Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-02

Lieut-Gov. G.. II. Prouty stated Mon
day that the quarry exhibits from YER
mont are all In place at the jamestown
exposition but that the maple suger Ship
ped two weeks ago had not yet arrived
Mr.. Prouty thinks the Vermont building
Will be completed about the middle OF
May.
a. w Prescott, auditor and cashier of
the Montpelier & Wells River railroad, Il
making a good recovery at the Fanny
Allen hospital at Burlington from an
operation for appendicitis performed
three weeks ago Mr.. Prescott expects
to return to his home here before many
days.
An executive session of the city hail
building committee and the CITY council
was held Jointly Monday evening. II
was voted to buy the Armory hall pro.
perty and the Greene lot at the rear OF
Hay Market square for additional land
on which to build the city hall The
price to be paid for the arinory property
is $4,000 and for the Greene lot $4,000. OF
the appropriation Of 600 for tho new
city hall. s3S,5Oo will now be left for erect.
ing the building.
The smallpox scare at West Berlin
seems to be subsidng. All the VIC
tins are reported as doing well, and|
the quarantine regulations are being
strictly enforced. No new cases are
reported, either Mt West Berlin oi
Northfield and the people Of West Der.
lin and Northfleld Falls, who were att
hrst paralyzed by the knowledge oil
what they had in their midst are be
coming more hopeful and are resumine
their daily avocations. DR.. Holton anal
the physicians of Berlin and NorthfeldI
have the situation thoroughly in hand
| and the danger of any further spread
| of the disease is slight.
| Dr. isaac n Eastman of Groton and
Miss Laura f Kent OF Fitchburg. Mass i
were married yesterday afternoon bI
the Rev. DR.. J. Edward Wright Mt thc|
| home OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Harrisl
| The bride Is trained nurse who was
| formerly In Heaton hospital in thid
city. and was in the training school
connected with the Claremont hospital
at Claremont ~ II. DR.. Eastman is 4
well known practicing physician ii
Groton.
| In county court yesterday morning
opening statements were made by joni
Fl. Senter for the plaintiff and Franlj
| Plunrley for the defendant in the casC|
OF Eagan VS.. the Central Vermont Rail-
way company, after which the jurJI
were taken in teams to the scene Of
the flood in June 1902. They were ac|
companied by Sheriff Frank H. TracyI
Deputy Sheriff c. C. Graves and Attor|
neys c. II. Senter for the plaintiff an
L. C. Moody for the defendant compan,J
The jury did not return to MontpeliaJ
in time to commence taking evidenc
but the trial of the case will be RI
sumed this morning. Judge w. VI
Miles heard yesterday afternoon argyll
ments OF counsel 10 decide what ed
ceptions will stand in the breach n
promise case of Iro NJ .Massucco V
Dominica Tomasi, tried at the presen
term of county court. and which come
before the supreme court at the Ma
term.
Leo P. Chenette of this city and Mis-
Marguerite McKenna OF Ogdensburg y
Y, were married in Albany, \. Y, Ia f
Monday. Mr.. Chenette is stone cult
and the bride was formerly a clerk
the dry goods store of Perley e. Pop
Mr.. and Mrs. Chenette are to reside
Albany, N Y.
The Rev. W. S. Smithers. who was
pointed presiding elder of Montpelier al .
= trict ct the recent Session of the Ve l
mont conference. will make his home
Montpelier. He is moving his househoy
goods here from Waterbury and will o
cupy the Methodist parsonage on Hubba
street. The Rev. A. j. HouEh will boa
at the parsonage and have rooms there.