Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-31
N. {. ChamberIin,
HOME MATTERS.
CITY AND VICINITY.

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James Peck is visiting in Columbus,
ohio.
DR.. G.. p. Thayer of Boston is in the city,
the guest of the Van Ness House.
W. II. S. WhJcomb is on pleasure trip
to st. Paul, Mimi, for his health,
Miss Fannie Chamberlain went to New
York Friday for few days stay.
Miss Woodwork of Omaha, Neb, is Wis
itiug her sister. Mrs. Capt. Howard.
CIV. Richardson and wife of the Baxter
farm are happy over the birth of a daugh-
ter.
Mrs, c. T. Townsend and son of Roches-
ter are in the city, visiting relatives and
friends.
The street department is grading South
Champlain street and curbing and gutteriug
Allen street
The drawing room car was put back on
the mail train between Essex Junction and
Boston via Rutland Monday.
Mrs. [. a. Woodbury. went to Newton,
Mass, Saturday to spend a few weeks with
her daughter, Mrs. J. w. May.
The show season at the opera house will
close on the evening of Juno 18th, with a
concert by Sousa's band of New York.
The floor of the City Court room in City
Hall and also of the clerks office adjoining
is being covered with two coats of varnish.
There is a scarcity of straw in this vicin-
" and the liverymen are experiencing great
difficulty in obtaining enough for use in
their stables
Sing Bow, the government Chinese inter
prefer, returned Saturday from Detroit
where he has been temporarily stationed for
u few weeks.
Alderman f. Z. Davis has bought six lots
of the American House property part of
which fronts on King street, of Judge Has
elton, for $4,000.
The annual meeting of the Vermont Asso-
citation Of Life Underwriters will be held
Thursday, June !, at , p. m, at the Van
Ness House in this city.
Col. and Mrs. L. a. Woodbury. and fami-
ly have moved from the Van Ness house,
where they spent the winter back to their
residence ON Pearl street
Mrs. William II. Vanderbilt, Miss Bend,
Miss Shepard and Mr.. Julian Kane of New
Work arc guests of DR. and Mrs. w. Seward
Webb at Shelbuue Farms.
+. f. Brownell, Vermont's leather-lunged
horseman has been engaged as starting
Judge at a two days racing meeting June
Is and II at Minola, Long Island
Two boat loads Of 21-inch pipe to be used
in the extension of the intake have arrived
Contractor Falcon has begun the extension
and the work is going on smoothly.
Mis-, Lilly Warner, who for the past three
months has been studying the pipe organ
with Prof. Chelus at the Boston Conserva-
tory of Music, has returned home.
T'I,, ero,;,1 o,,,,,,,:...-. A..
society to decide ON place to have their
excursion on July 18th, has made final
arrangements to go to keesevile and Ausa-
bic Chasm.
Miss Annie Wilson of Leicester junction
has secured a position with the Strong Hard
ware company, their increasing business
having made it necessary to employ two
bookke6pers.
Alderman II. w. Hall has Just received a
group picture Of the canton taken during
the parade Of the society at the recent an
nual meeting of the grand lodge, l. o. o.
f., at Newport.
c. W. Alger of this city, son of the late
c. j. Alger received honorable mention for
scholarship during the year which has just
closed at the law department of the Cniver
sity Of the city of New York
A, X, Mcintosh of Ottawa, Can, now
agent of tho Shepard q Morse Lumber com
pany, Is to assume the management of the
mills, sheds and general business OF the
company here about June -.
Alderman Davis, by request of many resi-
dents, as chairman Of the committee on
public buildings and parks, has had the
cottonwood trees in Battery Park cut down
ana Is having them hauled away.
j. j. Enright has sold his black span of
horses which r. f. Weller the trainer and
driver, has been handling, to IA Boston party
for $1,000, The horses were shipped Wed
nesday, arriving in Boston Friday.
Chairman }, II. Holton Of the democratic
county committee stated yesterday to a FREE
Press man that the democratic county con-
vention would probably be held here some
day in August, as has been the custom.
Stannard post G.. a, r., attended a mo
mortal service at the First church Sunday
evening. Rev. DR.. HAYES preached the
sermon. 1t was a plea to the old soldiers TO
fight Gods battles as theoretically as they
fought for their country.
Clerk G. T., johnson Of tho United States
Circuit and District Court asks those inter
ested 10 note that the court convenes Monday,
June lS, at p, m, ut Windsor, instead of
Tuesday, the 18th, as announced by him
prior to the change of dates.
James f. Goliath of s. King street badly
bprained his left ankle Monday. While