Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-14

ed serving sentence for first offcnse OF /
intoxicaton. pleaded guilty to q second !
oftensc yesterday NOR ing He was fined 1
s5 and costs OF $50 which he will proba !
bly, be unable to pay. Smith was a cor
| tented prisoner AT the Jail and tlN alter /
native sentence of 50 days in the House
OF Correction at Rutland came as a bitter
! disappointment to him.
Louis Dumas. Jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs. |
/ Louis Dumas of the Wnooski road, died
sunday room at the Fanny Allen hos
pita of general pcritonitis, following an
attack OF appendicitis. He had been Ill
! only short time and was taken to tn"
hospital Sunday. dying an hour after
! his arrival there. He was is years OF
age. Fog the past three years he had
been a student at s.. Mchaci's college
and was very popular there. The fun
eral was held Tuesday morning ut
eight o'clock from St Josoph's church,
with interment in Mt. Calvary Gene
tory.
Tho advance bar docket of the Chitten-
den county court for the March term was
issued Thursday. for the convenience of
interested attorneys. There arc 30 cases on
the civil docket and c. state cases. The
divorce cases number IS. The March term
of court viii convene March with Judge
! a -. Hall Of ST. Adams presiding. John
u. 1.yon Of Colchester becomes first as
sstant Judge, whIle William NJ. Barber
Of Colchester is the second assistant
Judge The March term will be tho first
term in Burlington for Judge Hal! and
will be the first term for Assistant Judge
Barber, Sheriff Allen and his deputies.
Celna Bonheure and her little daughter.
Adricnnc. who We're smugggled into this
country by Alphonse Van Bcvcr as his
wife and child were yesterday relea sed
from Chittendcn county Jail. They went
to Winooski where they have relatives.
Van Bever had previously settled the
case against him for his part in the mat
ter When the woman and child, who
came from France, first attempted to en-
ter this country they were detained by
the immigration officials as the former
was suffering from an affection OF the
eyes. She was examined in jail by a local
physician and her eyes We're found to bc
In q normal condition. she and her
daughter will be allowed to remain in the
United States.
The police department Monday re-
ccived complaint from a man named Gotta
: that he was relieved OF 1920 Saturda y
as result of n pool bet Gotta halls from
, Grand Isle. a stranger accost"d him in IA
local pool room and proposed a rs point
game at dollar point. Gotta accept cd
the offcr. went out, and returning with
1920, deposited il in the hands OF another
stranger. Gotta PLAYED and won and should
have received 1896 according to his YER
sion Of the story. But his partner did not
put up. He said he must go ont and
get the money. Gotta followed him but,
thinking of the $40 in the hands cf the
other man, returned only to find that the
holder Of the stake had disappeared. Gotta
has since failed to locate either Of his
friends or the Sl20
Q C. ". Gates of Franklin, state high
. | way commissioner. was in Burlington
e Friday. Ee stated thai in r.v,
4 days he would recommend to Govern or
r. Proctor the appointment Of the remain
der Of the codnty road commissioners
Of the state. according to the new law
!. He has already appointed Herald Stev-
!. ems OF this city for Chittendcn county
i p. r. Perry of Brattleboro for Wind
: ham: J. y. Wells Of Randolph for or
= anGe; j. f. Buttolph of Mddlebury for
y Addison; Gilman A, BarrOws Of Morris
Q willie for I.amoille and :. b. Bates OF
g Derby for Orleans. The county com
missioners will meet with Mr. Gates
early in March to organize for the sea
% son. Through March and April meet
ings will be held throughout the stat,
> under the direction Of Mr.. Gates
y News has been received in this city
y Of the death in Minneapolis last Fri
c day Of Ira II. Shattuck. native o
ID Burlington and during his residence
T. here a member of the firm of ShattuCl
n Brothers, clothing dealers and later o
the firm Of T. w. Gregory & CO., who
conducted the spice mills in the Leav
- enworth block on College street. Go
ing to Chicago. he became superinten
=, dent Of the dining cars of tho Milwau
-, kee system. and later OF the North
western line and for many years n
N has managed the dining car service o
the Omaha road About y years ag'
al he became II part manage Of the iote
az Nicollet in Minneapolis, where he die
after a short illness. He was about 6
years of age and leaves widow an
re FIVE sons and daughters,
IS w. r. Lang. for many years a residen
= Of Burlington, is now in the hear, OF tn
- Sierra Nevada mountains in California
ID at an altitude Of about 1850 feet abov
~ tho level of the sea. his headquarters be
90 ling at Vallecito, Calaveras county He
ne in charge of the installation for the I'nio
), Construction company Of n hydro-electri
~ development. which consists in part
IT. the construction Of four large dams;
miles OF 1ume through the Stanislau
IT. CANYON that will require about 70 600 q
IN feet of lumber, all of which will b
OK l.-e1 an, direct from, tho -,rests h,. ~
IN companys mills: T. miles Of railroad, go,
D. eral miles Of steel pipe line, using owe
hg 1850 tons Of steel; large power hous,
H. and the installation OF electric generator
en- and water wheels Of 100000 horse pow,
49, capacity, the water wheels to opera
ch -, zoo foot haod of w,ter Nr ON,
I'll 80 oo,,ars 81 miles n, t,rritorv q,
the company expects when the snow di
49, appears to employ from 1900 20 3, go me
Ian, Much OF Mr. Lang's time is spent in Il
- saddle and he writes that he frequent
No. rides 30 miles In day. Mrs Lang is
Sonora which Mr.. Lang refers to as u
- "cnd OF civilization" The climatic cond
,sr tons are ideal there and her health
rs greatly improved IbF
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m PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
at Teachers examinations will be held
the places mentioned below: Burlineto
February 25-2G; Richmond Februa