Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-31

nine o'clock Monday morning, with inter-
mcnt in st. Josephs cemetery.
Supt II. c. Pryor of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. entertained party of
twelve of his agents in Vermont with
ride about the lake in the Mariquita Sat
urday leaving at in the morning and
returning late in the afternoon.
Negotiations have been completed
Whereby the Horatio I1ickok company
purchase the Eronsons. Weston & Durham
plant, including land, buildings and docks
now used by the Hickok company Pos
session is to be given on September list
A new restaurant is to be opened the
latter part of this week in the Walker
block on Bank street by G.. H. Brown of
Springfield, Mass. 1t is to be called the
Opera House Cafe" and will be fitted up
with all the modern Improvements.
Those who desire during the next three
weeks to send mail to the members of the
| Third Cavalry now en- route to Manila.
may do so by addressing them at Kobe,
japan. 1t was expected to touch at Ma
Gasak but plans have been changed.
The committee on public buildings and
parks have decided to enforce the ordi-
| nance which forbds the taking of bicy-
Giles into the parks. The enforcement OF
this regulation is necessitated by the
abuse of the privileges formerly granted
j. c. Marbury, formerly of the Daily
! News staff. has recovered from his long.
illness a the Mary Fletcher hospital and
leaves September TO- for Jacksonville Fla.
where he has secured position on one Of
| the daily papers.
| About 200 people came to this city Thurs
| day on an excursion from Ogdensburg
and other points on the O. and l.. G. rail-
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! the steamer Reindeer at 1880 in the after
noon and left an hour and half later.
! The hearing in the effort to determine
, the whereabouts of the missing money I'M
the estate OF William Early, ward, Of
Essex Junction will be resumed in the
probate court to-day and it is expected
that the hearings will be closed with this
session.
| The remains of Leslie NJ Platt who
died in Chicago on Tuesday last arrived
Thursday noon. Rev. George Y. Bliss Of
! ficiated at the simple service at Lake
View cemetery. The bearers were r. e.
Stearns, w. +. Weller, +. l.. Taft and c.
A. Murray.
Sunday school excursion was run Tues
day from Windsor and Bethel to this
city and Willsboro Point The steamer
Reindeer conveyed the party from this
city to Willsboro, leaving about noon and
returning in the afternoon. About $50
people attended
Miss Constance Parker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, +. Henry Parker entertained a
| number of her little friends at her home
| on North Winooski avenue Saturday ar
ternoon, the occasion being her fifth birth
day. Refreshments of ice cream and cake
We're served.
Fridays excursion from Windsor
! line to this city and Ausable Chasm, was
attended by about 200 people. The party
left this city on the steamer Reindeer,
shortly after noon and returned at $40 D..
m.
The Central Vermont railway company's
| excursion from Swanton and Rouses
Point to this city Monday was attended
by about 800 people. The party arrived
on the steamer Reindeer at l o'clock and
returned after a two hours stay in this
city.
An excursion was run by the Central
Vermont yesterday from Randolph and in
termediate stations to this city and Wills
horo Point. The party arrived I'M this city
at 1873 a. M on a special train of eleven
COachcs, and left at $50 on their return
trip. The attendance was about 300,
1t has at last been decided TO tear down
all the buildings upon the Hyland prop.
crty on Church street and erect an entire
ly new building The work of taking down
the rear building, which formerly occu-
pied the land, is now nearly complet ed
men having been at work upon it all day
Saturday.
Professor w. .. Atwater professor OF
chemistry in Wesleyan University, State
chemist of Connecticut. director of tho
United States experiment stations at
Washington, d. c., and author of many
important works on foods and food ma
tcrals is spending two or three days in
town, the guest of Mr.. Amasa Drew. Prof