Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-27
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MONTPELIER.

MONTPELIER.
F., f. Strong. who has been in Mont
lpeller and vicinity for several weeks can
lvassng for the Royal Scroll. a religious
work, was Thursday arrested at West
Berlin and lodged in Jail at Montpelier.
There is no charge against him but he
was locked up because of his insane ac-
lions. At West Berlin the morning of his
arrest. he arose at daylight. became very
violent. imagining that crowd Of his
college fraternity had stolen his wife and
buried her. He was digging for her in
the yard of a. T.. Buck when he was
larrested. quantity of morphine was
taken from him at the Jail, and during the
AFTERNOON he was so violent he could not
be examined by physicians. 1t is believed
he Is victim of the drug habit About
two weeks ago he ordered a lobster supper
at Miller's Inn and refused to settle. He
Disagreed the amount to the chief of po-
lice Later in the evening Strong Is about
20 years old add wears Knights Temp
lar emblem. He was taken Thursday
IeveninE to the state hospital at Water
Ibury.
| Vernon Stone Of Warren, who has been
II fugitive from justice for more than
|
land and was lodged in Jail here Thurs
day by sheriff Tracy, who went to Rut-
Hand for him. stone was out on bail. fur
nished by Pryna Parker of Warren and
was charged with hurglarizing the house
of L. G. Austin IN Warren in June. 1905,
lie disappeared June 10, 1905, and was
lspotted at the Rutland fair ground by
|Ofiicer Whitaker of that city. He will
hold iS
in county court.
Mrs. Della Lascor of Barre who has
been in WASHINGTON county Jail several
weeks charged with grand larceny. and
against whom the grand jury ut the pres
ent term found no bill by reason of in
lsanity, has been ordered by Judge Powers
to be committed to the State Hospital for
the lusane for observation. She was taken
there Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Henry
Lamson. The woman Is addicted to the
drug habit. She has a husband and seven
children in Barre.
The Montpelier people who attended the
ISt. Johrsbury fair On Wednesday and
who We're due at Montpelier that night
at nine O'Clock by special train over the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad, did
not reach this city until one o'clock the
next morning. The train on which they
were riding from s.. Johnsbury TO Wells
River narrowly escaped going into a land
slide near RyeRate. The train was tagged
Just in time to avoid a bad accident The
trouble uecessltated transferring the pas
sengers and baggage.
Several from this city were in Groton
Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs. A.
j. Hough, wife Of former Methodist pas
tor in this city.
Fred Blanchard and Miss Alice A.
Blanchard, his daughter, left Fri
day for Seattle. Wash, where Miss
Blanchard is to be in charge of the chill
dren's department al the Seattle public
library. Miss Blanchard fitted for the
work at Smith College. the library school
at Albany, n. Y. and the Carnegie Ii
brary school at Pittshurg. Pa.
The city hall committee. appointed at
a special city meeting held August l. to
investigate the matter of erecting a city
hall, city stables and of purchasing and
laying out a city park, made public Its
report Saturday. The report recommends
the erection of city building and audi
forum at a cost not exceeding $l25, 900;
the building OF city stable at a cost not
exceeding 5000; the expenditure OF not
exceeding $1,000 in street improvements
and of sum not exceeding 800 for
sewer extensions and repairs. The issu-
ing Of bonds In the sum of $4,000. to run
serially $4,000 payable every year for Is
years is recommended, The purchase Of
a city park is not recommended and the
purchase of the armorY property for city
hall purposes is disapproved.
| The annual clam bake given by the r.
c. Bowers Granite company to It's GUS
~, ,p,ttxa foo ,,-
In this city and Barre, and to the polish
ers in the sheds. was held at Fountain
Park on Saturday afternoon over 300
guests sat down to a typical seashore
dinner The Whittier orchestra furnished
music and several OF the city officials
were present
his home in East Montpelier on Friday
AFTERNOON of stroke of apoplexy. He
was at work at an ensilage cutter when
he was stricken He leaves "A widow and
one son who live IN East Montpelier.
Funeral services were held at his late
home Monday morning at ten O'Clock.
Harry G. Weber, for the past six
years viola player in the Wilder and
Whittier orchestras and paid soloist
in the Montpelier Military band.
has accepted position in the
orchestra at Keith's theatre in New York.
Miss Florence A, Ferrin. daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Ferrin returned on
Saturday to New York to resume her
studies In the teachers college In connec-
ton with Columbia University.
Miss Anna Guernsey left on Saturday
for New York, and on Tuesday she
left for Montgomery, Ala, to resume
her duties as teacher IN a school for
young ladies.
A special meeting has been called for
September p to consider and act upon
the report of the committee
In personal letter recently sent Gov.
c. J. Bell. John Senter asks for the par
don OF DIR. w. r.. Hardness of this city,
now serving sentence In state prison at
Windsor for forgery The crime for
which the prisoner is serving sentence
was the obtaining OF 81. CsO from the Mont