Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-05
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CITY AND VICINITY.

oliver & Smith is the name of a new gro
Gerry firm just opened for business on
King street.
Charles NJ. Stone Of Pomona, Cal, for
merly of this city, has become the happy
Father of a son.
c. W. Richardson of Waterbury has
purchased half interest in c. f. Wheel
er's clothing business in this city.
The class of '95. B H. S., enjoyed a
sleighride Friday evening At Essex june
ton they were entertained by Miss Maude
Read
The lake from Port Kent to this city has
been pushed and the stage began making
trips to this city Thursday. The driver
reports excellent crossing
Gov. and Mrs. U. A. Woodbury. went to
Boston Tuesday noon to attend the an
nual meeting and banquet of the Society
Of the Daughters Of Vermont.
The Consumers Ice company have 100
men and teams at work harvesting ten
inch Ice from outside the breakwater.
Manager Ferguson says the time to get ice
Is when it Is here.
Members of the Catholic Young Mems
Union are preparing minstrel enter
tafnment to be given at Corporation Hall,
Winooski, on the evening of March 18th,
St. Patrick's day.
The United States Court convened yes
terday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the court
house. Judge Wheeler was unable to be
present and the court was adjourned until
o'clock this morning.
The same officers and crew that man.
ned the steamer Reindeer last season have
been engaged for the coming season.
This staunch excursion boat will begin
her trips about May 25.
A new pier leading to the yacht club
house is to be built before the season opens
and several carloads of timber are now
unloaded at the dock The work of re-
building will begin at once.
The steamer Normania from New York
for Naples, on which Miss Mary Benedict
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Angel are pas
sengers, was reported Friday by cable
as having touched at Gibraltar that morn
ing.
DR.. w. Seward Webb with a party of
friends, including Hon. Chauncey M. De-
pew, arrived at Shelburne from New
York city Saturday morning, and are now
with Mrs. Webb at the Shelburne Farms
House.
Edward B. Smith of Glens Falls N. Y,
and Miss Clara Z. Howard were mar
ried at the residence of the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Howard, 90 Elm
wood avenue Wednesday evening, Febru-
airy &c. by Rev. H. 8. Rowe.
March came in like lamb. Sleighs gave
way to wagons, Saturday the temperature
rising all the time until 1t reached &c
Sunday afternoon. The rain, which began
at o'clock Saturday morning, continued
with brief Interruptions, until II O'Clock
Sunday night when 1t turned to snow.
j. II. Barry of Boston arrived in the city
Sunday morning. Mr. Barry about -four
lDa.
phone company and lately has been pri-
vate secretary to the general manager in
Boston. Mr.. Barry will now occupy the
position of division superintendent. late
ly vacated by w. b. Thurber.
There will be five Sundays in the month
of March. Passion Sunday comes on the
22d and Palm Sunday on the 29th st.
Patrick's Day, as usual on the nth The
new moon will come on the I4th and the
full moon on the goth. The wind will prob
ably blow some during the month. 1t
does not at present seem likely that we
shall have six weeks sleighing in March
this year. but you can't most always tell
The docket of the March term of County
Court contains Al cases on the Jury calen-
dar and Al cases on the court calendar
On the civil docket there are l24 cases. 10
or which are divorce cases. There are 10
State causes. OF these five are Uouor
cases, one bigamy, three breach of the
peace, and one burglary. There are AZ
cases on the new entry docket, and is on
the chancery docket
Seventeen Of the subscribers to the stock
of the Vermont Spool and Bobbin com
pany met at the office of the Elias Lyman
Coal company Monday for organiza-
ton. Bylaws were adopted and the fol-
lowing directors were elected: c. d. Ord
way and f. e. Burgess of Burlington, e.
M. Whitcomb of Essex Junction. r. G.