Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-12

Pittsford and Captain George Edgcurnbe
of Boston. The funeral arrangements are
mot completed
The Hon. A. r. Talbot of Lincoln, Neb.,
head counsel of the Modern Woodmen OF
America, is expected to be in Vermont
the latter part of this month to spend his
vacation. lie will probably be in this city
on the 25th, when grand log rolling will
be held by the Woodmen. Camps from
different parts OF the State will be repre-
sented,
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Mecnan of Chicago
died Tuesday morning about seven
o'clock at North Champlan street after
an illness of eight days with pneumonia.
She was born in Canada in 1897, and was
therefore 70 years of age. She was an ex-
tenslve property owner in this city. where
she formerly resided, and had relatives
living in Chicago. whence her remains
were sent Tuesday.
Elmer A. Taft of Willston and Miss
Ada Mace of this city were quietly mar
ried Thursday evening at the Methodist
! Church parsonage by the Rev. G. w.
| Brown. They left on the $50 train for
Boston, where they will spend a few
days They will reside in Willston. Mrs.
| Taft has many friends in this city and
the bridegroom is popular in Williston.
Cyrus G. Pringle. keeper of the Prnglc
| horbarium at the University of Vermont.
and one of the worlds foremost botanical
collectors. left Friday for his usual
summer trip to Mexico for botanical
! research. lie was accompanied by Prof.
| w. J. Morse. who will go as far as Illi-
nos. where he will attend the graduate
school of agriculture at the University
| of Illinois for month.
Humane Officer John Fuller put in
busy day Thursday Early in the morn
ing he drove to Lost Nation, near
Essex Centre, and killed a horse owned
by John Shearron of Essex Centre. The
horse was in bad condition, being I'M
able to stand. A horse owned by a man
named Pecor was ordered to the pasture
and "A horse owned by a Mr. Nassar of
French Hl, Essex was also ordered
cared for. The former animal had a
sprung knee and was lame and the other
horse had blood SPAWN Mr.. Fuller
will make another visit there soon.
( Gen. r. s Peck left for New York
last evening and sails early Sat
urday morning for Europe on the
steamer st. Paul of the American line.
He expects to meet his family in Lon
don. Mrs, Peck and Miss Theodore are
at present travelling with Mrs Maria
| Wait Baldwin of Chicago in Geneva
Switzerland. They go to Paris next
week and thence to London. After Cen
eral Peck joins his family they Will
| travel in England and Scotland and ex-
pect to sail from Liverpool August 81,
reaching home about the first of Sep
tombcr
J. o. Prcsbrcy who has been the
! state manager of the Columbian Nat
! ional Life Insurance company, with
/ headquarters in this city, has been
| transferred to the Albany Office as
manager for northern New York and
w NJ. Mulheron, who has been in the
local office the past year. succeeds him
here the change going into effect July
! l6. Mr.. Presbrcy and Mr.. Mulheron
! will go to Boston Sunday night and
the former will go from there to AL
bany. The friends of both young men
will congratulate them on their pro-
| motions.
Workmen from New York have arrived
In this city and are now engaged in in
| stalling the ii groups of statuary in St
Marys Cathedral, which represent the
Way of the Cross. The groups of statuary
were presented to the Cathedral by in
dividuals and members of the congrepa-
tion and cost about $40. Tho represent
IA scenes during the last hours of the
Saviour from the time Of his betrayal
until his death. The work of installing
tho groups will take some time as the
statues and their pedestals must be fas-
| tened to the interior walls of the struc-
| ture by iron fixtures. II is necessary to
| drill holes into the solid rock in order
| to hold the statues in place
! Patrick Flaherty, an old and respected
citizen of Burlington. died Tuesday night
at the St. Joseph OrphanaCe of heart
failure, Mr.. Flaherty's death was very
sudden, he having been in the best of spir-
| its up TO within a short time of his seiz-
ure. lie is survived by three children,
Mrs. Daniel Ward John +. Flaharty and
Mrs. William Gleason, all of this city. one
sister, Mrs. Mary Ryan, and two brothers
! Daniel Of this city and Dennis of Boston.
| The body was removed to the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Ward. Of No 80 North
Champaign street, and the funeral will be
held at St. Marys Cathedral at nine
o'clock Friday morning. Mr.. Flaherty
and has been a resident Of this city for
the past 40 years.