Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

of New York late United States consul
general at rangier, Morocco, Superlntend-
cnt L. T.. Burke of the Port Henry public
schools, e. w. Burke practicing attor-
ney of Port Henry, and ex-Postmaster
Burke of Middlebury
Il. S. Gleason died Thursday night at
$50 nj No. 81 Champlain street. Mr.. Glea-
son was born in this city "a years ago and
lived here all his life with the exception
of seven or eight years spent in Nashua,
| y. Tile is the last one of the family. Inc
funeral services were held In st. Marys
cathedral Sunday afternoon at o'clock'
The intermcnt was in st. Joseph's ceme-
| terry.
Another shipment of rails arrived in this
city yesterday for the Burlington and
! Hinesburgh railroad. The matter OF the
right of way is giving the road some trou-
bic. In some cases strong opposition Is
met while in others the reverse is true
Were 1t not for the opposition met with
in certain sections n short distance out
side the city the laying OF the rails would
begin ut once.
Tho board of trustees OF the Soldiers
Home of which Gen. w. L. Greenleaf and
Cassius Peck of this city are members have
visited that institution to inspect the dam
ages done by the recent flood. They re-
port that the special appropriation of $1,000
now before the Legislature will no more
than repair the damage to the roads. The
gravel has to be hauled two miles. which
makes repairing very expensive
Tho funeral services for the late james
Peck. who died Monday morning, were
held from the homo of his brother, Il.
! Peck on College street Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock. Rev. Edward Halves.
d. D., ofiiciatod. The remains were re-
moved uron the $50 train Wednesday
to Middletown, Conn, for burial. A SER
vice will be held at Middletown. The
bearers are Rev. s. l.. Bates, NJ. H. Stone,
II. b. Stearns and w. G. Reynolds.
Ernest Lyon died at his home in Milton
Tuesday, after an Illness of several
months with a bronchial trouble. Mr..
I Lyon had been i'm the West in the hope
of improving his condition and returned
to Milton from Dodge City, Kansas, last
Thursday. much exhausted. He was AT
one time in the Burlington High school
and later was connected with Sparhawk's
bath house a short time before leaving
the city Mr.. Lyon was in partnership
with g. f. Trick in the meat business.
SC. A. Barber has leased the Proctor
'pllce on ShClhurnc street, Just at the head
of Park avenue, and will move his family
there from their present home on MAR
street Mr.. Barber will use the land In
connection with the place for market gar
dealing, the products of which will be- sole
from his store Mrs. Lydia Proctor anC
her sister, Mrs. Anna Truman, Will leave
IN about one month to spend the winter
in North Carolina and Mr.. Barber take!
) possession Of the place at that time.
Handsome cards have been printed
, fran ed and hung UP In the entrance hal
of the Masonic Temple and at the hotels
, naming the floors on which are located
} the different lodge rooms in the Temple
and giving notice that the Temple viii D
open to visitors and that the ianitor viii
be on duty to take them up in the eeva
tor and show them through tho scvera
apartments from 10 a. m. to ~ m. noon
and TO 4 p. n. every day except Sunday
} This arrangement and the courtesy of tn
trustees Of the Temple will be much ap
preciated.
., l.. g. Curtis Of Jericho is the owner o
. double team, which executed long an
5 comparatively fortunate runaway in thi
city Monday night. Mr. Curtis drove I
y Lang & Goodhuc's shops with a load o
: castings and pulleys to be repaired. A
= he was about to start for home the horse
i, became frightened and ran away, passin
y up Union street and through the city I
lntervale avenue where they were STOP
ped. The wagon and harnesses were dam
T aged and when Mr.. Curtis reached tn
,, spot where mis- wagon had been left II wa
II some little time before he could locate hi
I team which had been cared for.