Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-03
GENERAL VERMONT NEWS.
Irjunctions Against Hotels in Rutland
and Brandon Granted.

and Brandon Granted.
The proprietors and lessees Of the Brurs-
wick House and the Commercial House
in Rutland, which have been closed Tor
months. and the Douglas House. Brandon,
have been enjoined by order of Chancellor
Watson from engaging in the liquor tiUt-
fic, as a result of the proceedings insu-
tuted by States Attorney Rice. The effect
of the order is to prohibit the parties own
ing or leasing or in any way connected
with the premises from sellng or allow
ing to be sold, intoxicating liquor. The
respondents named in the Brunswick case
are Michael Quinn, Michael Mcdonald.
George Guard and j. J. Kelly. len the
Commercial case they are Charles Stei1ls,
Joseph Payette and James Kelly and III
the Douglass House case. John O'Connor.
James Kelly, +. j. Kelly and Henry
Buckley These are temporary iniunctions
and dispose of three of the four cases UNI
til September term of the County Court
when undoubtedly a special master will be
appointed and the cause heard again. The
remaining case to he disposed OF is the
petition asking for temporary iniunc-
ton on The Berwick House of Rutland.
TRAMPs GALORE.
Superintendent Morgan says the House
of Correction at Rutland is supplied with
a larger number of law-breakers than is
portion of tramps among this number is
also much larger than usual There are
155 prisoners in the institution now and
an astonishingly large number Of these
are tramps. The State seems to he full
of them and nine came in recently in one
day, three from Montpelier and six iCom
Swanton. The officers seem to be more
anxious to prosecute tramps in the last
few years than heretofore, but their eff
forts do not seem to reduce their numbers
to any noticeable extent In the fall or
water a large proportion of the tranDs
arrested allow themselves to be prosecute
ed to escape sleeping in tho snow banks
and eating frost, as they get good food
and a place to sleep free of charge, from
the State. Most of the number rounded
up during the summer however, are not
voluntarily fncarcerated.
NOTES ABOUT THE STATE.
Fair Haven is soon to have shirt fac
tory, S5Xl00 feet Troy parties are oenihd
it.
Frank II. Clark has sold the Newport
Independent, which he founded year dgo
or more. to Y. c. Camp, who takes posses
sion this week.
furnishing about 800 feet of iron tubing
for the wells for the new water supply at
Fort Ethan Allen
Inc lSlCOln ltcn w OrkS or Rutlanu
have secured a contract from tho govern
ment amounting to nearly $4,000 1t is
William II. Harrison of Chester was at
tackled by bull Monday morning and Sc
rously hurt. He pCobably would nave
been killed if it had not been for his hired
man, who went to his rescue.
Clarence II. Dempsey of Valley Falls.
r. l., has been chosen superintendent of
schools of St. Johrsbury, to succeed H.,
J. Jones, resigned. William p Kelley, Mi.
Jones' predecessor. has just been chosen
superinterdo mt of schools at Attleboro,
Mass. at a salacy of $500 year.
Tho Washington County Veterans As
sociation will hold it's second annual re-
union at Dewey Park, Montpelier, on
Thursday and Friday, Aug. 10 and II. 1t
is the Intention of the committee to make
this reunion the best thing of the kind
ever held in the State.
! Mrs. Isabel Strong of New York is to
be the guest of Hon II. c. Ide, at St.
Johnsbury during August. Mrs. strong
is the daughter of Mrs. Robert Louis
Stevenson, and lived for many years IN
Mr.. Stevenson's family in Samoa.
/ A secret agent of the hsh and game
league who plays the part of German
peddler and cuts over wagon aXles, has
captured four Ripton fishermen, who We're
fined about so and costs. One chap had
20 trout, only two of which were six
inches long
! Woodstock is developing anothec guide
less wonder for the race track. one day
the first OF the week Cleo Cox turned
SWanton Boy loose on the fair ground
equipped only with a surcnglc, bride and
check rein and started him off. He had
the tract, all to himself and everything
his own way, and he trotted mile in 2:i5