Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-01

years old and has resided in this city sew
eral years. Funeral services will be he d
In st. Josephs church at o'clock Thurs
day morning. The intcrment will be in
Mount Galway cemetery.
Bail of $3.50 has been fixed in the case
of John Williams & CO. versus J.. Lipman
Of this city, in an action Of trover to re-
cover for goods which 1t is claimed Lip
man converted TO his own Use. Llpman
claims the goods, with some others own
ed by him, were stolen. The bail was
first fixed by Judge Root at $500 and later
reduced to $40. T.. l.. Graves and Seneca
liaselton appear for the Plaintiffs and
Cushman & Sherman for the defendant.
Arrangements are being made to remod-
el the store at the corner of Church and
Main streets IN the Mead block early in
the spring The block is owned by Mrs.
A. A. Mead, who is now in Brooklyn. The
plan Is to lower the first floor to the
street level, which will necessitate the
lowering of the basement about four feet.
The first floor is row reached by going up
several steps. II is probable that a plate
glass front will be put in place on the
Main street side.
The marriage of Miss Isabelle Granne'd
of Church street to Graham Wilson was
solemnized in the parlors of the Episco-
pal residence of St. Mays cathedral at
O'Clock Tuesday night. Rev G. G. Dcany
al
sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid
and D. c. Barber as best man. The cerc-
mony was private. The couple will make
their home in this city. Mr.. Wilson was
formerly from Dallas, Tex, and has serv
ed eight years in the United States Army,
Martin Carney, who was arrested by OF
ficcr Brothers on Sunday evening while
under the impression that he could run
Donnellys Hotel more successfully than
l,.F-
W. J. Hawkins Monday morning and
pleaded not guilty to the charge of intoxi-
cation. officer Russell. who assisted in
getting the man to Jail, testified as to his
condition and there was no defence. JUS
tice Hawkins fined Garvey s. and costs Of
$l%.66 and nc took an appeal. r. c. O'Bricn
becoming his surety in the amount of $50
Grand Juror Macomber prosecuted.
A continued hearing was held and tho
case completed in St Adams Monday in
which +. c. Smith brought suit against
John j. Flynn and L. c. Kennedy for SER
vices at the last session of the State Leg
stature. The suit was an action of as
sumpsit to recover about sS5. IL was
claimed that the bill was incurred for the
services of Mr.. Smith in connection with
securing amendments to the charter for
an electric railroad in st. Adams which
tho defendants thought of buying. Judge
Finn gave judgment for the defendants
to recover costs.
The death of Judge julius w. Russell
creates a vacancy in the office of NUM-
cip1 Judge, which will probably be fill
ed by the appointment of Clerk of the
Court +. W. j. Hawkins. 1t was under
stood at the time of Judge Russells reap
pointmcnt that he would resign In the
spring of 1900 and that Gov. Smith would
then appoint Clerk Hawkins to the posi-
ton, the arrangement being due to a con-
test for the office. This change would
have been made in another month and the
appointment Of Clerk Hawkins to the va
cant Office will no doubt be made when
sufficient time has elapsed to allow it TO
he dttngly done.
Mrs w. Il. Rich of New York, the wife
of Rich, the dentist. who formerly prac-
ticed in this city, left Tuesday morning
with the three young children of the dem
ttStS former wife, now deceased Mrs.
Rich came to this city on Monday to get
the children and secured them from their
grandmother on Colchester avenue, who
cared for them. The children were averse
to going with their new found parent and
excited not little sympathy Tuesday
morning at the station by their grief
Rich's frs wife, whom he desert ed, died
in this city few weeks ago. leaving the
three children. The present Mrs. Rich
formerly secured her livelihood upon the
stage.