Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-27
CITY NEWS

Vermont has resumed his duties after a
short Illness.
Judgment was rendered in city court
Tuesday for the plaintiff to recover
sG Is and costs of slo42 in the case Of +.
X Milne vs. Amable Houe.
Mrs. A. D. Roos, matron at the
Sparhawk santarium has resigned and
will finish her duties there October !.
Mr. and Mrs. Rood will remove to their
residence at 9S Brookes avenue.
Word has been received in this city
Of the serious illness. following an opera
ton, of Mrs. Ira +. Russell. formerly of
Burlington, but at present resident
OF San jose Cal.
Joseph Geroux was In Justice G. W.
Deberviles court Tuesday charged
with letting his chickens run in his neigh
bors' dooryards He pleaded guilty and
was fined 81 and costs of $500. which he
paid.
Mrs c. II. Waddell. teacher of Ger
man in the local high school. who has
been studying in Germany FOR the past
two months returned Tuesday TO
her home in this city.
Principal NJ. n. Chittenden Is re-
ceiving many applications for admis-
sion to the local high school of late.
and the prospects are the attendance
will be very large this year.
George Haley was arraiGned In city
court Thursday, charged with breach OF
The peace. He pleaded guilty and was
yentenced to serve not less than FIVE nor
more than SIX months in the House OF
Correction at Rutland.
The chancery suit of the Strong Hard
ware company vs.. John j. Stafford of
Burke was entered Yesterday in Chitten-
den county court. 1t is an action over
disputed interest in the defendants
blacksmith shop.
Rudolph Schneider Of this city was
married sunday NJ Sag Harbor. l.. l.,
to Miss Adele Polak Of that place Mr..
SCHNEIDER is employed IN the tailoring
department at Turks. Nj. and Mrs.
Schneider will reside in burlington.
The following judgments for plain
lifts were entered yesterday in city
court: Free Press Association VS.. c. V.
RlCnd EuSOI, uhilihSSo s'''o GIN >''''" -
$3.50; G. w Chandler vs.. r. X. Milne,
damages of Si2.94 and costs of $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs p NJ Mills, who have
been camping at South Hero for the
past five weeks came home yesterday
nv row boat. Mrs. Mills caught two
nuscalonce on the way over. and "a
pounds, respectively.
The McDurfey family are voted Cor
their ability as fishermen. one Of the
sons of the original "Niggcr jim" made
a haul of % pike near Sloop island Sat-
urdav The string weighed about 115
pounds and had TO be dragged from one
place to another.
The month of July was n busy ono
at the State laboratory about l,ON
specimens having been examined during
that time. or THIS number l4S were for
diphtheria: 49, for Tuberculosis; 6s for
typhoid: 1876 Of water; 80 Of food; 90 OF
liquors; 81 Of drugs and Si5 miscellaneous
Zeb Blair. Kate Eoutellc and z. z.
Denerson all pleaded guilty to first Of
farses Of intoxication and were fined s.
and costs each in city court Tuesday
morning. The case against Homer Pc
Ifl.tl VI I'fNlNiA' AIMING AN'
tense was mol pressed.
Walter Bracken was arraiEned IN city
court Yesterday and plea 1ed guilty to a
second offence Of intoXicauon. lie was
,entenced TO serve 50 days in tail. The
.ase against Lizzie Looscmore. who was
,harged with iutoXicaton, was yester-
lay mol pressed.
Mrs Katherine Kane, wife OF William
Kane Ir.. died at her home. 163 Park
street Monday. She was i6 years of
age and is survived by her husband,
father three brothers and two sisters,
all living In this city. The funeral will
be held at St. Marys Cathedral this
morning at nine O'Clock,
The new gas holder for the Burlington
Light & Power company which has been
under construction for the last few
months at their plant on lower Pine
street Is completed. The storage tank
has a capacity OF 10000 cubic feet and
weighs over $50 tons. The tank is con-
structcd entirely of steel stands 81 feet
high and has a diameter of 100 feet
Edward Smith and Albert Blair were
arraigned in city court Saturday, charg
Cd with being tramps. Their cases were
continued for two weeks and each was
released upon his own recognizance up
on his promise to go to work Martin
Griffin of Richmond pleaded guilty &c
being intoxicated and was fined s and
costs Of $685.. which he will pay.
The suit Of Louis NJ. Wool of Colches
ter VS.. Josephine Edwards OF the same
town, an ACTION TO recover damages OF
oufe In ('hittepipr
county court. In this action the plaintih
claims that he sustained serious nJurie:
to his leg by stepping into hole In the
ground on the defendants promises. lef
there, as he declares negligently.
The case Of State vs.. Central Vermont
Railway company. for non-payment o
taxes which was to he taken Tues
day before Judge Seneca Haselton. wal
continued to Friday. G. w Writer'S o
St Adams and w. r. G. Stickney o
Rutland. representing the railway com
pany, and Attorney-Goneral G. G. Fits
representing the State had a conference
in the matter of an agreed statement o
facts to be submitted in the case.
Tho death Of Edward I.ydecker. aset
n. OF Cambridge who was injured b!
Jumping from a hay loft some time ago
occurred Sunday night at the Mar!
Fletcher hospital. The body was takeI
Monday to Cambridge where TN
funeral was held and burial made
The Injuries causing Mr.. Lydecker'
ton,f. ,,.-o couSad nv striking on tn