Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-18

was any motive in the minds of Mrs Hill
and her daughter to poison any of the in
mates of the block but that perhaps the
poison was put in the brook to catch
Dobey's chick ms although there was also
danger that children might drink water
from the brook. The city coun-
Gil committee accompanied DR.. Hark-
ness to the block Tuesday af-
ternoon to investigate the matter and will
report tho result of their investigation TO
the council. 1t is thought that this To-
cality which has been notorious for years
will now come under the Jurisdiction of
tie city and will be guided by heavy
hand.
A partial hearing in the case of George
w. Wing VS.. Wesley Brewster of Hunt
ington was held Tuesday before Judge
Nj. T.. Smile Mr. Wing sues to recover
pay for services rendered as an attorney
during tho trial of Mildred, daughter of
Mr.. Brewster. Mr.. Brewster. on the 9TH
err hand claims that he never authorized
or engaged the services of Mr. Wing in
the case. Frank Plumley, one of the at
torneys for Miss Brewster, was examined
at this hearing as to the arrangement I'M
der which Mr.. Wing was engaged.
NORTHFIELD.
The Mayo block. formerly known as the
Paine block, was destroyed by fire Sunday
morning. Fire from some unknown cause
started in the second story in Company
F.'s club rooms and in hours the build
ing was in ruins. There were IA tenantS
in the building. When it was purchased
about two years ago by DR.. Mayo it faced
on Main street DR. Mayo turned it at
RICH! angles, making it face on King St,
and placed it in thorough repair Dr.
Mayo's loss on the building is $1,000; in
surance $500 The occupants of the block
and their losses are as follows &. n.
Whitmarsh. clothing. His goods were
mostly saved. He was insured for 5000
which more than covers his loss. William
Speeding, bicycles, confectionery. etc, car
ried S6N insurance which fully protects
him. f. l.. Cardel jeweler lost his
household goods on which there was 70
insurance. Loss $iCQ. s. W. Steele, tin
smith, loss $3.50 no insurance. j. II. Tai
bot, tailor, loss $500. Kent & Dickey, har-
ness store. loss not estimated, in
surance $500 The Foresters and Stone
Cutters Union, whose hall was in
the upper story, lost everything. No in
surance. In the upper story was also ar
mory hall, tho headquarters of Company
+. All the silverware belonging 10 the
company was out of the building at the
time, and the camp equpage was at Nor
wch University. Most Of the property de-
stroyed was old, and was of such IL na-
ture that 1t would never have been used
again The fine piano in the armory was
burned. on this instrument was 5000 IN
surancc.
The merchants who had places of bust
ness in the Mayo block are hunting round
for other localities. G. n. Whitmarsh Will
place his stock of clothing in rooms ov,r
Dutton g. Richmond's store, j. IL. Talbot
will conduct his tailoring business in
rooms over Duke & Harrigan's, William
Spalding has rented the Episcopal Parish
house for his bicycle and general store
and suhlet a portion of it to the public
library, while others are finding homes as
fast as possible, The Court of
Foresters met in Odd Fellows
hall Monday evening. an invitation
haing been extended them by the lodge
of l. o. o. +. Nearly every person in the
Mayo block experienced loss by reason of
the fire. f. f. Cardell's is placed at $500
with no insurance: S. w. Steele $500
with no Insurance; Kent d Dickey about
$1,000 with some insurance; j. Ii. Talbot
about 100 insurance on $500: C. n. Whit
marsh in the vicinity of 81 200 with insur-
ance of $4,000 The block represented
about $4,000 to DIR. w. r. Mayo, the own
or, who carried $500 insurance. yhe A.
s. i. fraternity loss was in the vicinity
of $500 with no insurance and Company
+ lost all its carpets, furniture and fur
nishings with their new piano. There was
500 insurance on Che piano and the re-
mainder of the property was not insured.
The Court of ForeSterS and Stonccutters'
union lost all their property with the ex-
ception of their records. The A. S. y.
fraternity lost many valuable relics which
had slowly been collected since the organ
ization of the society in 1857. The fire was
a bad blow for many of the business con-
corns in Mortified and how it originated
Is a matter of conjecture. Many theories
are advanced but no established facts
have thus far come to the surface. The
village property owners are now waking
up to the necessity of having better
tire protection and there is something OF
"A sentiment in favor of establishing a
water system which many were des~ous
of obtaining rather than an electric light
plant at the time that was installed.
/ The programme that was to have been
given together with other interesting fea-
lures connected with the presenting of
the Webb medals to the veterans of Com
pany +, was sadly upset by the burning
Of Armory hallin which heeXercises Were
to have been held. The out of town tai
ont for the occasion was wired not "a
come and the medals were presented in
IIowes' hall with little ceremony. The