Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-26

corner OF Archibald and Hyde streets
held their annual meeting on Wednes-
day Sept. Is and elected the following
officers to serve for one year President
Joseph Frank; vice-president, NJ. q. Ro-
senberg; treasurer. NJ. O. Rosenberg.
Other officers will be elected at the next
regular meeting, which occurs in Octo-
Der.
At a meeting of tho directors of the
| Y. NJ c. A. Tuesday afternoon the salary
OF Secretary Byron y. Clark, which has
been in question, was fixed and Mr..
| Clark will remain with the local associa-
ton another year The matter Of a new
| physical director was not decided upon.
| and the matter Of engaging a new as
sistant secretary was discussed but no
definite action taken.
! Alon2o Allen, who had previously been
| given a hearing on the charge of embez-
cling money from the Consumers Coal &
| Ice company. was Thursday discharged
| Ivy the city court. Allen was employed
| by tho company as driver of an ice cart
| and 1t was alleged that he sold ice tickets
| and pocketcd the cash. only a small
| amount of money was alleged to have
been appropriated
| Th, local millinery concerns have an
| unusual large amount of brown felt hats
| and trimmings in stock this season, for it
| has been rumorcd for the past month that
! brown was 20 be the only color. Brown
| Vcilings will hc IN vogue. while the shapes
| OF hats will be- in extreme styles. A fem
| ninc hat must he either very large and
| spready or very small and compact to be
| the right thing this season. And above
all, 1t must be brown.
| j. O. Middlcbrook q Sons have re-
| markablc sample of field corn on display
| IN front of their place Of business on Col
| lcgc stree, The stalks stand 10 feet high
and the car. are about seven tect from
| I'll. ground. This corn was raiscd on the
! Ethan Allcu farm owned by w j. Van
| Pattcu, and wa planted and cultivated
! by G. j. I.acasso. There are nine acres
If this corn. all Of which is nearly as
high as the samples shown.
Judge Mower Thursday rendered his
/ decision in city court in the case of Peter
/ Bushoy vs.. John GAviEno for the defend
ant to recover his costs. Tho plaintiff,
! who Is LaviFnc's son-in-law, sought to
recover for taking care of his mother-in-
law during a period of her life when she
was III. Rushcy also sought to recover
for the support of a young son Of La
ygne.
Miss EuEouia Paiuchaud died ycstcr-
day moruMs at seven O'Clock of general
debility at tho home or ncr brother,
! Edmund Panchaud of 10 Browns Court.
She was So years of age and was born
in St Edward. Que She is survived by
|
Telesphore of Winoosk and Edmund Of
this city. The funeral arrangements are
not completed.
| A despatch received Yesterday by her
! sister, Mrs. Janet Morris Of North avcnuc.
announces the sudden and violent death
| In Indianapolis. Ind, Tuesday OF Mrs.
| Catherine Lane. Mrs. Lane was crossing
| a street in Indiana polls when she was
| knocked down by an electric car. Her
death occurred few hours later. She
was y years of age and was a native of
Plaintield. She is survived by husband,
two daughters and a son.
| Lily I.atour. who ran down stairs with
a two gallon jug of whiskey while the po-
| lice were searching Cubby Mitchells
place on Battery street. few evenings
|
She was adjudgcd to ho the owner of tho
| whiskey found in her possession when
she was halted by the officers The costs
OF seizure were taxed against her and the
whiskey was declared forfeited. She APP
peaed the case and furnished bail in the
| sum of $50.
Deputy Sheriff Charles f. Quinn, with
| Thomas Reeves as auctioneer, sold Fri
day at public auction the platform.
| ticket office, bleachcrs new grandstand.
| new fence, wire netting In front OF the
| bleachers and new Erandstand at Athletic
! Park to George d. Jarvis for SIS This
| sale was made on an execution In favor
| of +. y. Mitchell of the firm of Morgan
& Mitchell, contractors. which on August
"a, secured in city court a Judgment for
s255,27 and costs of $3.50 against the Bur
! lington Base Ball association.
A surprise party was rendered to Mr.
and Mrs. T.. II. Chambers of Colchester
avenue on Monday evening In honor of
| the 25th anniversary of their marriage
| About % guests were present and the
| evening was pleasantly spent with whist
| and music Mr.. and Mrs. Chambers re-
! ceived many pre- SCENTS of silver including
| knives. forks and tea sets They wer.
married in Richmond % wears ago and
have one son AMI two daughters.
The body of William Duff who died
in New Britain Conn, Monday
| arrived in this city on the four o'clock
| train yesterday morning The funeral was
held from the chapel In Lake View Gene
terry In the afternoon NJ $50 O'Clock Mr..
Duff was born in Burlington and resided