Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-27
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Of Laneille County Court.

Lamoille county court finished work
July 1s and adjourned. This has been
one Of the longest terms on record. A
days. II has also been an expensive term,
as a glance at the following figures. tho
sums paid out by the county clerk. Will
show. Mr. Waite has been clerk for 70
years and he has made the largest dis
bursements this term OF any during that
time. Here are the expenditures that he
has paid Grand jury. $13i52; petit jury.
12,5N3.oi; state witnesses. $46s.Ss: referees
and special masters. ss5s.la; court report
er. sS52; assistant Judges. S2ss.6o; total.
l.os7.ss. The following divorces were
granted Lucia A. Hopkins w. Charles
Hopkins. Waterbury Center, bill granted
for intolcrabie severity. allowed 500 all
mony; Charles A. Pratt vs.. Mary Il.
Pratt. Hyde Park, hill granted for descr-
ton; Flora A. Russell vs.. Daniel Russell.
Stowe. bill sranted for intolerable sever
ity; Alg2 Thomas VS.. Robert Thomas.
Waterville, bill granted for intolcrahc
severity, custody Of child given tho moth
er: william II. johnson VS.. Ida A. john
sor. stowe, bill granted for deser'icn;
Fred w. Mould vs. Annie L. Mould, Nor
risville, bill granted for descrtion. Gus
todycf the children given father; Maud T..
Warren vs. william a. Warren. Hyde
Park. bill granted for dcscriion; q. NJ.
Answorth w. Frances Ainsworth Of Eel
Videre. hill granted for intolorablc sever
ity. on hearing no question was raised IN
oprosition tn divorce being granted:
Ellen s. Robinson VS.. Henry II. Robinson.
bill granted for intoicrablc severity.
HAD TYPHOID MENINGITIS.
Albert stevens. the sevcn-ycar-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Efford stevens Of Ben
nngton. died Tuesday. July Is. at eight
o'clock Of typhoid meningitis. About four
four months ago he was confined I" the
house with measles and since that time
has been gradually growing weaker. A
Jew days ago physicians discovered that
there were new symptoms and decided
tnnt the boy had typhoid meningitis. This
is a very rare phase of meningitis. there
being according to statistcs.an average
Of about three cases OF it out OF a thcn-
sand cages
A PANTHER STORY.
Wilson Hedges Of North Brdgewatcr
brings in story which. in IL way. con-
Arms the report that y husky panther
IS roaming the woods Of Barnard. Mr..
Hodges hadn't heard Of any one meet
HE inc panther. Ou' lNS' W''h Nv -
working on the Huntoon farm in barnard.
near the edge Of the woods. when some
animal put up bowling and scrccchnE
that beat by a mile anything he ever
heard The rumpus came from behind
the brush on tho edge of the timber.
MIR Hedges couldn't sec the animal, but
hc was the worst scared man in the
county for a minute. as the noise seem
ed to he only a little distance off. He had
only an axe in his hands and was won
derinc what he would do with 1t II
things came to show down. when the
beast moved on.
CAPT. WELD SERIOUSLY HURT.
Capt Fred y. Weld Of Rrattcboro.
formerly captain of the old Fuller nat
terry, was the victim of a serious accident
shortly after six o'clock "Wednesday
evening ny direction Of Chief Engineer
H. W. Sanders of the fire department.
the steamer which the village recently
bought Of the Estey Organ company. was
taken out to be tested nj the Main street
reservoir. CAPTAIN Weld was engineer
He started the engine, but the suction
failed to work and he ran the engine at
q high spec d in order to create a vacuum
in the suction pipe. Suddenly the fly
wheel near the engineer broke from the
hub and struck Captain Weld under the
left ear. knocking him against one of the
big wheels. which cut a deep cash in the
outer side Of his head. The fly wheel
weighed about 20 pounds,and the force
OF the blow rendered Captain Weld I'M
conscious. He fell to the ground and il
was some time before he recovered CON
seriousness. Then he was taken tn the
Memorial hospital. Captain Weld was
slightly better Thursday ard it is be-
lieved that he will recover. but it cannot
BE- stated for n few days whether there
y fracture at the base of the brain or