Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-16

ton men were engaged all the afternoon
in repairing the road bed so as to permit of
the passing of trains. The Winoosk
river, too, rose rapidly during the day and
evening. At II o'clock p. m. 1T was
a foot higher than at o'clock and was
rising rapidly. The high water interfered
with the running of the electric cars by
making the power very uneven. The ex-
ira volume of water Is of course due to the
melting of snow in the woods and on the
mountains.
George Bacon, the well-known clerk at
N. w. Jones' grocery store, has resigned
his position and his place will be filled by
Mr. Jones' son, T.. B. Jones, who VIII as
sist his father in the store and at the same
time continue his present business, which
Is furnishing cut rates upon periodicals.
Mr.. Bacon has been with N. w. Jones for
IL years, and previous to that time was in
the employ of S. Beach for five years.
The store now occupied by Mr.. Jones Is
soon to be remodelled and plate glass
front put in.
The marriage of Miss Annie Agnes
Beirne of this city to Henry Edward La
fayette of New York took place at the
cathedral Tuesday morning, Rev. j. j.
Boycle officiating. Miss Jennie Stanley of
Winooski was brides maid and Charles
Lafayette acted as best man. The bride
wore n handsome travelling gown and
carried n bouquet OIL Drluc roses, maiden
hair fern and Smilax. The happy couple
took the $50 train for Mount Vernon, N
Y, where they will make their future
| home
A very considerable increase In the
number of scholars in the public schools
shows clearly the necd of the new Law
renee Barnes school and perhaps of an
other. At the Pomeroy Intermediate there
are 116 seats and $50 pupils; at the Archi-
/ lN..1I ,.rt,.1
| pills; while at some of the other buildings
the number of pupils exceed the seating
capacity. Work was resumed on the Law
renee Barnes school with large forco Of
men yesterday. This will, when complet-
ed August 18TH relieve some of the build
ings now so badly overcrowded.
The family of Capt. George T.. Davis
! had a narrow escape from a serious acct
dent few nights ago. The smell of coal
gas was noticed in the house in the even
ing, and Capt. Davis opened the hampers
to give free draught. After retiring, he
felt so much apprehension about the mat
ter, that he got up and went down cellar,
opened the cellar windows and some Of
the lower windows of the house. TO this
precaution he probably owed his life and
the lives of the rest of the people in the
house. In the morning 1t was discovered
that SCOT had fallen down and completely
choked an inside flue of the furnace and
all tho gas was coming out into the house.
The family were temporarily affected, but
! recovered without serious harm.
The death Tuesday afternoon of Mrs.
N. w. Perry removes one of the Oldest
residents in Burlington and possibly the
oldest. She was the widow of the late
Dr. N. W. Perry, who died in 1887, and
made her home with her daughter, Mrs.
II. NJ. Ballard, at 81 Elmwbod avenue.
on her oath birthday anniversary, a few
months since, many friends called TO pay
their respects as had been their custom
for several years. At that time she was In
fairly good health and had retained her
mental faculties to marked degree. She
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Ballard and
Mrs. Prentiss of Michigan, who has been
In the city during her mothers last Ill
ness The funeral will take place from her
longtime home Thursday afternoon at
o'clock.
The repairs now in progress on the G
+. Collision block on Bank street recall
the fact that there was formerly a hollow
of considerable depth between Church
street and Winooski avenue. In the block
there is a complete double or sub-collar
the lower cellar being the one used wher
the house, which Is an ancient one, was
first built, and which was later thrown
, into dlsuse by the filling up Of the hollow
This necesstated the use of the former
first floor as a cellar. The distance from
the level of tho street to the bottom o.
the first cellar is now about Is feet. OLE
residents recall the time when the hoy.
, used to coast through this hollow FIR
!, Church street and then so up to Wi.o.sk
! avenue and coast back.