Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-25


wedding trip and are TO be at home TO
their friends after March j.. Clarence
Long and Miss Edith Rice OF Northheid
were married at the home oil o. .. Long
Wednesday night, February 10. by me
Rev. j. q. Angcll Congratu!ntions.-F
Mrs. William Shepard is spending cou.
ductor on the electric cars at Montpelier
Mrs. William Shepard is visiting cou-
pie of weeks In Boston and vicinity.-lhe
cooperative creamery paid IT'S patrons
Of January.--lt is thought that j. W. Esan
vii rebuild his mill. recently burned
MONTPELIER.
+. w. Morse, general freight agent of
the Montpelier d Wells River railroad
was in Tarre Thursday with ). II. DARWIN
pie. general freight agent or the Cen
trail Vermont, In consultation with the
committee from the Granite NLtnuiac-
turcrs' association having in charge the
exhibit of Barre granite, which Is 10 DC
made at the st. Louis exposition. Inc
conference had reference to freight rates
and Is said to have been perfectly salts
factory to the Barre men.
A special examination for the grades
OF clerk and carrier in the Montpelier
posAoffice will be held in the federal
building on Saturday. February Y. The
age limit for this examination is Is to 40
years.
Tho warning for the annual city meet
inH March has been posted by CITY Cierk
Merrill. One article or general inter
est Is to see IL the city will instruct the
city council to go TO the necessary ex-
pense of running a 20 or 81 inch cast iron
pipe from the small reservoir to connect
with the mains at the gate mousse OF the
water system, and also for proVlding per
manent means for cleaning the main re-
servoir. Another article outside OF the ordi-
/ H.. n . IL
thorize the city council to approve de-
sign for monument to the late Joel Eos
ter, for which the city last year appro-
priated $500 The recent report OF the
fire engineers Is also noticed in an ar
ticlc to see If the city Will authorize the
school commissioners to install a new
heating plant In Union school building.
No. l. The fire engineers have reported the
old system as dangerous.
Nomination papers for city sheriff were
filed Saturday afternoon by friends of
John Docherty, the present incumbent Of
the Office.
Dillingham; Brothers and I. NJ. Diling-
ham Of Stowe were discharged from banh-
r.itcy b, Referee e. H. Deavitt in bank
ruptcy court Saturday afternoon. Dilling-
ham Brothers will pay a dividend of Is L.
per cent. and I. NJ Dillingham; II per
cent. on their Indebtedness. G. a. Plumley.
trustee, was discharged In the case of John
w. SCOtt OF NOrtn1ell anu f''lIi'il r..
Bailey, trustee in the case of j. y.
Waterman of Montpelier. No objections
were filed to the discharge Of Mr.. Water
man az a bankrupt and tho court 50 &C..
dercd c. A. Plumley, trustee of Jam :
" Hazelton Of Mortified. asked for a
discharge but the case was held open a.
other week.
Divorce papers have been served in the
case Of Lillian Wheeler vs.. Martin G.
Wheeler of Calais and the case will be
heard at the March term of Warrington
county court
John Randall. a Civil War veteran, dice
Sunday evening at Itcaton hospital. whor'
he had been for several weeks, aged !.
years. Deceased was n member of Co. +
LIST regiment VI. Vols and leaves no noal
relatives. Funeral services were held Mon
day morning in the vostrv Of the Church
of the Messiah the Rev. j. Edward
Wright officiating tho burial was If
the cemetery AZ West Berlin.
George n. Wilson. q Corinth farmer
aged 81 years, and Miss Nellie L. Nc
Crclis, aged &c, were married Monday
evening by Judge C. r. Woodward
The mother of the bride gave her con
sent to the marriage, and as this wa.
Mr.. Wilson's third matrimonial at
tempt, he was familiar with all tn,
ante-nuptial formalities. The newt!
married couple passed the first nigh
Oh tHelT WeuVtl ire III l1e mon llouS'
and went to CO.; h Tuesday morn
inE.
Mrs. Lorin6a G. Bowen died Tucsda,
evening at the farm house Of Henry :
Town, aged - years. Mrs. Bowen wa
the oldest person in Montpeler. She va
a daughter Of the late Elisha Cummins O
i Montpelier, one of the early settler
9 = town which originally was know
as Muntp"lier. Mrs. Bowen had lived Wit
Mrs. Town. her niece for tho past sevo
years ana until two weeks ago had bee
in remarkably good health for a wona
; of her years. She leaves one grandchl,
Mrs. George T. Bliss of East Montpclie,
, Funeral services will be held from tn
. residence Of Mr., Town this afternoon a
two o'clock, the Rev. Lucius +. Reed of
tciating and burial will he in the fami
lot in the cutler cemetery.
Judge Fl r. Start of Bakersfield IN
been in town for the past - hours in con
sultation with Judges Rowell and Watson
| The Ladies' Ecading club connected wit
Trinity Methodist Church held red lette
day exercises in the church vostry yes
terday afternoon. About 700 ladies wer
present. The guests wcra received by Mr.
) l.. +. Rand. president, and Mrs. w. /
, GOG1alo secretary and treasurer of III
. club. The programme which WIS in cna7 &
OF Mrs W. o. Chapman included selet
lions by Wildors orchestra with yioli
solo by Fred Whittier: vocal solos by Mrs
, NJ -. Lamb of Barre and readings b
Miss Mabel Hamilton, instructor in elocu
, ton at Montpelier Seminary. Refresh
ments were served under the direction q
Mrs. W. a. Stowell. chairman Of the r.
. freshment committee. Mrs w. O. Lowe
, Mrs. Henry Holt and Mrs. w. a. Stowe
composed the committee having charge {
the affair.
Frank ~ Smith, ]. W. Brock and A. W
Ferrn, stockholders in the Waterhur
a National bank attended the meeting hel
Yesterday at the bank at which it wa
voted to reduce the capital stock fror
: 500, 600 to So, 900.
The programme for the annual meetin
of the third district, Royal Arch Mason
K published Tuesday morning In the FIRE
Press. was carried out to the letter yes
tcrday. Nearly 100 Royal Arch Mason
t were in attendance.
Herbert Slayton. a law student with /
, G. Fleetwood at Morrisville, has been ar
p pointed deputy clerk for Washington cour
ty court. Mr. Slayton entered upon hi
duties yesterday. Charles Scott, the for
mcr deputy clerk has resumed his Studio
at Montpelier Seminary.
< The State bowling tournament will b
terminated in this city next Wednesda
= evening. -Four games will be played be
4 tween the Burlington and Montpelie
teams.
The Rev. l.. r. Reed gave last evcnin
\ the third in a series of practical talks BIZ
I fore members of the Y. NJ. C. A. Nj
, Reeds subject was "1he Days Work,
. and he presented II in very happy an
s attractive manner. The newly organize