Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-12

other members of the board are James e.
Burke and w. L. Burnap.
The water in the lake is within 81 inches
of the top of the Champlain Tr-ansporta-
ton company's dock. 1t did not rise any
yesterday owing to the cold weather of the
past few days, but it Is expected that IT
will begin to come up again tomorrow.
Mrs. II. T. Mayo of San Francisco. Cal,
is in this city the guest of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. H. r. Wing. Mrs. Mayo
came east to attend the 5Oth anniversary
of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Wing,
which will be celebrated by them on Eas-
ter Sunday.
The jurors of the county court will not
be summoned tocourt again this term. No
nce has been sent them that they will be
paid for the service already rendered
THIS has not proven a profitable term for
jurors. Court will come in the latter part
of the week and probably take final adj
iournment.
The death of Miss Nora NJ. Reagan Of
Greene street occurred on Saturday morn
ing after a lingering illness. The de-
ceased was the sister of Charles Reagan
late of this city. Funeral services were
held at o'clock Monday morning in St
Mary's cathedral The intermcnt was
in St. Josephs cemetery.
who has been very i'll for the past mon h
is just able to move about a little. Mrs
Herrick, who has been i'll during the same
time. is not very much better. For people
of their advanced age they are having u
pretty hard struggle.
Not large number of new buildings
will be erected in Burlington this sum
mer, according to the statements of the
real estate dealers. The cause of the de-
crease in building is due to the exceeding
~ high price of all building materials A
residence that would have cost $500 last
summer cannot be erected this year for
less than $500.
rhe postoffCe department is preparing
to send out stamp books to the several
offices on May /. The books will be made
of oiled paper and will contain 10, "a and
a. two cent stamps each, They will be
sold at one cent in addition to the value
of the samps they hold to cover the cost
tof the binding in book form. The ar
rangement will prove very convenient for
carrying stamps upon the person.
on the 10Th day of each month all of
fees of the New England Telephone and
, Telegraph company that have 800 or more
subscribers keep what is ca led peg
count, which is record of the number
and kind OF connections made on each DO
siton of the switchboard for the day The
result Of the count in the Burlington ex-
change on Tuesday showed 1909 local con-
nections and 10 toll line or long distance
connections
James O'Nel was thrown from his wa
gon yesterday afternoon while driving
from his store to his residence on Colches-
ter avenue. In passing between an cleo
trio and a team his horse became
frightened and collided with the passing
"a n NJ
ground, striking on his back and head
and was quite severely injured The wa
gon and harness We're slightly damaged
but the horse was soon caught.
The remains of Mrs. John Geometry of
Windsor were brought to this city from
Windsor Friday and funeral service was
held at St Mary's cathedral Saturday
morning at 9 O'Clock. The burial was
in St. Joseph's cemetery. The deceased
was formerly Miss Katherine Corley of
this city and was a sister of p. II. Corley.
She was resident here for long time
and had many friends. She died Wednes-
afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home in
Windsor of pneumonia at the age of GA
years. She leaves seven children, John.
Thomas, Joseph, Katherine, Sarah, Eta
and Ella.
pretty home wedding took place at II
O'Clock yesterday morning when Miss
Anna j. Brew, daughter of William Brew
of Westfield, Mass, and Ralph H. Robin.
son of Milton were married by Rev Joe
Mctcalf at the residence of f. Henry
Parker on North Winooski avenue. The
house was prettily decorated with ferns
and pottcd flowers. The bride was taste.
fully gowned in blue serge. Mr., and Mrs
Robinson left on the noon flyer for New
York city, where they will spend a l,
days wedding tour after which they vii
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