Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-17
The BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY AUGUST H. 1893


Brooks avenue has been dedicated by the
owners of the property through which 1t
passes. They are Hon. Y. A. Woodbury.,
Hon. w. J. Van Patten and the Brooks
estate. The street extends from Prospect
to Willard street between Pearl and
LOOMS streets.
While working about saw at the Hick-
ok mills, Eugene Beauchemin of Howard
street had the misfortune to completely
sever the two first fingers and severely
cut the third finger of his left hanh. He
was taken to the hospital where the
wounds were dressed.
w. S. Allen of East Wallngford was
brought to this city by Deputy United
States Marshal Stoddard of Rutland yes
terday and taken before Clerk of the
United States Court George Il. Johnson,
charged with violating the internal rev.
enue laws. Allen waived examination and
gave bail of $500 for his appearance at the
October term of court.
The trustees of the Gill Odd Fellows
Home at Ludlow have recently admitted
three new members. one came from Beat
teboro, one from Bennington ard the 9TH
er from Lyndonvlle. An application from
Windsor is under consideration. There
ace now six members at the Home, two
having died there last year.
Felix Dubois formerly of this city, died
Sunday in hospital at East Pittsburg
Mass, where he had been taken after the
accident which resulted in the loss of his
life. The interment will take place at
East Pittsburg. Mono of his family were
with him having been notified of his criti-
cal illness too late to reach him.
Dan w. Aiken of kellogg's Landing,
La, arrived ian this city Tuesday TO
visit II. s. Peck Mr. Aiken has been in
thn ff- t., ,t.
tor of II plantations embra cling over ~ 900
acres of land. most of which is devoted to
the growth of cotton, although some of 1t
Is used for cattle and other purposes
Or. William Bernhart, formerly teach
er in the Sauveur summer school, is spend
ing vacation in this city having travel
ed widely but never having found a place
which equals Burlington. He speaks in
enthusiastic terms of the new high school
building. DR.. Bernhart will remain here
until fall when he returns to Washington.
The steamer Chateaugay brought TO this
city an excursion party of about 260 peo-
PIE Tuesday under the auspices of the
Saratoga Congregational church. The
boat arrived at o'clock in the afternoon
and left at for Port Kent from which
point the party returned home by rail
The steamer Maquam took the Chateau
gays regular trip.
The hearing before Judge bingham as
referee in the case of T. w. Thocn, exc
cutor of the estate of Homer Thompson
of Underhill versus A. w. Waters to re-
cover certain money was completed late
n the afternoon Thursday. The report of
the referee goes to the County CouCt j.
j. Monahan appeared for the executor and
Seneca Haselton and Charles T. Barney
for Waters.
of npin l. Iu.in
who died Sunday night at her home on
Shelburne road. was held tuesday after
noon from st. Paul's chapel with Rev. G..
Y. Bliss officiating. The burial was in
Lake View cemetery and the bearers were:
Henry Johnson, Peter Rowley, John kel-
ley. Fred Salon, Peter Latour and Alfred
Pennington.
The Redfcld College Male Quartette, as
sisted by Miss Ethelyn King, soprano So
loist and acCompanist, were received in
the Y. NJ. c. A. hall Friday evening by "a
good sized and appreciative audience,
Several of the selections were encored and
all were highly enjoyed. The young men
are working to secure funds for the cree
ton of college building and received a
considerable addition to their fund.
tically filled to the number required for
reorganization. There will be eXamina-
tons on Saturday evening. The order for
election 10 De held IueSddy evening at
O'Clock was read at last nights meeting.
e. Turk received letter Friday from
his son, Joseph Turk, who, accompan MED
by Mrs. Turk. is on his way to Rangoon,
where is to have charge of the work of
the Pennsylvania Steel Co. The letter
was dated at Port Said July 2ith, and re-
ports both Mr.. and Mrs Turk well. They
expect to arrive at their destination short
ly before September 1st. Mr.. and Mrs.
Turk are travelling with one of the resi-
dent directors OF the company.
Margaret ]. Holmes died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Jessie r. Thomas on
johnson street in this city Saturday. AL
though Mrs Holmes has only lived here
three years she had made many friends.
She was a staunch Christian and a kind
friend and bore her long illness and suffer
inSs with Christian fortitude. She is sur
vived by two sons and daughter Pray
ers were said at the house at 10 o'clock
Monday morning. The nterment took
place at Boston. Mass. Tuesday at p. m,
The fire department was called out at
1O.O6 Friday morning by an alarm from
box % on the corner of North and willard
streets. The cause of the alarm was the
overlooking of heated tar in the concrete
sheds owned by +. T.. Moore. Several
men employed by the street department.
were near and covered the flowing tar
with dirt. The fire department did not go
into service as water or chemical would
have been useless. No damage was done
aside from this loss of the tar. Box %
was put in last spring and this is the first