Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-19

4 Lyncn, John Mccarthy and John Foley.
A long line of carriages followed the re-
mains to their last resting place. Mr..
Donahue, who is left with four small chill
dren. has the sympathy of a large circle
| of friends.
Tho funeral of Mrs. II. C. A. Smith was
held from her late home on Pine street
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Rev.
! IL. l.. Wheeler oiiiclatcd and the Unitar-
ian church choir sang. The remains were
placed in the vault at Lake View ceme-
terry.
The funeral of William Berry was held
from St Marys cathedral yesterday morn
ing, Rev. j. j. Boyle officiating. The bear
ers were p. II. Corley, j. f. Burke Peter
Devereux, Edward Dwyer, Charles Finni-
gan and ]. w. Madigan. The floral offer
ings were many and beautiful
Mrs. John Donahue OF North avenue
died Saturday morning after n long Illness,
having been an invalid for nearly two
years. She leaves a husband and four
children. all girls. to mourn her loss. The
funeral was held Monday morning from st.
Mary's cathedral.
John Marks, a resident of this city for
the past 80 years. died suddenly last Satur-
day noon after short illness. Mr. Marks
was charter member of Hamilton lodge,
No. IA. ]. o. o. f.. and also member of
po'h 'i'th Ahouitdih euNdiIlplilcnI
Canton Lafayette.
The Grocers' and Meatmen's banquet at
the Van Ness House the 26th inst. prom
Uses to be very happy occasion. j. IL.
Holton will ofiiciate as POSTMASTER and
the list of speakers includes Gov. Wood
bury, w. l.. Burnap, DR.. II. G. Tinkham
and Robert Roberts.
At the fourth annual banquet of the
Massachusetts Alpha Alumni chapter, Phi
Delta Theta fraternity at the Parker
House in Boston Friday evening DR.. Frank
II. Clapp, Y. V. NJ. 'S6 and medical depart
ment 'SS, was one of the speakers and was
also elected one of the directors.
Misses Lena Brooks, Maggie d. Daley
and the Misses Foley entertained about
80 of their friends very pleasantly Tuesday
evening with u dance at the hall in Por-
ter's block on Winooski avenue. After
the dance an enjoyable collation. was
served at the Cafe Richardson.
The Burlington Gas Light company have
reduced the price of gas beginning March
to s1,9s net per 1000 feet for lighting pur-
poses; and 81 per 1000 feet for cooking,
heating and power purposes. This latter
price is as low as can be found in any
of the large cities and will be greatly APP
preciated by all the consumers.
At meeting of the Quadrlvium in the
parlors of the First church Tuesday even
ing, Prof. Topper of the University gave
an interesting address on q trip through
the English lakes. referring to the influ-
ence the lakes have had on English litera.
ture. After the talk a piano solo was
rendered by Mrs. Miller and refreshments
were served.
William Berry died at his home on Mon
roe street Monday afte- short illness
ut the advanced age of so years. Mr.. Ber-
ry was born in Ireland and came to this
country 30 years ago. He settled in St.
George and moved to this city about five
years ago, making his home with his son,
M. G. Berry. He leaves a wife, two daugh-
ter to mourn his loss.
The final hockey game in the series be-
tween the U. V. NJ. and town teams was
played Tuesday at tho Green Mountain
skating rink, before a large audience.
The game was very sharp but resulted in
a victory for the town boys by score of
four to nothing. The Sherman band was
present and their playing added much to
the pleasure of the evening.
The st. Mary's Roman Catholic Mutual
Benevolent society held a banquet at the
Vendome Tuesday evening to celebrate
their 10th anniversary. Very Rev. Thomas
Lynch presided and speeches were made
by Bishop Michaud, James f. Burke
and James b. Scully. Instrumental and
vocal music followed the banquet. II was
II o'clock when the guests departed.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Fletcher entertained
a number of their friends at their new
residence on South Union street Thurs
day. Caterer Eddy served a fine supper at
$3.50 o'clock and the remainder of the
evening was spent In playing whist. ia
tables being used. Prizes were won NV
Mrs. It. A. Wheelock and G. III. Holden
who made net gains of 80 and 80, respec-
lively
Ten of the schoolmates and elderly ar
quaintances of Mrs. ID, M. Whitcomb SIR
prised her Monday aftrnoon by calling