Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-18

having been captured in this city. lie
was found at the residence of John Cole
man on Cherry street. When discovered
he was lying between the mattress and
spring in one of the bed rooms.
The Odd Fellows of the city attended
the afternoon service at the College
Street Church in body Sunday, and
the sermon by the Rev. Gerald II. Beard
was addressed particularly to them The
choir of the church rendered special mu-
sic and the service was an impressive one
although the attendance was not large.
Mrs. Mayo, wife of Lieutenant Com
mander Henry T. Mayo executive officer
of the battlcship Wisconsin, has arrived
in the city, accompanied by her sons.
Chester c. and George. They are the
guests of her father, II. r. Wing, and
will probably remain until the return
of Commander Mayo from China next
spring.
The mail train due in this city from the
south at 425 y. m. was about two and
one-h half hours late Friday night because
of trees blown across the track near
Mount Holly The same gale which
caused this delay did some slight dam
age in this city. Branches of trees in
the park were broken off and windows
blown in in some instances.
The board of license commissioners
completed Monday their first quarterly
inspection of the places where liquor is
sold Everything was found to be salts
factory. The dealers were notified by the
commissioners to keep watch of the news
papers and thus learn what men were
being convicted of intoxication and to
refrain from selling them liquor
Mrs Sophie Cote, aged rs years, died
Friday morning at her home on South
I1tf CT nft c.
CT ibed to old age and other complications.
She was "A widow and leaves three sons,
John. 1sadore and Paul. and one daugh-
ter, Victoria MERCER The funeral was
held Sunday afternoon at five o'clock at
St. Joseph's Church with interment in
Mount Calvary cemetery.
Joseph Deatte of Enosburgh Falls was
brought to this city Friday by Dep
uty Marshal l.. A. Drew and was taken
before George l.. johnson. clerk of the
United States courts to furnish bail in
the sum of $500 in a smuggling case, for
which he was indicted by the grand jury
at the recent term of the United States
courts at Windsor. He is charged with
smuggling five quarts of whiskey into the
| United States
Thomas Reeves and NJ. S. Villas have
| formed a partnership under the firm name
| of Reeves e. Villas for the purpose of
conducting a real estate business. Their
Office will be where Mr.. Villas is now
! located. w. II. Tyler, who has been
conducting the real estate end of Mr..
Vilass business for the past few months,
will be employed by the Western Union
Telegraph Co. Mr.. Villas will devote his
time to the practice Of law.
The following cases were heard before
Justice A.V. Spaulding Thursday: Thomas
Reeves VS.. John Mace, judgment for the
plaintiff for $40 damages and $3.i5 costs.
and for the possession of the premises
sued for; G. S. Blodgett Co. VS.. George
V. Towne, judgment for plaintiff for s.4i
damages and costs of s297: Standard Coal
and Ice Co VS.. George Y. Towne, judg-
ment for plaintiff for s1755 damages and
S2o7 costs
Flag day was celebrated Monday even
ing by the Woman's Relief Corps at the
rooms of Stannard Post. During the even
ing refreshments were served, pro-
gramme was rendered and general good
time enjoyed. Those taking part in the
programme were Andrew McGaffey. Miss
Theodore Peck, Mrs. Walker, C. II.
Scully II. o. Wheeler Mrs. Barnes. Miss
Bradley, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Hibbard. Gen.
7. S. Peck. Elmer Squires and Col E.
W. Jewett.
| George NJ. Rowell, who has been freight
| agent at tue iNuildnu ueIol Ill tillS CITY
| since January, 1901 has resigned and COM
plcted his duties Monday. Before his
departure he was presented with an alli-
| gator skin satchel by the employees at
the office, lie will be employed by the
! Mutual Life Insurance Co. as agent. Mr..
Rowell will be succeeded by a. f. Tryon
of Topper Lake, y. Y, who has been in
the employ of the New York Central rail-
road
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Aud received n
cablcgram on Monday stating that their
son, 6. +. Aud, a paymaster in the navy
on the bancroft, was very i'll at san
Juan, Porto Rico, and that an operation
would probably be necessary to save his
life. Inquiry by telegraph was made al
the war department Tuesday and it was
learned that the operation was to be per-
formed that day, That evening Mr.. Aud
was informed that the operation was fin
ishod, had resulted unfavorably and
the probability that he could recover
was very slight.
At the meeting of the board of directors
of the Y. NJ c.. A. Tuesday night aside
from the regular routine business, Il com
mittee was appointed to select suitable
place for the drinking fountain which was
| presented to the association by the Yer
mont Marble company of Rutland. The
resignation of b. N Clark as assistant
secretary 10 take erect july !, was dC-
Ceptod. Mr.. Clark as yet has not accept
ed any other position. Action was taker
authorizing the secretary to issue a hi
weekly paper, containing the doings OF
the association. to be sent to all members
1t is expected to start the publication
about September !.
The Rev. J. Il. Mead OF the Methodist
Church preached his last sermon Sun
day morning before going abroad on 6
vacation Of about two months. Mr.. Mead
left Tuesday for New York. where
he will join a party of l5 sailing for Liv-
erpool on the steamer Cedric on Friday
Among the places included in the toul
will be Epworth, Eng, Stratford-on
Avon, Warwick, Wentworth, oxford
London, Dieppe. Paris, Bingen, Wes
baden, Cologne, Brussels, Maines and
Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam. Edin
burgh, Melrose and Liverpool, sailing fol
New York on the Oceanic August II anc
arriving in Burlington about August -
Mrs Mead will be at her home in Barton
while Mr.. Mead is abroad and his pulpit
will be filled from various sources. III,
Rev. l., X. Whitman of Montpelier will
preach next Sunday.
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