Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-08-18

time in which to pay the fine OF s. which
was assessed against her for the breach
of the peace in trying to kill herself. This
time expired yesterday morning. Chief
Smith accordingly went to her stopping
place on Battery stree and brought Nell
lie to Jail whore she will remain ten days
The Republican club of the city of Bur
liEgton will have a boatrde on tho Chat
oaugHy tho evening Of August p to Cedar
Beach and Thompson's Point, starting at
Il 30 o'clock and returning about H. The
sherman band and the Essex Junction
band will be in attendance.
The board of assessors have completed
:hcir valuation of property and arranged
the lis. alphabetically for the inspection
OF thccc assessed. This list will he at
the assessors ONCE in the city hall this
morning and will he returned to the city
clerks office after August 23d.
The steamer Reindeer carried an excur-
sion which taxed the capacity OF the boat
Thursday. The excursion was from II
condcroga and Port Henry to Plattsburgh.
with a landing at this city The crowd
numbered about a thousand people. Only
a few stopped off in this city.
Several in this city are forecasting as
to what will be done with the Jos army
mules which are coming from Chicka-
manga Park with the Vermont regiment
D
appears that if the mules were sold at
auction they would find ready buyers.
Or. f II. Clark left this city last night
upon the sleeper for New York and will sail
on Saturday with pr. Howard Vernon, L.
". NJ. medical department % for two
months study in the hospitals of London
Paris and Berlin. pr. II. Nelson Jackson
is to have charge Of Or. Clark's work.
The Sunday schools of Charlotte and
Shelburne combined in an excursion Of 60t
people upon the steamer Chateaugay to
! North Hero and return Thursday. The
| Charlotte people boarded the boat al
Cedar Beach and Thompson's Point and
the Shelburne delegation came to this
city.
The Central Vermont railroad operated
! an excursion Monday from Waterloo
and points south to st. Adams, coming
to this city by special train and going up
on the steamer Reindeer to Plattsburgh
The special arrived at ll:l0 and returned
at i:l5. There were about 400 people il
the party.
| About 210 people were landed In B,lrling
| ton Sunday afternoon about O'Clock of
the steamer Reindeer. The excursonist:
came from the Lake Champlaln and Og
dcnsburg railroad and took the steamer
ct Rouses Point. The boat left Burling
or u strangers were left in the city
Or. Edward Bradley of New York, tn,
new owner of the John II. Peck proport.
| on College street. is tearing down the OLE
fence and will make many Improvement
on the site which can be Transformed in
to one OF the handsomest places in tn
city. A portion of the property will b.
sold for building lots,
Capt. II. w Hovey, who is temperate.
in charge of Fort Ethan Allen. has receiv
cd word that he has been assigned, on hi
promotion to captain, to his old regiment
the oath Infantry, now at the front
Capt. Hovey has been on duty at Norwicl
University for several years and will un
douhtedly be returned there for anothe
year
w II. s. Whitcomb arrived i'm this cit
Friday evening after an extensive trip O
four weeks in the West. Mr.. Whitcom
left Mrs Whtcomb and their daughter do
ing the Omaha exposition and they wi
not return to Vermont for some time. Nj
Whitcomb speaks of business in the Wcs
as exceptionally good and money yer
plenty.
]. Il. r. Fraser suffered a severe fa
from his bicycle while passing throug
Jericho returning. from Mount Mansfies
Friday morning. The wooden rim @
the bicycle broke suddenly, throwing Nj
Fraser t. the ground and bruising the sid
of his face badly. A physician was oblige
to use four stitches in closing wound /
Mr.. Frasers face and one ear.
For The theft of silver watch Charlie
Lee and George Deshaw were arreste
Monday and put into jail. The watch wa
owned by Joseph Gassett of North WI
: lard street Gassett Is painter and las
Saturday was working in w. c. lsham
, new house on Williams street. He lei
! his watch in his vest, which he hung on