Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-06

| is charged with Keeping lie Is out on s5VO
bail in each case. Judge Thompson has
issued an order for the partition in tho
| French estate of Barre under which ID.
Edgar French, Orvis French Amelia
French, Clayton French and Louis G..
French will receive $500 each Agnes
French 500; John NJ. Jackman, Evelyn j.
/ Roberts and the National Granite com
pany sllG6.6G each
At tho rcconvening Of County Court
Monday afternoon, Charles Johnson
proprietor of the Commercial House in
Barre who was recently convicted of
maintaining nuisance and of selling in
toxicnnts, was sentenced by Judge
Thompson. In the first named case, John
son was sentenced to pay a fine of 800 and
costs of prosecution and imprisonment in
the House of Correction at Rutland for
three months and in the second case to
pay l. fine of $500 and costs of prosecution
/ and 80 days imprisonment in the House of
/ Correction. the second sentence to follow
the first. The cases are to SO to the Su-
prcme Couct on exceptions pending the
action of which johnson is out ON bail
fixed at 500 in the first case and $500 in
the second, j. H. Ward Of Barre and +.
A. Standish of this city being surety. A
third case against johnson in County
Court, that of keeping with intent to sell,
has been continued. William Spear, who
since last SeptcmbcS has been confined in
jail on the charge of committing robbery
in Barre was released Monday on bail
to the amount of $500 with George Clark
of East Montpelier as surety TO await the
action of the grand Jury next fall. The
first case to he taken up for trial Mon
day was that of state against c. H.
Campbell of Barre charged with MAIN
tanning a nuisance. States Attorney
Hoar and II. w. Scott appear for the
prosecution and w. W. Lapoint and h. s.
Stanton for the respondent
No Is1t ,,f tr-
years. occurred Sunday evening. Mrs.
Fay has for many years been II resident
of Burlington but for the past two ca
three years has made her home in this
city with Mrs Asa Blanchard, her sister.
She has been at the Heaton hospital since
last November under treatment for can
GER Mrs. Blanchard is the deceased's
only near relatives. The funeral was
held at o'clock Monday afternoon and
the remains were placed temporarily in
the tomb at Green Mount cemetery.
Reports were current Tuesday mat the
Bolton Falls dam was in a preCariUus
condition, it being reported that the dam
has already sunk in the middle over two
feet and that it has moved down stream
and bulged outward some is inches and
is in more or less racked condition. 1t
is said that instead of going down to tho
bed rock, the foundation of the dam was
built on the sand or silt at the foot Of
height and of pToportionata Dimensions at
the base. the cribs being sunk till they
rested upon the silt at the bottom of the
stream and the supcrstructure being made
UP of timber ana stone. The construction
of the dam was begun last summer and IL
largo force was employed upon it until
a short time ago, the estimated cost Of
construction being some $4,000 Fear is
expressed that the structure is now Il
wreck and that when the ice goes out in
the stream the dam will be carried away.
1t is understood that the contractors deny
being responsible for these defects by rea-
son of changes ordered during ,he con-
struction or other interference IN the
work but the company contracting for
the dam does not recognize any such i'm
munity from blame and 1t is probable that
legal as well as mechanical troubles may
sesuit from the present difficulties.
At the quarterly meeting of the direc-
tors of the National Life Insurance COM
pany held at tho home office IN this city
Tuesday. Col O. ID. Clark was elected
secretary of the company in place of j. A.
DeBoer. resigned.
In County Court Tuesday the trial Of
the case of State against c. II. Campbell
Of Barre FOG the maintenance Of Il nuis-
ance was continued. At the opening Of
the afternoon session of court Daniel Abb
bolt of Plainiield was brought into court
where he pleaded guilty to three second
offences of selling hard cider in his town.
Judge Thompson sentencing the man stat
ed that as Abbott had not conducted a ho-
tel or saloon, yet had been just as foolish
in his act the court was disposed to be
lenient with him and sentenced him to
pay a fine of 800 and costs of prosecution
and to Imprisonment in the House of Cor
rcction in Rutland fof the term Of one
year. The court also stipulated mat when
Abbott pays the fine imposed that he
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Probate Officer Il, S. Stanton until further
order from the court which would be con-
strued to mean that should Abbott con-
tinue to observe good behavior in the fu-
ture he will escape imprisonment.
Mrs. Fred A. Rowland, wife Of the score
tary of state gave the first of two recep-
tons yesterday afternoon at the home Of
Edward Dewey, her father, from 4 to 6
o'clock. The affair was an informal and
most pleasant one to those who attended,
Mrs. Rowland being the most delightful of
entertainers.
Murat Halstead of New York the cele-
brated editor and newspaper corrcspon-
dent, is visitor in the city. gathering
material for an article on the life OF Adj
miral Dewey
Edward Desc was in the city yesterday
afternoon and stated that he had accept
ed the challenge issued by K. T. Hender-
son to wrestle him for 800 Il side. tho
IldtCn 10 CoHe OIL III b4duCndIu ; opel IL
house, this city. in about three weeks.
Desc has been in training for about six
weeks and appears to be in PRIME condi-
ton.
In county court yesterday. the case OF
State against Michael Canning charged
with burglarizing the restaurant Of u.
Tomasi, last Saturday night, was taken up
States Attorney Hoar, assisted by r. l..
Carleton and j. II. Senter appearing for
the State and f. l.. Laird and +. a. Bailey
for the respondent. John Call the other
young man under arrest on the same
charge, came into court. pleaded guilty
and turned States evidence against Cam
ming. X. II. Gaines of Waitsfield Ci.,lc i'll
to court and pleaded guilty to three first
offenses of procuring liquor at the town
agency and giving it away to others, ie-
tracing his former plea of not guilty.
Marciano Darena, through her attorney
c. c. Clough, pleaded guilty to three first
offences of selling intoXicants. Sentence
in both these cases was suspended. Fran
cisco Demarco. who pleaded guilty to an
assault with intent to kill upon his bro
Their was sentenced by Judge Thompson to
not less than twa years or more han TOUR
years at hard labor in the House Of Cor
rection and to pay costs of prosecution.
The court stated to the respondent that in
case his department during confinement
was good, the prison commissioners
would release him at the end of two years
otherwise he would be confined ;he fun
term of four years, The sentence Of the
court was communicated to the respond
ent by Arthur Filipino, Boston attorney
and representative in the last Massachu-
sets legislature who is IL the city as