Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15

! toaugay Monday. The steamer was char
tered and the so passengers were allow
cd 10 leave the boat at any of the stop
ping places. The trip was ended at Au-
sable Chdsm. The steamer Maquam went
upon the Chateaugay's trip for the day.
Seven of the ~ mule wagons of tho Yer
mont regiment. with II mules, were taken
to the dock Friday afternoon and ship
ped to Pittsburgh to be turned over to
the 2ist infantry at Plattsburgh barracks.
This leaves five teams at Camp Olympia.
A good number of Odd Fellows from
| the local lodges will go to Ncrgennes Fri
day afternoon to assist in the institution
of Il now lodge in the evening. Green
Mountain Lodge No. | will work the third
and Hamilton Lodge No. IA the second
degree
A retreat for the Episcopal clergy of
this diocese opened at Rock Point Monday
evening with about 81 clergymen in at
tendance. Tho retreat Is conducted by
Bishop a. c. a. Hall and will include the
usual retreat addresses 1t will close af-
ter morning prayer to-day.
The sick of tho Vermont regiment, who
are at Fort Ethan Allen, were for the
most part doing well yesterday. Private
BARLOW of Company l. Is in n very seri-
| Gus condition. Lieut.. Sterling Is no worse
| and Private Flynn, who is at the Fanny
|
John o. Northrop had three fine sheep
killed and three more badly mangled by
| his neighbours dogs last Friday night Mr.
| Northrop thinks that mis- experience with
dogs, and inefficient dog laws, is a COM
| plctc answer to the question, why don't
the farmers keep more Sheep"
| Another lot of bones was found on
| North street yesterday while excavating
for the sewer. The workmen were in
! structed to rebury the bones. From the
| quantity of bones found in that vicinity
from time to time it is evident that a
great many must have been buried there
Miss Frances c. Mills daughter of the
| late Samuel Mills. died Saturday night at
! the home Of her niece, Mrs. Mary | Bar
rows on North avenue. Miss Mills was rs
years old and died of disease of the
heart The funeral. was held from the
home of Mrs. Barrows on Tuesday after
noon at o'clock.
The suit of Ella Wilkins versus Homer
Metcalf of Undcrhill under the charge of
| bastardy, which was set for trial at the
coming term of County Court, has been
settled and discontinued The case was
tried at the spring term of court and car
ried higher, whore judgment was reversed
and the cause remanded.
Deputy Maj shall Luke Parish came 10
this city Monday noon with Wilbur
| Barnum of Moretown, who was arrested
on the charge of having raised a postof-
flee money order from So to s25 Barnum
was taken before United States Commits
sioner George f. Johnson ~ the after
noon and waived examination. Bail was
furnished.
The board of school commissioners
contracted with the Woodbury. Granite
company of Woodbury. Thursday for the
furnishing nf a NIT fn
ton of the new High school building. This
granite will be used for the lower part of
the first story window stills. The contract
for the material of the building proper
has not yet been made.
Considerable sickness Is appearing
among the members OF the Vermont regi-
mept who have gone to their homes Capt
II. F.. Dyer Is i'll at his home in Rutland
but how seriously Is not yet known When
he left camp he was apparently in good
health. The patients in the hospital ar,
getting better for the most part, although
slowly.
George Wallace, the younger Of the Wal
lace brothers OF the steamer Reindeer
left this city Tuesday night for Port HenrN
and will resign his position as bouncer or
the Reindeer. He told a reporter thai
there was no use of his going back on tn,
boat, as everybody was down on him
when really the blame belonged to hi.
} brother.
The Horatio Hickok Box nHd Lumbe
company, recently organized, resume,
work In their mills yesterday after a tw,
weeks shutdown for tho purpose OF re
placing the old boilers that have been II
use for years, with others Of more mod
crn pattern. The mills now have ampl
power and are equipped for an extern
sive business in their line of work.
John Robair who was struck by tn,
: observation wheel at Howard Park Thurs