Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-18

aud good time was enjoyed by all. To-
night the A class exercises will be given
in the assembly hall.
Barnum & Bailey's circus, which is to
show in this city July =. will exhibit
on the Englesby farm on the Shelburne
road, that place having been selected by
ID. w, c. Clapp. The circus cars will be
unloaded at the Queen City cotton mill
The class coming into the high school
next year is a large one. Some applica-
lions have already been made by pros
pective tuition pupils and many families
have signified their intention of moving
to this city to get the benefit of the
school system.
A divorce petition was entered Thurs
day in the county clerks Office by Dora
I. Foy VS.. c. S. Foy. The grounds are
intoerable severity and refusal to sup
port. The case of John e. Andrews VS..
Clayton Carl, an action of assumpsit, was
also entered.
Judgments We're rendered yesterday by
Justice A. V. Spalding as follows: Citi-
zcns Coal Co. VS.. II. II. Lee, DANA ges
of s3.70 and costs of $2.97; Berry. Hall G.
Co. VS. II. II. Lee. damages of 500 and
costs of 1871; G. D. Sherwin VS. j. l..
Lerp, damages of 81 and costs of s2.91.
DR.. c. j. Russell and II. c. Gleason
left Tuesday night for Caledonia Springs
which are located about 60 miles from
Montreal, and will be joined there by
Col. DIN Merrill. The party will remain
two or three weeks in an endeavor to
seek improved health and for recreation
Lovers of clean base ball Will be pleased
to learn that Lieut. NJ. G. Mumma Of
Fort Ethan Allen will umpire the games
played by the teams Of the Northern
League at Burlington and Rutland. Lieut..
Mumma has become popular with base
ball sports because of his fair and prompt
decisions
An excursion Of about 500 people came
to this city Tuesday morning at nine
o clock from Barre and intermediate
points on the Central Vermont railroad
and boarded the steamer Chateaugay,
taking her regular trip through the is
lands and returning at about four o clock
in the afternoon.
The fifth annual school for the instruc-
ton of health officers opened in the music
hall at the Y. NJ. c. a. building Tuesday
evening with a large attendance. Ad-
dresses were given by the president of
the State board of health the mayor of
burlington, the governor of Vermont and
the Hon. Joel G Baker of Rutland.
At meeting of the regatta committee
of the Lake Champlain Yacht club. held
last evening. it was decided to hold the
annual regatta on Tuesday, August 4. A
new feature on the programme this year
will be a skiff race half mile with turn,
open to msmbers The opening hop of the
season win be held at the club house to-
morrow evening.
A service in memory of Prof. II. A F.
Torrey will be held at the college chapel
next Tuesday morning at II o'clock, in
connection with the commencement eXer-
cises. There will be addresses by Presi-
dent Buckham. Dean Griffin OF Johns
Hopkins University, d. =. Kingsley OF
the class of 1881 and representatives OF
the younger alumni.
Tuesday morning six men In the EN-
ploy of the Central Vermont railroad took
the bell from the sunken steamer Rein
deer and stored it away for safe keeping
The whistle, as well as almost every
other piece of brass on the boat, had
been stolen and 1t was thought best To
remove the bell while there was an OPP
portunity.
John Donahue, a special policeman who
! has been doing regular duty, has been