Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONTPELIER.

The granite manufacturers Of the city
Of paying their help weekly after June /.
Nearly ali these manufacturers. with Il
large majority of the others In the two
cities are under contract or agreement
and Barre who are members Of corpor'-
tons have decided after several confer
ences. to act Independently in the matter
until March next to pay their help twice
a month. but Il is believed that rather
than take any risk of a test case being
decided against them, and heavy penalties
accommodating. they will. the most OF them
a least. ignore their contract during tho
eight months il has to run and obey the
law by paving their help weekly.
The stockholders of the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad held their annual
meeting Thursday IN the office of General
Manager w. A. Stowcll. The old board of
directors was reelected and they. in
turn. reelected the present officers as
follows: President, A. F. Sortwell of
Cambridge, Mass; vice president George
F.. Carter OF Cambridge. Mass: clerk and
trea surer, T. W. Stanvan. The directors
declared semi annual dividend, payable
| on and after July !. Of 81 y share.
The accounts of Sheriff Frank n.
| Tracy were audited Saturday after
noon by Assistant Judge l.. r. Wells
| of Middlesex. a member of the Wash
| inEton county prison board. Judge
Wells found a balance Of sSO.13 due the
state from tho sheriff, the result of the
| labors of the "drunks' on the sheriff :
woodpile since the law governing such
cases went into effect. This was the
| Grc Of tn, ha
county and is considered an excellent
showing. During the time this money
was being earned by men who. under
the old law, would have been idle in
jail. not a prisoner has escaped, in
fact no attempt to skip has been made
by the men so employed.
Leon ]. Counter of this city and Miss
May Lillian Heath of Barre were mar
ried Saturday morning by the Rev. Dr
r.. o. Thayer, at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Heath, parents Of tho
bride in Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Counter
left Saturday evening for New York
Wa shington and the jamestown exposi-
ton.
The funeral of Mrs. l.. NJ. Parker was
held Sunday afternoon at the home oil
Mrs A. w. Huntington, her daughter
Rev. II. A. Buzzell officiating. and bur
ial was in Green Mount cemetery. Dc
ceased was a native of Mortified ant
was "a years old For the seven year!
she had resided with her daughter
she had been an invalid from shocl
of paralysis and cancer.
Mrs. Fred Murray received a telegram
Saturday informing her that the body o
James Finnegan, her brother, had bee,
found in the river near Whitehall, y. Y
Mr. Finnegan was for many years
duarryman at Graniteville, leaving ther
seven years ago. A hasty burial wa
necessary. Mrs. Murray has no infOrma
ton as to how her brother met his death
He had been missing since April A.
The Rev. Dr. f. A. Bishop. princpa
OF Montpelier Seminary returned Monda
day noon, after a six weeks trip through
tho West in which he travelled owe
5000 miles in the interest of the endow
ment fund for the seminary. He speak
encouragingly OF what he has accom-
plshed and will make a more dehnit
statement In the near future.
Brief funeral services were hel
| Tuesday morning for Mrs. Deli
Grace Cushing from her late home o
Barre street, the Rev, A. J. Hough off
I, | ciating and the body was taken
i" Washington for burial. Mrs. Cushin
g died Sunday evening Of gastritis, age
I. 20 years. She was the widow of n
h Rev. Haynes p. Cushing, long prom
= ncnt as n Methodist preacher In n
e Vermont conference, and she Is SUI
o vived by two brothers, w. l.. Huntins
;. ton OF Barre, and Porter Huntingtc
h of Washington Since the death
s Mr.. Cushing In 1900. Mrs, Gushing hG
u resided in this city.
@ Petitions In bankruptcy have bee
A. filed with Referee w. \. Theriault !
A. Volicn stevens, a section boss on Il
e. MONTPELIER Il Wells River railroa
~ who has liabilities OF about $500 al
he $500 in assets, and by Duane Woo
farmer OF Barre town. whose liabl
tiles are s1,7o5,55 and assets OF Sill
A. w. Prescott, cashier and audit
of the Montpelier 3 Wells River ra
road, is quite seriously III with ind
lgestion. Mr.. Prescott recently /
turned from the Fanny Allen hospit
at Winooski where he was operated
for appendicitis.
ed The graduating exercises OF the MOI
re pelier high school occurred last event
he In the Blanchard opera house, Elev
n graduates received diplomas from II.
I'd NJ Jones, chairman of the school boa,
III They are: Ruth Templeton, Florer
r. wheelock. Lena Hill, Helen Huntinst'
N, Clifton Daley. Mildred Brooks Hare