Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-23
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Schools closed on Account Of
Diphtherin.

In view of the spread of diphthcria
among the school children of Pittsford.
the schools, which already have been
closed and reopened once. were ordered
closed indefinitely by the authorities Tues
day. The disease is OF u light form thus
far, and no deaths have occurred, but
tho action il taken as IL precautionary
measure and TO prevent all chances of a
further epidemic. Ten cases already have
been reported to DR.. William Ross. act
ing health officer. The homes Of the pa
tents have been uuarantincd, aud it is
thought the trouble will soon be eradi-
Gated.
WILL LIMIT THE ATTENDANCE
Applications for tickets Of admission to
the execution of Mary Rogers at the State
prison in Windsor Friday. December y,
for the murder Of her husband. to which
time she was last rcprevcd by Governor
Bell, have begun to come in to Sheriff H.
II. Peck of White River Junction. In the
present state of uncertainty over the
matter he declines giving out any per-
mits until the decision of the United States
Supreme Court is rendered, and it is dell
nitcly settled that her execution will take
place that day. Furthermore he is now
Of the opinion that he will admit to the
execution. whenever it may come off. only
those persons authorized or permitted un-
der the statute to be present on such
an occasion.
WINDSOR COUNTY DOCKET
Windsor county court will convene Tues
day. December $. The calendar contains
30 cases. OF which about 200 arc entries
from last term. There AZ. 10 chanccry
cases and A. State or criminal cases OF
| the 9th, RS. i3 are set for jury trial and -
are divorce cases. OF the latter 81 wci"
left over from the last term. On account
! of The large number of other cases only
one divorce case was heard last term. TIL"
Pre- siding judge is said To have iOkinglN
remarked during the last term that soy
raj oi the divorce eases had hrcn i"'nu-
ing 50 long that the parties might lie
ready for reconciliation, while the others
ought to have time to b" roc"ncicd II
they would. rhc docket * crowded AMI
the term promises to be II long one.
nITcI.COCk BAKED HIS APPLES.
! Fearing that his apples. which were
stored over the wood shed. woIld fr,eze
Monday night. Ernest Hitchcock "i
| Pittsford iightcd an oil stove IN the
room. He was called away few mo-
ments. and upon inning found the
room all a fire. II" quickly summoned his
| family and for L. minutes they fought
I the flames ana finally conquered them.
1t is thought that the stove set fire to
some blankets near by. Twelve barrels
of apples were baked.
CANNOT FIND HIS CHILDREN.
Charles T.. Church has returned to
forts in Concord. n. II and Boston to
find his two children. who. il is alleged,
were surrcpttiUusly taken away from the
home Of Mr.. Church's mother some three
weeks ago by his wife. Julia Iura
Church. MIR. Church and his wife had
separated and she had consented that
| the children be placed in the care Of
his mother to bring up. She changed her
mind, however and left town secretly
with the children for some destination
| unknown to relatives. l.ura. the older
| child, is about seven years old and clyde
the younger, is a little over two. The
| party was traced to Concord. y. H.,
| but all clues seemed to end there. Bos-
| ton, the former home of Mrs. thurcA.
was visited and inquiries made AZ the diff
| fcrcnt institutions in which children are
cared for, but without any success.