Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-09-28

composed of both students and officers of the
| college.
Mrs. c. L. Woodbury. and daughter left
Tuesday morning for Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs.
| Woodbury's home, to he absent four or five
weeks, visiting relatives. Mr.. Woodbury.
will join them in two weeks or SO and re-
turning they will stop at the worlds fair.
Chief of Police Dumas received the fol
lowing despatch from DR.. George NJ. Nc
| Combs of Clayton. n. Y: Woman said to
be Mrs Frank Hastings very sick Notify
| G.. +. Parker, attorney Mr.. Dumas
knows of no man of that name living here
Alderman Hall chairman of the special
committee, expects that the ambulance.
which he recently purchased. will arrive in
a day or two. He has made arrangements
with o. G.. Stacy, the liveryman to house
it and to furnish team with driver to run
it.
| The laying of the water pipe system at
Fort Ethan Allen was begun Tuesday. a
stratum of gravel and considerable water
was also struck by the big boring machine
at a depth of 230 feet NE water vein is
not sufficiently large to provide the required
supply.
The government has advertised for pro-
posals for the erection of a hatchery build
ing, outbuilding and ice house at the fish
hatchery at St Johnsbury. Bids close at
noon October 9. and particulars can he
secured by addressing John w. Titcomb.
| St JohnSbury.
The nuptials of DR. s. Cahill and Miss
! Bessie NJ. Tyler were celebrated in a quiet
| wedding Tuesday afternoon at the home of
| the bride on Monroe street. Rev. H. l..
Wheeler officiating. They took the flyer for
a trip to New York expecting to return in
about week.
Charles A. Prouty. esq. of Newport was
in the city Monday. II is said that few
lawyers in Vermont are kept so busy as Mr..
Prouty. Besides being attorney for the
Rutland and Burlington and Central Yer
mont railroads, his general practice calls
him to all parts of the State
Transfers driving high loads on the
streets through which the electric road
passes should take extraordinary precautions
not to come in contact with the deadly"
trolley wires Men on the top of loads of
hay need be the most careful TO touch a
trolley wire means instant death
Visitors to the worlds fair speak in high
terms of the exhibits Of the Vermont Marble
company of Proctor. OF the Fairbanks Scale
company of st. Johnsbury and the Yer
the last named exhibit is largely due to the
WEIGH Bros. Maple company of this city
The new threc-story store house of c. p.
Smith, ON WmooeSi avenue, is being pushed
rapidly and it will be done about the mid
die of October This will complete a series
of new buildings which will make vast
change for the better i'm the appearance of
the square opposite the city market on Wi
nOOSki avenue
The commissioners nave been doing good
work in Lake View cemetery of late having
| repaired the summer house and given il a
! new cement floor. They have also placed in
| if new drinking fountain to be supplied
| with ice water in warm weather. The
vault, too has been reprinted and put in
better condition.
The sewer pipe, connecting with the High
| school building became clogged lately and
! upon uncovering them il is found that the
| roots of the big elms in front of the building
have worked into the pipe until a solid mass
/ of the finest net work extends through sew
eral fcrt of the thing A root-proof iron pip
| ING is now to be laid.
Green goods men aye again sending their
"ronTlrutial' circular, to residents of the
Guy. Tho reference sheet saws to telegraph
JHmes Barlow EaSton. Pennsylvania. pro
vidinG tie receiver of the circular Il ,Sies
any Of the ''cOp6s.' Only sos 600 Of the
counterfeit money i, o1'ercd in exchange for
$1,000 of Uncle Sam money.
\ prominent resident OF Wmooski Tues
day informed a preventative OF the FREE
| rE~H that the electric ears are great
damage 20 the merchants OF that village.
He a.d tina: any Wnooskan having -
cents to spend would pay 10 cents for car
a Z,
He estimated the total loss of the Winoosli
merchants at not les, than 81 600
a team driven by Fred Patterson of Shell
hulmc collidcd with an electric car on South
Union street Saturday evening, the team
suddenly backing the carriage across the
track in front of the car. 40 injury was
done e.>cert slight damage to the carriage
THE horses were Unmanagcahlc and no
blame attaches to their driver or to the mo-
tornfn.
The reception at the Converse school
given ny the board of school commissioners
last week "Wednesday from > t. & clock was
attended b. very large number of our cit-
zens all Of whom expressed their apprcca-
ton and admiration of the convenience and
beauty of the interior arrangement of the
new building. The school building was oc-
cupied Thursday morning for the first time
AZ meeting of the directors of the Bur
lington Shirt company held at their office.
Mr.. George Pope, who has been president
of the company for number of years re
signed that office and also that of director.
The vacancy in the directory was filled by the
election of l.. T.. Wocdhousc 10 a director
ship and subsequently Capt. James Truman
was elected to the presidency for the unex-
pired term.
y civil service examination for the depart
mental and railway mail service was held at
the custom house in this city Thursday. Five
applicants, four men and woman. appeared
and took the examination which was con
Quoted 10y George b, Hoyt of Washington
ID. C., special examiner, assisted by Deputy
Collector John A. Arthur of the local board
of examiners, The men Were examined for
the railway mail service and the woman for
! the departmental service.
About o'clock Saturday morning one
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