been
placed around the Lafayette statue in the
20 ege park.
Mrs. DR.. A. 2. Grinnel and family have
taken cottage at Starr Farm beach for a
week or two.
States Attorney Cushman and family
went into camp for few weeks on the
Starr farm Saturday.
2. c. Dodge gives his employees a half
holiday Saturdays during this month, Au-
gust and September.
The Central Vermont railroad has issued
a map of the New England States showing
its consolidated line.
The wholesale prices on coal have lately
advanced 20 cents per ton. The people should
prepare for an advance in retail prices.
Farmers in the surrounding towns ex
perience great ditiicu ty in securing help.
There is also scarcity OF servant girls.
w. X. Taft, OF the Medical college, left
Saturday for New York to accept posi-
ion in Bellevue hospital during the vaca-
lion season.
Ten Italian trackmen from Boston came
Thursday morning and were set at work by
Contractor Mansfield building the electric
railway track.
Mrs. G. E. +. Sparhawk left Tuesday
evening for the worlds fair, via the Grand
Trunk railway, in company with party of
Brandon people.
The tower on the Pine street school house
is completed and l.. j. Smiths men finished
Hating it Saturday. The plasterers have
inished their work
l.. c. Grant, Rev. L. NJ. Hardy, Dir. 10
II. Linsey and j. q. Bellrose have char
tered the yacht Nautilus and stared Tues
lay morning on weeks cruise.
Miss Bessie D. Wright left Monday as
delegate from the L. V. III. chapter of
Kappa Alpha Theta to the national council
OF that sorority at the worlds fair
Raw and Mrs. G. +. Carter, Miss Carrie
Griswold, Miss Emma Burritt, Mr. and
Mrs Z. p. Howe aud Mrs L. R. Jones left
Monday evening for the worlds fair
j. II. and G. Z. Aiddlebrook started Sat
urday evening on their vacations, which
they will spend mostly in Chicago, stopping
a few days at Cleveland OHIO, to visit
friends.
Every building at the addition is now &C.
.upled and Contractor Clapp began Mon
day the erection of a block &c feet by 50
feet to bs used by the Douglas Canning
company.
Mr. X. ?. Kidder, whose death is an
bounced else here, had been resident of
Burlington for 30 years, being engaged In
various mercantile pursuits up to tie time Of
ais death.
The second and third meetings OF the
creditors III the nsolvent estates of McWi-
lams Bros. and Patrick Coy both of Bur
lIngton, will he held a the probate office on
the 17th inst.
il. l.. Ward, treasurer of the Burlington
Trust company, has been elected treasurer
81 the Episcopal fund of the diocese of Yer
mont, in place OF George Briggs OF Brsn-
don, who has resigned the position
Stiles Tuttle, formerly of Nergennes, who
IS manager of the Stewart Hartshorn Shade
Roller company : factory in this city, has
rented the west tenement in Hicks's block
He will move his family here soon
Capt H. S. Foster leaves this week
for visit at his home in Calais His term
of service at the University having expir ed
be will rejoin his regiment, the Goth infan
try, now stationed at Fort Buford, n. ID.
The Champlain Manufacturing company
street another story and making a three
story structure of it. Lack of room for
their increasing business compelled them to
do it.
Moses Cain of Montpelier has accepted a
position in the Western Union Telegraph
company's office in this city. The business
has gradually Increased until now 1t re-
qulres the services Of three opera tors to
handle it
Alderman Henderson, chairman of the
pubic buildings and parks committee, has
under consideration the purchase of an in i
expensive drinking fountain, which would
be useful and ornamental ad junct to City
Hall park.
Charles J. Sutton returned home Satur-
day morning. His six months sentence to
the House of Correction for having liquor
IN hand, etc, expired Friday last over
100 of his friends called on him al his livery
table Sunday.
Mrs. A. E. Richardson has purchased the
property of William II. Hart on South
Prospect street. The reported consider
ton was $500 The land djoins Mr.
Richardson's Williams street residence
grounds on the east
The Methodist Sunday school picnic to
Adams Landing Friday was enjoyed by
.
Owing doubtless to the numerous other
church excursions lately ths attendance of
outsiders was not large.
Proposals for the construction of three
story brick and stone block to be erected By
Spaldng, Kimball q Co. on Battery stree,
were opened in Architects SAKE q Son'i
office Tuesday afternoon. d. w. c. Clapp
contractor was the lowest bidder.
In southern England hay is now wortl
$50 ton and farmers are selling their cat
tie. This means dearth If English bee
as we'll as hay. 1t is reported that Cana
dian spectators are paying SIS per ton FOL
the best quality Of hay to ship abroad.
Alderman Hall of the health commits,
has ordered of New Bedford, Mass, firm
very fine regulation ambulance equipped
with stretcher, blankets, bandages, etc.
and 1t will be shipped here when completed
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