Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-08
MONTPELIER.

MONIfELlEk.
| Charles j. Everett, a travelling sales
| man representing a New York tile house,
died carly Friday morning at the Mont
! p"hcr House after an Illness Of ton days
| with heart trouble, with which he had
suffered for several years. MIR. Everett
| lHd been making his regular trips
| through this section for tho past three
years and had made many pleasant ac-
! quaintanccs. His wife and daughter were
with him when he died. Mr.. Everett was
% years old. During his illness several
of the local Masons have visited him and
anticipated his wants Tho body was taken
! Friday noon to his home in Brooklyn,
lN. V.
| Miss j. Florence Perry, for tho pas.
! three years ami more matron AT Iica ton
| hospital. rendered her resignation ON Sat
urday. the same to take effect as soon as
| her successor is appointed. Miss Perry
| has done excellent work a the hospital
| since she has been at its head and her
resignation is sincerely regretted. She is
as yet undecided as to where she will 10
cate in tho future.
| George w. Parmcutcr was seriously in
jurod saturday morning while working at
one of his ice houses ny the North branch.
| Tie was assisting in rerairlng one of the
| chains IN the elevator when the elevator
was started by mistake and before Mr..
| Parm"ntcr was rescued from his pcrilious
position he had three ribs and one finger
broken and his right hand and wrist badly
| laceratcd. His idiurios were attended by
| Dr George ~. Parmonter, his son. and
| Dr &. T.. Chandler, after which he was
| taken 20 his home ON East State street.
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! countant, is making an extended research
| INTO tho expenses of certain State institu-
| tons for a period of ton years or more
Mr.. Pratt may he at the office of the
state auditor for three or four weeks. He
is doing this work AT the request of T.
| w. Clement OF Rutland
The Rev. Or. j. Edward Wright and
wife and Mrs. y. w. Rerrin left Tues
day evening for thch Pacificcoast Mr..
! and Mrs. Wright expect to be absent untIl
| about tho first of MAY.
Postmaster Bancroft has received no.
| ticc that no further applications for posi-
tions of manual or skilled labor on tho
Panama canal will he issued from the
eastern district. IN future examinations
will he held at Atlanta. Ga. and ST. Louis.
Mo. before members Of the Panama canal
commission
Charles r. Walter 90 St .Iohnshrry. sec
rotary Of civil and military affairs. who
was in town saturday. stated that Cover
nor Bell had signed cxtraditiou paners
asking for Tia" return to Vermont of Pat
rick +. McCahc. the former station agent
at Bolton. Tho papers have been for
warded TO Washington. u. c.. and will
then be sent 20 Montreal
The ulN -ici1tie al Tho state In.uit.l rl,,
tho insane at Waterbury have decided
that shotgun" Foster of East Moutpel-
Ter. vino has been there for observation
for several weeks. is insane and have 50
certified to tho county court. Foster was
Implicated in several Of tho burglaries
at Last Montpeiior last fall.
Lieut.. Robert Z. phnney. who has been
in the regular army in tho Philippines
for the past four years has been granted
leave of absence and will sail from Manila
April Ii. Lieutenant nhinney expects to
reach his home in Montpelier about the
first Of June.
William p. Whitcomb of the firm of
Whitcomb BROTHERS. fol- from - ladder
Monday at his home on Barre street.
breaking un" wrist and severely injuriug
the other. lie was also badly bruised
about tn" head. Mr. Whitcomh fcl "A
distance of ~ feet, striking ON an icy side
walk.
T.. W. Hendricks, formerly Of stockton
Springs, No. Tuesday at tho home
of Mrs j. l.. Dillon, his daughter aged -
years. The body was taken to Winters
port. Nc, for burial. Mi Hendricks mad
lived in this city about a year
The trustees of IIcaton hospital have
accepted tho resignation Of Miss J. Flor
cncc Perry. tn" natron, tho same to- take
effect as soon IS her successor is appoint
cd
f. y. Starr ono Of tho mon employed
i'll the Central Vermont construction gang
was caught Tuesday noon by an iron
beam and one leg was badly crushed. He
was taken to Ilcatou hospital. 1t is
thought it will not have 10 bc amputa ted
Now that Montpelier is awakening to
the fact that after May next no ntoXi-
eating liquor can be sold in this city or
Barre for any purpose a sentiment is de-
veoping in favor of having one licensed
druggist here. which can he done if I'VE
per cent. of the legal voters and a ma
iorty Of the practcng physicians petit
ton the city council. Ii is believed by
many that there ought to be "A place
where liquor tor medicinal purposes can
be obtained, and then hold the licensed
druggist strictly to the provisions of the
law.
Mrs. d. G. Hayes of Waterbury is visit
ing DR.. ii. ]" Watson. her brother
l.. G. Cummins, j. Vi. Boutwell, and j.
j. Williams are planning to attend the au-
tomoblc show in Boston next week.
The supper ana entertainment given last
evening in the vestry Of Trinity Church