Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-06

the past 30 years. He was one of the old
est residents in the portion OF the city in
which he lived. Ever since he came to
! Burlington he has worked in the lumber
business and has always been highly es-
teemed by all who knew him. The fun
eral will occur at st. Joseph's church at
0 o'clock Friday morning. The interment
will be in Mount Calvary cemetery.
Articles OF association were filed Fri
day for the Walker Grocery company. be-
ing reorganization of the firm of q, j.
Walker & Co, under new name and
with n capital of 800 COO, divided into 1000
shares. The stockholders are Hiram, Ar
thur L., Henry H.. Fred H., Solomon,
Frances, Mary and Maria A. Walker.
Clarence Rowe, the tramp arrested on
Tuesday night, was brt ught into c ~
court yesterday morning ah>, c,tcred
plea of guilty to the charge of vagraacy
for which he was sentenced to servo two
months in the House of Correction at kut-
land. When told that he was sentenced
for two months Rowe replied, chcerfully,
/ Yes sir; thank you sir"
George o. Norton and Miss Janet f.
Black were married last evening at I
o'clock at the home of the groom on how
ard street in the presence Of rel1tives and
friends. Rev. Edward Halves performed
the cermony After the ceremony Il recep-
ton was held Mr.. and Mrs. Norton VIII
go for a short wedding trip to Montreal
and then reside in this city.
G.. II. Holden yesterday received a let
ter from his son, Second Lieutenant
George j. Holden announcing that the lat
ter had successfully passed his eXamtna-
ton for promotion and his appointment
as first lieutenant will probably be an
nounced shortly. Liout. Holden who is
now at Matanzas will receive the congra-
tuationS of many friends in this city and
elsewhere on his success.
Orders were received a Fort Ethan AL
len Saturday morning by which Capt. II.
d. Snyder, assistant surgeon, is removed
to Savannah, Ga, where he Will take
charge of a dispensary from which modi-
cal supplies are sent to Cuba. MRS Sny-
der will accompany her husband andd the
household goods will be left at the Fort.
They will leave in about two weeks.
Dr. James b. Mckenzie, first assistant
physician at the Vermont State HOSPITAL
for the Insane has rendered his resignd-
ton to the trustees to take effect about
the middle of May. Or. Mckenzie was
elected second assistant in 90, and was
promoted TO first assistant in %. After "A
st-graduate course he will engage in
private practice His successor has not yet
been appointed.
John Tallo,, formerly of this city and
manages the interests of Armour & Co..
was in this city over Sunday. With MIR.
Fallon is associated S. r. Wager, who left
this city some time ago and who has been
in the employment OF the Estey Organ
company in Boston. Mr.. Wager's family
are swing in Pittsburgh.
An adjourned meeting of the bondhold-
ers OF the Champaign Valley Fair associa-
ton was held Friday evening, to further
consider what should be done with the
Howard Park property. 1t was the senti-
ment of those present that n fair should
be held there the second wee in September
and some sort of an entrtainmnt will
probably b provided for the Fourth Of
July.
; Malcolm G. Clark. who has bean Tor the
! past year the local manager of the Wells
River telephone exchange, arrived in this
city Tuesday and will act as manager
Of the Burlington district of the New Eng
, land Telephone and telegraph company.
The Burlington district includes Middle
bury. Nergennes, Essex Junction and this
city.
Information has been received by NJ. d.
Mcmahon, chairman of the committee ar
: ranging for the international convention
of the Catholic Order Of ForeSters in this
city early in June, that Hon. theodore b.
Thiele, high secretary of the order, will
visit THE city early next week to confer
with the local committee regarding ar
IangementS,
The Champlain Transportation company
are preparing for the opening of the sea-
son. The offices of the company, which
were badly scorched by the lumber yard
fire, are being repainted and the walk
and fence separating the lumner yards
and the company's dock are being recon-
structcd. The offices are also being wired
for electric lights.
Work on the Rutland Canadian road is
progressing as fast as could he expected.
A gang Of 100 men are now at work and
four marrow gauge engines and twenty
, car loads of narrow gauge caSs, together
with a large quantity of dynamite for
blasting purposes, have been taken to
Grand Isle for use on tho road. There is
also also a steam shovel at Pittsburgh
f which will be taken to the island as soon
: as the ice goes out.
Tho second quarterly meeting of the
state Board of Pharmacy for the present
year was held in the parlors of the Van
Ness House yesterday afternoon and
evening. Eleven candidates presented
thems elves for examination. President G..
c. Brigham of st. Johnsbury, secretary j.
) G. Rellrose of this city. treasure c.
Blakely of Montpelier and A. T.. butcher
3 of st. Adams and A. W. Higgins of Rut-
| land of the board were present.
Word has been received in this city of
= the death in Elgn, III, March 90 of Pa l.
, rick Jones after d two days illness of grip
< and pneumonia. Mr.. Jones was born May
6, 1921, in Montreal, where he learned the
tailoring trade and later came to Burlng-
t ton, whore he was employed by c. f.,
Ward and i}ennatt Tuck. He WAS one OF
. the early members of the Boxer Engine
: company lie married in 1850 Mary Kill
> martin who with five children living in
, Elgin and Chicago, survives him.
l The adjournment of County Court Sat
+ urday morning gave Sheriff Reeves oppor-
tunity for the service of some search
warrants for liquor a class of papeC which
, has been allowed to rest pretty quietly re-
/, Gently. The places searched were the
> fruit store of l.. Mazzoni at No. &c Pear
street, the drug store of Joseph Gotta al
; the corner of Noe'th street and Winoosk
=, avenue and the place kept by Dan Grainy
in Winooski. Only at MazzonI's was liz
uor found. From this point the sheriff
took away three cases of lager beer.
Mrs Mary Gotta, aged so years, died al
/, her home on St. Paul street Tuesday
q morning from the results of a strok, oil
: paralysis last Thursday. The deceased
q leaves three daughters, Mrs Mary Car
penter of Charlotte, Mrs. Paul Marsett OF
Brandon, and Miss Rose Gotta OF this city
, and two sons, Louis Gotta OF Holyoke ant
. I.ysm Gotta of Worcester, Mass. Mrs
y Gotta was born in St. Adams and movet
d to this city II years ago The funeral vii
n occur from St. Josephs church alto O'Clock
S Thursday morning. The burial will be ir
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