Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-20

I etretcher. There is now no member of the
! regiment in the hospital Surgeons jack
! son and Hamilton accompanied Lieut..
) Sterling to Montpelier
Frank Osborne, n travelling man known
1 in this city, is recovering from bad bruises
. received by falling through trap door
1 over which he had placed his sample
trunks in St. Johnsbury. 1t was Mt first
! thought that Osborne had fractured his
, skull.
Joseph C. Trombley of Company NJ
J First Vermont regiment who was taken
i'll with typhoid fever after his return from
the South and who was later afflicted with
paralysis, is no better and 1t Is believed
that the paralysis is growing more no.
1 tlcedblc.
The funeral of Mrs. Jesse A. Rustin of
North avenue was held Friday after
noon at 230 o'clock from her late resi-
dencc large number of friends were
! present at the service which was conduct
} ed by Rev. George Y. Bliss. The burial
was in Lake View.
Clapp C Mclaughlin began Thursday
} to put up quarters for the men, who have
} been engaged by C. w. Blakcsee & Sons
the contractors. to work upon the Bur-
lington and Hinesburgh railroad. The
quarters are located on Spear street just
north of the Merrihew place.
L r. Shaw has rented for Mrs. c. H.
Woodbury. her furnished houae on North
Prospect street to Mrs. Elizabeth Ii. Miller
who takes posse ssion to-day Mrs Miller
is a Southern lady coming hero from Ala
} bama. Mrs. Woodbury. will spend the VIM
! ter at her old home in Des Moines, Iowa
The Consumers Zee company are of the
} opinion that they have solved the ice diff
ficulty by the purchase of 30 tons from
the Swift company of Chicago. The leo
! is stored at Newport and tho first con-
is expected to last for the remainder OF
! the season.
The second store from the corner Of
the Masonic Temple was rent
! ed Tuesday to Dr. and Mrs. p.
II, Mcmahon for a term of years, They
) will occupy the store about the first of
November with millinery and ladies'
and misses fancy goods store.
1t is expected that the street commits
sioners will effect compromise by which
the sheds on the lower road wear the
Touring mills will not be torn down. the
sheds are partly in the road but an en-
change of land has been made by which
. the buildings will be moved back a few
feet and land added to the highway at an
other point.
) Prescott Buckley & Callahan of Reese
VILE, the contractors who are to build the
new High school bIilding, began the work
building Tuesday afternoon. The meet
to which additions will be made. The con-
tract to furnish the brick has been Sc
, cured in part by l.. b. Platt. Some of
J the granite for which the contractors have
been waiting arrived Tuesday.
A. l.. Sherman was a successful candi-
! date for admission to the Vermont bar
at the recent examinations in Mont PETER.
He returned to this city Friday and
will remain for the present in the Office of
Cushman and Mower, where he has been
studying since graduating from the Bos-
. ton Law school last summer. Sherman
! tied with another student for first place
among 81 applicants.
! There Is considerable talk of forming
syndicate to store 1900 tons of ice at Nal
! let's Bay in permanent ice house. Man
Iagor Ferguson of the Consumers Ice
company says that he could have sold 5000
had inquiry for over so 600 tons. Every year
there is n call for ice from some source
, and in 1876, 1890, 1894 and 1858 from 5000 to
10000 tons could have been sold at good
! profit.
A. A. Buell. has purchased of ]. o. Har-
vey OF Toronto, Ont, for $1,000 the bay
mare Nancy Lee trottng record o:i7A,
which she obtained in Il winning race at
Plattsburgh, n. Y, September IA. Mr..
Buell. will use her on the road. Nancy
won third money in the 300 trot at How
ard Park Sept. s. Mr. Buell. offered at
that time $500 for her. which was refused.
. He saw her start at Malone and bought
her.
Miss Elose A. Bell who has been
, teacher in the Main street Grammar
school No. ., has been released from her
engagement here anH will leave this
morning for Akron, Ohio, where she has
secured a more desirable position. Miss
Adele |. Lee Will assume the duties of
Miss Bells position. Miss Lee is gradu-
ate of the b. II. S. and the University,
class of ~, and has had experience in
teaching.
The first snow Of the present season fell
, Saturday afternoon. mingling with the
J rain, and was hardly noticeable. Sun
day morning there was quite q fall Of
snow to be seen upon the hills toward the
foot of the mountains in Essex and Will
liston and when the clouds lifted so as to
disclose the mountain sides there could
be seen a thick covering of snow upon the
! trees which was no doubt heavier accord
ing to the altitude.
United States Marshal Field came to
this city yesterday afternoon bringing
with him Anda Panda, who is charged
with offending the postal laws by sending
matter pertaining to lotteries through the
mails. Panda was taken before clerk of
I the United States Court. George T.. John
{ son last night and admitted to bail in the
sum of 5000 The offence was committed
at Pawlet and the arrest of Panda was
made at Granville n. Y.
DIR. W. Seward Webb had a special
train made up in this city yesterday
5 which took the young ladies at Bishop
, Hopkins Hall to Shelburne Farms to
! luncheon. They spent II very pleasant
, day at the Farms and returned Oh the
APO train. Last night the Lafayette me-
mortal services were observed at the Hail,
Addresses were made by John A. Arthur
Henry II. Ross and c. II. Wells
! The first meeting of the year of the
was held Friday at $3.50 o'clock in the
north parlor of the Methodist Episcopal
church. The following officers were elect
cd: President Byron y. Clark; vice.
presidents, Miss NJ. A. Walker. Mrs. NJ. ?.
Peet, Il. p. Howe secretary and treas
urer, Miss Ida Whitney. 1t was voted to
hold the meetings the second Friday even
, ing of each month. Plans We're marked
out for the winters work.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Ben
eNoent society of the First church was
held Friday afternoon at Q o'clock in
the church parlors. The officers elected
, for the ensuing year are rs follows:
, President, Mrs, II. S, Peck vice-presdent,
Mrs. ]. S. Hickok; secretary, Mrs. H. d.
Brown; treasurer, Mrs. Rodney Rohy;
, auditor. Mrs. s. l.. Bates The annual re-
ports were read by the present secretary,