Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-01
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONTPELIER.

Charles A. Barnard of Chicago was ar
rested ian this city Friday afternoon as
he about to take the $3.50 train, by
Deputy Sheriff Wedge. The cause of his
arrest was an unpaid tailor bill of about
so at Woolson Bros. and a body writ wa $
issued against him in order to detain him
from leaving the State before he settled
Mr. Barnard was some years ago engaged
ian the drug business in this city under
the firm name of Babcock & Barnard. At
present he represents a Masonic accident
insurance company of Des Moines, Ia,
and came to the city on Thursday evening
for brief stay. Mr.. Barnard effected n
settlement of the affair with Mr.. Woolson
and left the city on the evening II ain.
The listers have completed their work
and filed their books with the city clerk
yesterday. The total number of taxpayers
IS 1850 a gain of t12 over 1898, of which
about 300 We're acquired by the annexation
of Berlin side. The total valuation of real
estate Is s2,sl15 so; personal PROPERTY, $l,574,-
$50; lSl5 polls, 1853 600; "a total of 81 S55, 565
Deducting from this total $6l. 2a6 in real es-
tate and personal property invested in
manufacturing, exempt from taxation by
vote Of the city and 800 polls of % sol
diers exempt by special statute, a total
grand list of Sl7, 1913. 80 is left. The gain in
valuation of taxable real estate over 1898
is Si6S.S1j; gain in personal property S26I,-
3S. The gain I'm the number of the tax
able polls Is 3Sl. About two-thirds of the
Increased valuation and in the number of
polls comes from the annexed district.
Adding 40 polls which are exempt from
taxation by reason of being over 20 years
of age to the total number of polls, Isis,
gives population of voting age of 1,92i.
or one vote to every three and one-half in
the total population.
w. W. Turpin of Burlington. Iowa, SUI
perintendent of construction for the Pan Y
Iai1 "a n II >iT nd luil N y
which has been awarded the contract for
constructing the new Washington County
jail, is in the city and the work of con-
struction is to be begun at once. 1t is
probable that certain parts of the work,
such as eXCavating, masonry, etc, will be
sub-et but Mr.. Turpin will remain in the
city to oversee the work until the struc-
turo is completed
Dick Cilley got drunk Tuesday aftern 1on
and in the evening went to the home of his
parents on Clay Hill where he raised a
rumpus, winding up by pounding his aged
father in Il severe manner. officer Wood
was summoned to the house and arrested
! Cilley whom he was forced to club into
submission. He was placed in cart and
carried to Jail. Yesterday afternoon he
pleaded guilty to a drunk in city court.
disclosing on the proverbial stranger, He
was fined with costs S1l.hl and being I'M
able to liquidate was given 10 days in Jail,
byGrand Juror Carleton, of assault and bat
terry to which he pleaded not guilty. AS
his fathers condition would not allow OF
his appearance in court the case was con
tinued until Friday afternoon.
Constable j. +. Hastings of Middlesey
came to the city yesterday morning with
p double team to convey Mrs Nancy Stevens
who was arrested Saturday on the charge
of threatening to shoot Road Commission
er Pembroke, to that place for hearing be-
fore Justice w. G. White Mrs Stevens,
has since her arrest, been suffering from
double hernia which approached strangu-
! laton. 1t Is thought her violent strug-
giles with the officers at the time of her
arrest aggravated the trouble Before
she could leave for Middlesex, she was
Obliged to call "A physician to tit her with A
truss. NJ. NJ. Gordon of Barre appeared
for the prosecution and j. G.. Wing for
the defence.
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