Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-03

interment was in Elmwood cemetery. Mr..
Fullington was a ship carpenter by trade.
He lived an industrious life and won the re
spect of many friends and acquaintance.
He was 10 years of age.
Scores of new buildings are being and
are shortly to be erected about the city,
which, considering the poor state of bust
ness, speaks well for the city. 1t is esti
mated that in the vicinity of $3.50, 600 will
be expended in building here this year.
Ira +. Joyner, who resigned as deputy
collector of the customs service, has arrived
home from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he
was stationed He resumed his connection
with the Champlain Transportation com
pany May |. He will be freight clerk as
heretofore.
James Z. Doxey, one of the well-known
newsboys of this city, died Wednesday at the
Mary Fletcher hospital, where he had been
taken to have an operation performed for
an abscess in his head. He was popular
with all who knew him, and his parents will
have general sympathy in their bereave-
ment.
DR.. f. B. johnson and H. B. Lord went
to Cedar Beach Friday to inspect their cot
| tages. Mr.. johnson found that his cottage
were left there strewei about, but it did not
appear that anything had been taken. Sew
eral cottages at the Beacn have been bro
ken open in the same way without any of
the things taken Mr. Lords cottage was
not disturbed.
| Col. u. A. Woodbury. left Saturday on the
flyer for Washington to attend the
annual congress of the Sons of
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States, of which he is State presi-
tenden of st. Adams and Col. NJ J. Horton
of Poultney, delegates, and Secretary c. S.
Forbes will accompany him.
The annual meeting of the grand lodge of
Odd Fellows will be held at Newport May
Is. There are now 1890 members of the
order in the State, and 100 members of the
RebeSah lodges. There are 50 subordinate
lodges and % Rebekah lodges. There has
been gain of 400 in the membership dur.
ing the year. Grandmaster Farrar of Rut-
land has made 40 official visits during his
term of office, which is the greatest number
of visits ever made in single year by a
| grandmother.
The reception at the Methodist Episcopal
church April 25, given BY the y. P S
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was n very pleasant affair. About 300 pco
pie, including the clergy of the city. ex
tended congratulations to MIR Thompson on
his return to the pastorate The guests were
received 10y Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson anc
the officers of the society, Byron y. Clark
Florence c. Campbell Mary Henderson anc
George Lang. The parors were handsome
| ~ decorated and refreshments We're served
\ barn belonging to William Mangar
road in the real of a. 1aylor's house, wa,
burned sunday morning. An alarm wa.
sounded from box sc at 10 o clock. To tn,
Howards belongs the credit of first stream
with the Boxers second. An effort wa
made to get horse and COW out of tn
burning barn. With the horse the etfor
was not successful and the COW was so bedl'
burned that she was killed. small amour
OF hay was consumed. The barn was If lit
tie value.
The water flowing through the disable,
fume of the power station at the gorge i
entirely shut off, and the work of recon
construction is going forward rapidly. Tn
wall from the west side of the fume to til
main land is relaid to the dynamo floor
DR.. Vincent stated last evening that on ex
animation of the fumes and walls not
single flaw can be found, which is quit
gratifying considering the immense strail
the walls have been subjected to since til
accident to the wall. The wheels, whcr
the water was flowing at a rapid rate, wer
found to be i'll the same position as whe
set