Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-07-27

| The steamer Vermont carried an eAcUr-
sion party of 179 people yesterday from
ESSEX to Fort Frederick and return. The
p@ty was under the auspices of st.
'Mafy's Catholic church OF Charlotte. The
eNcursionists crossed the lake ON the Chat
eaugay from Cedar Beach ana returned
the same way.
Heman Il. Hall, aged SIS years, died at )
o'clock Monday morning at the resi-
! dcnce of John NJ Storrs on Converse
Court. He leaves a sister in Essex juno
ton, Mrs. William Henry. 20 years of age,
and daughter, Mrs. John NJ Storrs. The
remains we'e taken TO Grand Isle
Wednesday for intermert
Notice was received at the customs
house Friday of the appointment of
clayton l.. Alexander to succeed Frank
w. Wright of this city, resigned as dcpu-
ty collector. Mr. Alexander had been in
charge of the customs office a Franklin.
His successor has not been selected
Sheriff Reeves closed the store of Chas.
II. Nash, plumber and steam filter at No.
lSD Main street Saturday morning on a
writ of attachment in favor of Mary a.
and Fannie f. Shaw, the owners of the
Shaw block in which the store is located
The amount for which suit has been
brought is $1,000 and is for rent
Sheriff Reeves made things warm for
the liquor sellers in Winooski Tuesday
and as "a result of his searches secured
several bottles of whlskey He visited
Narcotics drug store and secured nine
bottles of whiskey. A search at Crandall' $
drug store revealed six bottles of the same
stun. He also searched Skip Daley $
place on Battery St. but found nothing.
Judge Russell rendered a decision sat
day morning in the case of S. II. Miller
VS.. Sam klinkovstein, Sam Grossman and
Max Samuelson, which judgment was for
the plaintiff to recover Of the defendant
in damages Sl.SS and costs Of S. The SUIT
was over the affairs of junk company
and has been hanging in court for long
time.
w. F, Ferguson and family, who recent
~ returr,d from spending two weeks t
ThompsM's Island near Boston, have
opened their camp at Camp Idlewild.
South Hero, for the summer.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Harriet Walker, daughter of the late Will
! liam w. Walker to Charles Il. Lamb of
New York.
Mrs Bertha Wcrtheim Of IIincshurgh as
the Administrative Of the estate of her hus-
band, Aaron Wertheim, has brought suit
through her attorney, Judge NJ. A. Ring-
ham, against the Fidelity and Casualty
Accident Insurance company of New York
TO CtCoVcr the amount of $500 insurance
held by her husband. The case is return
able to tho September term of the Chitten-
den County Court.
| Clark r. Elliott, who has been spending
several months in this city, has received
( a commission as second lieutenant and left
Thursday for the West to join his regi-
ment. Mrs. Elliott will accompany him Ia
his former home in Minnesota and remain
with his people. Lieut.. Elliott left the
regular army and took service with the
! volunteers in the late war, having been
formerly at Fort Ethan Allen.
The steamer Chateaugay was chartered
Tuesday by the Albany street Methodist
| church of Schenectady, n. Y, for an eX-
cursion on the lake About 800 passengers
We're brought to this city, arriving in the
| afternoon and giving the excursionists
| several hours in which TO see the city
! From here the boat went to Port Kent
and from there the party returned home
by rail.
\ party OF six young men left this city
last right On the steamer Vermont for
| Pittsburgh to Join the 25th regiment
| They are to be IN Capt. I}gownel's COM
/ pany and have passed their examinations
/ at Fort Ethan Allen. The young men
/ were Edward Smith, William Curtis and
Peter Hickey of Burlington; Milo Scrbner
| of Barre Frank Taylor of Mddlebury and
| Ezra Goodwin of Richmond.
| The remains Of Thomas j. Murphy
some time since telegraph operator in
| l<notts stock exchange, but for the last
three years an inmate of the insane asy.
| lum at Waterbury, were brought to this
| city Monday morning on the early trair
for burial, They were taken to the under.
| taking rooms of j. II. Kelley from which
place the funeral was held in the after
noon. lie leaves a widow, who brought
the remains to Burlington.
| j. +. r. Fraser of the Boston store has
| accepted the position OF assistant super