Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-16

State which is on the briefs before Jund
ana Will not be argued. In this case thd
point Is raised by the defence that thd
law against selling bob veal" is uncon
stitutional, In that 1t conflicts with thd
federal constitution. The Chittenden|
county case OF o. II. Mason VS.. ]. ri
Stearns and Others a complaint for al
writ Of prohibition, which is not on th1
trial docket, will also be submitted Cd
briefs
ono new case of smallpox was reportc,
Saturday In Mortified Center that Of
MISS Alice LoVeland, who has 1t I'm al
| light form. No new cases were reported
at West Berlin or Mortified and wit
the exception Of a child Of Mrs Fred
| Adams there are no serious cases at Yves
| Berlin. DR.. Holton has given orders al
| have the quarantine regulations strictlyI
enforced until q days have elapsed fronI
the time the patient came down with thj
disease
William r. Wcstcott and Miss AddiI
r. Ryan were married Saturday mornl
ing by Martin W. Wheelock justice 4
the peace, Mr. and Mrs. Wostcott ard
to reside up Worcester branch.
Jerome w. Leland. the we'll know
milk man, Is dangerously i'll at his homI
on the Mortified road with cancer II
the stomach, with which he has boor|
confined TO the house for the past seveI
weeks. All hope Of his recovery n
| practically abandoned
Warren Holmes will 70 this week Il
Graniteville to have charge Of that
division of the lines Of the Consolidate
10 col,
OF Bernie Como, who leaves this weell
for Duluth, MINI, where he has a POSI-
ton with the Great Northwestern
Power company. Of which p. p. Colo|
man, formerly Of this city, IS manager
Tho ground In Montpelier was whit
with snow Saturday morning and thl
| temperate was Mt IN. making ned
weather record for this section in Mav
Two inches OF snow fell at Roxbur]
Friday night and nearly as much ol
the summit of the Montpelier 6 Well
| River railroad.
John W. Redmond, chairman OF TIL
State board OF railroad commissioned
has written Z. II. Deavitt, one of thj
owners Of the Barre & Montpelier Trac|
ton & Power COMPANY, that there IS n
legal objection against the compani
ceiling reduced rate tickets for trans|
portation of school children under 4
years Of age The rate OF 3is cents po|
ticket for the benefit of the children will
reside at the Pioneer station will Il
continued In force. The children wi
come down on the $50 car in the morr|
ing and return ar four o'clock. ThI
sale of these tickets will be restrict
to children who actually attend schor
Tho New England college entrance go
tificate board has also notified Prof T. \
Bishop, principal OF Montpelier Semrai
that the time in which graduates OF tn
institution can enter New England c0t
leges without examination, upon prese
tation OF diploma, has been extend 7
three wears.
william G. Berry died suddenly YES
terday morning At his home on Loom
street from the formation Of a blooI
clot on the brain. Mr. Berry was
his place in the home office of the y
tional Life Insurance company in IL
usual health Tuesday. He was striclt
en- about midnight and died three hou
later. He was a native of Boston a.
was as years old. In 1855 he enter
the employ Of the Montpelier & Wei
River railroad at Montpelier, and Fl, |
years later entered the grocery firm Il
Brooks & Berry in which he continue
until six years ago when he entere
the employ of the National Life. d
1887 Mr.. Berry married Gertrude Par
who survives him with five chidre
Universally popular and n man of ste
ling worth, his sudden death came
a great shock to his friends In this CT
and elsewhere Mr.. Derry was prom
nent in the Masonic fraternity, being
Royal Arch Mason. a Royal aud Sole .
Master, a Knight Templar and a mon
her of Mount Sinai Temple, Mobiles
the Mystic shrine. His funeral will
held at his late home Friday afternooI
the Rev. DR.. ]. Edward Wright OF
ciating.
The arguments were partially ma
yesterday afternoon in the howage ca
of Martin VS.. Batchelder which h
been on trial all this week in Was
ington county court. The case Will
to the jury this morning
BY the burning of the Boston
Maine round house NJ Woodsville,
H. early yesterday morning the Mon
pelier e. Wells River railroad lost "
locomotives, the Capital and the W.
Stowell. The destruction of these !
comotives cripples the motive power
this road and comes Mt a time wh'
the business of the road is the hoavies
These locomotives will be replaced
soon rs possible
The personal and real estate ahstra
books which were filed last evening
the listers show that $500 lists ha
been taken. as against S.237 last yea
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