Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-29
FRAAkLtN COUNTY.
ST. AI.BANS.

| 81, Al.BANS.
! Sylvlnus Rich, aged % years, died At
/ the home Of his daughter, Mrs. Al e.
Sprulding, Saturday noon at l2:i5 O'Clock.
Mr. Rich has been i'll for some time but
not seriously 50 and his death was very
sudden, the immediate cause being heart
failure Mr.. Richs homo was In 4ox-
bury until about three years ago. when
his wife died and he csmc to this city to
rc"!de with his daughter. His funerul
WAS hcld'at the homo OF Mir. and Mrs
Spauld.ng on High street at 9;Sp Monday
after which the remains were taken to
RoNbury for intcrmcnt on the ll:i0 O'Clock
tram.
/ Monday afternoon the Mrs. Mary
Hyde VS. the town Of Swanton case was
begun in County Court. +. W. NcGct-
trick presented the claim OF thu plaintiff,
which was In substance as follows: on
AuSust ., lS!6, during n severe rain storm
Mrs. Hyde had occasion to pass by IA"
corner Of First ana Liberty streets in
{ Swanton, and the only place which
seemed available was the three planks
placed over II culvert in this locality At.
tempting this passage she slipped and
slipped through into the box inturing her
thigh, ankle and leg SO seriously that she
was unconscious for some time and had 10
be carried home. Mrs, Hyde has never re-
covered from her injury sufficiently to go
without a crutch and suffered intense
i
has been unable to do any work since she
was injured. II. Nj. Burt then presented
| the case to the court fer the town of
Swanton. His principal claim being that
l"uCh a box hau never been constructed by
the town authorities but had been placed
there by some interested individuals
whose names were unknown. Also that
the part of the Swanton where the accI-
dent took place had only been opened
within few years, and that portion on
Which the cuivcrt was situated was not
used for a sidewalk Mr.. McGettriCk then
asked permission to have Mir. Burt put
on the witness stand for the purpose OF
questioning him in regard TO the improve
mcn,s lately made in the road AT that
place and If this Improvement had not
been made in view of the expected visit
of the jury to the spot. Mr.. Burt proceed
ed to tell exactly what work had been
done and acknowledged that the repairs
had been made expecting the jury's visit.
This morning the jury and part of the
court will so to Swanton on the early
train to look over the locality and will
return on the noon train.
About 20 of the friends OF Mr. and Mrs
Julius Hoyt gave them a surprise party
Monday evening, II being the tenth
/ anniversary of their wedding. The friends
congregatcd at the home OF Mr. and Mrs.
! Hoyt on Bishop street and then adjourn
cd to Engineers hall. where dancing was
| INDUCED In for several hours with music
| furnished by Parkcr's orchestra. Mr. and
Mrs. Iloyt were the recipients of several
| beautiful gifts.
Invitations have been received In this
city to the wedding of Miss Katherine
Won Groll to Mr. John II. Donnclly of
Nergennes. The wedding will take place
at the brides home in RoXbury, Mass.
on October l9th.
Oliver Shore, brakeman of the Central
Vermont railroad fell between two ears
| while coupling them early Tuesday
morning and crushed his two legs He
was brought to the hospital here from
Richmond where the accident occurred
early Tuesday morning, and died at 6
o'clock, His remains were taken to Swan
ton Junction on the noon train, where his
family reside He was "a years old and
boarded at house on Allen street and
left here shortly after midnight on train
No. 5.
for Ann Arbor. Mich, where she will en-.
ter q training school for nurses.
DR.. Graham ellison goes to-day to Ma
| rieville II. O., where he will practice his
profession for the present.
Miss Diantha Southwick Gardner died
at the Homestead in Fairfield yesterday
morning.
ENOSBURGH FALLS
Two infants died on Thursday, the o9d
inst, and were buried at the new Catholic
| cemetery, one being the child of Mr., and
Mrs, Simeon Maynard and the other the
child of DIR. and Mrs, II. O. JoyaL-Nr.
and Mrs. Ira Doolan of Wolcott are in
| town,--Rolla e. Samson left Thursday for
Ann Arbor, Mich, to begin his second
| year in the law department of the univer-