Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-09

WlCh mas rented inc w arTcn NiOOucIl pIap
Tor the coming year.-Rev. George Well
of lIardwick occupied the pulpit last Sun
: day.-Dr. Widber and wife have taken
{ young child from the Orphans Home Il
Observation-Disclosures Cristy and mothc
: have rented rooms IN the Nathan Whcclc
house,
WATERBURY.
+ There will be new sugar social at tn
Methodist church Friday evening. 1t will
, not be old sugar under u new" name bu
the genuine article made this year. Coffee
doughnuts, pickles, etc, will be served
The odd Fellows will give new suga
social at their hall Thursday evening. Ev
erybody is invited.
Mir. and Mrs c. l. Hatch are spendln,
few days with friends in Bristol
W. =. Dillingham; visited friends in tow
Tuesday.
y large number of young people attend
ed the Junior League social last evening
Whlch was Il success in every way.
WATERBURY CENTER.
Mrs. Luceba Ncwhul died at her HON,
on Friday, March 3rd. after short H.
ness with dropsy, following an attack or
tho grip. The funeral was held from the
house Sunday, the Rev NJ Burnham o
stowe officiating. Mrs Newhull was ahouI
20 years Of ago and had been a long time
resident of the town For many year.
she had been troubled with rheumatism
which at times nearly disabled her. but
she was recognized among her acauaint.
ances as a woman of great hospitality
her home always being open to those in
distress or on pleasure bent She is sur
Nived by two daughters, Ruth and Mrs
Frank Hodge, both residing at the fami v
homestead, and have the sympathy of the
community in their afiliction.
MoRETOWN.
Charles llowos is i'll with the grip
/ The promenade and box party given by
the young people Wednesday evening,
March ], was largely attended The
Watslicld cornct band furnished music
There was a party and dance at l.. $.
Thomas Friday evening. About 30 were
present and all report good time,--Mr.
and Mrs. NJ r. Child and daughter Irene,
also Mrs Il. A. Foster and son Gerald.
visited at L. p. Childs, in Waterbury
Center last week.
MONTPELIER.
Frank Morrow was brought to this city
Monday and lodged in Jail for a season
Of % days by Sheriff Graves. The charge
on which he was convicted in Wator.Ity
is intoXication and disturbance in that
place perpetrated in July, 1896.
Daniel Sexton was arrested Saturday
evening by officer Dcmeritt for jntoXica-
Jail in VIM. Rivers team and amused him
self on the way in Kicking holes in the
dash board of the sleigh. In city court
Monday morning. Sexton pleaded guilty
to the charges against him and was fined
S2o.01 which included So damage to the
sleigh.
Rev c. 0. Judkins of Windsor has ac-
cepted the call recently extended to him
by Trinity church to become it's pastor.
His acceptance is conditional that it meets
the appreciation of the bishop.
w. T.. Terrill, while using a hand saw
split open the end of his left thumb and
it will be some days before he will be able
to use that member.
John Annis, who has been stopping in
the city for about two weeks was arrest
ed Monday evening by officer Demcrritt
on the charge of drawing a revolver au1
using threatening language u Mrs.
Grace Cross, "A domestic eL.ploy the
city poor farm. He was Immediately
brought before City Judge Smile and his
bail fixed at $500 which he furnished In
city Court Tuesday morning, Annis
pleaded not guilty to the charge. Judge
Smile discharged the respondent as he
said the evidence against him was INSULT
cienf. Ahnis contemplates bringing suit
against Mrs. Cross for the recovery of
which he alleges he has loaned
her and which she has never returned to
him.
Mr. John Peck died Tuesday after
noon after long illness.
The March term of Washington County
Court was opened yesterday morning by
Teputy ]. l.. futile, Judge l.. II. Thomp-
son. presiding. After prayer had been Of
fered by Rev A. n. Lewis, the calling of
the docket was taken up and a large num-
Der of cases were set for trial at the close
OF which the jury was called. There was
70 JurNmen i'll all but upon examination
two were excused. Judge Thompson, in
the jurymen, laid great stress
upon the requirmentS of the oath taken
by them calling attention to cases where
car"lesSness in observing it had caused
Grcat expense and injustice to the parties
whose cause was being tried and he point
eu out the dangers and warned them to
avoid them. The first case to be taken
mp was that of Daniel T. McGovern VS.. c. !
NJ. Hays and l.. c. Smith, receivers for
the Central Vermont railroad, f. L. Laird
and j. W Gordon appearing for the plain
tiff and c. W. Writer'S, j. H. Senter and
Frank Plumley for the defendants In
this case, McGovern seeks to recover Of
the railroad damages alleged to have been
sustained by hun over Il year ago, when
he was struck by the defendants train
at railroad crossing in Bolton
on Monday afternoon, while Miss T.
Maud Crossett was at the Y. NJ c. A.
sho had her purse containing So
stolen. Yesterday 1t was learned that it
was taken by two little girls who went
later to Barre whore they expended so of
the amount and upon returning to this
city hid the balance of the money and the
purse behind a door in Hyde's block
where it remained unnoticed until ycster-
LAY. One Of the girls, who evidently was
the leader in tho enterprise confessed her
act to her mother, who after recovering
the hidden money t"rned ii over to officer
Whittier, who had charge of the case,
ana he accompanied by the girls visited
The stores in Barre yesterday afternoon
where the girls had made their purchases
n order that he might recover the ball
lnce of Miss Crossett's money. 1t Is UNI
decided as to whether or not legal ac-
lion will be taken in the matter.
WARREN.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Of WI, /