Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17
ADDISON COUNTY
yERGENNES.

The democrats of this city held caucus
at the city hall Wednesday evening. LOUIS
A. Rondeau was elected chairman ana q.
i. q. kimbal, secretary. q. f. .. kimball
and John II. Donnelly were elected dele
gates to the State convention and L. a.
Kondeau and Timothy Dillon to the dis
trict convention. "A city committee Tor Two
wears was elected as follows: John H.
Donnelly chairman, a. d. Nittum. i. Cll-
lon, L. A. Rondeau and James simon. Iho
delegates to the State convention are IN
favor of a straight democratic ticket and
will support +. w. McGettrick for candl-
date for governor. 1t was also decided 10
nominate a candidate later for city repre-
sentative. A prominent democrat sald 10
the Free Press reporter that in all propa-
bility Addison county would be unit Tor
u straight democratic ticket in the coming
election
The committees from the several
churches in this city and vicinity report
that they have secured places for 40 fresh
air children. The children are to arrive
here July "A on the 6:03 p. m. train and
those who are to entertain them are re-
quested to meet them at the station or ar
range for their conveyance to their homes.
William the 11-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Garrow recently fell through
q hole in the scaffold of a barn. where he
was helping to NOW away hay, to the
floor below, a distance of about II feet. sus-
tanning a compound fracture of his right
shoulder. DR.. Edward Plon was called
to attend him.
Joseph Carter Of Ferrsburgh and C. II.
Marshall of Addison have been appointed
as administrators of the estate of the late
+. Il. Sears of Fanton and +. A. Field and
l.. s. Bristol have been appointed commits
sioners of the estate.
The body of Samuel Belta, who died sud-
denly Friday night from heart failure at
his boarding house at Shelburne was
1,ro IN n bic in t1ic nj ga
The Central Office OF the New England
Telephone company has been moved from
r.. Neville's drug store to the rooms in
the same block formerly occupied by Miss
Kate Flanagan.
The heaviest electrical storm of the sea-
son passed over this city Monday night.
The American House was struck about 10
O'Clock by lightning which entered at the
southeast corner of the house into a room
occupied by l.. q. Cummings of Newport,
where it struck the electric light wire and
passed into an adjoining room on the other
side OF the hall occupied by II. e. Robbins
of Burlington, foreman of the cable de-
partment of the New England Telephone
company, from where it followed the wire
and escaped at the northeast corner of the
house The only damage done was the
breaking of an electric lamp and the dis
lodgment of a small portion of the plaster
in the room of Mr.. Cummings, the burn
ing out Of the fuse in the garret and the
burning out of the transformers. Mr.. Rob-
bins received a slight shock as 1t passed
through his room
Tuesday while Ernest Baror was riding
in the elevator at the Vermont Shade Rol-
Ter factory his right foot was caught be-
tween the floor and the elevator, crushing
his instep severely But for his presence
of mind in seizing tho shifter and thus
stopping the elevator his foot would have
been completely taken off. DR. q. F. b.
Willard was called and dressed the wound.
and it is hoped that no other operation
will be necessary.
The body of James Grennells. who
died at the Emergency hospital in Barre
Tuesday morning from being run over by
a train of cars, was brought here Wednes-
day.