Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11

| tive service nearly all the time ne was in
the islands and was in several engage
| mcnts with the natives.
| Hiram L. Sparrow of East Montpelier,
representative from that town In the Leg
islature OF 1902, has been chosen to OIL
the vacancy for county senator on tho
fusion ticket caused by the refusal of q.
II. Moody of Waterbury to run on that
ticket At the republican county conven-
ton held in Montpelier last Tuesday. Mr..
Sparrow was elected n member of the
county COMMITTEES but he Will resign from
that committee and will run for senator
on the fusion ticket. This amended ticket
and the prohibition ticket nominated at
Barre yesterday were filed Saturday with
the county clerk that being the last day
such tickets could be fled.
The Bethel Granite Railway company
with capital stock Of $4,000 divided into
800 shares of 500 each has filed articles
of association in tho office of the secre-
tary OF state It is the purpose of the in
corporAtors to build a railroad through
the towns Of Bethel and Rovalton to tho
quarries of the T.. r. Ellis Granite com
pany.
Frank Conway OF this city was con
victcd In city court Saturday for sec
ond offence of int oXication and was fined
si5 and costs. He appealed his case To
county court but AS he could not furnish
The requisite 500 bail. was romandcd.
Thomas Ready of stowe pleaded guilty
to a first offence of intoxication and paid
n fine and costs of s12.79, He was rear
rested by an officer from Stowe and taken
there on a charge of larceny. Ready has
only one leg and he expressed the opinionN
that he was up against hard luck, a prop
osition which no one seemed disposed to
dispute.
The case of state VS. Gertrude Smonds,
breach Of the peace in assaultine Mrs.
John Sullivan at the Hillside harding
| house last Friday, was tried Yesterday in
I CitV COiIrt hCfCrc .Tudpe Woodward and
| jury. city Grand Juror Gates represented
tho state and John g. Wing the respond
ent. who was convicted after tho Jury was
ont FIVE minutes. Sentence has not been
| imposed as the respondent wishes time to
consider whether she will appeal her case
! TO county court. Five cases Of ntoXica-
ton were also before Judge Woodward
yesterday. James Carl OF Stanstead, j.
@. J. w. Adshadc of Randolph, Charles II.
Riley OF Pike Station, n H., and Patrick
Daley of Hartford. Conn, were each fined
s. and costs and as they had no money
they took the alternate sentence Of 10 days
in county Jail. Harry Perkins of Montpel-
Ter WAS fined SO and costs for a second
offcnsc which he hopes to pay within the
required "a hours.
John Thaycr. an old resident OF Wrights-
Vile, died Monday, eyed 6s years. Flu
neral services We're held Vednesday af-
ternoon at his old home and burial was
in the Lewis cemetery.
Robert Emery who was arrested Satur-
day on close Jail execution for a iudg-
mcnt of $50 damages and costs against him
at the March term Of county court I'm tho
case of W. J. johnson VS. Robert Emery
has been baied in the sum of $500 by +. A.
Shorburnc and Robert and Daniel Emery.
Overseer Partnentcr was called from his
! home Sunday night at midnight to care for
the T. years old daughter Of Mrs. Frank
Goslcy of Mortified, who had been de-
serted by her mother in a shed at tho rear