Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-19

'rhe funeral was held az 10 o'clock Satur-
day morning from the Catholic church al
Baptist Corners, Charlotte.
A suit has been entered for trial at the
March term of county court in which &.
=. and G.. w. Stevens Of Bolton and Essex
junction, respectively, seek to recover
$1,000 from T.. A. Wedge. The action is
based on a note.
Miss Grace Cookie of Winooski Park
left this city Sunday night upon
sleeper for Denver, Col, where she will re-
main for some months for her health. Miss
Cookie was accompanied to Philadelphia
by her brother, A. c. Cookie of the Free
Press counting room.
Mr.. and Mrs c. d. Ordway and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. b. Gates entertained the Mohican
club with a supper and whist party at Mr.
and Mrs. Ordways residence on Maple
street Friday evening. Eight tables were
used and prizes were won by Mrs. f. T.
Burgess and j. A. Manson.
Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy have
been fled at the office Of the clerk of the
United States Court, George Il. Johnson
by the Wilson company of St. Adams, in
which Alfred Wilson and Joseph T. Parl-
20 are associated, and by William l..
Corse. laborer who lives in Springfield.
Justice f. w. ]. Hawkins has rendered a
judgment for the G. s. Biodgett company
in suit against j. w. Page of Bristol in
vo.vng some work in which there was a
disagreement. The damages awarded
amounted to SAILS An appeal was en-
tered.
f. Spear has returned to his home in
this city from Plattsburgh, where he went
carly in the week to transfer his Platts-
burgh store to Spear 81 Dominy. one of
the members of the new firm is Nathan
Spear, who is a son of Mr.. E. Spear. Mr..
Spear will now oonfine his attention to
his business in Burlington.
The State Psychological laboratory,
which is a sort of thermometer of the
health of the State of Vermont indicated
a large percentage of new cases of Illness
the latter part of last week. On Satur-
day ~ examinations were made. The test
included diphtheria, malaria, tuberculosis,
water supplies, Ice supplies and milk.
Mrs. George Beauchemin died at G
O'Clock Monday morning at her home
on st. Paul street of heart disease after
an illness IF only two days. The deceas, d
was % years of age and leaves a husbar d
and four little children. The funeral was
held at st. Joseph's church at . O'Clock
| Wednesday morning.
George A. Brown, the night errand boy
in the Rutland Herald Office. was brought
before United States Commissioner George
f. Johnson Thursday and charged with
| opening letters from the post Office and
forging a signature to money orders,
which were afterwards presented to be
cashed Brown waived examination and
bail was fixed at $500. He went to jail.
Richard Butler was released from Jail
Monday morning, having served his ton
| days sentence for intoxicatiun and the
| little box of Liquid electricity which has
been at the police of1ce during his con-
hnement is gone. Butler came to this ci y
from fIydeville near Rutland and drank,
among other things a quantity of Jamai-
ca ginger.
Joseph Tacey Of Maietts Bay. who had
| been visiting his daughter in Northamp-
ton, Mass, since Christmas, died there of
! the grip last Friday. aged 50 years. The
remains arrived here on the 20 train Sun
| day morning and were taken to his old
home at Malletts Ray. The funaral took
place Tuesday at 10 a. m. from ST. Joseph $
church. lnterment was in Mount Calvary
cemetery,
The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Dutton
wife OF Herbert Dutton, who died at her
home at Malletts Bay of pneumonia, aged
/ e years, Tuesday morning, will be held
at st. Mary's cathedral at o'clock to.
morrow morning. The deceased leaves q
| husband, son, Herbert, two sisters, Mrs
A, f. Porter of Merden, Conn. and Mrs
7. Richie of this city, and an aged father
and mother, who live in Colchester.
Superintendent Wheeler has some in.
teresting figures regarding the compare,
tive attendance at public schools in lSg,
and 1888 The total enrolment for the
winter term of 1898 was 2234 and that fol
the same term in 1897 was 1882 giving az
increased attendance of 102 pupils. The
total attendance for the spring term OF
1898 was 22l7 and for the same term OF
1897, 2l2i, giving a gain OF SO pupils. The