Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-06

dozen lumber piles, ana another liyel,
blaze was In progress. Sparks and burn
Ing emhers were carried across the sire.
by the brisk north wind ana the roofs o.
the barn of Richard Whalen and the hons,
and barn of Mrs. Weston across the stree,
were a fire IN several places. It was n,
this time that the fremen acco,nplishet
some rapid work. The force pump al the
screen factory was brought iato use a,
the start of the fire and with the enejn.
of the teamer company the fire was soor
under control. The barn owned by Mr.
Mitchell was valued at $500 aud insured
In the agency of r. s.. Peck IA Burllng,or
for 5000. A waeon and aGvcral ha-nesse.
which were in the pa.1 when tho fire
broke out were gotten out but a ton of bay
and many tools we're burned. The barn
of Richard Whalen was insured IN .hc
agency of Horton & Conlir, white the loss
to the Porter Screen company will be close
to several thousand dolla IS which Is fully
covered by insurance.
Hilaire Piche of Portneuf, p. O.. who
has been the guest of his brother, Sam
uel Piche, at the corner of North and
St. Peter street. died suddenly Sunday
morning. He was born in Portneuf Is
years ago and has lived there practically
all his life. He was n bachelor, and Is
survived by three brothers and two sis
ters. The funeral was held from st.
Francis Xavier Church Tuesday morn.
ing at 7:3o o'clock.
Rural Carrier A. W. Howard during
the month just closed delivered 1882
pieces OF mail. and collected 3,sO4.
Stamps to the amount of s67.s2 were
cancelled and s59.5S worth were sold
to patrons of the route.
Out of a total of nearly 1.2OO voters IN
the town OF Colchester little over half
turned out to exercise their right ms free
men Tuesday. The day was cold and ray
and made the wearing of ovcrcoats nee
essary which probably accounted for the
small vote which was cast. The polls
opened at nine and the boxes for repre-
sentative closed at three O'Clock with the
following result: Joseph w. Lavigne.
Dem, 400. William II. Severance, Rep,
55s. Napoleon Granger. Pro. /. The vote
for State and county officers resulted as
follows: For governor, Fletcher u. Proc
tor, Rep, 90, Percival w. Clement. Dem,
and Ind. AIS. Hanson, Pro-, 3; lieutenant
8. Pape, Dem. 4ii. Eldred, Pro-,
~ t'hN'iNi "'Nhlt 80 hFHNINl, INPD.,
Phelps, Dem. 433, rarnum. Soc. 3;
Fleetwood. Rep, 2l1, Moulton,
Dem. 425, Evans. Soc. 3; representative
to Congress. David ]. Foster. Rep, 292,
Gift. 3i5; senators, Van Patten, 264, Fletch-
er go, Roberts 242, Nye 433. McGinnis 1926,
Dimmick. 40: assistant Judges. Lyon 264,
900, Wolcott 1863, Mead 81: States
Alfred F. Sherman 2i2, Matthew
r. 7 -, "a, .vn. eb.viff In,,aU A tl.,, ~ FL
ward II. Horton SOL; high hailif, Norton
81. Gingras 462; Judge of probate, Bing-
ham 2S2. The vote for justices OF the
peace resulted MS follows: Henry Conin,
Dem. 40; Frank J.. Graves, Dem. IL;
Daniel j. Greanoy, Dem, TO5; S, r. Mar
Dem. ass; Louis Alapa, Dem. 1872;
]. D%esautcls, Dem, 400: d. r.
O'Sullivan, Dem. 427; Harry w. Blondin.
Dem, 424; Andrew Chicoine. Dem, 422;
S. O'Br1en. Dem. i16. Will r.
Dem. AZ; Louis Mongeon.
All; William f. Mongeon. DEM. 4o4:
F. Gokey, Dem, 39S; f. Edward
Allard. 342.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
of village trustees which was post
poned from election night was held last
The only business done was the
of a sewer to be Installed on
street. The following bills were
paid. Consolidated Electric COM
,any. $17s.90: A. E. Clement, $40 90; Paul
5000: william Devino. Jr., s.;
O.. Biatrow, .s1.O. The meeting
hen adjourned.
The fall term Of the Winooski h!gn
and graded schools will open Monday,
September 10. The list of teachers
mas been printed in a previous issue.