Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-02

superintendent of education were present.
The principals of the three schools also
attended the meeting They are Walter T..
Ranger of johnson, Edward Conant OF
Randolph and Philip u. Lcavcnworth Of
Castleton.
Michael Arcand, ased 70 years, died in
this city yesterday morning of cancer of
! the lip. The deceased leaves number of
children, his wife having died some time
ago. The funeral will take place from st.
Josephs church tomorrow morning at .
O'Clock The inerment will be in Mount
Calvary cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. f. l.. Taft are in Plain
field, to attend the funeral Of his mother
Mrs Nj. A. Vincent. who died on Monday
} from an attack Of the grip, which devel-
\ oped into pneumonia. Mrs, Vincent was
} over 50 years of age. The funeral was
} held Wednesday and the interment was in
Plainheld.
! Mrs. Fred Berkeley, who has been con-
Quoting A boarding house at the corner
of Pearl and St Paul streets sold her
: business and lease of the premises Tues
day to II. S. Conant of Richmond, Mr.
Conant took possession of the boarding
house Wednesday, Mrs. Berkeley will re-
sumo her former position at the Van Ness
: House.
} The block at the corner of Church street
and Mechanics Lane owned by Mrs iy-
IdHu Is W We lnOTOuEnlN repaired ana INC
: two stores which it contains made more
( modern. The block is now in very poor
condition and the repairs will be virtually
J rebuilding. The building is now occu-
} pied on the ground floor by a restaurant
and a shoe store.
} Col p. b. Smalley Of this city has been
} appointed the resident agent Of the Bur
lineton, Colchester ana WinooSki Mills
corporation, which has just purchased the
three industries at the receivers sale. The
decree Of sale has been approved, the
transfer made and the accounts of the
receivers accepted by Judge II. IL. Wheel
err
4 soldier arrested by Constable Graves
in Nnooski Monday evening was taken
before Justice S. NJ. Flint Tuesday and
the fines and costs assessed for intoxic,,-
ton and a breach of the peace amounted
to SIS. This was paid. The man disclosed
! on a fellow soldier, who was leaving for
the West and left him a parting gift OF
quart of whskey.
! Miss Minnie Gordon aged 81 years, died
at O'Clock Monday morning of con-
sumption after a long illness. The de-
ceased leaves a mother and three sisters
all of whom live in this city except Mrs
A. Dorr, VINO resides in Essex Center The
funeral was held at st. Joseph's church
: at o'clock Wednesday morning. The in
terment was in Mount Calvary cemetery.
Tho Vermont Electric company are con-
tracing with TIE Lang & Goodhue Manu-
featuring company for a new steel flume
, to he placed inside the present hume of
, stone in turning the power generators at
p the gorge. Tho new iume is y feet
y square and So feet long and slips inside
f the stone hume which is IA feet square
The hume is to be constructed OF half and
fvc-c ighths iron. Several other improve
d ments at the gorge are contemplated.
t. q
a Boardman Kretschner were married at
n the home of the brides mother Mrs A.
Il. Boardman, at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning The ceremony was performed
=. by Rev. c. l., Hall, pastor of the Metho-
e dist church. in the presence of members
= of the two families. Mr.. and Mrs. Bald
q win went to Boston on the 1l:2O train on Il
/ ten days wedding tour Many friends will
extend their best wishes
t The funeral Of Thomas Splain, aged 20
Y years. who died Thursday morning at )
Z o'clock of heart failure at his home on
= North avenue, was held at st. Mary's cathe-
u dral at o'clock Saturday morning. The
deceased leaves three sons and four
daughters. Mr.. Splain was an old resident
:, of this city, having lived in burlington
- about 90 years He worked for the Central
y Vermont railroad for a number of years
and later for the city. The interment was
V in Mount S. Josephs cemetery.
- The funeral of Mrs. James II. Mitchell
: was held from the Unitarian church
a Thursday morning. The church was filed
- with friends and the casket was almost
Il hidden by a profusion of beautiful flowers.
- The services were conducted by Revs. j.
T.. Goodrich and j. II. Metcalf The
: church choir sang Nearer My God to
s Thee and Come Unto Me-" Tho bear
s ers were G.. w. Lowrey. &. y. Smith, a.
II Il. Kingsland and +. NJ. Styles. The in
o terment was in Lake View cemetery
John Taylor, local manager for the Now
= England Telephone and Telegraph COM
Il pant left Saturday morning to assume the
o duties of a position as private secretary
!. for Superintendent J. H. Barry of the Cen
g trail division of the company with head
quarters at Lowell, Mass. Mr.. Taylor has
n been in the employ of the telephone COM
: pany in this city about two years, during
@ the last year as local manager. Mr..
Barry, with whom he is to be associated,
a was formerly division superintendent
}. with headquarters in this city.
Arguments were made before Judge
Russell in the City Court room Fri
II day morning in the case Of j. W. Bailey
! and trustee. Joseph Lander, of Wiliston.
!, Judge Bingham appeared for the plaintiff
- and Henry Ballard for the defendant. Al
the close of the arguments it was ruled
that the defendant recover the sum Of
# Slo3T and costs. The case grew out of
- the selling of a monument by the plain
- tiff to Mrs. Johnson After the sale Mrs
. Johnson ordered the work upon the monu-
n ment to cease as she did not want it, It
n was upon this ground that the suit was
=, brought to recover damages.