Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-05

houses and will be occupied by Mr..
Hickok as residence. This house is one
Of the oldest on South Union street.
A telegram was received in the city on
Saturday announcing the death by
drowning at Jacksonville. Fla, of Edward
Winner, formerly clerk at the Hotel
burlington. The telegram was given to
j. G. Piche a friend, who notified rela-
tives of the deceased In Quebec. Mr..
Winner left the hotel Burlington last
April, after being employed there several
months and took a position at the Hotel
Duval in Jacksonville.
Vernon Harrington and Frank Cor
mier, when arraigned in city court Mon
day. charged with second offence of
lntoxication, pleaded guilty and each was
fined s15 and costs. Harrington disclosed
on a stranger whom he encountered at
the corner OF King and Battery streets
and Cormer stated that ne obtained his
stuff in Plattsburgh. Lawrence Mooney
pleaded guilty to first offense and was
assessed the usual s. and costs John
Nephew, upon plea of guilty to breach
of the peace was fined So and costs.
w. G. 1sham, A. S. Isham and T. S.
1sham have purchased of Mrs. Viola
T. WhitComb the brick block on Church
street known as the Whitcomb block
and occupied on the street floor by the
Manson Hardware Co. The property
has a frontage of 81 feet on Church
street and n depth of 173 feet In ad-
dition there is a brick store house
at the rear. The purchasers intend to
build between the present store and
the storehousc, which will give addi-
tional floor space to the store and also
provide better storage facilities.
The annual meeting of the Womans
Foreign Missionary society Of the Mctho-
dist Church was held yesterday after
noon at three o'clock. Reports were
read and plans for the coming year were
discussed. The officers were reelected as
follows: President. Mrs. T w. Gregory;
LIST vicc-presdent Mrs. G. w Brown;
end president, Mrs. Fannie Ripley;
@rd vice president, Mrs, G. @. T. Tobey;
corresponding secretary, Miss Ada Blair;
recording secretary, Mrs. G. T. Holmes
treasurer, Mrs. @. Il. Brown; mite box
secretary, Mrs. NJ G. Clarke.
John Pasha, who was given a hearing
Tuesday before Justice y. G. Webster
on a charge Of Illegal liquor selling, was
discharged. Pasha was arrested on circus
day. \ bottl" of whiskey was found in a
tent at the circus grounds Pasha at that
time being in the tent. He told the sher-
If then that the wh'skey belonged to
him. Later he withdrew that story and
said that the whiskey belonged to a red
headed stranger. who was the proprietor
of the tent and who employed him to run
the graphophone. There was no evil
dence TO the contrary and so Pasha was
discharged.
II. f. Julcr Of New York, general
manager of the American Express
company, was in the city Thursday IN
conference with D. D. Davis, the local
agent of the company and Architect
F. /. Austin about some changes in
the company's building Mt III st. Paul
street. 1t was decided to build
an addition % by 25 feet in size. at
the rear Of the present building. tear
ing down an old wooden shed in or
der to make room for It. Some changes
in the interior of the present office
will also be made. 1t is 80 years since
anything was done to the building
y.
Austin will make some plans for the
proposed alterations.
AS the large Mercedes automobile
owned by DR. w. S. Webb was coming
into this city early yesterday morning
10 meet the train from the SOUTH a
knuckle in the stcaring gear broke and
before the speed of the car could be
stopped considerable damage was done.
A driver for Steele & Butler, who con-
duct a dairy on Shelhurne road, was
bringing milk into the city and noticed an
automobile coming towards him. As
the machine neared the team It swerved
from side to side and finally crashed In
to the wagon. Two wheels and the pole
were broken, frightening the horses. who
ran away into a field but We're caught
before any damage was done. The milk
was lost but the driver escaped unin-
iurcd. The automobile was also badly
damaged but none Of Its occupants were
injured. as the machine was going slow
ly. The auto Is n very expensive ma
chine, of a French mako If many horse
power. The accident took place near the
Taylor place on Shelburne street