Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-25

Tho digging of the cellar and prepara-
lions for the building OF the wall for the
new Clement block on Pearl street be-
tween the Howard Relief building AMI the
w c. Il. l.. Temple was commenced yes
terdav. The block will be two stories high
and Is built by A. Il. Clement Of Winoo-
! ski, who recently purchased the lot
Seven children were sent TO this city
! Monday morning from the town of Dor
set to be cared for in the Home for Des-
titute Children. They arc the children of
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Gclotte and "A short
time ago the father deserted the family.
Mrs Gelotte was unable to care for the
children aud turned them over to the town
! which in turn sent them here to be cared
\ for.
Quartermaster ]. w Heard OF Fort Ethan
Allen has recommended that the bid of C. f.
J Ray of Providence, II. l., for increasing
the water supply at Fort Ethan Allen by
1900 gallons per hour be accepted by the
government. There were seven bids. A
contract has just been awarded to W. II.
Buckley of this city for the construction
! of wall in front of the pit at the rifle
, range at the Fort.
Mes Ellen NJ Sweetland. aged &c years,
died at o'clock Thursday morning at her
} home, No. 22l Colchester avenue. Inc de-
} cea sed leaves "A husband, one Of the oldest
gardeners III this city, son, Frank, ana
n daughter, Emma, who is a nurse at the
Mary Fletcher hospital. The funeral was
held Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
} from the residence of her son, ll5 North
} Willard street.
About one week ago application was
made to the Probate Court in this city
for the appointment of a guardian over
, William Early, who lives in Essex juno
} tion. The hearing was postponed Tor
time and this week John +. Lavele was
appointed as Mr. Early's guardian. In
- 1.,,N .NfE off
on Thursday Mr.. Lavelle found under his
bed satchcl in which was $3.50 in bills.
The engine ~. H. Davis" which has
been used by the Rutland Railroad COM
pany for switching, was loaded upon a
scow at the stone crusher dock Tuesday
and taken to the islands for use in the
work upon the new railroad. The engine
was run from tho termination of the
tracks on land upon tracks laid on the
scow and will be unloaded in the same
} manner when it's destination is reached.
II. G. Dickcy of the firm of Gregory &
Dickey. leaves this city to-day for Boston.
where he is to take charge Of the business
, of AdrianCe H. Plat & Co., until January
1st. Mr.. Dickey has had II years of en-
perience in the sao Of farming implc-
ments and is not entering new work or
one in which he has not already been sue
cesstul. His family will remain in tf's
city and his business interests here con-
tinue.
5 The funeral of Arthur N. Chamberlin.
>. formerly of this city who died snort
= time ago in Atlanta Ga, where he had
f been transferred with the removal to that
place of Major Howard, was held yestcr-
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock in ST. Pauls
=, chapel Rev. George Y. Bliss off1ciated
- and the bearers were l.. c. Burnham. +.
:, f.. Perkins, G. II. Root, G. G. Peterson,
" II. w Thomson. and j. w. Goodrll. The
- interment was in Lake View cemetery.
The periodical hearings in the cases of
- Cinnamon arrested under the Chinese eN-
. clusion act were resumed in this city yes
= terday before United States Commissioner
\ George T.. johnson. District Attorney j.
> L. Martin was present and acted for the
state. The cases of 10 respondents were
y heard and including two cases previously
It brought up eight We're discharged. The
&c remaining cases were hold open for inves-
|. tieation by the government. The nesir-
10 ings will ne continued to-day and Will be
l. adjourned this afternoon.
r. F. Hattin, who is employed by the Por-
o ter Screen manufacturing company. met
n with an accident Friday afternoon that
~ was most painful. He was running board
l. through the four-sided mouldcr and in
some way pushed his arm into the ma
chine on top Of the board. The arm was
- horribly laceratcd hut no bones were
broken which was the peculiar part of
= the accident, considering the work that
~ the machine Is designed to do. A surgeon
a. was called to dress the wound and the
patient is doing well at present.
na,,,,,. Col1octor Of Internal Revenue A
n WIKI. &c G. AIhors was IN, This cit ,
tx ,,,,''d.,. ana iocnt.t some mora cuban
l. t,i, ,,,,org mitch 70 seized As sta+af
n ,r.,,,. NJ Wa.l,c hos orders tn Pc.
10 +,r,, ~ soi1cd cio,rs when rho required
At tax bae honn Maid The stamp will Their
ha oaiyod b,, tho collector and cancelled
l. ,,l','. ,orIar bas hoon racaivad nv Cojlac.
te tor Weeks, Whlch Will make urueelStS
III weep. 1t provides Tor a TAX upon "ltci
10 hazel which has been ruled 10 De Il tolle'
le water and thus taxable.
/ u,ho many friends of C;eorge White
,,.,I,lrr', ns ~. cit,, viii NE ,loasrd II
AZ 80 - his o,,noin,mert az canaan of tht
of Na,atioi o,oap,n,, AIhanv Of mo New YORK
n r,oL Ait,,n, Ia,. lina CAV, White anf
i'm ts a,,, c,,,d,,. ,,itb tbeir con who I,
n " ,, p 49, ,ha I,ni,ersity rbe,, return
"a -, ~ Nnu Wi Nonday and tho cantair
h. I'm ,a,o oo,,n,ard az bis yossoI tho las
" .,; o,, C,,t Ivhitc 20 , rroduat,
~. 1,i,.n.sit,. - yrorroont IN Tho cIas
s. to-, a,d raoa;,,od bie oa,.,,, training a,
Of vi io'' "'U ~ s,aa,aars varmont an,
n a. CO.,, mi % .ha cbaunlain Tranenortatio,
-, company.
err The repairs on the steamer Reindeer ar
re being pushed rapidly forward without ces
i. sation in order to prepare her for the frs