Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-07
The BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1899


The Consumers Ice company shipped
Thursday so tons IL ice to Bellows Falls.
They also shipped IL horse power port
able gasolene engine to South Royalton
for use in the White River shoe factory
as the water Is so low there that the mill
cannot be operated without the aid OF
some other power.
The two suits of NJ. w. and II. Il. Ad-
arms vs.. Mrs. Laura Gilbert and r. T..
Adams vs. Mrs. Laura Gilbert for $40 and
$40 respectively, were continued before
Justice Hawkins Tuesday until Septem
her T. Brown and Maccmber appear for
tho plaintiff and Cushman &c Mower for
the defendant
There are now Mt Fort Ethan Allen five
officers and Sc RECRUITS for the i3d regi-
ment. Deputy Sheriff Ballou has already
been TO the Fort after one of the recruits
for some crime committed before his en-
listment. Private information from wash
ington is to the effect that the regiment
will probably not leave this winter
The street department observed labor
day Monday, as did the city liquor
agency, the city treasurer's office, the
banks. some offices and n few stores.
There was no public observance Of the
day and comparatively few people out of
the entire population of the city regarded
1t in any way as holiday.
Adolph Hattie, who escaped from the
House of Correction about two years ago,
was arrested by Sheriff Reeves Friday
and placed in Jail. Hattie has been absent
from the city until very recently. lie is
wanted to serve n sentence of 80 days for
selling liquor and for TWO costs of seizures
which he has never paid
The Vienna Cafe was sold at auction
Friday morning at ten o'clock by De-
putty Sheriff John +. Lavell to John Wefer-
ling. the first owner of the cafe. who was
the only bidder. Mr.. Weferling is now
trying to make arrangements to open the
cafe and If he can secure a suitable man
to operate it will open the doors in few
days
Clerk Of the United States Court George
f. johnson returned Saturday Afternoon
from Brattleboro. where a special hearing
was held by Judge Wheeler In three APP
peaied cases of Cinnamon, who were or
dered deporr cd. In two of these cases the
decision of the commissioner was sustain
ed and in the other the respondent was
discharged.
Judge Russell, accompanied by Attor-
neys Seneca Haselton, Henry Ballard and
w. l.. Burnap, went Friday morning
to the house of Charles q. Sanders, jani-
tor ct the opera house and took his deposl-
ton for use in the case of Is. b. Walker
VS. ID. w. C. Clapp. Mr.. Sanders has
been Ill Tor several weeks Inc nearing
in this case has been postponed by agree
ment of the counsl to September 21st.
News has been received by the son of
Joseph King, the aged fisherman, who
frequents the mouth of the river, and who
was supposed to be dead that Mr. King
crossed on the boat to the New York
shore and has now returned to Vermont
and is walking up the Vermont shore tow
ard his former stopping place in a cabin
on Porter's Point. Mr.. King 1t is said,
sold his boat before leaving.
There was a hearing Saturday afternoon
before Judge Taft ia the motion to with
draw the pleading and file a demurrer In
| the case of II j. Severance, adminlstra
tor versus the Hartford Life Insurance
company. The motion was allowed and
the demurrer overruled pro lorna so that
the case now stands for trial on its mer-
| it's 1t was heard at the last term of court
| and went to the Supreme Court.
| The hearing in the case of II. G.. Hath
orne vs. F.. Frank and trustee was re-
sumed before Justice f. w. j. Hawkins
| Friday and completed late in the after
noon. The suit was brought to recover
money for butter sold the defendant by
the plaintiff. Judgment was rendered for
the plaintiff to recover damages of $50. %
and costs of 1923 and the Howard Bank
/ held as trustee for s16.74. An appeal was
taken.
! First Lieut.. John Howard. 18th infantry,
son of Gen. O. o. Howard, left for Column
bus Barracks, Ohio, Monday, after IL
three months stay in this city. From
there he has been ordered to take a num-
Der Of recruits to Manila. Lieut.. Howard
served during the entire campaign in Por-
to Rico, and his illness which was of long
dura ton was brought on by overwork and
heat prostration. His sick leave had not
yet expired, but he surrendered the re-
mainder.
An immense cable holding 123 wires was
recently strung by the local telephone eX-
change from the corner of College and
! Church streets to the central office. This
cable carries all the wires that come from
that corner. Workmen are now cutting
it into the cable box opposite the office
| When this is done an immense number
| of single wires will be done away with.
This cable is similar to the ones run under
ground in the large cities and is a great
help to the service.
DR.. Walter d. Webb of New York city
has been appointed assistant surgeon, L.
s. Volunteers, with the rank of captain,
and assigned to the 43d infantry. Col Ar
thur Murray, commanding, at Fort Ethan
Allen. DIR. Webb served with great cred
it in Porto Rico in the war with Spain as
assistant surgeon OF the First u. ), Vol
uuteer Engineers, Col. Eugene Griffin
commanding. DR.. Webb has reported for
dutt' and will be an able assistant 10 Dr.
Henry d. Snyder, major and surgeon, who
is daily expected at the fort.
Deputy Marshal Luke w. Parish came
to this city Thursday afternoon with "A
man named William Lee from Randolph
whom he was taking to Rutland to serve
a term in the House of Correction for
| stealing a coat. The cars were crowdod
and as Lee is over GO years OF age Mr.
! Parish allowed the man to take an unoc-
cupied seat at his own inconvenience. On
nearing this station the crowd rushed for
ward to catch the excursion boat and Sc
parated Mr.. Parish from the prisoner, who
it is supposed. went to Plattsburgh. Tho
train carried AN excursion of over 500 peo-
pie and was considerably crowded.
a private letter from Mr.. Henry Wells
received In this city yesterday. conveyed
the pleasing intelligence that Mrs. Wells
was much better since the treatment at
Carlsbad and that Mr. Wells hoped to &c
ceivc much benefit from the trea tment at
Nauhem. They left Carlsbad August <
and are now At Nauheivn Mr.. Edward
Wells and family left Carlsbad ten days
later and are now on their way to swift
erland. The two families will meet IN Par
is the latter part of the present month and
after a stay of two or three weeks there
will go to the south of France and then
through Italy, visiting Egypt in Deem
her or January. If the plague does not IRE
vent
THE FINISH OF MIR. FRESH
1.-THE Finish of Mr.. Fresh" was present.