Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-09-17

short horn cattle to the st. Johnsbury
| fair. He intends to take them from there
to the fairs at Rochester N. H., and
Brattleboro before his return. Curtis
Martin went with him.-An ice cream So
| cial was held in the Methodist vcstry on
Wednesday evening.-C. c. Graves oil
Brookteld was in town buying steers last
| week.-Mrs.. c. st. John and Mrs. Aman-
do Batchelder held whist pa rites this week
Mrs. L. L. Smith and her mother ar
rived in town Tuesday for short stay
MONTPELIER.
The case of II. r. Sias VS.. the Con-
soidated Lighting company went to the
jury Thursday noon. The closing argu
ment for the defence was made by j. ii
Senter and for the plaintiff by j. w
Gordon. Judge Haselton occupied nearly
an hour in his charge to the jury which
was conceded by all who heard 1t as
strictly impartial and explaining lucidly
the points of law bearing upon the case.
| The jury returned a verdict for the plain
| tiff to recover s5.s95.S3 and costs. The
verdict for the plaintiff in the former
trial was for 800. The case will prob
| ably again go to supreme court on ex-
| ceptions. The case of Mary Randall VS..
the Montpelier & Barre Power and Trac-
ton Co., was taken up at two O'Clock In
the afternoon. The plaintiff resides In
|
injured while alighting from car on
Barre street at the junction of Fullerton
| avenue. She sues to recover $4,000. A. d.
Billings of Burlington and II. c. Shurtleff
of Montpelier are counsel for the plaintiff
and r. +. Brown of Burlington and r.
| A. Hoar of Barre represent the electric
| road. The testimony of Superintendent F.
II. Andrus. the plaintiff, and DR.. J. b.
| Wheeler of Burlington was taken Thurs
| day afternoon.
Miss Bessie Carey, a former teacher of
vocal music at Montpelier Seminary, died
recently at Galesburg, Ill. Miss Carey
made many friends during her stay In
Montpelier. who deeply deplore her un-
| timely death.
| John Slattery died late Thursday night
at the home of Mrs. Nj. A. Gillette, his
| daughter, in Hyde block. aged 30 years
| The direct cause of his death was a stroke
| of paralysis received two weeks ago. Mr..
| Slattcry was one of the oldest persons IN
| Montpelier. He was a native of LINER
ick. Ireland, and for many years was in
the employ of the construction depart
ment of the Central Vermont railroad. He
leaves four daughters His wife died 1f
years ago. Funeral services were held
at nine o'clock Saturday morning from st.
| Augustine's Church and burial was in
the Catholic cemetery.
| William Morris. who claims Burlington
as his home was fined s. and costs of
% in city court Saturday morning for
cruelty to animals. Morris was arrested
late Friday night by Officer Durkee
while driving a horse that could hardly
stand Morris paid his fine and costs
and the court ordered the horse to be
| killed
Principal f. G. Ham has been re-elect-
ed by the school board as superintendent
of the schools of the city for the coming
year. The board has also authorized Mr..
| Ham to expend SIS for colors for the art
department.
The grand jury had not completed in
vestigating the murder of Peter Verron
when it took a recess Saturday noon
until Monday afternoon at two o'clock.
| At least 20 more witnesses are yet to be
exa mined The plaintiff rested Saturday
morning in the case of Mary Randall VS..
the Barre and Montpelier Power & Trac-
| ton Co. now on trial in county court and
evidence for the defence was put in up
to the time of adjournment Saturday
| n0on. The witnesses examined were the
conductor and motorman Of the car from
| which Mrs. Randall was thrown and sew
eral passengers including Fred A. How
land, Mrs. Jennie S. Wilkinson, Mrs
| Eliza Crosset and w. o. Standish. The
defendant is attempting to prove that
the plaintiff jumped from a moving car
and was thereby injured
Senator w. p Dillingham; arrived home
Saturday evening Since his return from
Alaska he has been visiting relatives in
Milwaukee
Edward Baker, state armorer, was busy
on Saturday in caring for 10000 rounds
of ball cartridges for the use of the mem
bers of the LIST regiment, V. n. G., which
arrived at Montpelier that day. Ship
ments were made to tho several COM
panies and part of the supply was stored
in the State arsenal.
Nathan L. Bancroft of Calais has been
awarded the contract for the star route
mail service between this city, Putnams-
VILE and Worcester. The contract Is
from September q, 1908 TO June 30. 1906
1t calls for two round trips daily, Sun
days excepted, between Worcester and
this city and the compensation IS sS75 per
annum.
The case of Mary Randall Of Burling-
ton VS.. the Barre & Montpelier Power &,
Traction company went to the jury
shortly before noon Tuesday. At two
o'clock they returned "a verdict finding
the defendant company not guilty in the
manner and form alleged and found for
the defendant company to recover its
costs. The suit was brought in this case
TO recover for damages alleged to have
been sustained from being thrown from
one of the company's cars near Fuller
ton avenue in this city on October H.
1902. The defendant claimed that the
plaintiff jumped from a moving car and
was thereby injured and the jury evil
IDENTIFY took this view of the case.
The body of Max Severance was among
the 800 that were brought to New York
last Saturday from Manila on the trans
port Fitzpatrick. The remains of Mr..
Severance are expected in Montpelier
sometime this week.
Unless copus rains fall very soon Mont
pelier is threatened with water famine
The streams that supply Berlin pond
supply are fast drying up and the Wi
nooski river is lower than 1t has been at
any time this season. Superintendent
Smith urges the utmost caution in the
use of Berlin water and unless relief is
soon afforded he will be obliged to issue
drastic orders.
The case of Cotton & Collins vs.. f. W.
Sharkey of Plainfeld to recover on a
note was heard Tuesday before Judge
Woodward in city court and judgment
was given for the plaintiff TO recover
$3.50 and s0.05 costs.
Judge Carlton has appointed Fred w.
Dutton of Mortified, guardian of Charles
II. Houston of that town. Houston is
now an inmate of the State hospital for
the insane at Waterbury. a relative of
Mr., Houston died recently leaving quite
a large estate of which he is one of the
was necessary.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Wheatley will cele-
brate next Friday the 30th anniversary
Of their marriage.
A Sunday quiet prevailed at Montpelier
yesterday. More than 100 tickets to tho
Northneld fair were sold at the local sta
ton and almost every kind of convey