Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-21

a man 50 situated that his statement
can be relied upon hut not directly quo
ted on account of his position is authority
for the statement that in orc express COM
ing to this city 10 packages of liquors
were received and that of these five were
delivered between College ana Bank
streets on Church street.
Tho work upon the Rutland Canadian
railroad will continue for the greater part
of the winter although the laying Of track
has been suspended There are now -
steam shovels in operation along the line
ono having been added this week in Col
chester. The force of men at work Is
given by Engineer Burke as about 900.
Hearings in the cases of Cinnamon held
for violations of the immigration laws
were Ceopencd Tuesday before United
States Commissioner George r.. johnson.
During the day five old cases weCe con-
sdered and one man was discharged
There were no new features in any of the
cases. Several Chinamen from New York
and Boston are in the city.
The three sub-stations of the Burlington
postoftice recently established by Post
mastU Derby, are proving very accept
able, in some sections at least. 1t is re-
ported from a source that should he re-
liable that on Monday of this week one
of the stations issued s6S worth of postof-
flee money orders to liquor firms in Bos-
ton and New York and on the following
day the sum aggregated sGj.
The man who was ia court for intoxica-
ton about two weeks ago and who at first
refused to disclose has served his time for
intoxcation and has been released from
jail. The man gave nose than one name
but the last was that of Daniel Sullivan.
His disclo sure ou the Wnooski agency
was verified by looking up his name upon
| the books and therefore accepted.
New steel files ana shelves for the rec
ords and books of the probate offices are
being put in place in the vault used Tor
the reception of the office records The
files entire weigh only a little less than
two tons md are made by the Art Metal
Construction company Of Johnstown, y.
y. The records Of the probate court are
al preserved and some of them relating
TO real estate are very valuable. the old
est records are 105 years old.
I A letter recently received from an officer
of the 43d Regiment contains the informa-
ton that the transport Meade, upon whic h
the regiment sailed for Manila. caught
fire on the trip. The fire was extinguished
without serious loss. The Officer in writ
ing said that the officers We're called
when the fire was discovered but that he
was SO seasck that he remained in his
berth and hoped the ship would burn for
then, perhaps, it would stop its Internal
rocking.
Mrs. Mary Collins was run into ard
knocked down in Colchester Monday
morning while walking to the railroad sta
ton. Mrs Collns heard something be-
hind her and stepped to the outside of
the road but was struck by horse rid
. den by Hank White, who carries the mail
between Colchester depot and Colchester
Centre Mrs. Collins was knocked down
and her leg fractured She Is a woman
about 90 years of age. DR.. a. ~. Arklcy
vas summoned to reduce the fracture.
| Word was received in this city Thurs
| day of the death of Charles Williams a
colored Wagner car porter whose regular
run brought him to Burlington on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays. While in
! Boston Thursday morning he was walk
ing along car track and was just step
( ping out of n trains way. In so doing hc
! placed himself directly in front of an en-
CINE that was coming at fun speed. lie
did not see it in time to save himself and
was horribly manglcd. The remains were
/ inferred in Boston.
/ c. A. Barber has received q check for
| SO, to be distributed by him among the
| poOc of this city on Christmas eve. Tho
money is Il portion of an appropriation Of
| 500 made by Mount Sinai Temple of the
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine at their re-
cent annual meeting in Montpelier The
MONEY is distributed among certain towns
! in Vermont and New Hampshire. The
/ same appropriation was made last year
and this year the money Is allotted to diff
| feTent towns. 1t is intended that there
/ shall be made as many packages as there
are dollars,
There was no hearing yesterday in the
! case of the State VS.. Gilbert Farmer, who
| is accused of the murder of Agnes Willis.
| states Attorney Brown found 1t impossi-
BILE to prepare the case for the prelimn-